Imus under fire for yet another racially-tinged comment
By SilentPatriot Sunday Jun 22, 2008 7:15pm
Don Imus appears to have stepped in it again today. When Imus was talking to Warner Wolf about the news that NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones, who "has been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005," wants to drop the nickname, Imus asked, "what color is he?"
Just months after returning to the airwaves with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his racist and sexist comment about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is again drawing fire for injecting race into his radio show.
During an on-air conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones, Imus asked, "What color is he?" Told by sports announcer Warner Wolf that Jones, who used to be nicknamed Pacman, is "African-American," Imus responded: "There you go. Now we know."
Imus: “What color is he?”
Wolf: “He’s African-American”
Imus: Well, there you go, Now we know.”
When I first read this story earlier, I have to admit it didn't seem like a huge deal. But once you listen to the audio, it's pretty clear Imus asked the question knowing that Jones was black, like it somehow proved whatever point he was trying to make. You knew it was only a matter of time before he dug himself another hole.
UPDATE: Poor Imus is just being misunderstood.
Later Monday, Imus responded to criticism of his comments, saying he had been misunderstood.
"I meant that he was being picked on because he's black," Imus said in a statement released by his spokesman.
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cracker ahole
Quick, another fundraiser for a good cause.
Why is this guy still on the air? Overpaid, overrated, and all wrapped up in his thin skinned ego. Time to retire, Don, your day has passed.
Imus was never funny or intelligent but he did
taylor his show to the bigots out there. No wonder
he did well, ugly prick.
Imus who?
The first Imus flap has nothing on this.
it's not about him "digging himself another hole." it's about media pushing stereotypes that hurt certain groups of people. to keep them hurt, as they already are hurt routinely by white supremacist attitudes and actions. fuck imus. he's just biting onto a grosser, larger, older disease. but it needs to be called out at every turn.
I guess a leopard can't change his spots! Why this guy even has a job on the air is one of the mysteries of life; it isn't as if there aren't enough blowhards out there willing to spew their inane opinions that he can't be replaced.
wow..rev. sharpton is going to put on the imus beatdown
My question is - who the hell was stupid enough to let that lame hack back on the air anyway?
Terrible @ 10:
his audience
The difference is that this time he is working on ABC. If they haven't fired Limbaugh after all these years for much worse, do you really think they will fire Imus? I believe that one of the qualifications to work there is to be a bigot.
Attila the Trollop, King of Beer, Second to None @ 1:
That's not better than Imus. Shame on you too.
RACIST!!!!!!!!!
STOP BEING A COWARD AND SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no parsing, interpretation or fucking nuance.
It is not racially tinged! IT IS RACIST!
CALL IT WHAT IT IS FOR ONCE!
Just once!
Love the end of the clip someone says "Adam Dickhead Jones" - hwah hwah ha!
That's what his listeners get for their entertainment dollar. sheesh.
Is it just me or does Imus look like a badly aging drag queen?
Waddabout gettin' rid of the guy who plays Barack the Magic Negro?
And white people don't know why black people are angry? This dude gets paid millions to insult people on the radio and that's fair? Please!
His problem is he isn't repig enough. If he was out there sportin' teh troops and being a good little Bushie, nobody would have said anything. Actually we would have expected him to be a racist moron. Imus just needs to change his format to far reicht wing, and then he can spout all the ignorant racist shit he wants.
Why even ask the question about color?
I don't get what the connection is?
then to get an answer and say what "that explains it" doesn't explain it to me!
Imus Just Blew It
I can't believe what I heard. I actually gave Don Imus the benefit of doubt when he made the comments about "nappiheaded hos." Not only did he sound like a racist, but his supporting cast sounding like they just left a KKK rally. It is time for this man to go.
Joseph
karl @ 9:
Another reason to despise Imus: giving Rev Loud Mouth the opportunity to run his mouth once more. God, these people are revolting.
AND it doesn't matter that Jones is an idiot and a criminal
Howard Stern > Don Imus.
sean hannity to the rescue
What the hell is he even saying? At first I thought he was saying something like "only a black man would be called pacman" or "only a black guy would want to change his nickname..."
