Kanye West Slams Bush In Live Telethon

[truthpusher]

http://www.fox23news.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=0E71260D-B9E0-4A4A-8621-7A101016AA7A

Kanye West Slams Bush In Live Telethon
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Ryan Burrow - Chicago
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During NBC's live broadcast of Concert for Hurricane Relief rapper Kanye West, in what appeared to be an impromptu address, told viewers that National Guardsmen were given the unfair order to shoot at African-Americans on the streets of New Orleans.

In a stumbling, yet defiant statement, West proclaimed that when African-Americans were caught stealing in New Orleans, they were called looters. However when whites were caught, they were just feeding their families.

He was joined by former Saturday Night Live star Mike Myers, who returned to the script, and seemed frustrated by the the rapper's remarks.

West then declared "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Before the rapper could complete his statement, NBC producers cut away.

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complete story: http://www.fox23news.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=0E71260D-B9E0-4A4A-8621-7A101016AA7A

[NYC]

1. NBC cut away?

Well, at least he got out an important statement first:

West then declared "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Before the rapper could complete his statement, NBC producers cut away.

[Melodybe]

2. HA HA HA Fuck them, it was beautiful

Kanye is my hero!

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[Javaman]

27. you won't last long..

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[bpilgrim]

56. -- --- ---------- --------------- --------------- - > VIDEO

http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=0

more video...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=102

peace

[Lindacooks]

31. Up yours

[TomPainesBones]

3. Actually that's not true

He said it. They didn't cut him off before he could complete it. He said it.

"West then declared "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Before the rapper could complete his statement, NBC producers cut away."

[Liberal_Andy]

4. I saw it, it was a golden TV moment!

:toast: To you, Mr. West!

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[knitter4democracy]

52. I saw it, too.

Did you see the look on the faces of those around? It was great!

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[sus]

10. I thought it was the end of this statement

he sort of just said it and there was a beat and then they went to Tucker.

and what else could he add to that?? he pretty much said it all. he doesn't care about them. end of story and (probably) his statement.

and who cares if they cut him off? he said what needed to be said. he was passionate and genuine. it was great.

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[NYC]

34. Maybe he had more of a statement to make.

Anyway, he hit the highlight. :)

[LisaL]

59. Yes. He said it for sure. I heard it. But he probably had more to

say and they cut him off after he said "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

[nine23]

5. I didn't see this, but...

...I know Mike Myers' brother very well (he has a radio show here in Vancouver) and I feel I've got to protect Mikey here...(we were talking about this just last week).

Canadians in the US as successful as Mike Myers have to be VERY FUCKING CAREFUL about what they say and the way they act in the media. They're held up to perhaps even MORE scrutiny than even the most staunchest US liberal, ie. Faux News "If you don't like it here, go the fuck home...".

It's a VERY REAL phenom; other Canucks like Peter Jennings, Michael J. Fox, Neil Young and the like get dual citizenship JUST SO THEY CAN OPEN THEIR MOUTHS south of the border.

I KNOW Myers is a lib. Just sayin'....

[sonicx]

7. Mike's a good guy, he was just a little freaked out by the surprise

They cut to Chris Tucker and his eyes looked like they were gonna pop out. :D

[Virginian]

24. Chris Tucker stumbled like he wasn't expecting to be "on" yet.

I thought they cut the rest of the statement after he said Bush doesn't care about black people.
I thought he was going to back it up with something like "because he is letting them suffer and die."

Truth is, Bush doesn't care about anyone but his rich friends -- his "base." Actually, I don't think he cares about them, he only cares about what they can do for him or give him because he only cares about himself.

[Pachamama]

37. Can you imagine if they had cut to Chris Rock? He would have said perhaps

the most perfect response that anyone could have thought of....I'm thinking something along the lines of "Call out the National Guard folks, the White peoples' ears are bleeding!"

Wow, I wish I had seen this live...the fact that NBC would "censor" it gives me just one more reason why I won't watch them.

[sus]

8. yeah, but... Mike didn't say it...Kanye did.

can their dual citizenship be revoked??

