A questioner chimes in, 'Why would he do it?'
When ABC News authorities found out about it, they had the tweets deleted after about an hour,Gucci shoes, Schneider said. Moran declined a request to comment.
The network apologised to the White House and CNBC.
Twitter, a technology that's a natural tool for reporters who love to tell people what they know whenever they know it, has raced ahead in usage before many news organisations have developed policies to govern its use, said Richard Wald, a former ABC News executive and professor at Columbia University.
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Emails shot around among ABC employees about Obama's comments, said Jeffrey Schneider,Nike Blazers, ABC News spokesman. Before anything was reported on ABC's air or Web site, at least three network employees took to Twitter to spread the news.
One was Terry Moran, a former White House correspondent. He logged on to Twitter and typed: 'Pres Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential.'
'You need to reinforce the sense that you have to verify before you publish,air jordans,' Wald said. 'The policies may be very comprehensive, but they may not be adequate to the technology that news organisations have.'
She also questioned whether news organisations should be agreeing to go off the record with the president.
'He's a jackass,' Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.
The incident is reminiscent of past 'open-mic' incidents involving politicians. President Ronald Reagan, while waiting to make a speech in 1984, joked that he had outlawed the Soviet Union and that 'the bombing begins in five minutes'. During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W Bush turned to running mate Dick Cheney to point out a reporter from The New York Times and used an obscenity to describe him.
Their attention was drawn to chatter about West, who was widely criticised for interrupting Swift as she accepted an award at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards to say that Beyonce deserved it.
He said he was aware that it was likely someone outside of CNBC was listening to his conversation with the president.
'It's one of those things that's unfortunate,' he said. 'But I think it's an honest mistake.'
During what sounds like informal banter before the interview begins, Obama is asked whether his daughters were annoyed by West's hijacking of Swift's acceptance statement, according to an audio copy that was posted on TMZ.com.
There was no immediate response to requests for comment from White House spokesmen.
Harwood said there was no explicit agreement with the president that those comments were off the record. But he said it is broadcast tradition that such pre-interview chatter is considered off the record until the formal interview begins. Harwood is holding to that: He would not discuss what the president said before their interview and has no plans to do so on CNBC.
But the news was out.
The president seems to quickly realise he may have gone too far, and jovially appeals to those assembled that the remark be kept private. 'Come on guys,' he says. 'Cut the president some slack. I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate.'
Judging by the things written by other Twitter users since West's action, Obama wasn't in the minority, she said.
'I thought that was really inappropriate,' Obama says. 'What are you butting in (for)? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?'
Harwood had sat down with the president to tape an interview following his appearance on Wall Street on Monday. Although they are competitors,air jordans air jordan ix, CNBC and ABC share a fibre optic line to save money, and this enabled some ABC employees to listen in on the interview as it was being taped for later use.
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'If you're sitting there with a microphone on, you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy,' said Kelly McBride, an expert in journalism ethics for the Poynter Institute. 'If you're a governor or president, you know that.'
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There was no immediate response to requests for comment from White House spokesmen.
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'It's one of those things that's unfortunate,' he said. 'But I think it's an honest mistake.'
The president seems to quickly realise he may have gone too far, and jovially appeals to those assembled that the remark be kept private. 'Come on guys,' he says. 'Cut the president some slack. I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate.'
US President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about rapper Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.
'I thought that was really inappropriate,air jordan shoes,' Obama says. 'What are you butting in (for)? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?'
During what sounds like informal banter before the interview begins, Obama is asked whether his daughters were annoyed by West's hijacking of Swift's acceptance statement, according to an audio copy that was posted on TMZ.com.
ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a 'jackass' for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realise it was considered off the record.
The network apologised to the White House and CNBC.
'You need to reinforce the sense that you have to verify before you publish,' Wald said. 'The policies may be very comprehensive, but they may not be adequate to the technology that news organisations have.'
Judging by the things written by other Twitter users since West's action, Obama wasn't in the minority,Gucci shoes say the latest developments are , she said.
Harwood said there was no explicit agreement with the president that those comments were off the record. But he said it is broadcast tradition that such pre-interview chatter is considered off the record until the formal interview begins. Harwood is holding to that: He would not discuss what the president said before their interview and has no plans to do so on CNBC.
Their attention was drawn to chatter about West, who was widely criticised for interrupting Swift as she accepted an award at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards to say that Beyonce deserved it.
He said he was aware that it was likely someone outside of CNBC was listening to his conversation with the president.
'If you're sitting there with a microphone on,Gucci shoes, you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy,air jordans,' said Kelly McBride, an expert in journalism ethics for the Poynter Institute. 'If you're a governor or president, you know that.'
A questioner chimes in, 'Why would he do it?'
Go to News home
One was Terry Moran, a former White House correspondent. He logged on to Twitter and typed: 'Pres Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential.'
When ABC News authorities found out about it, they had the tweets deleted after about an hour, Schneider said. Moran declined a request to comment.
She also questioned whether news organisations should be agreeing to go off the record with the president.
Emails shot around among ABC employees about Obama's comments, said Jeffrey Schneider, ABC News spokesman. Before anything was reported on ABC's air or Web site, at least three network employees took to Twitter to spread the news.