Is he suggesting that "arrested six times" equals black?
Oh wait - he was decrying the inherent racism of our system! Yeah, that's it - he was pointing out how african-american men are targeted and profiled and harassed by law enforcement. That's the ticket.
What a fucking scumbag.
Imus was funny. Occasionally. Around 30 years ago.
He's been on a slide ever since.
Not sure what kind of audience he draws now, but it can't be what it was.
Sentimental fools at ABC are subsidizing him now. But those guys don't really have hearts, so Imus will be gone soon.
Even Rush won't go on forever. When the ad revenue drops to that magic level (whatever it is) he'll find himself broadcasting on low power AM from his house in FL, where the fishermen can tune in to catch a few words though the static. Give it, say, another 4 years. If we get lucky the airwaves will be unrecognizable (in a good way) from what they are now. Maybe Murdoch will hire Chuck Todd to replace O'Reilly when the market begins tipping in a leftward direction.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Don Imus is a Dip Shit! Film at 11!
Imus "stepped in it" you say Silent Patriot?
I say the wannabe cowboy done shit and fell in it.
Is Imus the missing link or the Frankenstein monster?
i wonder what would happen if o'reilly,rush,imus and sean hannity were in a hot tub together and a plugged in hair dryer was dropped into the tub
You know I bet a lot of you people don't know nothing about sports. Pacman Jones is a REDNECK BLACK PERSON. He is a fucking idiot. I don't know about Imus but fuck Jones. Look him up. His actions have left people hurt and he's been arrested a bunch of times. This Imus story will go nowhere. He was a dick for the Rutgers comments but it is free season on Jones
I can't believe all this attention given to what Imus said. What about the crap Ronald Regan's son Mike spewed out on his radio show? What, you haven't heard? Well, Mike Regan called for the murder of Mark Dice on his RADIO SHOW The Regan Exchange June 10th! He said he would pay for the bullets. Not one main stream news agency reported on this. He should be fired, tried and thrown in jail!! Don Imus was all over the news for weeks for using his 1st amendment which just so happens to be freedom of speech. Not one single peep from the main stream media Disgusting!!
I think this comment is worse than his other one.
karl @ 31:
They would all be grabbing each others poles, hoping they would ground themselves.
Because I watched the Bill Moyers video linked to C & L today I went to this website : http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/ Now that I am even more educated about the suppresion of Blacks - I have no tolerance for any racists comments like what Imus said, "What color is he? ...well, there you go." which implies Blacks are more criminal than whites. What I learned in the Bill Moyers video and that website is that after the Black slaves were 'freed" - thousands were arrested for crimes they did not commit just so that they could be forced into slavery again. That's why the website and book are called "Slavery By Another Name." I wonder if Imus is Christian like the slave owners, and Ann Coulter, and Ted Haggerty and Bush. Which came first - Hatred or Christiantiy ? Hatred created Christianity ? or Christianity created Hatred. Hmmm, chicken and egg question.
ysbaddaden @ 17:
fat chance!
ysbaddaden @ 16:
The Crypt Keeper from the old HBO series?
This is worse than the other. No doubt about what he is saying here. He is basically saying that race dictates criminal mens rea. If I were his boss, his ass would be so fired. Then again, I would have never hired him to begin with.
De @ 32:
your correct i don't know ANYTHING about pacman.he could be a bad guy.......imus made a generalized comment that can be looked at as a racist.
De @ 32:
no it's not! do you have a fucking clue? or should we dig one up for you?
Don Imus is racist. Period.
exactly Michele, it is DISGUSTING.
Michael Reagan basically called for a HIT on Mark Dice, on air to an audience of four million listeners, a federal offense, not to mention off the charts wrong. yet, we seem to have a COMPLETE MEDIA BLACKOUT, including from THIS website. it's utterly astounding to me that this attention is focused on Imus, yet almost NONE is given to Reagan. this is hypocrisy at an unbelievable level. only in America. it's astonishing the level of control the mainstream media is under. nearly every so-called journalist working today should be utterly ashamed to admit they're journalists.
