Rolling Stone
According to sources at the VMAs, Swift was seen hysterically crying backstage after Kanye’s outburst, making it convenient that her performance of “You Belong to Me,” which immediately followed the acceptance speech, was prerecorded. Wale, who is serving as MC for the house band, told the crowd, “You can’t fault a man for speaking his mind,” which was promptly met by boos from the Radio City Music Hall crowd. According to our sources inside Radio City, Kanye was promptly tossed from the VMAs after interrupting Swift’s speech.
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YES WE CAN!
TheQuestion on September 13, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Kanye West doesn’t like white people
He’s a perfect jackass
Defector01 on September 13, 2009 at 11:02 PM
I hope that’s true, because he doesn’t deserve anything better.
Bob's Kid on September 13, 2009 at 11:03 PM
dumbass confirms suspicions surrounding him.
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:03 PM
He’ll be Obambi’s new Music Czar.
Percy_Peabody on September 13, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I heard he was photographed with a bottle of Hennessey before the show. If you can’t handle the sauce, give it up! That was a lousy thing to do and he will pay for it. His name will be mud in the industry.
Tasha on September 13, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Not good enough. Not nearly enough.
progressoverpeace on September 13, 2009 at 11:05 PM
The video.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Racists
agmartin on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM
He needs to be escorted off the
islandcontinent.Guardian on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Kayne West doesn’t care about white women.
Aquateen Hungerforce on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Dumbass
SouthernGent on September 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Purest of pure douchebags, right there, but what can you expect from a social/music culture that refers to women as biotches, ho’s, and terms even worse.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM
The left has been faulting Joe Wilson for speaking his mind for four days now.
jimmy2shoes on September 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I think he should be censured by the House of Representatives for this outrageous breach of protocol.
Mark1971 on September 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM
The MTV VMAs are a very liberal outfit and were a platform for Bush-bashing and Obama butt-kissing last year, so of course all-American country artists are going to get picked on. The country artists don’t belong at a low-class deal like this anyway. They should just boycott next year.
Glad that Kanye “Bush hates whiteys” West was tossed, though.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on September 13, 2009 at 11:08 PM
He needs to be banned
Defector01 on September 13, 2009 at 11:09 PM
There are people in the comments actually supporting that cretin. Unbelievable.
Bob's Kid on September 13, 2009 at 11:09 PM
stop talking about my mom, will ya?
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:11 PM
He doesn’t come across as much of a man there, does he?
Patrick S on September 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM
I am more outraged after watching the video. That poor girl’s heart was broken. I would have kicked his a$$ which wouldn’t be difficult since he’s 5′ nothing.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM
So yesterday it was Michael Jordan being an ass, and Serena Williams being a witch. Today it is Kayne West. I’m sensing a pattern here.
jediwebdude on September 13, 2009 at 11:12 PM
He’s off screwing a fish right now.
Emily M. on September 13, 2009 at 11:13 PM
There’s simply no excuse for bad manners. He’s just an ill-mannered thug.
Oink on September 13, 2009 at 11:13 PM
James Clyburn will insist on a Congressional investigation./
ICBM on September 13, 2009 at 11:14 PM
!
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:14 PM
What a jacka**. MTV deserves him. Poor Taylor Swift. She was so happy and that moron ruined it.
mjk on September 13, 2009 at 11:14 PM
How terribly embarrassing it must be for Kayne to have his racism revealed at the precise moment when millions of viewers were tuned in to a live performance. He will need years of therapy to overcome enough shame so that maybe one day he might muster the courage to go out in public without a mask.
Geochelone on September 13, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Had to do it…
Aquateen Hungerforce on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
What an A$$
bestwins on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Beyonce hardly looks mortified.
boomer on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Ahh….the VMA’s acted stupidly.
Caper29 on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
typical Obama voter
elduende on September 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
more like
“yeeesssss”
“it is trruuueee”
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
less autotune
moreless kanyeblatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Beyonce hardly looks mortified.
boomer on September 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I agree. She was totally happy to be recognized. What do you except from no class low lifes?
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
What? :O
Emily M. on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
It is crazy. There are “friends” of mine on facebook, all black, all O supporters, who are joking how he was wrong, but it was “soo funny/LOL/ROTFLMAO/etc”….friggin stupid. One comment even says, “first some bigot saying You Lie and now this….people are out of control.” But then she goes on to excuse it as just entertainment. Sorry, but if this guy was white, I have a hard time believeing they would be so nonchalant.
That bigot line still pisses me off.
XWing5 on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
I agree. She was totally happy to be recognized. What do you
exceptexpect from no class low lifes?txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
d’Oh
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Beyonce actually won an award and called Taylor up to finish her acceptance speech.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
That’s it, I’m not buying one more Kanye cd. Well ok I might get the greatest hits version but then I’m done.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Obama voters
elduende on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
If a country artist behaved similarly towards a hip hop artist, it would be decried as blantant racism. This? Just funny stuff.
V15J on September 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
oh oops
normally you need a lot of hits to have a greatest hits
not two crap hits
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Everybody should go by a Taylor Swift CD tomorrow
bestwins on September 13, 2009 at 11:20 PM
For real?
