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a jerk named Don Imus
Don Imus has a big mouth. The other day on his radio show he made a racist remark about the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Now, Imus is trying to save his career. He has just agreed to have a private meeting with the young women who were the objects of his ridicule. It was a stupid and insensitive remark and it wasn’t the first time he has done such a thing.
Just ask Gwen Ifill. She was the target of another one of his ignorant quips a few years back. Funny, how Don likes to utter racist slurs. Actually, it’s not funny at all.
They just suspended Don for two weeks. That’s his punishment so far. Some critics, like the Reverend Al Sharpton, are calling for his job. They want Imus fired.
This whole thing pains me. Imus has written some books. That doesn’t matter to me. What matters is that this pompous jerk thinks it is OK to be a racist on the radio in front of millions of people.
Imus has been doing his radio show for a long time. One thing that I do admire about him is that he likes to talk about books. When he finds a book that he likes he keeps on plugging it. That’s a good thing.
Too bad, he’s such a jerk. If he does get fired it will not be a huge shock. Still, it’s too bad because he did some good things for books.
Is that smoke on the horizon? Is that Imus getting fired? Or, is it a book burning?
Books need all the help they can get but we probably don’t need Imus plugging them.
I think his stature as promoter of just about anything is circling the drain along with his career.
Thanks, Don, we can’t wait to read your memoirs. Please stop talking now. Enjoy your retirement, you nappy headed toadstool.
My apologies to toadstools.
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By Barbara Bogosian
April 13, 2007 1:50 AM | Link to this
Yes, Imus is gone and good riddance. But Limbaugh remains after his shameful imitation of the symptoms of the illness Michael J. Fox suffers from? And Glenn Beck continues at CNN after he referred to Katrina survivors as “scumbags”? There need to be more firings. More of these individuals need to pay the price for the revolting comments they make on radio and television. Imus is a start, but the job is far from complete.By mairup
April 12, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this
Celebrities like Imus wield power. Many people are influenced by what they hear, especially from celebrities (otherwise, why do sponsors hire celebrities to endorse their products?). Therefore, it is important that celebrities be held responsible for what they say. Other talk show hosts who make racist and sexist remarks should be called on it, too. Just because “they all do it,” doesn’t mean they should get away with it.By Mike
April 11, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Yeah, Imus is a jerk and a toadstool. But the ironic and really frustrating thing is that everyone is acting like he is blazing some kind of new trail with his comments. Like his racist, misogynistic and sexist comments are something new in the talk radio format. Cut me a freaking break, people!!! The kind of stuff Imus spewed has been a daily staple of the talk format for at least the last fifteen years. All the feigned outrage and tut-tutting going on right now is only the latest example of our hypocrisy. Is there anyone out there skewering Imus who hasn’t listened to Limbaugh, Hannity, O’Reilly, Beck, Savage and the other assorted lesser profile talkers?? Answer me this. Can anyone honestly say that these very same types of comments have not come from the other “mainstream talkers” out there, day after day. The airwaves have been chock full of these kind of neandarthal minds for years. And this country has lapped it up and yucked it up the entire time. Imus will probably be used as some type of example, but in reality the kind of crap he let fly is still being pumped out as we speak. And it will continue to be pumped out as long as we, the American public, allow it to have some veneer of credibility. Imus and his ilk are simply a reflection of the state of our own values. By continuing to listen to their garbage we are giving it an implicit endorsement. Look in the mirror people. Imus is only a reflection of us.By Mark from St. Paul
April 10, 2007 10:14 PM | Link to this
As a duly compensated representative of Toadstools everywhere, we accept your apology, but please don’t mention us in the same context as Don Imus ever again. We toadstools have our standards.