Michele @ 33:
michael reagan already had his thread. this one is about Imus.
southy @ 42:
exactly what about michael reagan has anything to do with this?
karl @ 39:
PacMan Jones is a jackass, no question. He's done a lot of stupid and dangerous shit off the field. The fact that he has great athletic talent allows him a lot more chances than the rest of society. However, there are many examples of pampered athletes of all colors committing horrible acts and being given a lot of do-overs. Former NY Giant Christian Peter, who is white, quietly settled a sexual assault lawsuit
brought against him, and I don't recall Imus expressing his outrage about white sexual predators. Imus is a racist dickhead, and an unfunny one at that.
De @ 32:
Wow, what a stupid thing to say.
You actually think this is about Pacman Jones?
next thread two strikes your out imus
This idiot is such a nuisance. Does anyone with half a brain listen to his bullshit.....and why?
Fire his ass, put him out to pasture, and let's move on.
This should get him removed from radio... hopefully forever.
The question is, will he be replaced by somebody just as racist, only smarter?
37 jwf Says: ysbaddaden @ 16:
Is it just me or does Imus look like a badly aging drag queen?
The Crypt Keeper from the old HBO series?
__________________________________________________________
I prefer Sir Ralph Richardson in the original Tales From the Crypt movie.
His cryptkeeper didn't tell bad puns
He was more like a pissed off head master.
Why the hell doesn't this cracker just don a white sheet and be done with it. Racist, sexist arsehole.
And the goobers just love it. It gives them a hero to look up to.
first of all, imus is a supreme douchebag. and that covers that.
where was Imus' outraged when that Packer player was busted for having sex with the teenage babysitter or whatever??
Seems as though he only targets those who are of a different color than him, as his question alluded to.
Pacman's a punk, no doubt- so no sympathy for him. But the moment someone goes racial against a minority, then it destroys the argument and makes minorities wonder if all whites feel the same way.
De @ 32:
Free season for what? Racism?
What is almost as shocking to me is the fact that the guy he asks doesn't challenge him on it. I mean, my reflex response to a question like that would be, "He's African American; what does that have to do with it?"
I suppose the guy was just afraid of losing his job. On the other hand, it would be difficult to keep a job like that for long, if this is what you are going to be associated with.
Divide and conquer. Keep the people fighting each other and they won't be paying attention to the rape of their country. imus is paid to say things that are racist and sexist. It's what he does. It's who he is. Corporate, fascist fat cats who own our government get off on this shit.
Imus is still Imus...that is the sad part...
Not interested.
Distractions are just what the opposition wants.
Imus.
Not Iraq, Healthcare, Oil or Telecom immunity.
Yeah yeah. And you're being picked on because you're white. Mmmm hmmm.
We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
Any one claiming to be an American cannot be a racist ... the very first line of the first paragraph from that sacred piece of parchment makes it so. When you speak racist comments against your brother you simply stand outside the very foundations of America. You are no longer part of "We" of "We hold these truths ..." You Americans, after 230+ years, cannot seem to get past this small and insignificant difference - namely: "skin colour". You call yourselves a "Beacon of Light to the World" ... but someones skin pigment is darker than yours (by the "Creator") and you Americans go into a feeding-frenzy of eating your own and bigotry. Why?
Grow up America, we (the world) are so wishing for your leadership and light again.
Johnny2Bad @ 59:
Divertor strikes again.
But seriously Imus is a racist and he can't help himself. His kind of bigotry cannot be undone, it's multi-generational stupidity.
Former Dittohead @ 62:
The patient is bleeding to death on the table while you give him a manicure. Congratulations.
When the people who raise a ruckus about this stuff nail Limbaugh, Savage et al, I will have some respect for the system and the work that they do. Picking on an easy target so they can blow their own horn proves nothing, and empowers the Murdoch network to continue pitching hate to their base.