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Exactly. Apparently racism only works one way though.
XWing5 on September 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM
He does this every time. The man thinks he’s God and that the universe revolves around him. And no one should deny that he was pissed a white girl beat out a black girl for the award, deserved or not.
Grafted on September 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Yup, the pic is up at TMZ. Pic #10 if it doesn’t come up on the right one.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Umm, Beyonce’s video was better.
Caveat: Kanye was still a jerk.
YYZ on September 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I showed the Mrs. the Kanye clip and she switched MTV on to see what was happening at just the right time.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Okay, that’s actually kind of sweet.
mjk on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Yes. She won video of the year and said she remembered how excited she was when she won her first VMA and that Taylor should have the same experience. Taylor came back out and gave her speech. Very classy on Beyonce’s part.
SnarkVader on September 13, 2009 at 11:23 PM
im not up to date on all the baby mama drama
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Yup, the pic is up at TMZ. Pic #10 if it doesn’t come up on the right one.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Ah yes. His fugly bi-sexual fb.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Now that’s classy!
gophergirl on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
The people who make that decision seem to disagree with you.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
i dont even know these people well
i dont know their music
i dont listen to the radio
just talk AM
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
That goes to show you how Obama supporters really are: Self-indulgent jackasses.
cubachi on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Very classy indeed! Good for Beyonce.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I’m not going to buy any more pieces from Kanye’s clothing line either.
Well ok I might get a “Crush Whitey” shirt but then I’m done.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I showed the Mrs. the Kanye clip and she switched MTV on to see what was happening at just the right time.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Just admit it. You watch MTV 24/7.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
But this isn’t new with him. I wish he were “mud” but I don’t see it happening. He wants publicity, he gets publicity. He is just some “misundersttod artist” or something. I don’t think the industry polices its own much. Nothing is going to happen to him. He just makes news, which is what I think he wants. Keeps him relevant.
XWing5 on September 13, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Typical Obama-voter.
Norwegian on September 13, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Well ok I might get a “Crush Whitey” shirt but then I’m done.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I’m assuming that comes in the wife beater variety.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Uh…no thanks. I actually think her music is crappy. But she does seem like a sweet kid, and I hope she’s noshing with her friends right now. Forget about the jackass.
Emily M. on September 13, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Umm, hello? Taylor Swift won an award from those very “liberals.” And Kanye West was loudly booed all night.
YYZ on September 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Not since the Bee Gees broke up.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Wow, good for both of them and yes, classy on Beyonce’s part.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM
when im on MTV ill shout out to y’all
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Shouldn’t he be busy rebuilding New Orleans with Sean Penn and Brad Pitt right about now?
john1schn on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
he donated 5 dollars and a used napkin
he did his job
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Not since the Bee Gees broke up.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM
How deep is your love? Just stayin alive. No jive talkin.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Ugh, why I am on here talking about that “richard-head” as my mom likes to say. Back to football.
ps Kanye is still an a-hole.
XWing5 on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
These slugs don’t marry, it would have to be a g/f beater.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Our screen names and everything?
Emily M. on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Kanye West needs to be banned
Defector01 on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM
ummm…well Jackasses do have a purpose in life.
Kayne West does not.
on iTunes right now….I’m not a fan of TS but she is young and doesn’t deserve to be humiliated like that. Hopefully the Country Music world will cause much pain & suffering on Kayne & by the way – Kayne is just a stupid name. His mom didn’t love him.
poppieseeds on September 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Some author of a Hip Hop book was on Red Eye a while back. The book apparently talked about some closeted gay rappers that the author couldn’t reveal. So Greg asked something like “Ganye Krest?” a the author didn’t comment. Just felt like sharing.
V15J on September 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM
This is just where I came in.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM
I believe, at least in this case, the proper term is “ho-beater.”
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM
MTV isn’t. Hasn’t been for
yearsdecades. I’m amazed that freakin’ channel is still around.john1schn on September 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM
These slugs don’t marry, it would have to be a g/f beater.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
More like a baby mamma beater.
txag92 on September 13, 2009 at 11:31 PM
In addition, the author smiled as if Greg was on to something. Obviously he couldn’t say.
V15J on September 13, 2009 at 11:31 PM
He only did this because Swift is this tiny, demure woman, so he made himself feel all tough.
As someone said earlier, West would never have done this with Pink; she would have kicked his seeds into his throat and tied his ears together.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Fixed that for ya.
john1schn on September 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
B!Tc# smacker T-shirt.
thomasaur on September 13, 2009 at 11:33 PM
The tool removes all doubt that he is a racist douche bag.
Geochelone on September 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM
gay boy needs to be educated. good luck with that.
redrock on September 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM
What would have happened if someone had run up during Kanye’s acceptance speech and interrupted it?
Just askin’…
inviolet on September 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
inviolet on September 13, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Maybe this is what Obama means by “get in their faces”. Please God let it be so. The planet will be a better place without many of these Obama voters.
elduende on September 13, 2009 at 11:37 PM
What an unbelievable jerk. And wow is he short.
Serena had a complete meltdown. Frighteningly so.
