Is Don Imus considered progressive?

[laura888]

He gets the morning drive-time spot in Washington DC on 1260 AM (advertised as a "progressive" radio station).

:shrug:

[high density]

1. No, I'd consider him to be a complete idiot. (NM)

[Southsideirish]

7. Amen to that.

[rock]

10. Talk about taking the words right out of my mouth

Actually I was gonna say "stupid".

[Radio_Lady]

23. His broadcasting days are numbered. He should have gone on --

to other things long ago.

I'd say he's NOT progressive, but he doesn't like Bush and I believe he supported Kerry in the last election.

I watch him on TV Fridays from 5AM to 6AM Pacific Time in the morning on MSNBC when I'm getting prepared for my audio show. Usually, I'll turn him off unless there's a good guest.

Can't stand the ugly bantering. Frankly, I've never seen anyone blasting his own support people and guests with such disgusting verbiage in my entire life. What is the draw from this man? He's toast in my opinion -- overcooked and overblown with himself.

[warrens]

2. He's a reactionary who sometimes wakes up and realizes...

how evil the right wing really is.

[laura888]

3. how often does this happen? n/t

[Career Prole]

9. Depends on the ratings, I'd bet. n/t

[SHRED]

6. Then quickly...

falls back into his pre-senile stupor.
:banghead:

[KlatooBNikto]

4. Imus is considered more of a shithead than anything else.

[Jacobin]

5. He's a schizophrenic lout

He thinks torturing brown people is just fine.

He loves Santorum.

He says he voted for Kerry, but after calling Cheney a war criminal, now thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread.

I listen to him in the morning as a part of my masochistic regimine

[tishaLA]

8. Perhaps to Generalissimo Francisco Franco

but not to anyone else

[adigal]

11. Don Imus is an idiot whose brain was destroyed

by drugs and alcohol - kind of like BUSH!!! LOL!!!

[DanCa]

12. I voted other.

He strikes me as an oppurtunist with an attractive wife.

[Historic NY]

13. I used to listen to him ever day for the past 5yrs, but after the election

I've turned him off. He is nothing more than a brain fried old hack who is more concerned about himself than others. He does do a good job pretending, with his ranch but he is a self promoter period. As long as he lines his pockets he will shift with the wind.

[chieftain]

14. What amazes me is that this sleaze has the ability to

entice what passes for reputable commentators on his program where they pay obeisance to him. It is so pathetic, it reeks.If you ever had any doubt about how debased our pundit class has become, watch this show for a week.It will confirm your worst fears.

[flordehinojos]

15. no. absolutely not ...

isn't he somewhat of a narcissist emboldened by his own self what? to belive in his own self ...

and didn't he embarras the clintons at a white house correspondent's dinner when he made some ill taste jokes about hillary, clinton and the lewinsky affair.

it is all so hazy now ...

[Moderate Dem]

16. Are you asking if he's "Progressive"

to see if you should like him or not?

I can't see any other point to it...

[patricia92243]

17. His wife is a very strong Republican, and she seems to have influenced him

I don't know what he was in the past. But he is definately Republican now - no matter how he rattles on - to help his ratings of course.

[UTUSN]

18. Your Headline Is Choke-worthy - More Like "Cantakerous Old Fool"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3567957&mesg_id=3567957
*******QUOTE*******

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer, a former news reader on Don Imus' show, telling pals at Cain that she thinks Imus is a "cantankerous old fool" who doesn't know how to relate to "beautiful women" . . .

********UNQUOTE*******

[Radio_Lady]

24. Your NY Post link doesn't work.... sorry....n/t

[UTUSN]

29. Works for Me - Here It Is Again from the Open Page

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm

[Radio_Lady]

36. Frankly, I can't wait until they fire him or he croaks --

whichever comes first.

I have never said that about another broadcaster in my life. His whole show crossed the line long ago and all his managers are interested in is making money with him.

[mitchum]

19. He's a craggy-faced reactionary and deluded disc jockey

[Catt03]

20. Other: Pathetic old man trying to be 30 again.

I don't know why anyone watches him nor why anyone would go on his show,
Democrats included.

Egomaniac :thumbsdown:

[Jandar]

21. Missing option: Hell No! n/t

[peacetalksforall]

22. He's a sexist, racist, abuser . I will be kind tonight. n/t

[Radio_Lady]

25. Higher class, you lived up to your name. n/t

[dancingme]

26. He can't stop talking about himself and his ranch

I know the ranch does great things for sick kids and their families but why does Imus have to CONSTANTLY talk about it. He's an egomaniac. I sometimes think that if he didn't have the forum of a live radio show to talk endlessly about his charity he wouldn't do anything charitable. It's all tied to his ability to talk about it.

[H2O Man]

27. Yes.

We can judge people by their words, by their actions, or by a combination of the two. Don imus does things that most people are not aware of. He is progressive.

[SmokingJacket]

28. Cranky, bitter old loser. nt

[Darranar]

30. The guy who "joked" about dropping a nuclear bomb on the Palestinians?

Not even close.

[sellitman]

31. He is an over the hill loser who has misguided opinion on most anything

He does do good charity work though. That hardly in itself constitutes him being progressive.

[KharmaTrain]

32. He's Proudly Claimed He's A Repugnican

I haven't watched this locker room scumfest for a while, but I remember Donald proclaiming he was "the only Repugnican on the lower east side" in the past.

Progressive? Yeah, right. Opportunist? More like it.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

33. Often like watching a train wreck.

You can't look away. The sportscaster, Sid, makes my flesh crawl. Charles is the biggest phony baloney on the show. The regular guests are mostly strange. The mafia dude is such a dunce, he can't speak a simple sentence. Imus thinks he's a genius because he's a self made millionaire. All kinds of ways to become a millionaire, Don.
I do watch because I like the format; politicians and journalists and writers calling in for informal chat. And Imus is a very good interviewer in such a format.
Progressive? I don't know. He is confusing. He loves The Daily Show, but then says stupid stuff like bush did a very good job the other night at the press conference. The whole country thinks he sunk like a rock, but Imus saw something else? I do think he looks for the good in people, and gets used because of it. Especially by his crew.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

34. I'm a long time often disenchanted listener

At one time this show was cutting edge, actually very similar to how we think of the Daily Show now. There were many humorous radio skits that skewered both the right snd the left.

Imus's problem is that it has become formulaic and rote and boring. Even the supposedly off-the-cuff banter seems scripted and tired. How many times can you hear them say "Why don't you just die you weasel " to one another?

Imus supposedly endorsed Kerry in the last election but hedged his support each and every day and probably did way more damage than harm to the Democratic candidate. He never seemed particularly well-informed about any particular issue (although right this moment he is very well informed about thimerisol and autism and is asking great questions - unfortunately, he's a one-trick pony on this one issue. Why can't he become just as informed about other compelling issues of the day? Overall I listen to him because I have no better options in my market, but if AA were here, I would drop him in a hearbeat. ( I loathe Bernard McGuirk and EVERYTHING he says on this show- like Charles and even Sid, hate Bo Dietl and his appearances)

[The Gunslinger]

35. HELL NO

The man is a kiss ass and will change his views on a whim depending on who is writing him err I mean his "ranch" the biggest check

I listened to him for the last 10 years, and stopped last week. He had an author on who wrote about Ben Franklin and other great early American leaders. First Imus said that there was noone like that today. Then he said he consideres some poeple not really in politics like entertainers to be like them. Then, like it was all scripted from the beginning, he compaired Bush to our founding fathers. I turned his show off forever at that point.