[nine23]

13. As I said, I didn't actually SEE it...

...but if you ever see a Canadian artist south of the border, who's otherwise/obviously a hard core lib, KEEP THEIR MOUTH'S SHUT in US media, I hope you appreciate their, um..."predicament".

I'm just saying, it can be stifling for even hard lefties like Joni Mitchell, who's VERY VOCAL when she's at her home up here, but tends to keep her mouth shut down there.

[Missy Vixen]

20. We saw Natalie MacMaster and her band

two weeks ago in Redmond, WA. Natalie and her band, on every entrance and exit from the stage during their performance, flashed the "peace" sign. She didn't say a word.

She didn't have to.

Julie

[President Jesus]

17. Mike Myers contributed to Clark for Pres

proof: http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Mike_Myers.php

[fujiyama]

48. Cool!

I have a new found respect for Meyers!

[fujiyama]

47. I would have been very disappointed

if Meyers weren't a liberal.

[StClone]

9. Never forget 9-11 and never forget NOLA

Maybe it wasn't LIHOP but the utter incompetence and and callousness of Bush and the Republicans SHOULD never be forgotten no matter how the think tank wonkers wry neck the truth.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

12. i see this failure as complete and utter.

i doubt this will ever be forgotten.

[sniffa]

11. finaLLy, i know what everyone's taLking about

i knew he said it, but i had no idea where/what setting.

[meganmonkey]

14. Ooooh damn!

Is there a clip? I need to see a clip!!

Hell yeah!

:rofl:

:toast:

[ticapnews]

15. Crooksandliars has it now

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Kayne-West-Bush-Black-People.mov

[Judi Lynn]

39. Thanks for posting the link. It was excellent. More power to him.

Hope his decision to act on his conscience has encouraged others to speak out.

[PassingFair]

16. It's up on CrooksandLiars..... n/t

[ticapnews]

18. The concert is reairing now on CNBC....

How far into the broadcast was Kayne?

Wanna lay odds on his comments being edited?

[sonicx]

19. 30 mins or so, i think

not too long

but yeah, they'll edit it.

[ticapnews]

21. Ding!

Wow, that is so sad.

Freedom of the speech just took a bullet to the heart.

[domlaw]

22. So far they haven't It went national on the east coast. nt

[ticapnews]

23. They just rebroadcast it on CNBC and edited his last comment

They filled the screen with the logo then cut to Tucker, but without his reaction to what West had said.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

25. See No Evil....Hear No Evil. n/t

[autorank]

32. Lighten up Mike...this is REAL WORLD

"Mike Myers, who returned to the script, and seemed frustrated by the the rapper's remarks."

This guy is great. Good for him. More truth, more truth now, more truth all the time.

I could care less if f'ing Mike Meyers is a little upset about his script, btw.

[fujiyama]

49. I didn't see him as much upset

as just stunned.

No one expected it. I noticed that Chris Tucker was pretty surprised as well.

[October]

33. Ted Koppel just reported this story on Nightline /nt

[SlavesandBulldozers]

36. hahahah

that's great news!

Now we'll get to see the racism that had only been trickling up through the surface erupt into a full on geyser. Get ready people, a whole bunch of the rw wackjobs are about to show their true stripes (hint: they're not red and white).

[gauguin57]

35. We've all been thinking the same thing he said. BUT, this was a FUNDRAISER

You need to pick your spots, when you're going to say provocative things on television. This may have caused some people not to donate, and this was, after all, a TELETHON to raise money for those poor people down in NOLA.

Get the money out of the people, and THEN speak your truth.

Sorry, but though I think this was the right statement, I think it was the wrong forum.

[BlueIris]

62. Those who didn't donate because of what he said are screwed up.

Seriously. They've got some big issues.

As I've posted elsewhere, there's a special place in the Beyond for them. But it's not a nice place. The shame for their misplaced anger, bigotry, "patriotism" or whatever excuse they're using for their refusal to give money to starving, sick, injured members of their country is on them, not Mr. West.

[lumpy]

38. The truth sure hurts some people

doesn't it. Of course Bush doesn't give a hoot about black people (well.. maybe Condi, although he has just been using her). One thing about many people from the so-called upper class is disdain for people of little means, especially those legacies and scions of the rich.