I missed the MJ episode. What’d he do?
conservative pilgrim on September 13, 2009 at 11:39 PM
YYZ, um, HELLO? Didn’t you hear about last year’s show?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kerry-picket/2008/09/08/mtv-vma-host-bashes-palin-family-while-endorsing-obama
He begged the audience to vote for Obama. And did MTV think that that was too liberal? Why, no, they asked him to host again this year.
So, yeah, they’re a liberal, low-class clap-trap that country artists are too good for (and I’m not even all that much a fan). But, c’mon, we’re talking about MTV for God’s sake. Crap.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on September 13, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Do you want him to be criminally prosecuted?
I for one thought it was hilarious. The VMA’s itself is such a gaudy, shameless spectacle that the notion of “making a mockery of it” is redundant. You can’t denigrate the integrity of an event which has no integrity to begin with. If he interrupted the presentation of the Fields Medal it’d be objectionable, but it’s the VMA’s. Who cares?
crr6 on September 13, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Invite that uppity dildo-head to the next Country Music Awards and, when he comes onstage, bring out the following to teach him some good ol’ country-fied manners:
Toby Keith, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Trace Adkins, John Rich, Blake Shelton, Hank Williams, Jr….the list is endless.
Good girl, Taylor. You handled the sucky situation well.
SouthernPride on September 13, 2009 at 11:41 PM
He was extremely petty and vindictive in his Hall of Fame induction speech. But, as people have noted, that’s just MJ.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I guess, except Beyonce later won Video of the Year, which, if you think about it, makes no sense.
YYZ on September 13, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Beyonce is still friends with Kanye. Until she cuts ties with the douche, then I’ll give her kudos.
cubachi on September 13, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Where does Joe Wilson fit in there?
crr6 on September 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Are you kidding me? She was loving every minute of it.
Knucklehead on September 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I don’t disagree with you about them being liberals. But it wasn’t obvious that a country act would be picked-on. Kanye West is just a jerk.
YYZ on September 13, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Up your a$$!
Knucklehead on September 13, 2009 at 11:45 PM
crr6 You thought it was hilarious?
Obviously you don’t know much about Taylor Swift. She is only 18 yrs. old and is a wonderful role model for young girls. Shame on you for thinking this is “hilarious”.
SouthernPride on September 13, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Well, I’m not watching, but so far it’s being reported that she looked mortified by his behavior. So, yes, I think that asking Taylor Swift to come out and finish her acceptance speech was a good thing for her to do.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM
What is a Kanye West
is that some sort of a terrier breed?
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Why am I not surprised…
Typical liberal scumbag.
2Brave2Bscared on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Kanye pulled some crap with Gretchen Wilson a few years back too. So this is just SOP for that POS
LibraryGryffon on September 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM
And Kanye West is a racist.
2Brave2Bscared on September 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM
If she takes the VMA’s this seriously I don’t know what kind of “musician” she is. She seems like a nice enough woman, but frankly she’ll benefit from this more than she ever would have from just winning the award without incident.
crr6 on September 13, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Meh. ODB did it better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2-5GSjZvW8
Jorge Bonilla on September 13, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Can someone please tell me how Ms. Swift knew the difference between applause for her or that piece of sh%t that stormed the stage…?
…Gangsta rap and all of that, ‘yo!
Classless piece of sh%t…
… just like the President.
Seven Percent Solution on September 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM
I did hear one audio clip on the radio. Michael Jordan said, “There will not be another Michael Jordan. Stop looking for him.” Not verbatim, but the basic gist. It sounded like parody. Who says that about oneself without the narcissist label immediately following? What an ego.
conservative pilgrim on September 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM
This prick needs a zipper.
profitsbeard on September 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Well what’s being reported and what my bad eyes can see are two completely different things. Here’s a short clip.
Hardly classy from my perspective.
Knucklehead on September 13, 2009 at 11:51 PM
This will actually help his career, not hurt it…it’s no punishment for this db at all. He could only top this by murdering somebody…I expect that will be his next ’stunt’. God I hate what our LCD culture has become.
AUINSC on September 13, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Kanye West: (hits the alarm on his clock & sits up in bed) *yawn* what a lovely morning. I wonder how I can f**k up someone else’s day. I know, I can get drunk as hell before tonight’s VMA and then show how much of an absolute pr*ck I can be as soon as someone receives the first award of the evening.
(Grabs pencil & paper) note to self: Make sure I’m seen on red carpet with a bottle of Courvoisier for that authentic ghetto-ass look. I’ll be all over the news media now!
mizflame98 on September 13, 2009 at 11:52 PM
According to Wiki (I know, I know) his father used to be a Black Panther. What a shock…
Emily M. on September 13, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Kanye made an ass of himself by interrupting the VMA”s. Joe WIlson made an ass of himself by interrupting a joint session of Congress. Where’s our outrage there?
Scumbag.
crr6 on September 13, 2009 at 11:52 PM
“I am the one we have been waiting for” – Obama, nomination victory speech.
elduende on September 13, 2009 at 11:53 PM
no one stole Obama’s mic
blatantblue on September 13, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Physician, heal thyself.
conservative pilgrim on September 13, 2009 at 11:54 PM
You’re right, she didn’t look too mortified to me. I stand corrected. Thanks for posting the link.
califcon on September 13, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Anyone else not going to bother to watch Jay Leno and his new show…
(Emphasis mine)
Seven Percent Solution on September 13, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Plus Obama is a public servant… but hey…
Upstater85 on September 13, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Obama was lying through his damn teeth. Wilson was right to do what he did.