'He's a jackass,' Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.
But the news was out.
Harwood had sat down with the president to tapekanye west shoes an interview following his appearance on Wall Street on Monday. Although they are competitors, CNBC and ABC share a fibre optic line to save money, and this enabled some ABC employees to listen in on the interview as it was being taped for later use.
The incident is reminiscent of past 'open-mic' incidents involving politicians. President Ronald Reagan, while waiting to make a speech in 1984, joked that he had outlawed the Soviet Union and that 'the bombing begins in five minutes'. During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W Bush turned to running mate Dick Cheney to point out a reporter from The New York Times and used an obscenity to describe him.
'The president calling Kanye West a 'jackass' is perfect information for a tweet,' she said. 'In fact, that's the ideal format. You can do it in 140 characters. There's not much else to say.'
Twitter,Nike Blazers, a technology that's a natural tool for reporters who love to tell people what they know whenever they know it, has raced ahead in usage before many news organisations have developed policies to govern its use,air jordans air jordan ix, said Richard Wald,air jordan shoes body fairing proposal, a former ABC News executive and professor at Columbia University.
'It's one of those things that's unfortunate,' he said. 'But I think it's an honest mistake.'
The president seems to quickly realise he may have gone too far, and jovially appeals to those assembled that the remark be kept private. 'Come on guys,' he says. 'Cut the president some slack. I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate.'
US President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about rapper Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.
'I thought that was really inappropriate,air jordan shoes,' Obama says. 'What are you butting in (for)? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?'
During what sounds like informal banter before the interview begins, Obama is asked whether his daughters were annoyed by West's hijacking of Swift's acceptance statement, according to an audio copy that was posted on TMZ.com.
ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a 'jackass' for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realise it was considered off the record.
The network apologised to the White House and CNBC.
'You need to reinforce the sense that you have to verify before you publish,' Wald said. 'The policies may be very comprehensive, but they may not be adequate to the technology that news organisations have.'
Judging by the things written by other Twitter users since West's action, Obama wasn't in the minority,Gucci shoes say the latest developments are , she said.
Harwood said there was no explicit agreement with the president that those comments were off the record. But he said it is broadcast tradition that such pre-interview chatter is considered off the record until the formal interview begins. Harwood is holding to that: He would not discuss what the president said before their interview and has no plans to do so on CNBC.
Their attention was drawn to chatter about West, who was widely criticised for interrupting Swift as she accepted an award at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards to say that Beyonce deserved it.
He said he was aware that it was likely someone outside of CNBC was listening to his conversation with the president.
'If you're sitting there with a microphone on,Gucci shoes, you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy,air jordans,' said Kelly McBride, an expert in journalism ethics for the Poynter Institute. 'If you're a governor or president, you know that.'
A questioner chimes in, 'Why would he do it?'
Go to News home
One was Terry Moran, a former White House correspondent. He logged on to Twitter and typed: 'Pres Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential.'
When ABC News authorities found out about it, they had the tweets deleted after about an hour, Schneider said. Moran declined a request to comment.
She also questioned whether news organisations should be agreeing to go off the record with the president.
Emails shot around among ABC employees about Obama's comments, said Jeffrey Schneider, ABC News spokesman. Before anything was reported on ABC's air or Web site, at least three network employees took to Twitter to spread the news.
'He's a jackass,' Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.
But the news was out.
Harwood had sat down with the president to tapekanye west shoes an interview following his appearance on Wall Street on Monday. Although they are competitors, CNBC and ABC share a fibre optic line to save money, and this enabled some ABC employees to listen in on the interview as it was being taped for later use.
The incident is reminiscent of past 'open-mic' incidents involving politicians. President Ronald Reagan, while waiting to make a speech in 1984, joked that he had outlawed the Soviet Union and that 'the bombing begins in five minutes'. During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W Bush turned to running mate Dick Cheney to point out a reporter from The New York Times and used an obscenity to describe him.
'The president calling Kanye West a 'jackass' is perfect information for a tweet,' she said. 'In fact, that's the ideal format. You can do it in 140 characters. There's not much else to say.'
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"I immediately knew in this situation that it was wrong,",air jordan shoes; West told Leno. "And it wasn't a spectacle,air jordans, you know. It was actually someone's emotions, you know, that I stepped on and it was very, it was just, it was rude,Gucci shoes US President Barack Obama has , period." Watch Kanye try to make amends »
This is just the kind of "immediacy",Gucci shoes Philanthropy; Leno was talking about in a call with reporters last week.
West then joined fellow hip-hop superstars Jay-Z and Rihanna to perform "Run This Town,jordans Philanthropy," a song they recorded together.
"And if there's anything I can do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I want to live this thing. It's hard sometimes, so."
West's appearance on Monday's prime-time premiere of kanye west shoes"The Jay Leno Show" capped a 24-hour period that began Sunday evening with him strolling down the red carpet at New York's Radio City Music Hall while gulping from a bottle of Cognac.
",Gucci shoes;Would she be disappointed in this? Would she give you a lecture?"
