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George W. Bush Says Kanye’s Katrina Comment “One Of The Most Disgusting Moments In My Presidency”

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Taking a break from election results, NBC News has released a few excerpts from Matt Lauer‘s wide-ranging interview with former Pres. George W. Bush as he promotes his new book.

He talks about 9/11, about Donald Rumsfeld and a lot more. But he also talks about Kanye West.

Yes, that Kanye West. While he’ll probably love the shout-out, his comments after Hurricane Katrina during a live telethon had a profound negative effect on Pres. Bush. Here’s the exchange:

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:
Yes, I do. He called me a racist.

MATT LAUER:
Well, what he said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:
That’s — “he’s a racist.” And I didn’t appreciate it then. I don’t appreciate it now. It’s one thing to say, “I don’t appreciate the way he’s handled his business.” It’s another thing to say, “This man’s a racist.” I resent it, it’s not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments in my Presidency.

Wow. We’ll have more on this as the week goes on. The interview airs Monday at 8pmET on NBC as part of an hour-long special, and Pres. Bush will be live on Today next Wednesday.

The image is from the interview.

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  • iris

    And we’re supposed to care because………???????

  • Big Eddie

    President Bush and Barry agree : West is a ” jackass”.

  • Thelonious Funk

    Wait, let me get this straight. Kayne said that GW is a racist, and Glenn Beck said that Obama is a racist, but Obama said that Kanye is a jack-ass… I’m going to need a chalkboard to figure this out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Cunningham/1501739 Eric Cunningham

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-Cunningham/1501739 Eric Cunningham

    I probably would have mentioned the actual decisions about New Orleans as disgusting, but yeah, I guess that mean thing Kanye said was pretty bad too.

  • JacksonGT

    Big Eddie said:
    President Bush and Barry agree : West is a ” jackass”.

    LOL! Who says the left and the right can’t get along!

  • hanoisteve

    i guess if the plan was to let a majority black city drown and die of hunger and thirst, Brownie did do a “a heck of a job”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Actually no, the most disgusting part of his presidency is sending 100,000 iraqi’s to their death.

    What a loser of a president.

  • Corvax

    Corvax hates ignorant rappers named Kanye.

  • BlackWidow

    Jon Martin said:
    Actually no, the most disgusting part of his presidency is sending 100,000 iraqi’s to their death. What a loser of a president.

    So right on and I betcha that it adds up in the end to be many many more.

  • Seeing November From My Window

    iris says:
    And we’re supposed to care because………???????

    How about because a poll this week showed that more American’s liked the job he did as pres than like how Obama is doing. Miss me yet? Indeed we do sir. I may not have agreed with everything you did, but I miss the class you and your wife brought to the Whitehouse. It’s SORELY missing now.

    And Iris, in all seriousness (and i really mean that), are you at all embarrased by the absolutely idiotic comments you make?

  • Seeing November From My Window

    hanoisteve says:
    i guess if the plan was to let a majority black city drown and die of hunger and thirst, Brownie did do a “a heck of a job”

    How about putting the blame where it belongs, on the DEM mayor and gov. And how about some on the people that REFUSED to leave even when they were told to. Nice try, but that wasn’t Bush’s fault. You notice when a tradegy like that happens in a place run by Repubs, the people are self-reliant and take care of themselves and don’t sit around waiting for Big Gov’t to save them. Try a little bit of personal responsibility libs. I know you’re allergic to it, but come on!

  • Cancon2

    Keep believing…. Kanye West,,,,, yup , that was truly a brutal and dishonest thing to say.

    Yup, George Bush hates Black people and wanted to see them suffer. Think about that for a second.

    Anyone who beleives that is so blinded by sheer hatred, that they deserve no attention. Because you are a insane moron. That;s right hanoisteve, do you really believe that?. That he sat there and said, let them die, they are black people and I don’t care.

    Yup, sure shit for brains. I am sure Condi was plotting away with him. Beck was wrong too.

  • timzank

    hanoisteve said:
    i guess if the plan was to let a majority black city drown and die of hunger and thirst, Brownie did do a “a heck of a job”

    You are a jack ass and must lead a very pathetic little unimportant life. I feel sorry for you and your family (if you have any)

  • cjd ohio 1

    thats right black widow, no more aid to countries, let them die, no weapons ,no food, nothing. if they cant stand up for themselves screw them

  • cjd ohio 1

    hanoisteve, apparently not good enough huh? dumbass

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  • ROCKSTEADY

    Seeing November From My Window said:
    but I miss the class you and your wife brought to the Whitehouse. It’s SORELY missing now.

    And how about your Idiotic comments day after day. Your Idiotic opinion is no better or worse than anyone else.So keep it to yourself.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    timzank said:
    You are a jack ass and must lead a very pathetic little unimportant life. I feel sorry for you and your family (if you have any

    I fell the same about you.Just who do you people think you are.If you died tomarrow noone would even know you put your whole life into bitchin on the internet.

