Imus

I shouldn’t comment on this at all.  Imus is an ass.  I still watch the TV version if I get up early enough simply because I like some of the guests and a few jokes here and there.  But if you ask me, Al Sharpton is an even bigger ass for his role in all this. 

You see, Sharpton could spend a cold day in hell before he even gets a response out of the likes of Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly (two real racists).  But Imus is accessible.  And it’s starting to look like Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and the rest decrying Imus’ stupid assed comment will take any opportunity they can get.  It’s weak. 

If Imus could, he still probably would not give them the proverbial “fuck off” that the real “shock jocks” like Howard Stern would.  Instead he is taking his medicine for a stupid joke that taken in context, is no different than most the off hand bullshit many of us hear every day (whether we like it or not).  But the folks rallying around the steak to burn Imus smell the bonfire only because he, his network, and his sponsors, are willing to be tied to that steak.  He is someone they can take down simply because of the sympathies that lay with his surroundings.

I have lost alot of respect for the whole lot, Imus included.  But figure this… How long would this have lasted if Bill-O said “nappy headed hoe”?  Not long.

Jimmy on April 10, 2007 | Filed Under General

10 Comments

mia  on April 10th, 2007

Great post. I just read a really intersting one
http://joeleonardi.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/don-imus-is-a-jerk-whats-new/
different insight than anyone else I have read or heard.

Trinity  on April 11th, 2007

Don’t knock Bill OReilly…..he tells it like it is…whether you like it or not is not what matters. Someone needs to put the liberals in their place. It would be a cold day in hell before I would vote for any of them

Darci  on April 11th, 2007

Good points, Jimmy. The problem with Imus is that he wants to be a real journalist/interviewer AND a shock jock, and that’s just not possible. I certainly shed no tears for the guy, but you’re right about Sharpton et al- they’re all asses, too.

howieinseattle  on April 11th, 2007

1. I love you Jimmy and that will not change, but I think you are wrong about this.

2. imus called these ladies some very bad names on national media. that is out of bounds, especially considering the history of brutal violence and race hatred that is our country’s legacy.

3.did you see the youtube by the coach of the rutger’s ladies team. you need to watch it jimmy.

love,
howie

Jimmy  on April 11th, 2007

Howie, this is less about me defending Imus than it is being offended by the pious jackasses wanting to hang in the proverbial media gallows. It is opportunistic to clamor about him because it has traction, and hypocritic not to be constantly attacking the “real” racists media personalities that seem to get a free pass by their handlers. If MSNBC viewers were Fox viewers do you think sponsors would pull their add’s? Hell the fuck no. It would be a fucking advertising frenzy because ratings would be up.

Look, Imus is a jerk for what he said. I just don’t dig the mob that is lining up for the easy kill. And it looks like in part they won.

Jimmy  on April 11th, 2007

By the way… I did just see a different angle from Steve Capus (nbc news prez) that I appreciated. Unlike Fox news, NBC was concerned about their integrity over this issue. At least, there is that and I greatly respect that statement.

howieinseattle  on April 12th, 2007

well, limbaugh should go too, but you know what they say about money talks, etc.

howieinseattle  on April 12th, 2007

Jimmy: I think you and I can agree that we will not go on Imus ever again, even if there is no Imus to go on.

Hindu  on April 16th, 2007

Agree with most of this, Jimmy, except for the Bill-O stuff. He would have been roasted at the stake in minutes. Limbaugh would have taken seconds.

Imus lasted a few days because he’s a liberal elitist beltway insider. He has friends amongst the democrat martini set. David Gregory was a regular.

If Bill-O, as you say, had been as dumb as Imus, he would have been out before you even noticed.

McCranium.org » Quoting my comment thread…  on April 16th, 2007

[...] So my frequent visitor, and righty friend Hindu from Sagebrusher.com pipes in on my Imus post.  I think I will probably take a lot of heat tomorrow at Drinking Liberally in Seattle over my distaste for the Jackson/Sharpton public soapbox extravaganza.  But I honestly think that the debate over racism isn’t going to be hashed out over some jackass getting fired, or from any racial source with an agenda.  To me it needs to be hashed out from within each and every one of us.  Those of us in denial about racism in this country, and I’m talking to you Hindu, need to be clear about that.  And Hindu’s comment… Agree with most of this, Jimmy, except for the Bill-O stuff. He would have been roasted at the stake in minutes. Limbaugh would have taken seconds. [...]