Kanye West took the microphone from Taylor Swift during her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Kanye West appeared to blame the pain of his mother's death two years ago for his "rude" behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
The low-light came about an hour later, when West jumped onstage and grabbed the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepted the Best Female Video award. West declared that Beyonce Knowles should have won. Watch West grab the microphone from Swift »
Apologies from celebrities behaving badly have boosted Leno's ratings.
West appeared sober and humble when he spoke on Leno's Los Angeles stage Monday, an appearance that was originally to be just musical.
The timing of West's antics came at a good time for Leno, who embarked on a new era of his career Monday. After 17 years of hosting "The Tonight Show," Leno debuted his 10 p.m. weeknight talk show on NBC.
When Grant told Leno ",Nike Blazers;I did a bad thing," it gave Leno's "Tonight Show" a viewership bump that has been credited with solidifying his lead over rival David Letterman in the late-night ratings war. iReport.com: Leno gets an "A all the way"
When Leno asked West what his mother would have thought of his behavior, he fell silent for more than a dozen seconds and appeared near tears. Leno pressed him again.
In 1995, Leno enjoyed a ratings-grabbing moment when he asked actor Hugh Grant, "What the hell were you thinking?" Grant had been arrested two weeks earlier for public lewd conduct with a Hollywood hooker. Watch the outcry over West's outburst »
"But I need to, after this, just to take some time off and analyze how I'm going to, you know, make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve," he said. "Because, I am a celebrity and that's something I have to deal with."
The rapper told Jay Leno he would now "take some time off" to think about how he will "make it through the rest of this life."
West said he wasn't trying to justify his behavior, "because I was just in the wrong. That's clear."
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He said he would like to personally apologize to Swift, a 19-year-old pop-country singer.
West gave a rambling, emotional answer:
"Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, I deal with hurt and, you know, so many, you know, celebrities, they never take the time off, and I've never taken the time off to really, you know, I just, music after music and tour after tour on tour, and I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt."
This is just the kind of "immediacy",Gucci shoes Philanthropy; Leno was talking about in a call with reporters last week.
West then joined fellow hip-hop superstars Jay-Z and Rihanna to perform "Run This Town,jordans Philanthropy," a song they recorded together.
"And if there's anything I can do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I want to live this thing. It's hard sometimes, so."
West's appearance on Monday's prime-time premiere of kanye west shoes"The Jay Leno Show" capped a 24-hour period that began Sunday evening with him strolling down the red carpet at New York's Radio City Music Hall while gulping from a bottle of Cognac.
",Gucci shoes;Would she be disappointed in this? Would she give you a lecture?"
Kanye West took the microphone from Taylor Swift during her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Kanye West appeared to blame the pain of his mother's death two years ago for his "rude" behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
The low-light came about an hour later, when West jumped onstage and grabbed the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepted the Best Female Video award. West declared that Beyonce Knowles should have won. Watch West grab the microphone from Swift »
Apologies from celebrities behaving badly have boosted Leno's ratings.
West appeared sober and humble when he spoke on Leno's Los Angeles stage Monday, an appearance that was originally to be just musical.
The timing of West's antics came at a good time for Leno, who embarked on a new era of his career Monday. After 17 years of hosting "The Tonight Show," Leno debuted his 10 p.m. weeknight talk show on NBC.
When Grant told Leno ",Nike Blazers;I did a bad thing," it gave Leno's "Tonight Show" a viewership bump that has been credited with solidifying his lead over rival David Letterman in the late-night ratings war. iReport.com: Leno gets an "A all the way"
When Leno asked West what his mother would have thought of his behavior, he fell silent for more than a dozen seconds and appeared near tears. Leno pressed him again.
In 1995, Leno enjoyed a ratings-grabbing moment when he asked actor Hugh Grant, "What the hell were you thinking?" Grant had been arrested two weeks earlier for public lewd conduct with a Hollywood hooker. Watch the outcry over West's outburst »
"But I need to, after this, just to take some time off and analyze how I'm going to, you know, make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve," he said. "Because, I am a celebrity and that's something I have to deal with."
The rapper told Jay Leno he would now "take some time off" to think about how he will "make it through the rest of this life."
West said he wasn't trying to justify his behavior, "because I was just in the wrong. That's clear."
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MTV awards: West disrupts Swift's speech; tribute to MJ
Essence.com Coverage of Kanye West at MTV Awards
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He said he would like to personally apologize to Swift, a 19-year-old pop-country singer.
West gave a rambling, emotional answer:
"Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, I deal with hurt and, you know, so many, you know, celebrities, they never take the time off, and I've never taken the time off to really, you know, I just, music after music and tour after tour on tour, and I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt."
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This is beginning to be too much to comprehend.
BTW, I did not vote for him and I disagree with him 90+ percent of the time, but I DEFINITELY agree: Kanye is a jackass.
95% of the people in the country agree with the President on this one. Gosh, probably more than any other topic. But off-the-record should stay off-the-record. Otherwise the Pres just won't talk with the press except during formal press events.
Posted by: concerneddemo September 15, 2009 8:40 PM Report abuse
Hey, Obama: Please QUIT FRICKEN WEIGHIN' IN! This distraction will be harder to get caught up in, but why stoop? Kanye already admitted his mistake (in making that gal feel bad).