Take a hike, you liberal piece of crap.
2Brave2Bscared on September 13, 2009 at 11:56 PM
No. He, and any work he touches, should be banned. ANy decent person would do that. Of course, decent people wouldn’t have had anything to do with the slimeball for a long time.
Of course you did. You’re a slug.
It’s called common decency and acting like a civilized person. You wouldn’t understand. Libs don’t know from decency, as all you idiots care about is tearing down everything around you. Despicable.
progressoverpeace on September 13, 2009 at 11:56 PM
He used his Hall of Fame speech to vent grudges he’s held for years against people in his past. Jordan took what should have been a monumental moment in his career and turned it into a petty session. See Yahoo! Sports and ESPN for their columnists’ reactions.
jediwebdude on September 13, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Apparently Libs think Free speech consists of
1. Storming a stage in the middle of a production
2. Physically ripping a microphone from the hand of a speaker accepting an award
3. Voicing their subjective personal opinion
4. Handing back the microphone
Geochelone on September 13, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Well, at least Kanye didn’t coarsen the national debate at a townhall…
Upstater85 on September 13, 2009 at 11:58 PM
What the hell does this have to do with Joe Wilson anyway? Stay focused, crr6, you moron.
2Brave2Bscared on September 13, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Ha! At least Jordan has some accomplishments. Obama–not so much.
conservative pilgrim on September 13, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Well then it’s good that Swift is only concerned about how much money she can make and not about being recognized for her efforts and having the chance to thank everyone for their support.
He1l, I’m surprised she didn’t say “Ka CHING!” after Kanye loped off the stage.
Bishop on September 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM
You’re very welcome.
Another great example on how the MSM lies and protects.
Knucklehead on September 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM
As long as one doesn’t yell “you lie” why not add NEA funded works (i.e. taxpayer funded) and throwing shoes at the POTUS.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM
A few black folks are defending him over at mediatakeout.com, but most are on him like…errr…white on rice.
SouthernGent on September 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM
I am totally outraged that The Precedent would abuse the power of his office to call a Congressional address in order to try and shove through his insane, un-Constitutional, un-American, leftist POS legislation. The Precedent should have been roundly booed for such an abuse of office. It was pathetic.
But, all of you America-haters are pathetic.
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Joe Wilson “made an a$$” to the 48-year-old President of the United States for saying that republicans were lying about provisions of a controversial bill (provisions that, although they “didnt exist”, were “removed” on Friday. huh)
Kanye West “made and a$$” to a 19 (NINETEEN)-year-old GIRL for winning her first ever video award. She was in tears immediately, and was crying HYSTERICALLY backstage.
Get back to me when Joe Wilson heckled Obama’s inaguration, and get back to me when Obama was IN TEARS.
Wait…. wait…. heckled a president at an inaguration???? Does 2000 or 2004 ring a bell???
Idiot.
battleoflepanto1571 on September 14, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Oh, you know Obama was in tears hiding under his bed…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
If she takes the VMA’s this seriously I don’t know what kind of “musician” she is. She seems like a nice enough woman, but frankly she’ll benefit from this more than she ever would have from just winning the award without incident.
crr6 on September 13, 2009 at 11:49 PM
She is an 18-year-old girl you douchebag. It was her first VMA award. Go play in the street.
txag92 on September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Since you mentioned it first, I thought Joe Wilson’s remark was hilarious too.
Now we can laugh together at the hilarity…oh wait, earlier you saw some sort of commonality between the two incidents, didn’t you?
Bishop on September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Right next to Ogabe.
Darth Executor on September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
I’m sure Kanye, like Wilson thought he was “doing what’s right”. The two really are a perfect match. It’s amusing how this is a symbol of the decline of our social mores, and Wilson’s despicable lack of respect for the office of the Presidency is not.
You’re a hypocritical piece of trash.
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Knucklehead, that video is the original incident. Not the follow-up with Beyonce asking Swift to finish the speech as other have said above.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:03 AM
If you equate a joint session of Congress to the VMA’s, and Taylor Swift to the office of the Presidency, then yes.
I for one find your idiocy hilarious. Please continue.
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Of coarsen not. /s
Geochelone on September 14, 2009 at 12:04 AM
What West did is what I refer to as the “New Racism.”
We saw it with the Black Panthers at the voting booths, and the initial decision of the Justice Dept to drop the investigation.
We saw it with ACORN during the election, and finally their tactics are being exposed.
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Knucklehead on September 14, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I don’t know if Bishop does, but you seem to…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Sounds like something Kanye would say… Actually, now that I come to think of it, I don’t even know what he sounds like… Seriously, I remember the South Park thing and then tonight…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM
OT: Watching local Chicago news about death of Christopher Kelly, Blago’s adviser. Something is fishy here. Lots of spin and generalities, despite the “Many holes in the timeline.”
