Obama Calls Kanye A 'Jackass'
2009-09-15 by Dave de Sylvia STAFF | 167 Replies | 4542 Views

President Barack Obama has been caught on tape branding disgraced fashion icon Kanye West a "jackass," following West's show-stealing performance at the VMA Awards in New York.

The audio was recorded as the rock n' roll President discussed the popular issues of the day with staffers at CNBC as he prepared for an interview with the network. He said: "I thought [Kanye's behaviour] was really inappropriate. It's like she's getting an award- why are you butting in?"

West was hastily escorted from the ceremony on Sunday evening after taking to the stage while Taylor Swift was accepting the award for Best Female Video, declaring: "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!" Swift left the stage soon after, embarrassed.

President Obama, who also kills flies, plead for mercy after making the remark, saying: "Where's the pool? Cut the President some slack! I've got a lot of other stuff on my plate."

http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/15/obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass/

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ninjuice


Comments: 5168
09.15.09


His approval rating might go back up for a week, which is a shame considering how insignificant this is.

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Phantom


Comments: 6586
09.15.09


oh shit, he done got the president involved now

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Shrapnel94


Comments: 1691
09.15.09


It's so precious the way he says it.

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Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


Obama hates black people?

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Ricven


Comments: 194
09.15.09


They way he said it reminded me of Jim Gaffigan for some reason.

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CrazyGreg


Comments: 1170
09.15.09


Obama has spoken

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robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


lol wat

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Roach


Comments: 1144
09.15.09


President Obama, who also kills flies


lol

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CrazyFool84


Comments: 639
09.15.09


wow, does this really interest us?

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redskyformiles
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 5832
09.15.09


Finally something both republicans and democrats can get behind.

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Jesuslaves


Comments: 1081
09.15.09


Obama hates black people?


No, Obama hates dipshits.

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Skyler


Comments: 836
09.15.09


So much for "off the record."

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Emim


Comments: 563
09.15.09


Its a pot and kettle affair, but at least he's right about something. Way to go Obama.

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AmericnZero02


Comments: 1979
09.15.09


hahaha, Obama's the man.

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StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.15.09


Dude's a class act when he's not plotting the Communist takeover/killing puppies/drinking aborted fetus milkshakes (think I heard that on Fox somewhere)

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redskyformiles
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 5832
09.15.09


you forgot the death panels.

robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


obama is, i believe, a racist.


he hates black people.


look at him.

insulting that poor kanye west. might as well have called him a nigger

UhhKris


Comments: 3810
09.15.09


HEY BARACK IM REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMA LET YOU FINISH BUT BUSH HAD ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENCIES EVER

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robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


hahahahaha not bad

Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


Best internet meme of all time.

StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.15.09


No this is (warning, fucked up)

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7918/sharex.jpg

rannz


Comments: 3
09.15.09


kanye didn't really do anything wrong.
people are freaking out over nothing.

robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


dude....so fucked up.....my eyes fell out my ass.....

robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


rannz is kanye west's troll account take note

UhhKris


Comments: 3810
09.15.09


No this is (warning, fucked up)


same meme, sillypants

StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.15.09


Yeah but in context it was a lot more offensive which = better

robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


that makes no sense in two different ways

Demonicgman


Comments: 243
09.15.09


now he can get back to killing old people.

i kid.

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Jesuslaves


Comments: 1081
09.15.09




robertsona


Comments: 2405
09.15.09


the part of the video where he does that shrug makes me crack up every time

Carnifex


Comments: 402
09.15.09


I lol'd so hard at this

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someguest


Comments: 2627
09.15.09


Now he just needs to call himself a jackass for mad props.

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BallsToTheWall
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 18802
09.15.09


This shit seriously keeps getting better and better. Lol at the Jesuslaves pic.

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JizzInMyPants


Comments: 729
09.15.09


lmfao this is awesome, the pics are priceless

encmetalhead


Comments: 734
09.15.09


Real reason why Obama is mad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTkPpUrYTk

illmitch


Comments: 1947
09.15.09


lol jesuslaves pic is total win, i just posted that shit on my facebook

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DonTheReader


Comments: 65
09.15.09


lmao @ jesusslaves post. Obama just got some props from me

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Zizzer


Comments: 355
09.15.09


Hahaha! I really disagree with obama politically, but he is very funny sometimes.

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illmitch


Comments: 1947
09.15.09


http://kanyegate.tumblr.com/

YES

someguest


Comments: 2627
09.15.09


he should have became a comedian

you can't fuck up the country that way

Bfhurricane


Comments: 5519
09.15.09


Obama likes fish dicks.

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Bfhurricane


Comments: 5519
09.15.09


& huge lol at Jesusslaves pic

shindip


Comments: 2534
09.15.09

Album Rating: 5

this probably wont be too good for kanyes career

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Josh D.


Comments: 6155
09.15.09


It's the pot calling the kettle black to me for the most part.

I'm not defending Kanye though by any means.

