Video: Obama on Kanye West

Oddly, Politico has pulled down the video of Obama calling Kanye West “a jackass.” The President, after the fact, tried to declare that comment off the record, and by now it's out there.

So, because you can't find it at Politico anymore, here (via Mediaite) it is at the Washington Examiner:

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