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Why should Wilson respect the office of the Presidency when Ogabe was using it as a vantage point from which to piss all over his political opponents (both Republicans and average citizens)?
Darth Executor on September 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Oh, I didn’t know that. I’m dead dog tired and didn’t read it correctly. I just got home from the big peace rally in D.C.
Whooooo Hooooo.
Knucklehead on September 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Not. Fresh.
Yo.
juanito on September 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
You must have been bedridden for days after Clinton got caught playing Hide The Cigar with one of his interns in the office of the Presidency.
You poor thing, having to deal with all this despicable lack of respect for the Presidency.
Bishop on September 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
West just apologized: http://twitter.com/BreakingNews
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Kanye was just trying to promote that moron, Lowery’s, inauguration speech for The Precedent, when he wished for a time “when white will embrace what’s right”. Kanye was just following The Precedent’s instructions.
Good thing that racist POS Lowery got a Freedom Medal from the Traitor-in-Chief …
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Shoudda tased him.
Spirit of 1776 on September 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM
You know you have got to be a F*ckTard to defend Kayne Storming the stage, interrupting the proceedings by ripping the microphone out of an 18 year old girls hands and then try to compare this act to Wilson’s two words he uttered while properly seated.
Geochelone on September 14, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Let him leave the US, relinquish his citizenship, and then apologize. I’d accept that.
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Neo-Racism? Hmmm
Unfortunately while Napoleon keeps an eye on those ever dangerous right wing extremist vets and grannies, a new breed of institutionalized racism/bigotry may be introduced…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Wooooo hoooooo indeed! Wish I could’ve been there. Did you bump into anyone from HA?
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
The VMA’s is about dancing, right?
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Where’s the video of Beyonce asking back Taylor? Must say heard of Taylor for the first time and she looked too sweet and innocent. Am surprised there are even young pop stars that decent.
promachus on September 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Hey. Answer me.
How is Joe wilson like kanye at all?
Taylor was a NINETEEN YEAR OLD TEENAGE GIRL winnning her first video award talking about how great it was to win her first award.
Obama is a 48 year old president, ex senator, ex state senator, who has given 50,000 speeches. joe interrupted him during ‘nationally televeised speech #12′, NOT during the first one.
How are they the same?
Get back to me when Joe Wilson heckles an inaguration (the ‘first’ speech)
Get back to me when Barack is crying hysterically in the limo back to the white house.
Answer me. How are they the same?
battleoflepanto1571 on September 14, 2009 at 12:11 AM
So … does this mean Taylor Swift had some sort of alliance with George W. Bush in killing all those people in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina?
jon1979 on September 14, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Just like Wilson did! LOL
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Very classless on Kanye’s part. However, it’s interesting to me how we decry the racism decoders of the left when they call tea partiers racist for policy disagreements and yet our reverse racism decoders kick in when one dude is an ass to an 18 year old artist.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:11 AM
And take crr6 with him.
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Let’s make damn sure we understand the distinction between an outburst and storming the stage to assault and humiliate an 18 year old girl accepting an award by taking her microphone while she was speaking.
One is free speech, the other is not.
Geochelone on September 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM
If Wilson broke some rules that the Congress has or something, then sure, he should be reprimanded and be given an appropriate punishment. That said, Wilson was most likely representing many of his constituents in this once Republic.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM
My cynical side thinks that Beyonce’s PR people went into overdrive resulting in her classy moment at the end, but I still appreciate it.
P.S. Why is Russell Brand still around? His political views hold even less weight than the average moron celebrity since he’s not even from here.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Hey! That’s my biographer you’re talking about. But, I’d be happy to let him go, for the good of the nation.
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Obama is an 18 year old girl?
I thought he was more like 4 1/2.
(At least math-wise.)
profitsbeard on September 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Hey all, Michelle Malkin has a post with videos about classless West.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
They’re not. They were both jerks but what Wilson did was much worse. Once again, Kanye was an ass to a country star at the VMA’s. Wilson was an ass to the President of the United States at a joint session of Congress. If you don’t see the difference there I can’t help ya chump.
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Given Kanye’s track record – or at least from what I’ve been told, I’m not sure it’s altogether inappropriate.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Nope. But I did run into and then spent the rest of the day and evening with someone I went to high school with……..I hadn’t seen him in 40 years.
There were at least a million people there according to some of the very nice D.C. police we talked to that night.
Knucklehead on September 14, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Lovin’ this Tea Party sign: http://twitpic.com/hoi4z
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Assault? Amusing at how much the language escalates when it’s a black dude.
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Yes… interesting isn’t it…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Yeah, I think a lot of people are itching to call libtards racist as payback and might be jumping the gun. OTOH, this is Kanye West so I dunno.
Darth Executor on September 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM
+1
Squid Shark on September 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM
What is reverse racism?
The tea partiers or town hallers or whatever you want to call them are an anonymous mass of people, calling them racist en-masse doesn’t even make sense.
West has propped up his career with racist statements, it’s not like he doesn’t have a history that might lead people to believe he’s being racist in this case.