  • Seeing November From My Window

    And how about your Idiotic comments day after day. Your Idiotic opinion is no better or worse than anyone else.So keep it to yourself.

    Right back at ya, Rock Brain!

  • CosmosDan

    Di we get to vote on this. Cause that’s not it IMO.

  • Patrick Henry

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    I fell the same about you.Just who do you people think you are.If you died tomarrow noone would even know you put your whole life into bitchin on the internet.

    Who do you think you are, you sack of sh*t. Just another liberal loser. Take your meds and go to bed, a**hole.

  • gammaray

    Big Eddie said:
    President Bush and Barry agree : West is a ” jackass”.

    Kanye West: Bi-partisan messiah

  • bealzebubba

    I made fun of Kanye for doing that. It just was dumb.

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  • ROCKSTEADY

    Seeing November From My Window said:
    Rock Brain!

    And look how smart you are.BooHooo you hurt me so much with your idiotic name calling.Grow up lonesome one.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Patrick Henry said:
    Who do you think you are, you sack of sh*t. Just another liberal loser. Take your meds and go to bed, a**hole.

    And you are what drinkin on your beer there bubba.Crawl back in your hole.Your all so educated on the name calling thingy there.Hows that workin for ya.Uneducated.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    That’s why I feel great about illegally downloading Kanye’s music. He’s a loser. I remember that despicable display like it was yesterday. It was beyond the pale what Kanye said. George W. Bush had the first black national security advisor and the first black secretary of state. President Bush saved more poor black Africans from dying of AIDS than any human being in the history of the world. Bush has done more for black people than Kanye West and Barack Obama combined. Kanye west is an arrogant, racist, ignorant piece of shit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Timsah/1113150152 Robert Timsah

    Kanye West’s comments were more disgusting than the 300,000+ killed in Iraq?

    Just understand my fellow Americans that WE are all responsible for those deaths. WE authorized our government to slaughter innocent people people in Iraq who did absolutely nothing to us. That’s more disgusting and more immoral than anything some stupid celebrity could ever do. How about we stop stealing from each other through the welfare state, and stop killing each other through the welfare state? Thou shalt not kill, nor steal whether you authorize someone else to do it on your behalf or not.

    The sad thing is I must confess to voting for President Bush and I’m as much to blame as anyone. But now I see the light and will never IN MY LIFE support another (preemptive) war supporting candidate such as a Mitt Romney or John McCain. I pray none of you will, either because that will only lead to perpetual war.

    END THE WARFARE AND WELFARE STATE, irrespective of some stupid celebrity.

  • skyfet

    The whole George Bush Presidency is a disgusting moment in my opinion. Aver long period. He find that disgusting, what about IRAQ you POS.

  • jooce81

    I have no problems with Bush as a person, seems like he could be a cool guy to hang out with. That said I disagreed with 95% of his policy, and his cabinet.

  • Gunny

    So, GB2 hates or doesn’t care about blacks but dumped billions into Africa to save black people.

  • TruthHurts001

    Using Kayne West’s logic, Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco hate black people even more than George Bush.

    It must’ve taken such courage to give a pass to the two libs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Taj-Bozeman/661000669 Joshua Taj Bozeman

    Re: Robert Timash- honest question, are you out of your mind? 1) Get your facts straight. 300, 000 people? How many times have rational people explained to you how bogus that number is? I assume you read some fringe leftist garbage and saw that number and said, “yep…so true.” 2) We slaughtered innocent people? You do understand how war works, right? When fought near population centers (which, since people have spread across the earth is pretty much EVERY war), innocent people die. That’s hardly the US slaughtering innocents. 3) What of the 1 million+ that Saddam murdered? What of the Iranians killed when Saddam’s regime went to war? None of that means anything, right? Let’s not meddle in that business, because 90, 000 or so civilian casualties during the removal of a deadly regime is evil, but a million plus dead at the hands of the butcher of Baghdad is fine?! I’m confused by your view of morality, when you espouse a belief to just sit back and let the slaughter by the butcher continue (??)

    No pre-emptive war ever? So, what do you recommend…a nation state just sits back and waits to be attacked, and ONLY then will that state go to war? But then, you say we “slaughtered innocents” by fighting in Iraq…yet you do realize that Iraq violated 12 UN resolutions and numerous cease fire agreements as part of THEIR pre-emptive invasion of Kuwait, right? So, we do what in the future- allow nations to violate international law, refuse weapons inspectors for 12 years, and just sit back and do nothing? HOW, precisely, does that keep any of us safe? That’s sort of the president’s number 1 duty…life is kinda the most vital of all the liberties.

  • justanotherconservative

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    iris says:And we’re supposed to care because………??????? How about because a poll this week showed that more American’s liked the job he did as pres than like how Obama is doing. Miss me yet? Indeed we do sir. I may not have agreed with everything you did, but I miss the class you and your wife brought to the Whitehouse. It’s SORELY missing now. And Iris, in all seriousness (and i really mean that), are you at all embarrased by the absolutely idiotic comments you make?

    thank you thank you thank you. especially for the “class” comment. how right you are.

