There’s hope this issue is getting analyzed in an intelligent manner by people who can, conceivably, make a difference. From a recent Townhall column, Tom DeLay writes:
The message of the ongoing Imus scandal is simple: verbal offenses against anyone other than conservatives or Christians or Jews, will be treated as crimes, and Jesse Jackson and […]
Scott at Powerline nailed it yet again:
When Don Imus sought absolution for his characteristic display of poor taste, he bent his knee to Pope Al Sharpton. How is it that Al Sharpton has become the arbiter elegantiae for matters pertaining to race and etiquette? Though he is accorded an absurdly respected role in the Democratic […]
Teri O’Brien writes:
Today, the Wall Street Journal confirms my suspicions. Media Matters was monitoring the Imus show and ginned up the outrage machine. That’s the whole story. Some people will read it today, but our smart listeners were able to discuss it with us on Wednesday.
And it gets worse. Read her entire article for more. […]
Pat Buchanan weighed in on Worldnet Daily:
And hate is what this is all about.
While the remarks of Imus and Bernie about the Rutgers women were indefensible, they were more unthinking and stupid than vicious and malicious. But malice is the right word to describe the howls for their show to be canceled and them to […]
WFAN continued the radiothon this morning with Deirdre Imus and Charles McCord co-hosting the usual imus in the Morning slot. (The radiothon proceeds went over three million dollars this morning.) Listening was hard at times, but that can’t compare to what went on in the control room.
I kept waiting for Obama to be mentioned. I’m […]
Jason Whitlock writes:
Thank you, Don Imus. You’ve given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.
You’ve given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social […]
Don Surber writes:
“Am I alone in being disturbed by Barack Obama’s call for firing a broadcaster over something he said? This off-with-his-heads mentality is unpresidential. Imagine if President Bush said someone should be fired. He called Adam Clymer an asshole and that caused a stir.
The message is chillingly clear: A President Obama would call for […]
“The hypocrisy is absurd…Everybody knows what the deal is. And this is not over. This story does not end here.”
– Don Imus, 4/12/2007
I admit it. This blog is born out of anger and outrage. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I am a long time Imus listener and fan. I will define “long time” in […]