Bishop on September 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM
My how your memory is short. You’re going to lecture me on the declining social mores? Have you forgotten Harry Reid calling Bush a “loser,” or Stark accusing Bush of sending young Americans off to die for “his own amusement,” or Dingle comparing Town Hall protesters to KKK members, and on and on and on? Where was your outrage over that? I bet you thought it was hilarious, just like you thought that racist Kanye West’s antics tonight were hilarious.
Shut your damn hypocritical pie-hole, sir. You liberal scumbags are the most lying, slanderous, evil pieces of **** on the planet, and yet you (and that ass Obama) DARE to lecture me on civility? Screw you. Both of you. The whole damn liberal lot of you.
Your man Obama is usurper. He deserves no respect. And neither do you.
Scumbag.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM
LOL. You’re beyond parody sometimes my friend.
crr6 on September 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:14 AM
The evidence seems pretty thin to me. Kanye has “beefed” with every artist under the sun – black, white, polka dot. I remember his whole marketing fight with 50 Cent.
The dude is a closeted asshole and a bully. But you can’t be against yelling racism at every opportunity and then be cool with yelling reverse racism at every opportunity.
Intellectual consistency above all.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Its really shocking to see America boo the King of Pop like that. Did anyone notice how Kanye West is a black man, and Taylor Swift is a white woman? This was not a coincidence!
The ugly head of racism popped up again, proving that the struggle in America still continues. Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was part of Karl Rove’s playbook.
/
El_Terrible on September 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM
I’m merely using their own venom against them. Two can play this game.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM
You lost me, Geo. Joe Wilson did the right thing and he was justified in letting everyone know that The Precedent was lying. If you are referring to my earlier comment, it is The Precedent, and the fact that he called a Congressional address, that I have problems with. He abused the office of the Presidency just by calling that Congressional address to try and ram through his idiotic, anti-American health care ideas. That is not the purpose of calling Congress for such an address. Wilson did the least of what should have been done to react to such an abuse and then the further lying by The Precedent and Traitor-in-Chief.
Kanye is just run-of-the-mill slime who doesn’t really deserve the benefits of living in a civilized society.
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Priceless. And accurate.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:19 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKIcrDsJAs
Kanye West interrupts Obama.
Mark1971 on September 14, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Racists can beef with anyone of any skin color. I was referring to moments that Kanye injected race into politics…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:20 AM
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Who’s they?
Once you abandon the moral high ground, it’s a free for all.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Or when it’s a white dude. Or when it’s a giant, popular movement that decides it doesn’t like the direction the nation is taking.
You need to try harder.
Bishop on September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Beyonce did a classy thing there at the end. I applaud her for the spectacular and thoughtful finale.
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
*snort*
Someone get Kathleen Parker!
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Also has the video of the classy Taylor Swift and Beyonce responses.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Fair point. I just think that Kanye’s “George Bush Hates White People” comment doesn’t lead to concluding that he was being racist against Taylor Swift.
I think Kanye would have been an asshole regardless of whether he made the comment or not or Taylor was white or not.
However, I don’t like feeling like I’m quasi-defending Kanye (shudders) which wasn’t the intention of my original post.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:23 AM
AP has a post up on this incident.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Enough with the “reverse racism” crap. Racism is racism.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Yeah, I’m not comfortable making that conclusion; however, it’s not totally unreasonable to consider it – at least momentarily.
Quite honestly, whether or not he was bigoted/racist, he should be condemned for his actions – not per se his motivation.
Got you.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Assault: Verb
S: (v) assail, assault, set on, attack (attack someone physically or emotionally)
Try using a dictionary, dirt bag.
An assault does not have to be physical even though he PHYSICALLY took her microphone and then used it to essentially tell the world she did not deserve the award (public humiliation while MILLIONS WATCHED)
Geochelone on September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Stop the vid at exactly 34 seconds in; What In The Flying Flock is that woman wearing around her head? Seriously, what the he1l is that?
Bishop on September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Who do you think?
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Yeah… AP did get another post up…
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
That’s very true, but the question is whether he would have done the same to someone else, not white or from country music. Of course, we can’t know this (until he actually does it) so we can only go by his history, which has been pretty obsessed with race – and stupidly so.
In Kanye’s case, I think it’s all pretty cut and dried.
progressoverpeace on September 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM
My prayer:
May Obama and Kanye be caught together in flagrante delecto.
Please, Lord…
profitsbeard on September 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM
I think we need to grow balls and call a spade a spade. Call it the Joe Wilson Principle.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:32 AM
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
I assume you mean the liberal MSM but since it was unclear, I thought it was best to clarify.
Also, I agree that racism is racism but was using the term “reverse racism” to distinguish the target of racism not imply that one was anymore acceptable than the other.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Which do you think is more likely: That Bush hates black people or that West hates white people?
calbear on September 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM
We all need to pour some sugar on Taylor Swift
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM
calbear on September 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM
I don’t think either one is true. The first one is obviously false looking at his record in office. The second one is based on thinking that Kanye is an asshole. However, that’s the mistake the left makes – whenever they disagree with someone and think they are an asshole, they call them racist.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:36 AM
This version sounds better.
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Sorry to slap you all like this, but wtf are watching the slut-retard-midget-freak awards for? Who gives a crap which pansy did what to whom? It’s just a freak show.
