Majority of All Parties Say Kanye West's Apology to George W. Bush was not Sincere
All parties disagree with West's assertion that Bush does not care about black people
Flemington, NJ, November 16, 2010 – A new national study among 309 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that all parties indicated that Kanye West’s apology to George W. Bush was not sincere after viewing the video.
The study was conducted during November 12 -15, by HCD Research using its MediaCurves.com® website to obtain Americans’ perceptions of Kanye West’s apology to George W. Bushfollowing several interviews in which Bush refers to West’s racially based comments as a low point in his presidency.
Among all parties, the majority of Democrats (54%), Republicans (80%) and Independents (65%) reported that they do not believe Kanye West’s apology to George W. Bush was sincere. In addition, the majority all parties do not believe West’s assertion that George W. Bush does not care about black people.
“As we viewed the automated response curves, we saw that the sincerity levels were consistently low among all parties throughout the interview,” stated Glenn Kessler, president and CEO, HCD Research. “However, the curves dipped to the lowest point toward the end of the interview when West stated that made the racially based statement about Bush out of frustration.”
Among the findings:
Do you think that Kanye West’s apology to George W. Bush was sincere?
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Democrats
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Republicans
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Independents
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Yes
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46%
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20%
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35%
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No
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54%
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80%
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65%
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Do you think that Kanye West’s assertion that Bush doesn’t care about black people is true?
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Democrats
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Republicans
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Independents
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Pre
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Post
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Pre
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Post
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Pre
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Post
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Yes
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41%
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40%
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9%
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11%
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26%
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25%
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No
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59%
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60%
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91%
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89%
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74%
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75%
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RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Kayne West showed his racism in his remark (freudian theory!)
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
It angers me still to listen to this man make personal accusations to such an extreme level without just cause. Katrina wasn't handled well from all aspects and saying George Bush was a racist and this was the reason why the Katrina response was ill handled shows Mr. West's level of character.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
George bush didn't care about some ppl in general
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
the past is the past,get over it
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Kanye and Bush are two extremes.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
I personallythink Bush should have acted of acted in a more timely matter, and his delay in assistance was a matter dealing more with economic class than racism
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
there is a big discrimination of people in this country
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
I like everything now days is pointed to race and color. Now we ahve a black president! Does he care about the white folks?
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Kayne West is a jackass.....he is always insulting people, from Taylor Swift to George Bush. He is an ASS and I can not stand him, AT ALL
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
I do not accept G.W. BUSH answers.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Let's make one thing absolutely clear: When Kanye West said "George Bush doesn't care about black people", it was and still is absolutely true. The federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina was absolutely racist. George Bush was and is a racist. And it's completely racist to deny that racism and racists exist.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Everybody said that West apologized. Funny, I never once heard in his stammering ramblings, "Mr. Bush, I'm sorry."
He's a loser. Bush might have made many mistakes in his presidency, granted. But he didn't deserve being pegged for being a racist. And West showed his true colors by his body language, lack of eye contact, and ramblings. He never said he was sorry or that he regretted anything.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Kanye West appears not only once but twice I've seen to be a very short tempered, opinionated young man, who has a lot to learn in life about judging others. Sometimes a person needs to do some "soul" searching of his/her own before jumping to conclusions about any event/person/situation.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
kayne west is nothing more than a media and contoversy "WHORE", he can't make a point with stirring up controversy. And you can see in the interview with Matt Lauer when he was slightly distracted and unable to concetrate on his pre-rehersed statemnets he had to silence the stage workers who where not at all audivle on the interview tape. Much like all of his other outbursts that have stirred up contoversy it gets his name out in the media and he gets free publicity out of being an ass.
RE: Kanye Apology to Bush
Kanye West reminds myself of the past era of father's teaching nonsense to their children about racism,in which old negative traits are difficult to dissolve.
As for Bush, Bush won many of his followers among the black race.The black race actually excelled as govt employees during the Bush administration.
To claim that Bush is a racist,is to actually hide the secret that Kanye West himself is a racist.
I do not like Bush,nor his adminstration,but i know he is not a racist.Kanye West is a sad excuse for a man
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