Err, I may have misinterpreted Former Dittohead's comment... I read it as Johnny2Bad being the 'divertor'. Sorry if I screwed it up!
From what I know of Imus when he had his morning show is that he is a died in the wool sports fan. He knew. Asking if what race this player is was a disingenuous move on his part. Just the opportunity to introduce his bigotry into the conversation and then playing dumb. Not a very nice man.
All I know is, if he showed up out here (Nevada) in that idiot cowboy hat, he would get his ass kicked before he got out of the airport.
His lame-ass excuse is he was "misunderstood"? That is as offensive to me as his remark. The entire country freaks out when Janet Jackson exposed part of her boob on tv and we let this garbage clutter our airways?
We are indeed a stupid nation.
don "i'm ass".
Jeebus, can the media folks in charge just give it up on this tired, old, ugly, leather-faced, unfunny, boring, racist fuck?
At least Limpballs is an uppity racist, Imus is just plain boring.
From now till the end of the election all you are going to hear from the RNC and MSM is race. Ya wanna know why? Because the one and only issue that matters is the economy. None of the powers that be want you to see that, they want you to argue about race until you piss off enough voters that they vote for McInsane because that is the only alternative...
PS. Don't even mention that Nader dipshit...
*shakes head*
Some people are just stupid racist idiots.
Pacman wants to make a change of direction in his life. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Sorry Adam.
this should surprise no one
imus has always been a racist prick
im amazed that abc put him back on the air...not because of him being a racist, but because his audience skews so old
but its ok...the man has been working with one lung for years...he will be dead soon
and trust me, very few sites will have memorials for him
Where's that douchebag, Ann Coulter, when you really need her?
EuroRant @ 61:
First, the Declaration is not a legal document and the Constitution is a flawed document and was from its inception.
It has always eluded me why this dumbass has a show in the first place. Yes, their is freedom of speech and that is fine. But that someone actually pays a guy for his retarded comments is beyond me.
EuroRant @ 61:
If you can speak for the world so can I. We the world do not want your leadership anymore. Please stay and play in your own sandbox and leave the world alone. Nobody wants your fake democracy, materialism and outdated capitalism. Grow up, get over it, and respect your neighbors.
If you're a knee jerk bigot like Imus, you might want to at least be clever enough to camouflage that fact, assuming that is that you want to keep working.
I guess he's already so rich he doesn't give a damn. Or maybe he's just a dumb-ass.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory Over DIEBOLD! @ 44:
michael reagan already had his thread. this one is about Imus.
I check this site just about everyday, and I did not see a thread for Michael Regan. The fuss over Imus is absolutley ridiculous. There are way more important events that need to covered in the news. The truth is on alternative talk radio!
Racist in the morning...
Imus is lying when he tries to defend his remark by saying he was just pointing out Jones is being singled out because he is black. He sarcastically defends Jones for the club shooting incident by disingenuously pointing out that, "there were women there." His comment was indefensibly racist and thankfully he is done.
But, I see this as a net positive, because this kind of shit has gone down many times without any repercussion, and finally, finally, we are starting to see some push back. Lush's Mc Nabb comments fit into this shift of nonacceptance of racial slurs and I am thankful for the change.
ysbaddaden @ 51:
looks like a used condom.
tboneXpress @ 83:
A used condom has a lot more humanity in it.
Imus provokes to build an audience. The more provocative, the more $$$. Sad, that he uses race-baiting for personal gain.
Here we go with the FAKE OUTRAGE again. Did anybody hear about what Michael Regan said on his radio program.......you know; the statement he made about sticking grenade up the butt of 1 year old arab children and blowing them up and also killing their mothers. How about Limbaugh inciting riots at the democratic conventions in Denver. Where is the outrage about those statements. Give me a break with this bullshit.
Asking "What color is he?"...that means racist in lib world. Libs assume Imus didn't know who Pacman was already, and that he has to know a person's color before passing judgement. Libtards think they know everything.
By the way, what time's the impeachment hearings, first thing Monday morning right?
Fucking losers.
Let's just fire this pig forever this time.
