Country Music Fans Should Forgive Kanye West

There is no doubt that country music fans should now forgive Kanye West for his stupid "dog and pony" show on the MTV awards earlier this year. Was Kanye West a "bone head" for the way he treated Taylor Swift, yes? Did he also come across as the worst bully ever on American television, yes? Did he apologize to Taylor Swift and the American people for his childish behavior, yes? This past week during the 2009 edition of the CMA awards, Carrie Underwood and others poked a little bit of fun at Kanye West - which I thought was all in good taste and a fitting punishment for the crime of disgracing the young country music starlet, Taylor Swift on the MTV awards.

Now however, the time has come for country music singers and the fans that follow their every move to forgive Kanye West for his "bad boy" behavior on this years MTV awards. I thought that Carrie Underwood and others on the CMA awards last week took care of any revenge that was necessary against the bad behavior of Kanye West toward Taylor Swfit. Folks, we all make mistakes and while Kanye West does make huge ones from time to time - the American people in general and country music singers and fans in particular are known for forgiving some of the most outrageous behavior imaginable. There is no doubt in my mind that Kanye West understands well that he messed up "big time" during this years MTV awards and I would be shocked beyond belief if he makes that same mistake again.

Now is the time when we should rejoice country music in general after the CMA awards crowned Taylor Swift the youngest singer in that organizations history to win the coveted "Entertainer of the Year Award". Does anyone really believe that Taylor Swift would have won the 2009 CMA "Entertainer of the Year Award" if Kanye West had not publicly embarrassed her on national television just a few months before? The unfortunate truth of the entertainment business is that when fans believe one of their favorite singers has been disrespected, all of them tend to rally around that star or singer. That rallying around Taylor Swift phenomenon most certainly pushed her nomination for CMA "Entertainer of the Year" over the top in 2009. When Kanye West acted like a two year old spoiled brat on the MTV awards, I too wanted to see him punished - but the time has come for us all to forgive Kanye West for his terrible treatment of Taylor Swift.

All the events of life can be looked at either in a negative or a positive way. While millions of people will never like or appreciate Kanye West ever again - because of his rude treatment toward Taylor Swift on this years MTV awards, I on the other hand view the bad behavior of Kanye West as a big plus for Taylor Swift when the CMA handed out their awards last week. I firmly believe that Taylor Swift is the 2009 CMA "Entertainer of the Year" - because of and not despite the rude treatment of Kanye West on the MTV awards. In a way, Kanye West helped Taylor Swift's career much more than he hurt it with his outburst and at the end of the day - the really big winner in this whole mess is Taylor Swift and not Kanye West.