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
or the time he was drunk at a wedding:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeCl1ZDYwo
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Jdotbdot,re: the Kanye comment, the President was speaking off-record, and in a very informal setting. He was not interrupting someone via inappropriate outburst in the middle of a speech addressing Congress. I don't think Obama stood up in the middle of the VMA's and called Kanye West out as a jackass while West was giving a scheduled speech. I think "jackass",air jordan shoes; sums Kanye's behavior up quite nicely.I wonder,Nike Blazers, did Bush or Cheney ever get caught using colorful language? I seem to remember a few F-bomb incidents.
They are really an odd group of jokers and weirdos.
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Posted by: jerpat September 15, 2009 6:09 PM Report abuse
Like when he told Cheney (and a live mic) that a reporter was an ",Gucci shoes Following the chart performance;a**hole" at a campaign speech? Or maybe when he gave a blind reporter a hard time for not removing his sunglasses?
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Obama should realize that for him there is no such thing as "Off the Record". Kanye acted boorishly and in poor taste and Obama's comment was correct but unnecessary for him to make. I wonder if all these persons who agree with the President this time (eg. Saw1)also agreed with him when he said that the police acted stupidly in arresting Prof. Gates because I think he was right then too. In that case it was appropriate and necessary for him to comment. For the record though, I do not think that was a case of racial profiling, it was just a case of the police resenting kanye west shoesthat a black man was not bowing and scraping to him and he was going to show this uppity nigger who was the boss.
jdotbot - read your post again. You are comparing 2 comments: 1) The president makes a comment about an entertainer. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.2) A Congressman calls the president a liar. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.
Obama groans, comically: "He's a jackass!"
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Short term memory loss is a serious problem in our political discourse of late.
"I thought that was really inappropriate. It's like, she's getting an award, why are you butting in?" Obama says in the audio clip. "I hear you. I agree with you. The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?"
Since when can the pres have a double standard. To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press.To admonish a representative for saying you lie in a country that favors free speech.... come on people get real
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You have to have a consistent standard here. If all comments are protected by free speech, you shouldn't condemn either one. If, instead, we are allowed to judge the appropriateness of the comments made by public officials, free speech isn't a defense for either one.
I'm interested in the comment he made about her personality. So she seems like a "perfectly nice person." What if she had all the charm of Medusa? Would it still be OK to interrupt her? That's a loaded remark, and it would serve POTUS well to rethink the origins of it. An award is an award, and plenty of less-then-stellar souls have received them. Is it ok to steal their moment? Bottom line: Kanye West needs help, which has been demonstrated sufficiently over the years. He won't get it, though. Too many sycophants, even Jay Leno, who babysat him through his alleged "apology."
President Obama stated the obvious. Why would anyone criticize his off-the-record remark? What he said is as true as if he had said my wife's name is Michelle. Rather than constantly nit-picking our Prez we ought to enjoy his truthfulness and erudite speaking ability. I used to cringe whenever Dubya spoke; he was an embarrassment to our country.
Though he didn't complete the thought, it sounds as thought POTUS is chiding them to keep the comments off the record. (Harwood told us Monday that the chit-chat before an interview is customarily considered off-the-record; because of that,jordan fusions body fairing proposal, he declined to comment on his exchange with the president.)
jdotbdot obviously you forgot about the time Bush gave the camera the finger:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutUDZ7Dq0s
And now, thanks to TMZ, we finally know exactly in what context President Obama called hip-hop star Kanye West a "jackass" in banter with journalists that was intended to be off-the-record.
"To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press."
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Apparently you guys think a president should have absolutely zero personality and he should not have any fun, ever. It wasn't like he called Congress to condemn Kanye. It was just banter before the interview.
Posted by: JustinMcC September 15, 2009 10:42 PM Report abuse
The gossip web site posted an audio clip of the exchange, taken from an unbroadcast feed prior to his interview Monday with CNBC's John Harwood, in which someone asks him what he thought about the watercooler topic du jour, West's now infamous confrontation with Taylor Swift on stage at the MTV awards Sunday.
In reading this article,and reflecting on this issue...allow me to make this observation. The mascot for the Democratic party is a " jack Ass." Yesssssssss! I said it a "JACK ASS." Is that what this is all about, a play on words. I don't remember anyone getting upset, when back in the 1800, its was accepted as being the term of choice for the Democrats to be known as " Jack Asses." Having said that,now allow me to say this". I don't agree with what Kayne West did, it was very inapproiate,and in poor taste, was it wrong for the Media to publish President's Barack Obama's statement....Yes it was off the record...he was having a private conversation...and somethings are not for publication!I'm a registered Democrats, now does that mean I'm a jack Ass... Yesssssssssssss and I wear my Tagg well... I say it proudly, I'm a Registered Jack Ass.
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
There's a nervous explosion of laughter from the others in the room, which Obama immediately reacts to: "Now, now, all this stuff... I'm assuming all this stuff -- come on guys, cut the president some slack. I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate."
Posted by: Matt8200 September 15, 2009 11:39 PM Report abuse
These folks are so biased it should be criminal! If President Obama goes outside and sneezes they'll accused him of trying to spread H1N1. These people are getting to the point they are their own worst enemies and eventually no one is going to take them seriously because of the ridiculous lengths they'll go to just to disagree or "bust" the president.
