Poor Bastard Of The Moment: Jay Leno

OK, I'm on Team Letterman. But I'm certain that person-to-person, Dave's a dick. On the other hand, Leno may not comedically be my cup of tea, but he seems like a really nice guy.

So I kind of feel sorry for him when former President Jimmy Carter weighed in on Kanye West's asshole move on Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards. A day after he said Joe Wilson's "you lie!" comment was coded racism (he's right), he said West's taking the microphone during Swift's speech accepting her VMA was "completely uncalled for." But this line from the story takes the cake:

Carter says West's punishment was appearing on Jay Leno's new prime-time show.

Oh, come on! It's Jay's first week, let him iron the kinks out!

Poor bastard.