[Moosepoop]

40. CNN showed the clip this morning.

Unedited, as part of a segment highlighting racial tension resulting from all this.

[Judi Lynn]

41. Reuters story on Kanye West's remarks.....

Rapper Kanye West blasts Bush on TV benefit show
Sat Sep 3, 2005 4:25 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West surprised viewers of an NBC benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims on Friday by accusing President George W. Bush of racism.

"George Bush doesn't care about black people," West said from New York during the show aired live on the East Coast on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and Pax, just before cameras cut away to comedian Chris Tucker.

West, who is black, suggested moments earlier that delays in providing relief to survivors of the hurricane that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday and flooded New Orleans were deliberate. He said America was set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible."

The Grammy award-winning singer, who was paired with comedian Mike Myers, also said in what NBC described as unscripted remarks, "We already realized a lot of the people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way, and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us."
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-03T082424Z_01_YUE330253_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-WEST-DC.XML

[Barkley]

51. Kanye will get his say at the Million More March in Oct. 15

t
10th Anniversary Commemoration of the Million Man March - Saturday, October 15, 2005
http://www.millionsmoremovement.com/

[xchrom]

42. saying what needs to be said.

white people all over the country will look at those images and feel no shame -- they have none.

but west meets the head of the nail with a hammer.

and shame is what we should all feel -- and liberals{of all colours} should be LIVID at the obvious racism that bush has dragged us all into.

[0007]

50. Some white people in this country. Not all!

[JoFerret]

43. Clip here

On the right - Kanye West off the script.
It's clear. It's beautiful.His statement is angry, articulate, emotional and practical.
One thing he says may be wrong - the Red Cross in NOLA. Were they allowed in?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9147333/

[Judi Lynn]

44. You might find this info. interesting on the Red Cross in N.O.:

From this website: http://dumbya.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/2/2125/04978

"So I called the Red Cross and asked them if its true....

(editor's note, by SteveRose) updated to more blatant title.

SteveRose's diary :: ::
And, to my surprise, the nice lady answering the phone said it was true and they told/asked/ordered not to enter NO. She then went right into her spiel about all the other work the Red Cross was doing across the region. I said that's nice, but I still didn't understand why they weren't in NO. To my amazement, she patiently explained it to me. I even called back to verify what she said. This time she asked if I was media, I said no, just a concerned and confused contributor.

So here goes: Homeland Security (her term, not mine) told the Red Cross DO NOT enter New Orleans and says this still now. And why, you may ask? Not Security. Not worker safety. Not lack of access. It was because people would be drawn to the Red Cross food and they wouldn't want to go to be evacuated. So I asked: "The people starving and dying at the convention center yesterday couldn't get Red Cross food and water because they would be drawn to the food at the convention center, where they were, and not want to be evacuated from the convention center where no evacuations were going on or planned and all the while they are dying". (Actually, it was a couple questions.) She went back into her spiel about all of the other good work they were doing. When I asked again, she said yes, that was true. She seem relieved to admit it. "
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1748640

[Algorem]

45. Today show just did a little report on the show by Lisa Whatserface,they

showed part where he says blacks loot/whites find,didn't mention Bush doesn't care about black people.

[Judi Lynn]

46. It almost seems like lying not to include it!From NBC, too.Interesting n/t

[ticapnews]

53. Not so much NBC, as General Electric...

GE: We bring good things to life.

[DrunkenMaster]

54. It is Nice to Think

that mainstream hiphop might once again become a force for social and political justice. F**k this gangsta shite.

[Voltaire99]

55. You can keep your pro-war Obamas.

Kayne West speaks for me.

When will the Democratic Party have the courage and wisdom to do so?

[kencryst]

57. Here's a link to the video

Ya gotta watch Mike Myers face....too cool...

http://www.zebrality.com/article.php?article_id=93

[Moloch]

58. Thank you!

and welcome to DU!

[JVS]

60. Mike Myers looked like he had shit his pants. What a funny moment!

Not to say Mike's a bad guy at all; it's just that sometimes things are surprising.

[BlueIris]

61. Yeah. What West did was gutsy, but I feel kinda bad for Mike.

That had to be a very uncomfortable moment for him.