President George W. Bush's low point...

[malasadas.livejournal.com]

By now, it is hard to escape that President George W. Bush's memoir, "Decision Points" is ready for release, and the former President has been making rounds promoting the book and discussing the work on various talk shows and high profile interviews.

It is equally hard to escape that in the book, he recounts being called a racist by Kanye West as the low point in his eight year Presidency.

Now to be fair, he apparently recounts other times as difficult and confesses to having made mistakes, and to be fair, it is never pleasant to be accused of a personal flaw that you do not believe you have.

But -- seriously? Being dissed by a notoriously loud mouthed musician? Not the actual discovery that New Orleans was drowning? Not the inescapable conclusion that Saddam Hussein had no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction? Not passing any number of milestones in Americans killed in action? Not the attacks of September 11 themselves? Not leaving office with the entire American economy spiralling into the crapper?

I haven't read the book, and I am sure that he must note those are hard times as well, but out of eight years in a highly contentious Presidency, the man stands firm in his interview with Matt Lauer that Kanye West's remarks were THE worse moment.

Is this understandable in a way that I am simply failing to understand or is this just a giant WTF moment for the entire country?

Comments

[nikoel.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you.

[spaz-own-joo.livejournal.com]

I love Jay Smooth. He is maybe my favourite pop commentator on race, period.

[nikoel.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!