Obama calls Kanye a "jackass" - What do conservatives think?

He was a "jackass". So what's your point?

he was a jackass, and i thought he kept it cleanier then i said in my head

"Is it right to condemn Wilson for calling Obama a liar and then cheer on Obama for doing the same thing."

I know you can't be serious to compare a disrespectful a front to our president with a low level entertainer.

I've gained even more respect for our president for telling it "like it is."

Honestly, this helps president Obama in my opinion. So I don't believe the media is doing any real harm politically. In fact, it helps him greatly to keep something like this front and center.

We ALL think Kanye was a "jackass". Anything that aligns president Obama with most people on the same side of an issue (no matter what the issue) is a good thing for him. It's a subtle alignment. Plus he comes out of it with a "cool" perception and "one of the guys" so to speak.

Obviously, if you vehemently hated the president prior or you have offense to the language nothing will change your mind. But..

Where to begin?

1. Obama's comment was off the record. The reporter should have left it there, that's what off the record means. Wilson's comment was in a very formal setting with a precedent of restraint. Obama is the president. Wilson is a Congressman, the entire nation did not elect him for anything although he is probably auditioning to be Sarah Palin's running mate, and it wasn't one of his town howlers meetings.

2. Obama was right, Kayne is a jackass for bounding on the stage and taking the microphone away from an award winner to editorialize about how his pick should have been picked. Security should have taken him away. Wilson was wrong, any responsible, independent analysis of the bills under consideration leads to the solid conclusion that this coverage is not being extended to illegal immigrants. Wilson was the liar when he called Obama a liar. If he were a junior high school student, he would have been removed from the assembly. Instead, bone-headed conservatives want to make the lying jerk into a hero and demonize the person telling the truth. Go figure.

ABC news picked up Obama's off the record comment from an NBC feed. An ABC guy posted it to Twitter even though he knew it was off the record.

I think the lesson here is that public figures should never assume that anything they say is off the record.

I'm just glad we finally have a president that watches the Video Music Awards. I, for one, was sick and tired of all of these people claiming they were way too busy working on important policy issues to keep up with pop culture. We all know that there is nothing more important than keeping up with this. I only wish they had also asked his opinion of the Michael Jackson tribute.

Here is a sample of conservative responses:

Limbaugh: Kanye gets called a Jackass for speaking the truth. With this adminsitration anyone who speaks is a target.

Hannity: Obama is a jackass for calling Kanye a Jackass.

Glenn Beck: Is Kanye white? He must be because Obama does not like white people.

Good lord Alan, did Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck actually say those things? All three of those statement are totally unacceptable. On the other hand, all three of those guys have said unacceptable things many times before.

Liz, I am not a conservative, so my opinion does not count. I also tend to think most conservatives do not watch the VMA awards, though I guess some do.

It was on the news enough so that even if you don't watch them, you would know about this comment and how rude Kanye West was.

"Do you hold Obama in higher regard now, or do you just dislike him even more?"

How would such a comment either cause me to hold him in higher regard or dislike him even more? That is his opinion on something that has absolutely nothing to do with the way his policies might affect my life. Your question does show how you do not separate the politics from the person, and that says a lot more about what I think of you than what I think of him.

well he was pretty stupid on the mtv awards

I'm pretty conservative, and not usually a fan of Obama, but I give him a hug on this one. The reporters who betrayed him should be sent as peace makers to the Taliban.

The days of being "..off the record are over." anything a person says is fair game.

I don't think you can use "conservative" and "think" in the same post.

Kanye is a jackass and I think that anyone who is angry at the President for saying so, will never be happy about anything he does. He could tell them their tax exempt for the rest of their lives and they would still find something to complain about.

You said it. When he gives school children a positive and motivating speech about working hard and people still find something to complain about, you know they can never be happy!!!