Bush on Kanye West: “It was one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency.”
Bush calls Kanye West’s criticism over Hurricane Katrina the lowest moment of his presidency
By Holly BaileyTue Nov 2, 8:07 pm ET
Following the New York Times’ scoop on George W. Bush’s upcoming memoir, NBC is out tonight with excerpts of an interview Matt Lauer conducted with the former president set to air next week.
Among other things, Bush says the lowest moment of his presidency was when rapper Kanye West declared in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that “Bush doesn’t care about black people.” “That ‘he’s a racist,’ ” Bush told Lauer. “I resent it, it’s not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency.”
Bush writes, per Lauer, that he can barely think about the moment “without feeling disgust” and that it outranks people criticizing him for the war in Iraq or his efforts to cut taxes to benefit the rich.
In the interview, Lauer interjects, telling Bush he’s likely to take “heat” for saying the “worst moment” was not watching the post-Katrina misery in Louisiana but rather when someone insulted him because of that misery. “The misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well,” Bush told Lauer. “There’s a lot of tough moments in the book. And it was a disgusting moment, pure and simple.”
Source: The Upshot on Yahoo News