Roxanne and Amy: Enough with the freaking "-gate"! Sheesh!
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I am getting fed up with your mouth Mr. President! When are going to learn to keep it shut on certain subject? Yes Kenya was acting like a "jackass" but YOU, YOU did not have to make that comment. Don't YOU realize by now everything you say or do will be reported? Don't you know that, My God! You could have said: I do not have any comments on that subject, it has know bearing on the economy! But No, no, no, you just keep running and running like an old frig. The media do not like you, so keep to your main subjects and your foot out of your mouth PLEASE! Some in the Black community are waiting for an apology and an invite to the White House for Kenya, OK
The President in a clearly pseudo-private, off the cuff, moment made a remark that the majority of people will agree with. But you still get comments along the lines of "he shouldn't comment", "he needs to keep his opinion to himself", "he needs to examine the true meaning of his his language", "this is no different than Joe Wilson's outburst". What?!? Really?!? Can these people be serious?!? Are really this deep into obstructionism?!?
I don't agree with most of President Obamas policys but I found the comment refreshing. Lets not nit pick, the guy was a jack-ass and Joe Wilson was a jack-ass for showing disrespect for the president.
And I should care why?
Posted by: jdotbdot September 15, 2009 6:35 PM Report abuse
This is beginning to be too much to comprehend.
BTW, I did not vote for him and I disagree with him 90+ percent of the time, but I DEFINITELY agree: Kanye is a jackass.
95% of the people in the country agree with the President on this one. Gosh, probably more than any other topic. But off-the-record should stay off-the-record. Otherwise the Pres just won't talk with the press except during formal press events.
Posted by: concerneddemo September 15, 2009 8:40 PM Report abuse
Hey, Obama: Please QUIT FRICKEN WEIGHIN' IN! This distraction will be harder to get caught up in, but why stoop? Kanye already admitted his mistake (in making that gal feel bad).
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
or the time he was drunk at a wedding:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeCl1ZDYwo
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Jdotbdot,re: the Kanye comment, the President was speaking off-record, and in a very informal setting. He was not interrupting someone via inappropriate outburst in the middle of a speech addressing Congress. I don't think Obama stood up in the middle of the VMA's and called Kanye West out as a jackass while West was giving a scheduled speech. I think "jackass",air jordan shoes; sums Kanye's behavior up quite nicely.I wonder,Nike Blazers, did Bush or Cheney ever get caught using colorful language? I seem to remember a few F-bomb incidents.
They are really an odd group of jokers and weirdos.
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Like when he told Cheney (and a live mic) that a reporter was an ",Gucci shoes Following the chart performance;a**hole" at a campaign speech? Or maybe when he gave a blind reporter a hard time for not removing his sunglasses?
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Obama should realize that for him there is no such thing as "Off the Record". Kanye acted boorishly and in poor taste and Obama's comment was correct but unnecessary for him to make. I wonder if all these persons who agree with the President this time (eg. Saw1)also agreed with him when he said that the police acted stupidly in arresting Prof. Gates because I think he was right then too. In that case it was appropriate and necessary for him to comment. For the record though, I do not think that was a case of racial profiling, it was just a case of the police resenting kanye west shoesthat a black man was not bowing and scraping to him and he was going to show this uppity nigger who was the boss.
jdotbot - read your post again. You are comparing 2 comments: 1) The president makes a comment about an entertainer. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.2) A Congressman calls the president a liar. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.
Obama groans, comically: "He's a jackass!"
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"I thought that was really inappropriate. It's like, she's getting an award, why are you butting in?" Obama says in the audio clip. "I hear you. I agree with you. The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?"
Since when can the pres have a double standard. To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press.To admonish a representative for saying you lie in a country that favors free speech.... come on people get real
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You have to have a consistent standard here. If all comments are protected by free speech, you shouldn't condemn either one. If, instead, we are allowed to judge the appropriateness of the comments made by public officials, free speech isn't a defense for either one.
I'm interested in the comment he made about her personality. So she seems like a "perfectly nice person." What if she had all the charm of Medusa? Would it still be OK to interrupt her? That's a loaded remark, and it would serve POTUS well to rethink the origins of it. An award is an award, and plenty of less-then-stellar souls have received them. Is it ok to steal their moment? Bottom line: Kanye West needs help, which has been demonstrated sufficiently over the years. He won't get it, though. Too many sycophants, even Jay Leno, who babysat him through his alleged "apology."
President Obama stated the obvious. Why would anyone criticize his off-the-record remark? What he said is as true as if he had said my wife's name is Michelle. Rather than constantly nit-picking our Prez we ought to enjoy his truthfulness and erudite speaking ability. I used to cringe whenever Dubya spoke; he was an embarrassment to our country.
Though he didn't complete the thought, it sounds as thought POTUS is chiding them to keep the comments off the record. (Harwood told us Monday that the chit-chat before an interview is customarily considered off-the-record; because of that,jordan fusions body fairing proposal, he declined to comment on his exchange with the president.)
jdotbdot obviously you forgot about the time Bush gave the camera the finger:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutUDZ7Dq0s
And now, thanks to TMZ, we finally know exactly in what context President Obama called hip-hop star Kanye West a "jackass" in banter with journalists that was intended to be off-the-record.
