Kanya West on Bush, 5 years later

[Ozmar]

Kanye West has responded to former president George W. Bush’s recent statement regarding his controversial post-Hurricane Katrina remarks. West’s surprising reply: Now that five years have gone by, he can sympathize more with the man he once said “doesn’t care about black people.”
Bush recently told Matt Lauer that hearing West say those words during a Hurricane Katrina benefit telethon was “a disgusting moment.” He recalled telling his wife at the time that West’s comments were in fact the single worst moment of his presidency. Today, an interviewer from a Houston radio station asked West for his thoughts on the matter.
“I definitely can understand the way he feels, to be accused of being a racist in any way, because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist,” West replied, referring to the aftermath of his run-in with Taylor Swift last fall. “For both situations, it was basically a lack of compassion that America felt in that situation. With him, it was a lack of compassion of him not rushing, him not taking the time to rush down to New Orleans. For me, it was a lack of compassion of cutting someone off in their moment. But nonetheless, I think we’re all quick to pull a race card in America. And now I’m more open, and the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went [through] — and now I really more connect with him on just a humanitarian level.”

Kanye West responds to George W. Bush about Katrina controversy: 'I definitely can understand the way he feels' | EW.com
How precious. I still think Kanye is an asshole.

 

[Rozman]

I never thought what Kanye did was a bit racist,I thought of him being a bully.He rushed the stage took the mic from a young girl who had no idea what was going on.He went into his rant,the crowd loved that he did it.It was a classless act and Kanye didn't get enough heat from it.Maybe that aspect of it was racist.If a white punk rocker did the same to a young black girl accepting an award for Gospel music....The black rappers in the crowd would have killed the guy before he had a chance to get off stage.

 

[The Infidel]

How can that asshole compare what happened to him, with the way Bush was treated after Katrina.... apples and oranges.

Fuck Kanye..... I hate that twit.



Oh, and yes.... he is a racist! (for his comments after Katrina)


"Thats right I said it"

 

[geauxtohell]

It's like West is trying to erase a five year temper tantrum these days.

He's still fucking talented.

 

[Ravi]

THAT was the worst moment of Dubya's presidency?

Jebus!

 

[CurveLight]

Who the fuck cares what kunt west thinks about bush? There is an amazing amount of crossover between pop culture and politics.

 

[GWV5903]

It's like West is trying to erase a five year temper tantrum these days.

He's still fucking talented.

Yes he is talented alright, at making an ass of himself.....

 

[Ravi]

It's like West is trying to erase a five year temper tantrum these days.

He's still fucking talented.

Yes he is talented alright, at making an ass of himself.....

Yep, but Dubya's comments make him look shallow.

But hey, we all knew he was anyway.

 

[geauxtohell]

Who the fuck cares what kunt west thinks about bush? There is an amazing amount of crossover between pop culture and politics.

I know. That's never happened before!

 

[The Infidel]

Who the fuck cares what kunt west thinks about bush? There is an amazing amount of crossover between pop culture and politics.

I know. That's never happened before!

Yep... but it gets so old.

I wish they'd shut up and sing....

Except for Ted Nugent... he's cool!

 

[Sheldon]

Kanye West has responded to former president George W. Bush’s recent statement regarding his controversial post-Hurricane Katrina remarks. West’s surprising reply: Now that five years have gone by, he can sympathize more with the man he once said “doesn’t care about black people.”
Bush recently told Matt Lauer that hearing West say those words during a Hurricane Katrina benefit telethon was “a disgusting moment.” He recalled telling his wife at the time that West’s comments were in fact the single worst moment of his presidency. Today, an interviewer from a Houston radio station asked West for his thoughts on the matter.
“I definitely can understand the way he feels, to be accused of being a racist in any way, because the same thing happened to me, where I ------

Hey yo, Kanye. I'm really happy for you, and I'mma let you finish, but Kanye West had one of the lamest apologies of all time... OF ALL TIME.

Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift For 2009 VMA Interruption - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV

 

[uptownlivin90]

Is this serious?!!!!

 

[The T]

Who the fuck cares what kunt west thinks about bush? There is an amazing amount of crossover between pop culture and politics.

I know. That's never happened before!

Yep... but it gets so old.

I wish they'd shut up and sing....

Except for Ted Nugent... he's cool!

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

 

[The T]

Kanye West has responded to former president George W. Bush’s recent statement regarding his controversial post-Hurricane Katrina remarks. West’s surprising reply: Now that five years have gone by, he can sympathize more with the man he once said “doesn’t care about black people.”
Bush recently told Matt Lauer that hearing West say those words during a Hurricane Katrina benefit telethon was “a disgusting moment.” He recalled telling his wife at the time that West’s comments were in fact the single worst moment of his presidency. Today, an interviewer from a Houston radio station asked West for his thoughts on the matter.
“I definitely can understand the way he feels, to be accused of being a racist in any way, because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist,” West replied, referring to the aftermath of his run-in with Taylor Swift last fall. “For both situations, it was basically a lack of compassion that America felt in that situation. With him, it was a lack of compassion of him not rushing, him not taking the time to rush down to New Orleans. For me, it was a lack of compassion of cutting someone off in their moment. But nonetheless, I think we’re all quick to pull a race card in America. And now I’m more open, and the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went [through] — and now I really more connect with him on just a humanitarian level.”

Kanye West responds to George W. Bush about Katrina controversy: 'I definitely can understand the way he feels' | EW.com

How precious. I still think Kanye is an asshole.

Lack of compassion? Really Mr. West? You really want to hold that view when speaking of the most generous people on the planet?

Seriously?

 

[The Infidel]

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

I am one of his biggest fans....





and I like his music too

 

[Jack Fate]

So basically what the clown is saying is that he was a punk when he said that and now he realizes it. Glad to see him mature a little.

 

[The T]

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

I am one of his biggest fans....





and I like his music too

Me too. I grew up listening to him. I like his hunting shows. He is a true survivor as our Pioneer forefathers were. He took his cue from them.

Today? I doubt many could survive off the land as he shows. We have a nation of wimps. Like it or not.

 

[Sheldon]

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

I am one of his biggest fans....





and I like his music too

Same. I think his publicist should tell him to just STFU and go back to making this kind of stuff.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbdNQ4BTiA&feature=related[/ame]



eta-Never mind, I realize now you're talking about Ted Nugent. Stranglehold is good.

 

[The T]

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

I am one of his biggest fans....





and I like his music too

Same. I think his publicist should tell him to just STFU and go back to making this kind of stuff.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbdNQ4BTiA&feature=related[/ame]



eta-Never mind, I realize now you're talking about Ted Nugent. Stranglehold is good.

The very song our troops played as they were going across the deserts of Kuwait during Desert Storm. It scared the shit outta the Iraqui troops and rightly so.

 

[geauxtohell]

I know. That's never happened before!

Yep... but it gets so old.

I wish they'd shut up and sing....

Except for Ted Nugent... he's cool!

The NUGE...The *ULTIMATE* Rugged Individualist.

Rugged individualists don't sit in their own shit for five days to be deemed mentally incompetent in order to get out of going to fight in a war and then 35 years later claim the outcome would have been different if they had fought in that war.

I'll give you that he's a talented Guitar player, good at running his mouth, and a good outdoors man though.

As a born again tough guy? I am unimpressed.