Kanye West..."George Bush doesn't care about black people..."

[TomInTib]

He just said it on the MSNBC fundraising concert!

[montana500]

1. he's right.

nm

[hiley]

2. it is the absolute truth

too.

[dancingme]

3. Then they cut him off

But America heard him. WOW!! I want to have his baby. :-)

[domlaw]

5. That was awsome

And true. Now will they replay it @ 9 on my NBC channel.

[Imagevision]

38. Kayne nailed Bush, too bad they cut him off, but it got out!!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[PDittie]

4. They cut him off n/t

[clitzpah queen]

6. They were all shittin' their pants

Of COURSE he's right....it was such a real, uncensored remark. So raw. Now let's see how they'll try and ruin his career.

[Roland99]

7. Awesome!!

[wiley]

8. Kanye West

awes me!

:patriot:

[DanCa]

9. The guy standing next to him looked pissed good for Kanye. (nt)

[TheMightyFavog]

14. That was Mike Meyers, IIRC

End of Line.

[DanCa]

21. was that mike mike myers ?

[TheMightyFavog]

26. Yes, it was.

End of Line.

[Jamastiene]

10. He's telling the truth.

What area is in the most need of help? New Orleans. Where did Bush send aid and go himself? Not New Orleans. They have abandoned the black people and the poor. It's a disgrace!

[underpants]

11. There was no reason to bring race into it

He could have left BLACK out

[Kahuna]

16. Right. Because the truth is bush doesn't care about people period.

nt

[underpants]

25. Finally. someone got that

there is another thread where they didn't so much

[iconoclastic cat]

12. May I brag that he's from Chicago?

[bliss_eternal]

24. Absolutely! You may bask in his glory!

:applause: :woohoo:

You should be proud...

[countingbluecars]

13. Way to go, Kayne West.

He definitely went off script. Pointed out that it took five days for help to arrive because the people are black.

[Kahuna]

15. bush doesn't care about white people either.

People mean nothing to him. They are only tools for him to further his corrupt billionare boys club agenda.

[Imagevision]

55. And Bush's doctors give a clean bill of health- and the shrink said???

what?!! no-ones going to tell me Bush doesn't have serious mental problems...no-one! actions speak a helluva lot louder then "words"!!

[gennifer6]

17. Someone tell KW, George Bush doesn't care about POOR people

This has nothing to do with colour and everything to do with income. If you are black and you have money, you are not there, and George Bush cares about you as much as your wallet will allow him....

[TomInTib]

19. If you can't dress up like a cowboy and play Ranger or Pioneer

with him, you've got no "purchase" in his little game.

[bliss_eternal]

28. I guess his Cowboy dress-up days were cut short by Cindy

and then by Katrina--poor georgie-porgie. :sarcasm:

TominTib, do you imagine him in that outfit like Woody from ToyStory? That image always cracks me up...
Him riding around his ranch on a broom stick saying "Giddyap!"

:rofl:

[TomInTib]

47. Yes - except - thanks to the magic of Pixar, Woody is more real...

and I have a good idea of where that broomstick should go.

[bliss_eternal]

52. LMAO! ROFL!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Ah, you made my night--thank you for making me laugh like that! Hahahahahaha!

[bliss_eternal]

27. Are you black? If you are not--please understand that for those

that are, this argument is getting old, and it is dismissive of the feelings of those that are--whether it is your intent or not, I'm telling you.

It's really easy to sit and watch television and see that everyone is poor. What's not easy is to call it the ugly thing that it is. If you are unprepared to do so, fine. Please don't diminish the feelings and experience of those that see it and know what it is. Know from EXPERIENCE what it looks like and feels like.

Thank you.

[mikelewis]

30. I'm white as a sheet and I see it, Kayne was right....

True George doesn't like Poor people but he damn sure doesn't like poor black people. If that convention center had been filled with poor white people, the fuckin army would have been there on fuckin tuesday. Kayne is the least racist person and for him to say it means a lot.

[bliss_eternal]

35. LOL--not as white as a sheet!?! LOL!

I appreciate your words, Thank you.

I just wanted the other poster (gennifer6) to understand that or to at least consider that this argument all over DU about this being about poverty vs. race is dismissive of a lifetime of experiences of those that know what racism looks like, and sadly feels like.

I'm tired of seeing this argument on DU, and feeling like I and others are being dismissed in the process. Not cool.

Kanye West--very cool. :headbang:

[mikelewis]

53. Everyone knows damn well if there were 20,000 white blonde girls...

trapped in the convention center, the military would have pulled out of Iraq to get them out and they wouldn't have waited 5 days.

[bliss_eternal]

56. Thank Yoooooou!

:applause:

[REP]

64. Two More Whiter-Than-White Folks Checking In

When we (me and my Loved One) saw it, Loved One stood and cheered - and then played it about 15 times through the magic of TiVo. We're so white we're our own nightlights, and yeah, poor people are on the list that Bush doesn't care about, but Kanye West nailed him hard.