"To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press."
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Apparently you guys think a president should have absolutely zero personality and he should not have any fun, ever. It wasn't like he called Congress to condemn Kanye. It was just banter before the interview.
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The gossip web site posted an audio clip of the exchange, taken from an unbroadcast feed prior to his interview Monday with CNBC's John Harwood, in which someone asks him what he thought about the watercooler topic du jour, West's now infamous confrontation with Taylor Swift on stage at the MTV awards Sunday.
In reading this article,and reflecting on this issue...allow me to make this observation. The mascot for the Democratic party is a " jack Ass." Yesssssssss! I said it a "JACK ASS." Is that what this is all about, a play on words. I don't remember anyone getting upset, when back in the 1800, its was accepted as being the term of choice for the Democrats to be known as " Jack Asses." Having said that,now allow me to say this". I don't agree with what Kayne West did, it was very inapproiate,and in poor taste, was it wrong for the Media to publish President's Barack Obama's statement....Yes it was off the record...he was having a private conversation...and somethings are not for publication!I'm a registered Democrats, now does that mean I'm a jack Ass... Yesssssssssssss and I wear my Tagg well... I say it proudly, I'm a Registered Jack Ass.
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
There's a nervous explosion of laughter from the others in the room, which Obama immediately reacts to: "Now, now, all this stuff... I'm assuming all this stuff -- come on guys, cut the president some slack. I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate."
Posted by: Matt8200 September 15, 2009 11:39 PM Report abuse
These folks are so biased it should be criminal! If President Obama goes outside and sneezes they'll accused him of trying to spread H1N1. These people are getting to the point they are their own worst enemies and eventually no one is going to take them seriously because of the ridiculous lengths they'll go to just to disagree or "bust" the president.
Roxanne and Amy: Enough with the freaking "-gate"! Sheesh!
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I am getting fed up with your mouth Mr. President! When are going to learn to keep it shut on certain subject? Yes Kenya was acting like a "jackass" but YOU, YOU did not have to make that comment. Don't YOU realize by now everything you say or do will be reported? Don't you know that, My God! You could have said: I do not have any comments on that subject, it has know bearing on the economy! But No, no, no, you just keep running and running like an old frig. The media do not like you, so keep to your main subjects and your foot out of your mouth PLEASE! Some in the Black community are waiting for an apology and an invite to the White House for Kenya, OK
The President in a clearly pseudo-private, off the cuff, moment made a remark that the majority of people will agree with. But you still get comments along the lines of "he shouldn't comment", "he needs to keep his opinion to himself", "he needs to examine the true meaning of his his language", "this is no different than Joe Wilson's outburst". What?!? Really?!? Can these people be serious?!? Are really this deep into obstructionism?!?
I don't agree with most of President Obamas policys but I found the comment refreshing. Lets not nit pick, the guy was a jack-ass and Joe Wilson was a jack-ass for showing disrespect for the president.
And I should care why?
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Jdotbdot,re: the Kanye comment, the President was speaking off-record, and in a very informal setting. He was not interrupting someone via inappropriate outburst in the middle of a speech addressing Congress. I don't think Obama stood up in the middle of the VMA's and called Kanye West out as a jackass while West was giving a scheduled speech. I think "jackass",nike air jordans Kanye West becomes an internet joke ]; sums Kanye's behavior up quite nicely.I wonder,air jordans, did Bush or Cheney ever get caught using colorful language? I seem to remember a few F-bomb incidents.
Posted by: Omnivore1 September 15, 2009 7:08 PM Report abuse
Since when can the pres have a double standard. To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press.To admonish a representative for saying you lie in a country that favors free speech.... come on people get real
President Obama stated the obvious. Why would anyone criticize his off-the-record remark? What he said is as true as if he had said my wife's name is Michelle. Rather than constantly nit-picking our Prez we ought to enjoy his truthfulness and erudite speaking ability. I used to cringe whenever Dubya spoke; he was an embarrassment to our country.
You have to have a consistent standard here. If all comments are protected by free speech, you shouldn't condemn either one. If, instead, we are allowed to judge the appropriateness of the comments made by public officials,Gucci shoes, free speech isn't a defense for either one.
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jdotbot - read your post again. You are comparing 2 comments: 1) The president makes a comment about an entertainer. Some people call this comment inappropriate,air jordans air jordan 4,air jordan shoes, but it is clearly speech.2) A Congressman calls the president a liar. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.
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Since when can the pres have a double standard. To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press.To admonish a representative for saying you lie in a country that favors free speech.... come on people get real
President Obama stated the obvious. Why would anyone criticize his off-the-record remark? What he said is as true as if he had said my wife's name is Michelle. Rather than constantly nit-picking our Prez we ought to enjoy his truthfulness and erudite speaking ability. I used to cringe whenever Dubya spoke; he was an embarrassment to our country.
You have to have a consistent standard here. If all comments are protected by free speech, you shouldn't condemn either one. If, instead, we are allowed to judge the appropriateness of the comments made by public officials,Gucci shoes, free speech isn't a defense for either one.
