Comments on: President Obama calls Kanye West a ‘jackass’ – off the record (update: audio)

By: JGG

JGG — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:55:46 +0000

@hunnybe wow, he makes one offhand comment “OFF THE RECORD” and all of sudden; he’s slacking off.. doesn’t care about the economy and health care? Get fucking real… as for Moran, he made a gross negligence as a journalist tweeting to millions of subscribers about an “OFF THE RECORD” comment. How ever so PROFESSIONAL of him. And hunnybe, let me enlighten you as a journalist. “OFF THE RECORD” means off the record; period. It also applies to public figures. Stick to comments on what you know.

Seriously that made me burst out loud laughing. I absolutely {heart} our president. He’s real and genuine.. and at least he doesn’t live inside a bubble.

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By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:51:17 +0000

ROFL! I agree!!! Mexico doesn’t count for me either! (Seeing as how, we can literally just walk across the border and have, many times. LOL)

I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!

My boyfriend and I just came back from a long vacation in Barcelona and San Sebastian.

Girl, if you can, go to Barcelona. You will LOVE it. And that city NEVER sleeps. They party ’til 7am. No joke. And it doesn’t matter what day of the week it is (except maybe Sunday, because Spain is a Catholic nation)

BTW, in Spain, if you get a chance to visit, be conscious of the Siesta. LOL Or you’ll end up wandering around closed shops in the afternoon while all the Spaniards are chilling.

And hey, be as excited as you want!!! I can’t even begin to tell you how annoying I was before my trip. LOL You couldn’t get me to stop talking about it.

And now I just can’t wait to go back. Paris is definitely on the list.

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By: hatsumomo

hatsumomo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:28:32 +0000

Ok I need to calm down about Europe. Can you tell I’ve never been? If you could see me, I’m the happiest bounciest bunny ever!
London, G.B. and Paris, France. My man is getting transferred for a month to the company’s office in London for training new Linux techs and he is taking Earned Time Off for two weeks in Paris. And the company is paying for his apartment there too! (not in France though). And all the benefits, as in a daily food allowance. On top of all that, they are also paying for his passport (but not mine), air travel (but not for me) and such. He can take me, but I wont be covered by the company. But so what? How often can you go half off? I’ve never been out of the country before(Mexico dosent count, I live so close to it). And I can assure you, I’m going to stalk every celebrity there. End of October, he is going and I wont arrive till the first week of Nov. Meaning I’m going to be Peggy Bundy without my Al . (me, my sisters and their husbands are doing famous couples for the H. party). The only bummer in fabulous holiday plans.

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By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:55:46 +0000

Wow.

So he’s not allowed to have an opinion ever?

It’s not like he made a press conference. Ridiculous.

Anywho, Hatsu! I’m curious about where in Europe you’ll be visiting???

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By: hunnybe

hunnybe — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:28:30 +0000

Really. I need to get over it.You guys are in here congratulating someone for insulting someone else.Kanye was wrong,but two wrongs don’t make a right.If I am making a mountain out of mole hill so is everyone else commenting about anything concerning the Kanye and Taylor incident.This is between Kanye and Taylor not everyone else. I understand that this is a gossip site and everyone has an opinion.This is mine.You don’t have to agree but it is what is.So get over this whole Kanye thing already.Did he snub you personally?Oh and we all need to get over it.Thanks for reading.

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By: BooJoulais

BooJoulais — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:27:57 +0000

HashBrowns, you’re as wonderful as your name. God Bless cool heads and clear thinking. No more Town Hall Hate!

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By: gg

gg — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:07:54 +0000

Congrats, hatsumomo! You will LOVE Europe and the people there, and going there will change your life forever. My husband is British and we go often and I adore it; going in 2 weeks myself, so WOO! I share your excitement!

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By: HashBrowns

HashBrowns — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:26:33 +0000

38 and others: The President is allowed to have opinions on frivolous things. He’s allowed to say things to the press off the record, that is the purpose of the expression “off the record”. Had that idiot not tweeted that the President said that, it never would have been known to folks outside of that reporter’s inner circle as he probably would have told somebody, but not the “world”.

Our President has young children who probably watched the show. If Obama didn’t watch it himself, he probably heard about the incident from his children/wife/white house staff people, who knows?

But the President is not a robot who can talk or think about nothing else besides presidential duties. He is a husband and a father as well. He has opinions about stupid things that happen in daily life.

Get. Over. It.

Here is likely what happened: The President was chit-chatting with the reporter before/after/during a break in the interview. The reporter says, “Hey what did you think about what Kanye West did at the awards show?” and in all likelihood the President responded like anyone else would have, knowing (or at least believing) that his comment would not be published.

Lastly, he did not make the comment during a press conference or a joint meeting of congress, nor did he put out a press release about this. This was some idiot journalist who tweeted an OFF THE RECORD comment on TWITTER.

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By: Praise St. Angie!

Praise St. Angie! — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:21:12 +0000

well, when your point keeps shifting, it’s hard to keep track of WHAT you’re saying.

“first and formost that nothing he says is off the record, he should know that by now”

and that’s where you’re wrong. SOME things he says are absolutely off the record. every president, regardless of party, is certainly allowed some privacy in their life.

the only person who f-ed up here is Terry Moran who made public something that was CLEARLY not meant to be made public.

and FYI, I DO work in the health care realm (working, not just studying), and I’m aware of the problems people face in that area. and he was addressing those things ON the record, for the interview he was giving.

not to mention (AGAIN) that it’s not like he was asked about the health care bill and wanted to talk about Kanye instead. the entire conversation, his comment included, probably lasted an entire 30 seconds.

so, if he’s not allowed to comment on pop culture because it’s just not as important as health care in the US, I guess that means (as hatsumomo said) the he shouldn’t talk to his wife about anything, he shouldn’t talk to his kids about their day at school, he shouldn’t talk to his friends (or anyone else for that matter) about anything other than health care, ON the record?

mountain. out. of. MOLEHILL.

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By: TaylorB

TaylorB — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:00:11 +0000

Hunnybe,

Just curious, but what exactly is your field of study?

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