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Obama Advises Kanye On US Presidential Bid by TalkItAll: 3:42pm On Oct 12, 2015 |
US President Barack Obama offered advice
Saturday to Kanye West on the rapper’s
improbable White House bid — telling him that
reality TV might be good training for Washington.
West, who has declared with an unclear degree
of seriousness that he will run for president in
2020, was performing at a fundraiser for
Obama’s Democratic Party in San Francisco.
Addressing supporters who paid up to $10,000 a
ticket, teased that he had campaign advice for
West, who is married to reality television star
Kim Kardashian.
“First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time
dealing with some strange characters who
behave like they’re on a reality TV show,” Obama
said to laughter.
Obama joked that the background of West — like
Obama, an African-American who spent
formative years in Chicago — may not be entirely
far-fetched for the presidency.
“Do you really think that this country is going to
elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago
with a funny name to be president of the United
States? That is crazy,” Obama said to applause.
But Obama noted that the title of one of West’s
albums may prove to be a political liability.
“Saying you have a ‘Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy’ — that’s what’s known as ‘off-message’
in politics,” Obama said, referring to West’s
chart-topping 2010 album.
Obama did not resist taking a jab at the rival
Republican Party, whose leadership in the House
of Representatives is in disarray, saying that he
heard “Kanye is thinking of running for speaker
of the House.”
West, who is known for his brash self-confidence
and has likened himself to Michelangelo,
declared in August at the MTV Video Music
Awards that he plans to run for president in
2020.
The rapper’s aspirations earlier won unlikely
praise from real estate mogul Donald Trump, the
acerbic front-runner in the Republican
presidential race for 2016.
Trump told Rolling Stone magazine last month
that he found West to be a “nice guy,” adding: “I
hope to run against him someday.” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/obama-advises-kanye-on-us-presidential-bid/ |
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