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jdotbot - read your post again. You are comparing 2 comments: 1) The president makes a comment about an entertainer. Some people call this comment inappropriate,air jordans air jordan 4,air jordan shoes, but it is clearly speech.2) A Congressman calls the president a liar. Some people call this comment inappropriate, but it is clearly speech.
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I don't agree with most of President Obamas policys but I found the comment refreshing. Lets not nit pick, the guy was a jack-ass and Joe Wilson was a jack-ass for showing disrespect for the president.
Posted by: saw1 September 15, 2009 7:31 PM Report abuse
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
Posted by: concerneddemo September 15, 2009 8:40 PM Report abuse
95% of the people in the country agree with the President on this one. Gosh, probably more than any other topic. But off-the-record should stay off-the-record. Otherwise the Pres just won't talk with the press except during formal press events.
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I'm interested in the comment he made about her personality. So she seems like a ",Gucci shoes Kanye West by David ;perfectly nice person.",air jordans air jordan ix; What if she had all the charm of Medusa? Would it still be OK to interrupt her? That's a loaded remark, and it would serve POTUS well to rethink the origins of it. An award is an award,air jordan shoes, and plenty of less-then-stellar souls have received them. Is it ok to steal their moment? Bottom line: Kanye West needs help, which has been demonstrated sufficiently over the years. He won't get it, though. Too many sycophants, even Jay Leno, who babysat him through his alleged ",Nike Blazers;apology.",air jordans air jordan 2009,Gucci shoes;
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
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Posted by: saw1 September 15, 2009 7:31 PM Report abuse
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
Posted by: concerneddemo September 15, 2009 8:40 PM Report abuse
95% of the people in the country agree with the President on this one. Gosh, probably more than any other topic. But off-the-record should stay off-the-record. Otherwise the Pres just won't talk with the press except during formal press events.
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I'm interested in the comment he made about her personality. So she seems like a ",Gucci shoes Kanye West by David ;perfectly nice person.",air jordans air jordan ix; What if she had all the charm of Medusa? Would it still be OK to interrupt her? That's a loaded remark, and it would serve POTUS well to rethink the origins of it. An award is an award,air jordan shoes, and plenty of less-then-stellar souls have received them. Is it ok to steal their moment? Bottom line: Kanye West needs help, which has been demonstrated sufficiently over the years. He won't get it, though. Too many sycophants, even Jay Leno, who babysat him through his alleged ",Nike Blazers;apology.",air jordans air jordan 2009,Gucci shoes;
President Obama took the words right out of a lot of people's mouths. What a JA. What is there for discussion about this type of behavior?
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Short term memory loss is a serious problem in our political discourse of late.
"To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press."
In reading this article,and reflecting on this issue...allow me to make this observation. The mascot for the Democratic party is a " jack Ass." Yesssssssss! I said it a "JACK ASS." Is that what this is all about, a play on words. I don't remember anyone getting upset, when back in the 1800,Nike Blazers, its was accepted as being the term of choice for the Democrats to be known as " Jack Asses." Having said that,Gucci shoes,now allow me to say this". I don't agree with what Kayne West did, it was very inapproiate,and in poor taste, was it wrong for the Media to publish President's Barack Obama's statement....Yes it was off the record...he was having a private conversation...and somethings are not for publication!I'm a registered Democrats,kanye west shoes Glow in the Dark Tour and, now does that mean I'm a jack Ass... Yesssssssssssss and I wear my Tagg well... I say it proudly, I'm a Registered Jack Ass.
I am getting fed up with your mouth Mr. President! When are going to learn to keep it shut on certain subject? Yes Kenya was acting like a "jackass" but YOU,air jordans air jordan 2, YOU did not have to make that comment. Don't YOU realize by now everything you say or do will be reported? Don't you know that, My God! You could have said: I do not have any comments on that subject, it has know bearing on the economy! But No, no, no, you just keep running and running like an old frig. The media do not like you, so keep to your main subjects and your foot out of your mouth PLEASE! Some in the Black community are waiting for an apology and an invite to the White House for Kenya, OK
Posted by: stew3 September 16, 2009 12:08 AM Report abuse
BTW, I did not vote for him and I disagree with him 90+ percent of the time, but I DEFINITELY agree: Kanye is a jackass.
Like when he told Cheney (and a live mic) that a reporter was an "a**hole" at a campaign speech? Or maybe when he gave a blind reporter a hard time for not removing his sunglasses?
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles,air jordans, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
The President in a clearly pseudo-private, off the cuff, moment made a remark that the majority of people will agree with. But you still get comments along the lines of "he shouldn't comment", "he needs to keep his opinion to himself", "he needs to examine the true meaning of his his language", "this is no different than Joe Wilson's outburst". What?!? Really?!? Can these people be serious?!? Are really this deep into obstructionism?!?
Obama should realize that for him there is no such thing as "Off the Record". Kanye acted boorishly and in poor taste and Obama's comment was correct but unnecessary for him to make. I wonder if all these persons who agree with the President this time (eg. Saw1)also agreed with him when he said that the police acted stupidly in arresting Prof. Gates because I think he was right then too. In that case it was appropriate and necessary for him to comment. For the record though, I do not think that was a case of racial profiling,jordan fusions body fairing proposal, it was just a case of the police resenting that a black man was not bowing and scraping to him and he was going to show this uppity nigger who was the boss.
jdotbdot obviously you forgot about the time Bush gave the camera the finger:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutUDZ7Dq0s
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They are really an odd group of jokers and weirdos.