Ratface @ 4:
Exactly!
Billy @ 87:
Go practice your right wing wide stance fucktard!
howard stern and imus are both jerks
some of those who criticize imus about racism need to look in the mirror; racism isn't the only problem . .. a little civility would be nice, too; it appears that some obama supporters are particularly uncivil for some reason (e.g., use of vulgar language and name-callig); i think that some supporters are making it hard for those of us who want him to win to win over new supporters with their incivility. any ideas on how to change this?
He was saying the guy has been arrested a lot because police target blacks. Imus is a liberal. He's no more of a jerk than every one on this site who jumps to sensationalistic conclusions and is quick to the name calling (every one on this site).
"some of those who criticize imus about racism need to look in the mirror; racism isn’t the only problem . .. a little civility would be nice, too;"
Some people think it's ok to insult people for any reason other than being female, a minority, a homosexual, or whatever is the politically correct issue of the day. They don't realize that racism, misogyny, and homophobia are subsets of disrespect, that disrespect can include hatred towards straight white men, too. My theory is that all types of disrespect must be reduced for any type of disrespect to be eliminated for any sustained period. You can't eliminate prejudice towards blacks without eliminating prejudice towards whites. And on and on...
Anonymous @ 94:
you are absolutely correct!
Hmmm.
Imus is a professional "shock jock" whose sorry business is to make shocking statements to shock listeners.
The sorriest part of Imus is that I'm living in a country where he is part of an entire industry of "shock jock" "talkers" who actually have an audience of... what? Brain-dead zombies? Who are Americans anymore anyway?
Commercial US media has BEEN cancerous for... how many decades now?
Last week I heard Randi Rhodes complaining about how we have leaders whose job it is to profit from their own people's misery. OK. No argument from me on that point.
She goes to commercial break. The very next thing I'm hearing on Air America is a commercial about how "you too can make millions buying foreclosed and distressed properties"... no kidding. I.e. profiting from our own people's misery. Thanks, Air America (named after the CIA Southeast Asian mercenary front airline???).
Is there any wonder why America is hated by people all over the world?. Not only do people of color sit and watch our selves be disrespected and demonized by this white trash that is viewed on every network in this country, but the whole world also watches this shit.
And just think, these same ass holes like Don Imus, pull this shit every dame day as they sit safely behind the mikes in there heavily guarded TV stations, and have the nerve to claim fear of blacks in this country, yet they continue this cowardly demonization of people of color, giving themselves prompts for everything possible,including things they have nothing at all to do with, yet they take it anyhow and claim it is the American way and many of us allow it, just to get along. Many blacks claim it is just not worth it to hassel with these people, who simply just cannot help being the kind of people they are.
What the hell do they think is going to happen to them? As a black person myself, I can say there is not a black person in this country that would even think of or wish the kinds of hatred and demonizing of white Americans, even though many of them could give a shit about us.
We would not wish this kind of hatred and sleaze on anybody breathing. We can only hope that the children of these people will be much better then that and from he looks of things. I think I can safely say that it looks so much more positive that we will get a better class of people to represent this country.
It is so clear that we simply do not have that now.
no one is ever allowed to generalize about race ever no matter what no matter what your intention, or your point of view, ever.
i'm going to draft some white cornerbacks on my nfl team because hey there's no diff. hahahahahahahha
StCyrlyMe2 @ 97:
you heard all that in the imus sound clip? wow...really... wow
Time to put Imus out to pasture.
De @ 32:
"A RED NECK BLACK PERSON" So you know Pacman Jones? I know a little about sports shit hole, enough to see you don't know what the hell you are talking about. It unfortunately happens often in the world of entertainment that young people(of all races) who are gifted have trouble adjusting to the environments that they are suddenly placed in. Jones is clearly having his difficulties and is finding out that "new money" isn't solving his problems. I can see from your "deep" comment that you and that chronic, vile, drug drenched, self loathing leather faced racist Imus, have tons in common.
People often misunderstand others to pursue their own agendas. I think this thread is a prime example of that.