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romgsom


Comments: 1029
09.15.09


Obama has a pair

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JizzInMyPants


Comments: 729
09.15.09


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8B-GjKHb0

"Oh...Kanya West is here...."

Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


She's right about the cool haircut.

BallsToTheWall
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 18802
09.15.09


black on black haterade. Oh...shit son!!!!!

Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/09/15/colbert-blasts-kanye-with-autotune/

Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.15.09




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Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


Chyna sex tape was obviously the best.

BallsToTheWall
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 18802
09.15.09


That.....so much win, Hanson, seriously I might have to pay for your ticket.

pizzamachine


Comments: 356
09.15.09


And then some sex happened.

JizzInMyPants


Comments: 729
09.15.09


LMFAO

shit i splurted out water all over my school's computer

JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 127
09.15.09


Misspelling in an already terrible meme.

Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.15.09


oh go be elitist somewhere else

JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 127
09.15.09


lmao elitist.



Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.15.09


we're all having fun and you come in and rain on our parade by being HIGH AND MIGHTY

the definition of ELITIST

EasternLight


Comments: 1425
09.15.09


gobama

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Waior
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 6383
09.15.09


I like this president of yours.

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Dave de Sylvia
Moderator


Comments: 6856
09.15.09


Yeah I don't think I've ever read a good JoshIsNumber3 post.

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JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 127
09.15.09


Actually, coming in and rain on your parade while you celebrate a perfectly spelled meme would be HIGH AND MIGHTY. Coming in and doing it on a failed one is just observing the failure. It's like standing on level ground and looking down into a hole.

Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


Goomba + Obama = Goombama, the ultimate Mario foe.

Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.15.09


wait did you just say mispelling kills a meme

have you ever been on the internet

JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 127
09.15.09


Yeah, those LOLCATS sure are fresh, aren't they?

fromtheinside


Comments: 2536
09.15.09




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Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.15.09


oh isee

csi

UhhKris


Comments: 3810
09.15.09


Yeah I don't think I've ever read a good JoshIsNumber3 post.


second'd

also obama is a communist
he's gonna do so many great things for this country

Relinquished


Comments: 1796
09.15.09


lol

What the hell's wrong with this country?

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Tableshaveturned


Comments: 17
09.15.09


haha yes obama we can call kanye a jackass. i mean, that's how you know you're a douche when the freaking president of the US basically says it.

Wizard


Comments: 9895
09.15.09


lol jesuslaves pic is total win

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Klekticist


Comments: 623
09.15.09


haha. i bet kanye voted for obama...
bet he won't 3 years from now

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Bfhurricane


Comments: 5519
09.15.09


bet he won't 3 years from now


No one will

jredmond


Comments: 131
09.15.09


Leno: So Kanye, remember when your mom died? What would she have said?

YOUR FACE JUST GOT SHAWSHANKED

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JizzInMyPants


Comments: 729
09.15.09


ya he did have a bit of a moment of silence there

ToWhatEnd


Comments: 3100
09.15.09


WIN! The whole thread is full of win.

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Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


Shawshanked hahahaha. I would love to hear Morgan Freeman do a "Ima let you finish".

Prophet178


Comments: 3159
09.15.09


http://www.atom.com/spotlights/kanye_west_apology/

Emim


Comments: 563
09.15.09


That picture just freaking made my day.

Zip


Comments: 3731
09.15.09


This is one of the best threads ever man

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ant4tbc


Comments: 212
09.15.09


obama ftw.

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Teddy Picker


Comments: 253
09.15.09


Actually, coming in and rain on your parade while you celebrate a perfectly spelled meme would be HIGH AND MIGHTY. Coming in and doing it on a failed one is just observing the failure. It's like standing on level ground and looking down into a hole.

^^ Ten bucks says you're a Glenn Beck fan

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StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.15.09


Glenn Beck for the fail. Sure is funny watching Keith Olbermann tear him a new one every night

Avirov


Comments: 935
09.15.09


I still think Obama, all politics aside, is a godamn badass.

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qwe2


Comments: 377
09.15.09


i love you all. seriously haven't laughed this hard in ages

StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.15.09


Well I have to give it up for the guy, Kanye most definitely won Douchebag of the Decade which is pretty prestigious

Can't wait for the South Park episode, and you know it's coming

JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 127
09.16.09


^^ Ten bucks says you're a Glenn Beck fan


I could have bet ten bucks that you were just informed enough to make some dumbass statement like that. Your political knowhow is contrived and is the summation of equally moronic and shallow statements.

Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.16.09


you're so fucking serious get over yourself dex

StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.16.09


Your rebuttal is pretty contrived in itself Dexter but do go on

MIRAI87


Comments: 152
09.16.09


Remember that time when South Park created a joke that everyone loved except Kanye and he went apeshit?

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have predicted the future.

Captain North


Comments: 2410
09.16.09


Obama is awesome.

And as I don't live in America I won't comment on the politics, but I thought his approval rating dropped because people are retards and blame him for the recession.

