The Biggest Jerk in America: Kanye West or Joe Wilson?

September 15, 2009 Posted in Buzz, Entertainment

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Although some of us – cough cough, College Candy, cough cough – are more accepting than others, I think most of us can agree that Kanye West is a jackass. And leave it to President Obama to tell it like it is in an off-the-record comment in a CNBC interview yesterday. Who knew Obama had such a potty-mouth!

But while Kanye has apologized not once, but twice to America’s sweetheart, Taylor Swift, there is another heckler in our midst who has been flying under the radar and is seemingly un-remorseful.

Republican representative Joe Wilson channeled his inner 5^th-grade bully when he shouted out “You lie!” to Obama during his speech on health care reform to Congress last week. (Which isn’t being discussed 1/3rd as much as Taylor-gate.) I guess it’s asking too much to expect a little maturity from our lawmakers these days.

Wilson has apologized to the President himself, but he has no intention of apologizing publicly. While Kanye is running around town making amends to a teenage pop-star, the man who shamed the President of the United States has made no such attempt. At the very least he should write Kanye a thank-you note and send him an Edible Arrangement for taking the spotlight off of his own public display of idiocy.

So if I have this right – College Candy is defending Kanye, Obama is sticking up for Taylor, the Republicans are cheering on Wilson, but who has Obama’s back? If only our government was run by musicians. We would already have copious, tearful apologies under our belt, and the hope of a chart-topping duet on the horizon.

408069 Comments2009-09-15+16%3A00%3A30Brittany+-+University+of+Richmond on "The Biggest Jerk in America: Kanye West or Joe Wilson?"

H says:
Tue, 15th Sep 20098:33 am

Yeah..if you read the article a little more closely, you'd know that's what the author is saying.

Casey says:
Tue, 15th Sep 200910:04 am

I loved this article. The first non-ignorant position article on College Candy in the past week and a half.

Ha ha! I just think it's funny that a congressmen shouted "you lie!" Seriously? You're in the U.S. Congress and the most "intelligent" thing you can think to shout is "You lie!" He should have lost his position right then and there. We don't want people running our country who say things like "You lie". If he'd said "You're a liar", he'd still be just as much of a jerk, but at least he'd sound slightly more capable of running a country (although not much).

I'm not an Obama fan, but he is our president, we need to give him a chance.

Brittany says:
Tue, 15th Sep 200910:58 am

This is a point I was trying to get across in the Kanye article! Joe Wilson's actions just kind of blew over as the Kayne debacle erupted. The CC readers are very opinionated about what Kanye did… but rather mum on Joe Wilson's actions.. It shows people's priorities.

Su says:
Tue, 15th Sep 200911:15 am

Kanye didn't mean his apologies in his past blowups and he doesn't mean it now. If you're sorry, you won't do it again. Yet he keeps doing it. I don't know. Maybe I should be a musician and just accept every apology given to me. NOT! I don't want an apology for what wilson did cuz he didn't do anything to me. and it didn't erupt as much as the kanye thing because what he did was funny. Kanye is just a douche.

Positively Present says:
Tue, 15th Sep 200911:41 am

I love this little article. The last sentence had me cracking up. Since I worte about the whole Kanye/Taylor thing on my own site, I'll let you check it out for yourself.. http://positivelypresent.com…I” rel=”nofollow”>.http://positivelypresent.com…I think it can relate to Joe Wilson as well.

Kelly says:
Tue, 15th Sep 20091:16 pm

There’s a pretty big difference between an interruption at the VMA’s to interrupting the President’s Address to Congress.

Zoe says:
Tue, 15th Sep 20097:01 pm

Haha, whilst I acknowledge that what Joe Wilson said was disrespectful in the US, here in Australia, our politicians say about ten times worse.

Accusing someone of lying is not even the tip of the ice berg. Female politicians get called barren, people get sworn at, our politicians constantly interrupt each other/ boo at each other when the Prime Minister is speaking.

I have no idea why we pay these people to just have a slanging match in parliament.

someguy says:
Wed, 16th Sep 20098:21 am

Wilson's right, Obama is a liar. No one believes it now, but once all this stuff is passed and more and more people are caught between the rock that is being required by law to have health insurance and the hard place that is being able to afford 'normal' costs of living with a hefty tax increase to pay for this "health care reform" then maybe you'll understand. And of course it will be much too late.

We need stricter regulations on insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies to make health care and medicine affordable. That's it. Plenty of people can afford to pay for their own health coverage now but choose not to so they can bank that cash.

But of course, everyone wants to support the savior Obama because they believe every word he says because of the whole "change" thing. Soon everyone in the country will realize what it's like to live in CT or NY – the two highest taxed states in the country, and all of us who live there complain about it ALL the time. So get ready.

katrina says:
Thu, 17th Sep 20094:48 pm

I'll be the first to say that what Wilson did was disrespectful. But I'm not going to try and deny that what he said wasn't true, because it was. There's a reason why Obama's favorability is going down by the week. Wilson apologized to Obama, fine. Why should he have to apologize to congress? And Republicans aren't really condoning what he DID, they're standing behind what he said, and they should. Because again, IT'S TRUE.

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