"It unfortunately happens often in the world of entertainment that young people(of all races) who are gifted have trouble adjusting to the environments that they are suddenly placed in. Jones is clearly having his difficulties and is finding out that “new money” isn’t solving his problems. I can see from your “deep” comment that you and that chronic, vile, drug drenched, self loathing leather faced racist Imus, have tons in common."
This is the kind of liberalism that makes me want to stop calling myself a liberal. Here you have someone defending to the death the image of someone who has been arrested 6 times (http://bumpshack.com/2007/03/02/pacman-jones-criminal-record/) for some serious offenses such as punching a woman in the face, and in the same paragraph, crucifying a guy (Imus) for an ambiguously racist/non-racist comment. What a joke. I'll take someone who makes offhanded comments over someone who punches women in the face any day.
Anonymous @ 103:
No one is defending Jones, idiot....maybe you should learn to read(with comprehension). The simple(for you) point I was trying to make is that a man with the disgusting baggage that a career sack of shit like Imus, who maybe not to you(?) is obviously a proven hopeless, chronic RACIST, is in no position to cast a moral judgement on Jones....OR ANYONE.
It is HARD to figure out whether the man is a Racist or just INFATUATED with a person's skin color! OsiSpeaks[dot]com
Anonymous @ 103:
nobody is defending pac......get a grip...imus is offensive being black should have nothing to do with it....throw them both on a one way trip to mars....liberalism has nothing to do with it...imus has already had his foot in his mouth
KYJurisDoctor @ 105:
let's go with sociopath idiot i'll settle for that for starts and being a racist wouldn't surprise me with his comments regarding the rutgers women's b-ball team...to me it brings questions about his audience
According to recent studies, 3 out of 10 people heartily agree with this, Imus's statement. Those 3-out-of-10, with the help of the Supreme Court (and Diebold), made bu$h president.
(We'd better watch out for McSame and this same formula. Some even wish terrorist attacks on U.S. soil to get it.)
Dammit, even Michael Medved slammed Imus on CNN last night.
What keeps people like him going in the media? Do average people really enjoy seeing a train wreck in progress that much??
In life, uncomfortable moments will occur to many of us as long as there is racial, sexual, religious and economic division.
What really gets me is when some people go out of their way to stoke those fires..
ysbaddaden @ 16:
He barely lost out to Bruce Jenner as the guy who looks most like an old lesbian.
Imus is on WABC 770 in NY (ClearChannel Broadcasting, need we say more ?). The same station as Rush and Hannity. Back at his old station, he used to rip on Rush and Hannity. Once called Hannity a 'first class phoney'. Now, the tides have changed. He sucks up to Hannity, Cavuto, Britt Hume, all the Fox talking heads. His two black sidekick comedians who joined him on his new show are clearly there just to appease people. He still has the ultra-racist thug Bernard McGurk who instigated the incident in which they attacked young college women and called them 'whores'.
If the sponsors dont bail on him, all his guests should boycott his show indefinitely.
Anonymous @ 93:
He said that TODAY to cover his ass. That's not what he meant yesterday.
btw Imus, he's no liberal.
Ruling Class Rou @ 30:
the missing link between old oak trees and shriveled up raisins maybe.
It sounded to me that Imus really didn't know who this Pacman was. That is kind of incredible since he supposedly follows pro football and reports on it. Pacman Jones has been notorious for several years for his arrests and bizzare behavior. If Imus forgot who he was, and also forgot he was on the air maybe he is in early stage Alzheimers?
HaHaHa..
This Imus person is just plain stupid or on some major drugs.
So, let's see. Let's not immediately jump on the guy. After all, he says that he meant that Jones was being picked on because he's black. Hmm. You think that's believable?
Nope. If he was advancing that thesis, particularly for his audience, he wouldn't have said more? Does anybody buy this?
Jim H @ 117:
Similar to Pacman Jones, Imus is a repeat offender. No, I ain't buying it.