Jaibones on September 14, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Kanye West is an ignorant moron. Of course this was motivated by race. Of course he thought that a black, female R&B artist should have won over a southern white young woman, and he had to ruin her speech, her moment, her time in the spotlight to make it known. This seems familiar though, oh yeah! He also stormed out after Gretchen Wilson – another white southern woman, won at the AMAs.
“I’m going to let you finish” No. He knows that winners have a limited amount of time to talk – and after all the ruckus about his statement, there would be no time for her to finish. He didn’t just ruin the moment for her, he took it for himself. What a piece of trash.
YoungAmerican on September 14, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Beyonce looks like she’s saying “wtf are you doing, Kanye?”
Sorry but everyone black doesn’t hate everyone white.
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Yeah, she had a “OMG I can’t believe he did that” look on her face.
Darth Executor on September 14, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Whose own venom?
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 12:50 AM
The bottom line is that West could not stand by and watch a white artist receive the respect and adulation she deserves. What a nasty, disrespectful jackass – who did he think he was, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
Sharke on September 14, 2009 at 12:51 AM
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Tried to have this conversation. Didn’t really go anywhere. People are too pissed right now.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Yeah I saw it.
People don’t realize that they are following the Leftist script in large and small ways.
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Is this another “what do you mean by ‘you people’” rhetorical investigation?
Please, give it a rest.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Oh, if you only knew…
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:04 AM
I agree, I’m am definitely outraged over Joe Wilson’s apology, aren’t you? The nerve.
You shouldn’t think of yourself that way, but, if you insist, we cannot disagree.
Joe Pyne on September 14, 2009 at 1:06 AM
The wo/man has issues.
conservative pilgrim on September 14, 2009 at 1:09 AM
I’m convinced Lady Gaga is on drugs the rest of the world has not discovered yet. God help us when they do.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 1:15 AM
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Courtesy of The Rahm Emanuel Playbook for Republican Minority Outreach – Ensuring that Republicans continue to fail to reach growing demographics with a conservative message because they are too tone-deaf to communicate thereby allowing leftists to bide their time and usher in socialism with a voting majority
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 1:19 AM
What about the people who listen to her “music”? What kind of drugs must they be on…
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:19 AM
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:19 AM
that’s a question i’ve never been able to answer
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 1:21 AM
I don’t generally watch music vids, but wasn’t Beyonce’s just women dancing around in black & white?
salmonczar on September 14, 2009 at 1:23 AM
Yes, because McCain’s minority butt-kissing presidential run was so successful…
Earth to the thick-headed and naive: the new “growing demographics” want nothing to do with conservative and Constitutional principles. Yeah, turns out Hispanics don’t have a whole lot of loyalty to dead white guys and their laws. Shocking, I know, but true.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Yeah… I didn’t really like the song either…
Put a ring on it (repeat repeat finish song).
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Woah… that’s really generalizing. I thought cons were for the individual and not for categorizing the individual by the actions of others.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Can’t you ever answer a question without thinking you know the person’s motives for asking it?
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:28 AM
It’s you who doesn’t know, sweetheart.
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Hey, baldilocks from Inglewood, this is Joe from Lynwood, what’s up?
I know that, and you know that, but the black folks most white folks see on television, and in the news aren’t real comfy being white friendly, if you know what I mean.
Joe Pyne on September 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:24 AM
McCain’s run wasn’t minority butt-kissing. It wasn’t even conservative butt-kissing. It was an abject failure in general. It’s a lot easier to say minorities don’t want conservative principles than actually conducting outreach to them. How the hell did I find out about Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, William Buckley? It was due to my own study and certainly not because conservatives were good at marketing.
You can market without compromising. But past shitty marketing jobs aren’t a predictor of future success especially since there hasn’t been real effort in the first place. Regardless of whether you like it or not, it’s necessary because of where the country is heading if you want capitalism and constitutional principles to continue to guide this country. We have to be bigger than emotions even anger and find a way to crack the code and expose everyone regardless of background to conservatism. It’s universally applicable and if done right, is universally marketable.
blackrepublican on September 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
+1
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
Yeah that’s what I thought.
Don’t really see the appeal, but… then I don’t watch music videos.
salmonczar on September 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
I guess I spent too long a time in the military.
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:31 AM
I’m not sure I know what you’re implying there, but I too was in the military, and some of the most blatant racism I ever saw came from there. And I mean whites toward blacks.
Joe Pyne on September 14, 2009 at 1:34 AM
Really? I had mostly the opposite experience. Air Force intel.
baldilocks on September 14, 2009 at 1:40 AM
Actually, that’s a right-liberal concept.
2Brave2Bscared on September 14, 2009 at 1:41 AM
Yep, I was Air Force National Guard C-130 mechanic, and while I was at Lackland those boys from Alabama were ruthless with their hate. As a white guy, it was embarassing.
Joe Pyne on September 14, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Huh? You’ll have to clarify by what you mean by right-liberal. There could be several meanings.
Upstater85 on September 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Good.
Hawkins1701 on September 14, 2009 at 1:50 AM
When Beyonce invited Taylor back out on stage, Taylor should’ve grabbed the mic from Beyonce and shouted, “I’m going home!”