:headbang:

[1932]

44. I agree, but if it had been poor white people, would they use the looter

excuse for not helping sooner?

[win_in_06]

48. Exactly

West has plenty of money and where is he?

[NoQuarter]

65. WRONG!

Black and a big wallet gets a COMPLETELY different response from * than WHITE and a big wallet.

Even when you take * out of the equation, it has ever been thus.

[Olney Blue]

18. It was raw and honest.....

Matt Lauer just "apologized" for it now that the show is ending.

[Eurobabe]

20. Bu$h is a narcissist, he cares 'bout no one but himself

PERIOD.

[belle]

51. Agree with that, but still, props to Kanye.

[bliss_eternal]

22. Remind me to go buy Kanye's cd...

I think I need to start supporting his career. Thank you, Kanye. I'm going to see if I can find a website for him--to thank him personally.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

23. Not sure who he is, but I'm buying a CD

[TomInTib]

29. Me too. He said that he asked his business manager how

much he could donate, and to send the money right away!

[bliss_eternal]

37. Bless him.

Just bless his heart...

[politicasista]

31. He's a rapper

He's got an album out called "Late Registration" I heard it's good.

[Kahuna]

33. That song, "Golddigger" with Jamir Foxx singing a Ray Charles

vibe, is pretty good. I don't like hip hop. But Jamie's singing really puts it over for me.

[politicasista]

32. I am not a fan of his, but he's clearly right.

[cobaindrain]

34. wow

I don't know who this guy is...but he has guts

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. MSRNC is trying to er, whitewash Kanye's comments...

An angry Kanye West sounded off on how the media portrayed the poor, black victims of the hurricane as “looters, ” while saying the white victims are “seeking food.”

Neville followed West's fervent appeal with a soulful version of “Amazing Grace.”

No mention of his comment about the Chimp at all. I'll be watching tape delayed at 8:00 on the West Coast, and I'll bet those lousy mediawhores censor him out completely.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9146525/

[bliss_eternal]

39. That's it! I'm calling and e-mailing those bastards!

...blis stomping off to find their info...

:mad:

[domlaw]

40. Yep

We are watching now and think the same thing. I hope someone grabbed the video

[bliss_eternal]

41. Hey--you look new! Welcome to DU, domlaw!

:hi:

[domlaw]

42. Yep

And while I thought they wouldn't let it happen I just saw West say it again nationally (well repeated). There is no celebration in my heart just relief.

[domlaw]

46. And now Larry King

Wow

[1932]

43. it's not just black people he hates.

[liberaliraqvet26]

45. poor ones are up there too...

even the ignorant ones who vote for him as a man of "faith"

[bliss_eternal]

54. Gays, women, the poor, disenfranchised, democrats,

minorities and the elderly. Did I forget anyone?

:mad:

[nickshepDEM]

49. Here is the video...

http://buttlands.net/kanye.avi

Im my opinion it wasnt the best thing Kanye could have said in the middle of a fundraiser for the victims. Im sure quite a few people hung up the phone when he went on his rant. Remeber, the goals is to raise as much money as possible.

[domlaw]

50. O.K.

They hung up. Sucks yes. but when was it going to be said, outright, public and nationally. If they hung up, then they are not christian, they do not give, like me, from the heart. If this affects their generosity then F^& em.

Never give up never surrender

[ProudDad]

57. * cares about black people

about the same as he feels about non-rich white people.

He can usually take them or leave them -- leave them out in the cold.


Bliss_etermal is right though

It IS true that racism ALWAYS trumps class in this country.

[ProudDad]

58. Wow, wow, wow

I thought Mike Meyers was going to fall over. The look he gave Kanye was priceless.

Just tell the truth on TV, even cable, and wow!!!

Thanks for that. It made my day...That look of Meyers...


I posted on an email list that I'm on that I wasn't going to give to the Red Cross but rather to ACLU, Democratic Underground, PDA, etc. so that my money could get rid of the disease instead of just the symptoms.

Some freeper on the list then posted that he wasn't going to give to the Red Cross because of Kanye West(????) I had to google Kanye to find out what the hell he was talking about and still couldn't make the connection between MSNBC/Kanye West and the Red Cross.

By then, I'd decided to give to the Red Cross too because they can do a better job at getting relief to the people who need it than those asshole, keystone cops in DC could.

[bliss_eternal]

59. How did Meyers look?

Like he agreed, disagreed? What...?

Glad you are going to give!

[ProudDad]

60. I couldn't tell

he was shocked that anyone told what they thought though.

[bliss_eternal]

61. I can understand that.

Not many have been particularly outspoken prior to now about this administration.

[Skittles]

62. I can honestly say I've never heard of Kanye West

but he speaks for me.

[submerged99]

63. Freepers calling Kanye a racist *L*

Okay, the freeptards are now calling Kanye a vicious racist and making comments about the various "low life thugs" they've encountered in the inner cities

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1476067/posts?q=1&&page=1

Some one needs to keep track of all the racist comments that these right wingers are making about the victims of New Orleans so they can expose them whenever that start their propaganda about not being racists.