Imus' new show has an African-American male as an everyday, in-the-studio regular, an African-American woman who has a recurring role, and an African-American producer of his simulcast on RFD TV. Do you think he's that stupid to say a racially tinged remark with those three people as a part of show. I believe he was stupid for saying what he said at all given his outlandish remark in April 2007 about the Rutgers female basketball team and stupid for believing that there is some conspiracy out to get "Pacman" Jones. However, I believe his explanation. I heard him say it live on the radio on a Washington, D.C., radio station and immediately thought, "How can you defend that idiot (Jones), who seems to respect neither the football ability that God gave him nor his teammates.
As for Imus, if you don't like locker-room humor that makes fun of everyone from Irish Catholics (like myself) and various other ethnic groups, politicians, and sports figures, then don't listen!
Imus wasn't being racist. He was just pointing out that you have to expect criminal behavior from black people.
/snark
lib @ 119:
"Locker room talk" yeah right. I'm familiar with locker room talk and trust me, racism is never tolerated unless you want your ass beat. The fact is that Imus has a long history of making comments about black people. Once during an interview on "Sixty Minutes" Imus openly admitted he and that freak McGirt make the "N%&*er jokes". I also love your rationalizing explaining the poor misunderstood Imus....too bad Rev Wright and the Obama's didn't get your same benefit of doubt and presumed innocence.
Amendment #1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The same right that let's us all talk shit about others gives him the right to talk about what he deems "entertaining".
I don't like the Imus Show, never did. That's why it is my choice to simply not listen to his bullshit.
I would think that C&L would be served better to helping it's readers understand the differences between Obama and McCain since they're almost even in the polls with McCain gaining. Unless C&L thinks race is the reason.
Who the hell is this....Imus character? Is he on the teeeveee?
Seriously, who listens to that old fart anyway?
The Exotic Chico Hussein Escuela @ 111:
Bwaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
IMUS IN DEFENSE..... i thought pacman was YELLOW so i was just checking if he was r'glar black or high-yellow black... ya'know...
To Left&Left:
Don't assume my politics, as I am an Obama supporter and have been since John Edwards left the race. I thought the Rev. Wright stuff was way overblown, especially when the media could find no evidence that Obama was in the pews for any of Wright's more controversial remarks. I also sent some nasty comments to MSNBC concerning their overblown coverage of Father Pflegler's remarks when he's not even a regular preacher at the baptist church that Sen. Obama just left.
As for locker rooms, I was in plenty of them as a high school athlete in the 1970s and as an intramural athlete in college in the 1980s. For people of that era (I was born in 1960), even the old Imus schtick from before April 2007 was mild compared to what the very mixed-race locker room users of which I was a part would banter back and forth about, with little racial animus.
Of course, the arguement can be made that an Imus-type show is inappropriate for regular cable TV and the public radio airwaves. Such an opinion would be honest and defensible, and you and I disagree with Imus' intention regarding his remark. We'll just agree to disagree.
karl @ 40:
That's just it......Here's the thang: Imus lives for stories like this. He loves them, because they reinforce the stereotypes on which the material for his shows are based..........YES?
On the other hand, people like PACMAN jones, perpetuate the stereotype of the THUG-NFL-GANGSTA.
Both have, to me, become very tiresome............they both, truly, fully and completely suck.
Imus said that we didn't get his point, that it was sarcasm. Sarcasm is supposed to have a point, or why bother? So, lets give Imus some rope, as much rope as he needs. Don? Just what did you mean? what was your point? Take your time and be very clear now....
So ladies from Rutgers, how do you feel now? Glad you gave him that pass?
BrokenArrow @ 127:
I agree...but this will not stop me from watching football...it's like I NEEEED it!
wr @ 122:
I don't think anybody is advocating for Imus to be censored by the government.
1945tyu @ 116:
Funny thing is, he's done more drugs than all the NFL players COMBINED !
Look at the guy, he's not even SIXTY years old but he looks like he's 260 !
Rusty Too Old to Be President Shackleford @ 130:
and besides, the US Constitution is a moot point nowadays.