Emim


Comments: 563
09.16.09


No, his approval rating dropped because he exacerbated the recession. Obama is not awesome, neither was Bush, and neither was Clinton. The first is a commie, the second is a pansy, and the third is a sucker (pun intended).

MIRAI87


Comments: 152
09.16.09


Way to not comment on the politics, but then comment about the politics :p

But yeah, I agree.

BornDeadBuriedAlive


Comments: 370
09.16.09


Obama is awesome.

Captain North


Comments: 2410
09.16.09


Nah, it was more a question in the form of a statement. But I do know every single leader in the western world is getting shit for making recession worse, when all they did was act the best they could. There is no sure fire way of fixing it, but if they didn't try they would have gotten shit for that too. So they did, and for the most part failed.

Also, capitalism is just as bad as communism anyway.

bastard


Comments: 3412
09.16.09


you're so fucking serious get over yourself dex


GTFO MY LABORiTORY!

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theilladelph


Comments: 79
09.16.09


His approval rating is dropping because ppl wont let him do anything.... Hes trying but republicans would rather stop him from doing anything to make him look bad and help themselves out in 2012 than actually fix the country

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weareshadenow


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09.16.09




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bastard


Comments: 3412
09.16.09


Kanye, i know you like fish dicks in your mouth and all and imma let you finish, but this south park reference is one of the best of all time

Emim


Comments: 563
09.16.09


Also, capitalism is just as bad as communism anyway.

Ah, I see, you're an idiot.

weareshadenow


Comments: 92
09.16.09


ideology is serious business

Lelle


Comments: 672
09.16.09


lol @weareshadenow

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renegadestrings


Comments: 478
09.16.09


weareshadenow... wow. icing on the fucking cake

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Captain North


Comments: 2410
09.16.09


nice.

emim, no I'm not an idiot. Capitalism is what brought the economy down, communism isn't any better though. There is an inbetween though - I think Sweden does it best really.

Winsomniac


Comments: 29
09.16.09


shade, you are my fucking hero. i dub thee slayer of interfags.

Benzum


Comments: 4736
09.16.09


This is hilarious.

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Alligator


Comments: 3078
09.16.09


Obama just go so much cooler, and he already was cool.

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Benzum


Comments: 4736
09.16.09


you'd think that people might now start to listen and realize that maybe Kanye isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread. After all, Obama is the president. This will probably affect future Kanye West sales too.

Alligator


Comments: 3078
09.16.09


Kanye just needs to stop talking.

Teddy Picker


Comments: 253
09.16.09


I could have bet ten bucks that you were just informed enough to make some dumbass statement like that. Your political knowhow is contrived and is the summation of equally moronic and shallow statements.


^^Moronic and shallow statements seem to be the purpose of your comments here to begin with.

Alligator


Comments: 3078
09.16.09


Is that aimed at me?

StrizzMatik


Comments: 1289
09.16.09


^^ Maybe it's aimed at the person he quoted

Titan50


Comments: 2622
09.16.09


Obama, bear my children

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Emim


Comments: 563
09.16.09


emim, no I'm not an idiot. Capitalism is what brought the economy down, communism isn't any better though. There is an inbetween though - I think Sweden does it best really.


I love how you refute my point, and then prove it again in the next sentence. Communism works at the expense of the people, capitalism works for the better of the people. And, the misuse of capitalism led to the recession.

ant4tbc


Comments: 212
09.16.09


weareshadenow u just made my day.

Bfhurricane


Comments: 5519
09.16.09


I try to stay politically neutral on sputnik, but quotes like these...

Capitalism is what brought the economy down

just piss me off. Like anything in life, businesses, and more importantly, people, make extremely stupid and selfish mistakes. Maybe one or two people on this thread can intelligently explain the policies of loans and real estate that started the recession.

Dave de Sylvia
Moderator


Comments: 6856
09.16.09


Pity there was nobody to loan a clue to poor Kanye.

Hollier


Comments: 1414
09.16.09


LMFAO! jesuslaves and Iluvator ftw!

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Eakflanderyof


Comments: 2034
09.16.09


just piss me off. Like anything in life, businesses, and more importantly, people, make extremely stupid and selfish mistakes. Maybe one or two people on this thread can intelligently explain the policies of loans and real estate that started the recession.


Yeah, such as banks giving out loans to pretty much anyone.

Iluvatar
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 11120
09.16.09


you guys know next to nothing about economics shut the fuck up



mynameischan
Staff Reviewer


Comments: 13172
09.16.09


omg

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Chewie


Comments: 3893
09.16.09


Communism works at the expense of the people, capitalism works for the better of the people. And, the misuse of capitalism led to the recession.


123

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niobium


Comments: 236
09.16.09


didn't laugh until that

CelestialDust


Comments: 933
09.16.09


would you guys stop posting vague philosophical bullshit explaining why the economy is in crisis

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Teddy Picker


Comments: 253
09.16.09


Illuvatar ftw in the best picture category



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