Kanye West: The presidential bashing just keeps coming

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First it was President Obama, who made headlines with his blunt assessment of Kanye West’s boorish behavior at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, calling the hip-hop star a ‘jackass.’ (Even though there was an orgy of hand-wringing in media circles about whether ABC’s Terry Moran should have Twittered the president’s off-the-record quip, I always thought the real story was -- what is Obama doing watching the hopelessly tacky VMAs in the first place?)

But now Kanye is in trouble with another Oval Office occupant, former President Jimmy Carter, who, speaking at a town hall meeting at Emory University, called West’s behavior ‘completely uncalled-for’ and, showing off a surprisingly dry sense of humor, added that ‘his punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show.’

I’m betting that before the week is over, our other living ex-presidents will feel obligated to comment on the controversy in their own special way:

George W. Bush: ‘Kanye West? Isn’t that the guy who wrote ‘My Pet Goat?’ ‘

Bill Clinton: ‘I don’t know about Kanye, but I sure would like to have some hush puppies with Amber Rose.’

George H. W. Bush: ‘Never read ‘My Pet Goat,’ but I think a just punishment for Mr. West would be to read the damn book on ‘Oprah’ and see if he ever has any street cred afterward.’