Is it just me or has Imus developed a striking resemblance to Andrew Jackson?
steve grossman @ 78:
And clean up your room dammit!
Nobody listens to Imus, anyway. He has like a .1 rating. It's just some old codger ex-drug addict mumbling into the microphone.
Gee, he shouldn't make such comments. As we all know, black people are all upstanding citizens who do the right thing and never break the law or ever get incarcerated in epidemic propportions. Quit whining, quit asking for apologies, quit playing the race card.
OK, we self falggelating Americans are racist,anti-semite, mysoginistic bullies, and our worst crime is being white and rich. In the world there are billions of brown Imuses,Yellow Imuss, Black Imuses and Pink Imuses.....who gets mad at them?.We too scared?
Imus is us. We should face it and then get over it. He isn't a bad guy...he's just a spoiled fart who is too old to change. Are we really so much better?
junk @ 136:
Hey, very stupid racist! IMUS IS THE ONE WHO PLAYED THE RACE CARD! I'm sorry, I forget, bigots like you think only black people play the race card. I expect your level of shear ignorance to be the exclusive property of the sports bloggs.
LOL! Where is this Christian fascist terrorist regime's "war against extremism?" Why isn't the Christofascist Bush regime slaughtering their fellow Christian hate mongering extremists?
Hieronymus Braintree @ 133:
I was thinkin he looks more like THIS guy...
http://www.geocities.com/muppetsite2002/sam.gif
At least he didn't call him a nappy headed bro.
Pac Man Jones is a far worse human being than Don Imus.
I like all these dipshit misspelling assholes that do not realize that Imus has stood up for more black causes than Jesse + Al put together. He just doesn't make a dime on it like these two BLACK RACISTS do.
Greg Ono @ 143:
Produce examples of Don IM A RACIST standing up for more black causes than Jackson and Sharpton or STFU! Good bye, liar. I know you can't come up with shit.
BGq @ 142:
Don Imus is a far worse human being than Rev. Wright.
jakes @ 15:
That someone, is Bernard McGuirk the long-time Producer of Imus's show. Having watched the show a lot, when it was on MSNBC, it became blatantly clear that Bernard was the lead rascist, quick to spout-off with the off-color, offensive comments. It does have its humor, if you happen to be a fan of that rascist frat-boy, "good-ole boys" style (which I am not). If you're Joe Lieberman or Tim Russert or Doris Kearns Goodwin or Harold Ford or any other dozens of book shilling politicos cozying up to Imus for the free ad-time, you know how he is. You've heard the questionable/offensive comments through the years, but you need to peddle your $hit. Bernard "sets-up" the most offensive lines, often knowing what the guest is going to say, and how he can have Imus or himself wise-crack on it. When it's Bernard who first goes offensive, Imus will often say "hey, now that's not right, stop it" or to that effect. They've done it for so long, that their timing is actually really good. Unfortunately?, for them, it has its backlash. They should just admit that, "O.K., we are rude, rascist and obnoxious, that's who and how we are; it's our brand, and we're sticking to it." Then, their hard-core demographic would love them even more. It's laughable that he's trying to spin this like he was slamming "the MAN" for coming-down on Blacks, for the "crime" of being black. Also, they have their sports reporters on every day. Imus certainly alerady knew that "Pacman" Jones is African-American.
Zippity DaDa @ 146:
Agree completely.
Also to the Imus apologists here, if Don is so righteous why is he lying and backsliding like a toothless rat to save his miserable, wrinkled, dope saturated ass? Imus is a coward AND a bigot.
How about an article about Michael Reagan on june 10 live on radio calling for the MURDER OF MARK DICE SAYING HE WILL BUY THE BULLITS
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/neocon-talkshow-host-mich...
AS YOU CAN SEE THE GATE KEEPERS HAVE PULLED THE VIDEO OFF YOU TUBE.
Seems like once a racist-blabber, always a racist-blabber!
I was thinkin he looks more like THIS guy...
http://www.geocities.com/muppetsite2002/sam.gif
He does look like that crazy muppet falcon thing. That's awesome!
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