George W picks the worst moment of his Presidency
George W picks the worst moment of his Presidency
#1George W picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:13am
You might think he would pick 9/11, Katrina, economic collapse or the trillions spent and thousands killed in two useless wars. But no...he picks Kanye West
George W. reveals the worst moment of his Presidency in interview with Matt Lauer.
Updated On: 11/3/10 at 11:13 AM
#2George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:14amHim and Taylor Swift should duet.
#2George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:21amBush has probably convinced himself that the federal government's response would have been just as pathetic if the areas worst-hit by Katrina had been mostly white instead of mostly minority.
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#3George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:33amIt would have been bad federally because his FEMA head was nothing more than figure head in the job without any experience related to what the job entails.
#4George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:34amAs Kanye would say "let's hear it for the douchebags."
#5George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 12:52pmHuh. I would have picked election day of his first term quickly followed by election day of his second term.
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#6George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 12:54pmHmmm...so many to choose from. I guess I'd have to go with lying to Congress about WMDs in Iraq in order to start a war of choice.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#7George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 1:03pm
Glad to know that having his feelings hurt by a rapper was more upsetting than 9/11, Katrina, thousands of soldiers dying, and the economic collapse.
Way to keep it about the American people, Georgie.
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#8George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 1:06pmI'll always treasure the look on Bush's face when he saw the multitudes assembled at Obama's inauguration. Just exactly the look of a 6 year old who has suddenly realized that more people showed up to the neighbor kid's birthday party than to his own, and they're having a much better time into the bargain.
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#9George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 1:46pm
Gotta give credit where it's due - this exchange typifies what was a signature of his 'reign', the willingness to stand completely behind his words:
"MATT LAUER:
I wonder if some people are going to read that, now that you've written it, and they might give you some heat for that. And the reason is this–
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:
Don't care."
That's something I could use a little more out of from our current WH resident.
I'm not holding my breath.
#10George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 1:47pmThat's pretty much his legacy: The "Don't Care" President.
#11George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 2:33pmReminds me of when he reduced Saddam Hussein to, "the guy who tried to kill my daddy."
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#12George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 2:50pm
It makes a definite statement about the narrow scope of the man's world that when asked what was the worst moment of his presidency, he replied with what was the worst moment for him personally.
A true statesman would have stepped outside himself and answered the larger question:"What was the worst moment during your presidency for the country you were leading?"
He would have had several of those to choose from.
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#13George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 3:15pmHis book apparently names his inability to privatize Social Security as his biggest regret. "It would have brought so many families together cause Grandma would have had to move in with the kids when the market tanked!"
#14George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 3:20pmI still can't believe someone would get so upset and offended over what Kanye West thinks of them.
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#15George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 3:32pmAt least he didn't write a song about it.
#16George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/3/10 at 11:56pm9/11 is pretty much the worst day in US History for this or any other generation. Kanye's comment is worse than that? Huh?
#17George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/4/10 at 8:02amIt would be like FDR not saying "Pearl Harbor Day" or "when millions of Americans went homeless and hungry during the Depression" but instead saying "The worst moment of my presidency was the day Joe McCarthy called me a 'Dirty Commie Jew.'"
#18George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 7:54amDid anyone just see the Kanye/Matt Lauer interview on the Today Show? It amazed me how riled up Lauer got over West's actions after the softball interview he gave Bush.
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#19George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 1:20pm
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#20George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 1:27pm
Erik, I saw the interview this morning. Wasn't really impressed. Kanye, in my opinion, should have just apologized if he wanted to, said he didn't know the circumstances with the request for aid and maybe said that the president should have at least landed to show some support and left it at that. Part of me had to side with him over the video being played while he was talking. I find it a bit distracting at times when they run a video with sound over a guest while they are speaking. I would think for some guests it would be distracting to hear it in the studio while they are trying to respond to a question. I know that they do that all of the time, which they pointed out, but that doesn't mean it is ok with every guest. Just my opinion.
But with that said, West still seems to be full of himself asking someone off-camera to be quiet. As much as he says he has grown, he still seems to be full of himself. And the tweets he sent after the interview didn't help. I am not a fan.
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#21George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 6:16pmThe worst moment: NCLB. It has done a great deal to dumb down America even further.
#22George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 7:09pmSoft journalists like Lauer always seem to throw slow-toss softballs at the big people and always get butthurt when it involves people in the entertainment industry. Same thing with Brian Williams who was all 'Will somebody please think of the children?' in his newscast when Mark McGwire admitted to steroids but probably would never say that to the face of a world leader.
#23George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/11/10 at 7:40pmYeah...I'm not really saying I was impressed with West..I'm just saying I'm surprised that Lauer got SO riled up with Kanye and never with Bush. I mean really...playing back the Bush interview and telling Kanye to look at the pain in his face..it was all a little much. They didn't ask Bush to look at pictures of bodies floating in New Orleans while he was talking about Katrina.
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#24George W.'s picks the worst moment of his Presidency
Posted: 11/12/10 at 5:37pm
Here's the Kanye interview for anyone who missed it:
Kanye & Matt
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
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