TDPS: George W. Bush says Kanye West was the worst moment of his presidency...hmm?

[celtics23]

Run time: 06:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mz-BxneLOY   Posted on YouTube: November 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: MidweekPolitics Views on YouTube: 658   Posted on DU: November 10, 2010 By DU Member: celtics23 Views on DU: 466

 
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TRANSCRIPT:
Announcer: Welcome back to The David Pakman Show.

David: So I'm actually thinking of reading George W. Bush's book "Decision Points" that's coming out. He's doing an interview, he did the interview already with Matt Lauer, it's going to air tonight. So by the time some people hear this, it'll already have aired. We'll have clips from it on our next show.

And one thing that's interesting I read is that he's saying, remember when Kanye West after Katrina said George W. Bush doesn't care about black people?

Louis: Oh, yeah.

David: George W. Bush is saying that was the worst moment of his presidency. There's something just silly but also a little bit insulting, I mean, what about the decision to send people to war that ended up being for reasons that didn't actually exist and your Secretary of State made false claims before...

Louis: You'd think just having to make a decision about going to war might be the worst...

David: Than an entertainer calling you a racist.

Louis: Right.

David: This is... I actually think the clip is hilarious. He's next to... Kanye West is next to Mike Myers, we actually have it here. It is, it's just one of the funniest things that's out... for George W. Bush...

Louis: Mike Myers is lie frozen. He doesn't know what to do.

David: For George W. Bush it was one of the worst moments, for me, it was one of the funniest moments.



Mike Myers: ... many ways more profoundly devastating is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

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



Myers: Please call...

Chris Tucker: In the past few days...



David: OK, and then it switches to Chris Tucker, who just seems completely shellshocked, and he doesn't know what hit him. He's just been handed a grenade, a live grenade, from Kanye West, where he says, "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people," and he has to somehow run with it now.

So this is addressed in the interview with Matt Lauer, so I look forward to seeing that. And Matt Lauer asks him, we have a transcript, "You remember what he said?" And George W. Bush says, "Yes I do, he called me a racist." And Matt Lauer says, "Well, what he said, 'George Bush doesn't care about black people,'" and Bush says, "That's... 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 the man's a racist. I resent it. It's not true. And it was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."

Hmm. Interesting. I mean, as much as I can understand not liking being called a racist, if Kanye's remark was one of the "most disgusting moments" of the presidency, this guy is out of touch with what went on during his own presidency, is he not? I mean, I would've put the senseless war in Iraq, the economic crisis, ahead of Kanye West saying, "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people."

Louis: Do you think his book is just a way to improve the way people saw his presidency?

David: Well, it's interesting, now when you talk to people about George Bush, many of them still say what they're saying about Obama already, he's the worst president ever, but there is less of the kind of rage that you, that we were getting, don't you think, Louis? The anger and the vitriol about George W. Bush, it seems you do need a few years to start looking at things more objectively.

In a sense, though, thinking back, some of the things that went on, with cooler heads prevailing now, with a few years, actually seem more crazy, right? I mean, some of the things that Bush said, some of the things he did, the way that the Iraq war was sold. When we think back to it, it almost has taken on less of an emotional component but more of a "how on Earth did that happen".

Louis: A logical component.

David: Exactly.

Louis: What were we thinking?

David: What on Earth were people thinking at the time? What was George W. Bush thinking? And apparently he also admits to a bunch of waterboarding-related stuff, and I have some of that here as well. We'll go through more of this once the interview actually airs, but here's just a little bit of an excerpt. I think we have it. Here we go.



Matt Lauer: ... "be impossible to reach definitive conclusions about my presidency or any recent presidency, for that matter, for several decades." So having said that, though, isn't that the purpose of a book like this, to at least either cement perception or change perception?

George W. Bush: Well, I... kind of, but the main purpose of the book is to have a starting point... no, not a starting point, just a data point for future historians. I, I... you got to... I... this may seem strange to you, I don't really care about perceptions at this point in time. I served, I gave it my all, and I'm a content man. And the book has been a part of the transition process to private life, and it's a way for me to put the reader in the environment in which I had to make decisions.



David: Interesting. I look forward to actually seeing this interview if that is any indication. If this part right here at the beginning is any indication, then this is going to be one very interesting interview.



Lauer: ... isn't that the purpose of a book like this, to at least either cement perception or change perception?

Bush: Well, I... kind of, but the...

David: You got to love it, Louis. I mean, this, it's just, it's compelling video, is it not?

Louis: It's compelling video. It's always compelling when you've got George W. Bush.

David: It's... the more I see that now, I am brought back to when he would do the press conferences, and I look forward to seeing that interview. I might... I never even read any of these typs of books, I'm curious as to what he says in it.

[donthebun]

1. No surprise that something completely insignificant

is this guy's worst moment.

[tins0404]

2. I would like to hear W's thoughts on his BEST moment

I bet it's just as funny

[Gregorian]

3. Hide and Go Seek with Saddam.

One nucular wmd, two nucular wmd, three nucular wmd...ready or not here comes Cheney. He he, hey Dick, here's a hint. It's a hidey hole.

Even with the sound down I wanted to kick in my screen watching the A-hole. 8 years of that crap. And the residual taste that I live amongst people so stupid they actually voted for him. Twice!

Sorry, I just can't help but rant when I have to experience Little Hitler all over again.

[Frisbee]

4. When he got to play fighter pilot in a real airplane!

That was fun!

[Politicalboi]

5. I guess

9/11 was the second worst or Katrina itself. LOL! Why does anybody waste time on this war criminal imbecile anyway?