Christien on September 14, 2009 at 2:45 AM
Kanye is a hater.
bessex on September 14, 2009 at 3:03 AM
It’s All George Bush’s Fault!
Antagonist on September 14, 2009 at 3:06 AM
So the problem with the President’s address is not that he was publicly denouncing people as liars while lying himself, but that he was called on it? You certainly do have an interesting set of standards.
DrMagnolias on September 14, 2009 at 5:04 AM
This is what happens when narcissism and cocaine mix.
Kataklysmic on September 14, 2009 at 5:25 AM
If you don’t see the difference between yelling out something in the audience for literally one second and drunkenly jumping up onstage to humiliate a young girl, you’re even dumber than we thought.
Jim Treacher on September 14, 2009 at 5:36 AM
Yeh IT is
CWforFreedom on September 14, 2009 at 6:15 AM
Wow, even conservatives are enamored by this junk. I can’t believe the response.
True_King on September 14, 2009 at 7:20 AM
250 comments in I guess someone has already said it…SWIFT IS RAAAAACIST. There I just wanted to say it too.
angryed on September 14, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Sure you can. The dumbass said something BAD once about BOOOOOOSH. And he’s BLACK like Obama, so you GOTTA blame HIM, TOO! And he took the mic from a pretty WHITE girl, so you KNOW Fox will be all over it. Greta Van Sustern is probably gonna do a SPECIAL about it. And because the press is all over “Shoutin’ Joe” Wilson for yelling at the President during a Joint Session, it’s only NATURAL that this is somehow all Obama’s fault!
See how simple conservatives are?
bschmalfeldt on September 14, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Dude, for your own safety and the safety of those around you, I ask that you get back on the meds ASAP.
angryed on September 14, 2009 at 7:28 AM
The only reason he jumped up onstage is because he didn’t have time to set up the bucket of blood over her head.
Jim Treacher on September 14, 2009 at 7:29 AM
I know this was an eMTyVee event, but you can’t tell me there weren’t any country guys there. One of them should have beat the tar out of him on the spot. I thought that’s how those country singer guys were supposed to roll…
Free Indeed on September 14, 2009 at 8:02 AM
How’s that “keeping it real” dillusion going for ya? Hard master to serve, huh?
Osis on September 14, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Sure you can. The dumbass said something BAD once about BOOOOOOSH. And he’s BLACK like Obama, so you GOTTA blame HIM, TOO! And he took the mic from a pretty WHITE girl, so you KNOW Fox will be all over it. Greta Van Sustern is probably gonna do a SPECIAL about it. And because the press is all over “Shoutin’ Joe” Wilson for yelling at the President during a Joint Session, it’s only NATURAL that this is somehow all Obama’s fault!
See how simple
conservativesstraw men from my dillusional mind are?Osis on September 14, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Well, good on her, but, she still didn’t look mortified.
boomer on September 14, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Channel surfed to the show. This loud-mouthed, all-teeth, rats-nest haired guy is strutting about the stage spouting off that he was proud to be from England where, unlike the USA, they “don’t let people die in the streets” because of their “free” health-care. The audience roared. I changed the channel. Found a reality program about tree-hugging liberals contributing to the food chain by being mauled and eaten by bears. Much more entertaining.
Rod on September 14, 2009 at 8:21 AM
I think a lot of artists are jealous and resentful of Taylor Swift. She is the biggest selling recording artist over the last two years and the first real country-pop crossover star. Her music speaks to people, especially teens, in a way that nobody else’s does. Maybe Kanye should think about THAT.
Beyonce’s video appeals to guys who like to watch her shake her moneymaker, but seriously, that song is crap compared to what Taylor Swift writes and sings. I’ll remember that video mostly for the fantastic parody of it by Justin Timberlake on SNL.
rockmom on September 14, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Why didn’t the VMAs have Swift back up (instead of Beyonce)?
faraway on September 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Whew! I am just glad that Kanye didn’t shout “You Lie”
faraway on September 14, 2009 at 8:25 AM
South Park is going to have a field day with this one.
I sort of flip channels through MTV sometimes. I thought the Beyonce video looked hot as Hell, and the Taylor Swift video was purile pap.
But now I watched them all the way through for the production values. The Beyonce video had a creative twist – for about two seconds; but after that it was extremely repetative. The Swift video was very elegant; while it showed a drastically overdone (i.e., timeless) story, it was very very well produced.
In short, somebody who’s not paying attention (or is drunk) might thing the Beyonce video was “the most awesomest thing ever.” But anybody who knows what he’s talking about would realize the Taylor Swift video was far superior.
logis on September 14, 2009 at 8:30 AM
What?? This is so out of character for Kanye West. I don’t understand it. He is usually a pillar of character and immeasurable class. The only thing I can think of is that Georg W. Bush must have done something terrible to throw him into the grip of a deep alcohol binge.
t.ferg on September 14, 2009 at 8:55 AM
We need to stop focusing on this and return to worrying about what Michelle Obama is wearing today.
jediwebdude on September 14, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Explain to me how Taylor Swift won for best female video before Beyonce won for best video.
corona on September 14, 2009 at 11:16 AM