Posted by: Dawson4070 September 16, 2009 6:21 AM Report abuse
Apparently you guys think a president should have absolutely zero personality and he should not have any fun,air jordan shoes, ever. It wasn't like he called Congress to condemn Kanye. It was just banter before the interview.
Posted by: Chrisjj1948 September 15, 2009 10:56 PM Report abuse
These folks are so biased it should be criminal! If President Obama goes outside and sneezes they'll accused him of trying to spread H1N1. These people are getting to the point they are their own worst enemies and eventually no one is going to take them seriously because of the ridiculous lengths they'll go to just to disagree or "bust" the president.
Posted by: princeleo September 15, 2009 10:35 PM Report abuse
Hey, Obama: Please QUIT FRICKEN WEIGHIN' IN! This distraction will be harder to get caught up in, but why stoop? Kanye already admitted his mistake (in making that gal feel bad).
This is beginning to be too much to comprehend.
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Posted by: wizard2 September 16, 2009 1:27 AM Report abuse
Short term memory loss is a serious problem in our political discourse of late.
"To call someone a jackass as president is inappropriate and Pres Bush would have been taken to the woodshed by the press."
In reading this article,and reflecting on this issue...allow me to make this observation. The mascot for the Democratic party is a " jack Ass." Yesssssssss! I said it a "JACK ASS." Is that what this is all about, a play on words. I don't remember anyone getting upset, when back in the 1800,Nike Blazers, its was accepted as being the term of choice for the Democrats to be known as " Jack Asses." Having said that,Gucci shoes,now allow me to say this". I don't agree with what Kayne West did, it was very inapproiate,and in poor taste, was it wrong for the Media to publish President's Barack Obama's statement....Yes it was off the record...he was having a private conversation...and somethings are not for publication!I'm a registered Democrats,kanye west shoes Glow in the Dark Tour and, now does that mean I'm a jack Ass... Yesssssssssssss and I wear my Tagg well... I say it proudly, I'm a Registered Jack Ass.
I am getting fed up with your mouth Mr. President! When are going to learn to keep it shut on certain subject? Yes Kenya was acting like a "jackass" but YOU,air jordans air jordan 2, YOU did not have to make that comment. Don't YOU realize by now everything you say or do will be reported? Don't you know that, My God! You could have said: I do not have any comments on that subject, it has know bearing on the economy! But No, no, no, you just keep running and running like an old frig. The media do not like you, so keep to your main subjects and your foot out of your mouth PLEASE! Some in the Black community are waiting for an apology and an invite to the White House for Kenya, OK
Posted by: stew3 September 16, 2009 12:08 AM Report abuse
BTW, I did not vote for him and I disagree with him 90+ percent of the time, but I DEFINITELY agree: Kanye is a jackass.
Like when he told Cheney (and a live mic) that a reporter was an "a**hole" at a campaign speech? Or maybe when he gave a blind reporter a hard time for not removing his sunglasses?
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles,air jordans, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
The President in a clearly pseudo-private, off the cuff, moment made a remark that the majority of people will agree with. But you still get comments along the lines of "he shouldn't comment", "he needs to keep his opinion to himself", "he needs to examine the true meaning of his his language", "this is no different than Joe Wilson's outburst". What?!? Really?!? Can these people be serious?!? Are really this deep into obstructionism?!?
Obama should realize that for him there is no such thing as "Off the Record". Kanye acted boorishly and in poor taste and Obama's comment was correct but unnecessary for him to make. I wonder if all these persons who agree with the President this time (eg. Saw1)also agreed with him when he said that the police acted stupidly in arresting Prof. Gates because I think he was right then too. In that case it was appropriate and necessary for him to comment. For the record though, I do not think that was a case of racial profiling,jordan fusions body fairing proposal, it was just a case of the police resenting that a black man was not bowing and scraping to him and he was going to show this uppity nigger who was the boss.
jdotbdot obviously you forgot about the time Bush gave the camera the finger:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutUDZ7Dq0s
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They are really an odd group of jokers and weirdos.
Posted by: Dawson4070 September 16, 2009 6:21 AM Report abuse
Apparently you guys think a president should have absolutely zero personality and he should not have any fun,air jordan shoes, ever. It wasn't like he called Congress to condemn Kanye. It was just banter before the interview.
Posted by: Chrisjj1948 September 15, 2009 10:56 PM Report abuse
These folks are so biased it should be criminal! If President Obama goes outside and sneezes they'll accused him of trying to spread H1N1. These people are getting to the point they are their own worst enemies and eventually no one is going to take them seriously because of the ridiculous lengths they'll go to just to disagree or "bust" the president.
Posted by: princeleo September 15, 2009 10:35 PM Report abuse
Hey, Obama: Please QUIT FRICKEN WEIGHIN' IN! This distraction will be harder to get caught up in, but why stoop? Kanye already admitted his mistake (in making that gal feel bad).
This is beginning to be too much to comprehend.
Posted by: JustinMcC September 15, 2009 10:42 PM Report abuse
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