  • Nachi

    George W. Bush is one of the most disgusting names in U.S. history. We will live his nightmares for decades to come. Resultant of a weak, common drunk.

  • Wapiti00

    Chris Jones said:
    President Bush saved more poor black Africans from dying of AIDS than any human being in the history of the world. Bush has done more for black people than Kanye West and Barack Obama combined. Kanye west is an arrogant, racist, ignorant piece of shit.

    And Obama has defunded President Bush’s global AIDS “PEPFAR” initiative to the point that African AIDS advocates are now BEGGING the Obama administration for the money to refund the program that provided life-saving AIDS treatment meds for 1.4 million children and adults. Before he left office over 19 BILLION DOLLARS had been appropriated for AIDS medications in sub-Sahara Africa and the Carribean.

  • Wapiti00

    Nachi said:
    George W. Bush is one of the most disgusting names in U.S. history. We will live his nightmares for decades to come. Resultant of a weak, common drunk.

    Go crawl back under your rock, loser. Your parents are the ones living with the nightmare ‘for decades to come’. Idiot.

  • Rescuedog

    I really like George W. Bush personally and supported him almost to the bitter end. But really? Some idiot says you don’t care about black people and that’s the most disgusting moment of your presidency?

  • J Baustian

    hanoisteve said:
    i guess if the plan was to let a majority black city drown and die of hunger and thirst, Brownie did do a “a heck of a job”

    I guess the plan was to let the first responders — the police and fire departments, sheriffs offices, and National Guard, mayors, and governor — do their jobs, with assistance from the Coast Guard where appropriate.

    FEMA’s job was, at least in EVERY previous disaster, was to come in later, evaluate the damage, and write checks.

    FEMA was never a first responder. At the time of Katrina it was an office in Washington staffed with 100 or 200 accountants and insurance adjusters. It was not supposed to oversee the disaster preparedness, or rescue efforts, or evacuate anyone — those jobs were supposed to be handled by the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana. Next door in Mississippi, the governor there did his job; the officials in Louisiana did NOT do their jobs. They just complained about the federal government only doing what the federal government has always done in the past.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    100,000 & 300,000 killed in Iraq? Even the official UN numbers are around 60,000 over eight years and I guess that EVERY SINGLE ONE was killed by a GI—-NOT! Maybe the US should have abstained from removing a dictator along the lines of Stalin and Hitler, Saddam’s two personal heroes along with Pol Pot, but every Arab with half a brain admits that the Middle East is far better off without the bully Saddam in the neighborhood. Of course, libturds do take after the dictators Stalin and Hitler who both admitted that a BIG LIE goes much farther than the truth in shouting from the rooftops about your imagined enemies.

    Of the 60-65,000 Iraqis killed, about 80% were innocent onlookers or bystanders or worshippers killed by Sunni fanatics trying to get their hegemony back, or just out of resentment, period. The US probably hasn’t killed more than 15,000 Iraqis and at least 10 thousand richly deserve being sent to their 72 virgins prematurely.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    As for Kanye West, ask Taylor Swift about this clown’s genteel sense of class. Or Rihanna, she of the broken face after the bitch-boy threw a tantrum. Reminds me of a lot of libs on MessNBC and even this thread…!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    @J Baustian

    “I guess the plan was to let the first responders — the police and fire departments, sheriffs offices, and National Guard, mayors, and governor — do their jobs, with assistance from the Coast Guard where appropriate.
    FEMA’s job was, at least in EVERY previous disaster, was to come in later, evaluate the damage, and write checks. FEMA was never a first responder. At the time of Katrina it was an office in Washington staffed with 100 or 200 accountants and insurance adjusters. It was not supposed to oversee the disaster preparedness, or rescue efforts, or evacuate anyone — those jobs were supposed to be handled by the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana. Next door in Mississippi, the governor there did his job; the officials in Louisiana did NOT do their jobs. They just complained about the federal government only doing what the federal government has always done in the past.”

    Yes, and Hanoi Steve is a typical dodo who swallows MSM sewage raw like sushi, just the way he prefers it. GWB’s people couldn’t get the Demonrat governor and Demonrat mayor to agree on federal help and the USG’s hands were more or less tied while the utterly incompetent mayor left the school buses in the parking lot to be submerged, instead of on the streets. This was a classic case of libturd incompetence and corruption over a long period of time—a good friend of mine’s uncle was head of the Corps of Engineers in NOLA in the fifties and told me his uncle told him that Moon Landrieu and his buddies in City Hall wanted all the COE contracts to go to Demonrat construction companies who short-sheeted the dikes and other seawalls—allowing Pontchartrain to overflow into populated areas.

    A corrupt and dishonest MSM immediately scapegoated GWB, who was trying to please everybody all the time, and GWB ended up the Fall Guy even though the ignorant stupid mayor was the tactical culprit and the Demonrat Corrupt Machine the Strategic wrongdoer.

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