ABC tweets Obama's 'jackass' comment about Kanye West

Wednesday 16th September, 07:16 AM JST

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smithinjapan at 03:15 PM JST - 16th September

The oddest part about all this is calling it a 'gaffe', as though he slipped up or something. I for one think it's great that, off the record and not officially, the man uses the same lingo as you, me, and everyone else. It wasn't a mistake, and as has been said Obama was correct. The only 'social blunder' here (one of the criteria for 'gaffe') is that media listened in on an off-the-record conversation and let it be twittered without any kind of verification.
lostrune2 at 03:26 PM JST - 16th September

Haha! I think Obama just won a few votes in country music country.

Midnightpromise,

Ha! If it takes one to know one, then that makes most of America jackasses then! (Because, obviously, most of America do think Kanye was a jackass. Probably you too!)
Alphaape at 03:34 PM JST - 16th September

“He’s a jackass,” Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.

As most of the familiar posters here may be aware, I am no big fan of Obama, but I think in this instance he really "hit the nail on the head" with this one.

He is right, Kanye West was an "a**hole" for messing up this muscian's moment. If he didn't like the results, just sing (and I use that term loosely) about it in his next song. He isn't really that important and I don't see why he thinks he has the right to mouth off his opinions to the world.

As for Obama, good for him. He called the guy and dirty name, it is still by far cleaner than what you would probably hear on TV or in any one of the many songs (rap, heavy metal, pop, etc) that you hear on the airwaves today. I guess President Harry S. Truman must be spinning in his grave since it has now come to a day when even the President can't call an "ahole and ahole" when he sees one.

I give Obama a pass on this one. Good on him for telling it like it really is. Now maybe he can keep doing that with the rest of his speeches. As for the media, so what. It must really be a slow news day if you have to report that the President curses.
Alphaape at 03:36 PM JST - 16th September

Oops, correction to my previous post. Make that jackass instead of "a**hole" and when you come to think of it, in this case the words could be interchangeable.
lostrune2 at 03:52 PM JST - 16th September

Wait! Where's Obama's teleprompter! Ha!
Yelnats at 03:55 PM JST - 16th September

My mother used to call me a jackass, but it did nothing to hurt my heart. I think Obama should have said something, like, the chick is cute, sings well, and and should have given a quick swift kick to the guys groin and promise to write a song about him being...well...a jackass. That would have been a better tweet.
bushlover at 05:11 PM JST - 16th September

Good comment Obama!! I hate Jackasses too especially ones that declare others to be racist without fully understanding. Typical knee jerk reaction by the peanut gallery. I'm with Obama on this one.
seijichuudo9sha at 05:37 PM JST - 16th September

Props to Obama.Someone needs to teach Kanye a lesson.Of course,if bush had said this of a black performer I would be screaming "racist!" like no tomorrow.Hehehe.Hey,maybe there is some way Kanye can tie country music and Taylor Swift to Joe Wilson.I'm just sayin...
ca1ic0cat at 09:05 PM JST - 16th September

Off the record so ABC pulled it and apologized? Oh come on. Anybody remember Regan's famous mike test "I've declared the Soviet Union...etc?" Everybody had fun with that gaffe. And what Obama said wasn't even a gaffe, it was spot on and with perfect syntax. Why is anybody apologizing for it? Then again, why do they invite West to these things? Probably just for the publicity stunts. Sounds more like Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction." I'll bet it was planned.
genkimark at 09:18 PM JST - 16th September

I agree with President Obama!
usaexpat at 11:45 PM JST - 16th September

Kanye to Obama: "dude I thought we were on the same team, I just couldn't let a white chick win without saying something" Fail: reverse racism is still racism and Kanye needs to go away.
RomeoRamenII at 06:14 AM JST - 17th September

race has nothing to do with being a jackass

True. However, Obama - who's not even 100 percent black - called a black man a jackass and is being congratulated; but if a white politician said the same thing about Kanye West they'd be called a racist.

Besides, why is Obama saying anything publicly about entertainers and their actions? The fact that Obama made a public statement about something that happened at a self-indulgent, mindless MTV awards show speaks volumes about where his real priorities are.
bushlover at 07:15 AM JST - 17th September

Kanye says Bush hates Black people, Obama says Kanye is a Jackass. It has come full circle. Obama respects Mr. Bush. You can see it in his supportive actions.
lostrune2 at 04:53 PM JST - 17th September

RomeoRamenII,

Obama wasn't making a public statement. It was off-the-record pre-interview conversation that some ABC employees listened on then put on their Tweets. Did you read the article?

And it has nothing to do with priorities. What Kanye did is all over the news. Most of America have opinions about it - and it doesn't take much time and effort to realize that Kanye was a jackass.
kinniku at 08:22 AM JST - 18th September

As Obama says in the video clip (care of TMZ), 'Cut the president some slack.' Kanye was a jackass and Obama is correct in calling him one.