Imus statement on his show about the "nappy headed hos": I AM NOT A RACIST!

[Bluebear]

"Any reasonable person would agree that context & sense of proportionality is crucial. In light of my feeling over the weekend....I talked to this evangelist and that basketball coach....I am making an attempt to getting together with the women of Rutgers...I am not a bad person, I am a good person who said bad things. I am not a racist and I am not a bigot but if you read the quotes in the newspapers you would think I am. You have to know the context of this program."

[SoCalDem]

1. the context is this..

They are all a bunch of sophomoric morons..guys waaaay too old to be pulling the crap they pull EVERY DAY..

They are misogynistic, bigoted, racist, yahoos..

They think that because they laugh when they say it, it's just a "joke"..

Who's laughin' now, Don?

They make the same lame jokes that Rush Limbaugh does.. and I cringe when I think of the supposedly "real" journalists who go on his show (but they are all in the same 'nbc family', so it's all in good fun, eh?)

[Swamp Rat]

2. I want my 30 minutes back, Don Imus!!

All together I've lost about 30 minutes of my life to that crappy show, and I am dumber for it. :dunce:

[SoCalDem]

3. I don;t usually watch, but when I HAVE, the music he's played

has been "hard rock" or oldies rock & roll..and today for some weird reason, he's playing' all the twangy country music.. Perhaps he's expecting a certain sort of viewer today to tune in and sympathize with him/./ Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but the music is noticeably different, and he's oozing sweetness from every pore :)

I guess if he loses this gig, he'll have to pay for all that advertising for Imus ranch toilet paper, Imus ranch roach spray & Imus ranch fabric softener :rofl:

[Bluebear]

5. WHAT is his claim to fame anyhow?

Objectively as I can look at him, I see nothing interesting in his gruff delivery, he is not witty, he isn't even a convincing ranter, how did he get this gig?

[Skidmore]

7. I think he lets these DC pols and beltway pundits feel like they

are really swaggering cowboys, something which is going out of fashion fast. I don't remember hearing of him before * swaggered and smirked his way into DC.

[SoCalDem]

10. As far as i can tell, he USED to be a popular radio guy..a la Stern

and was an alcoholic drug addict.. That's all I really know about him..

he's never been funny, entertaining or interesting ..to me at least :)

[Bluebear]

15. Well he certainly looks like he has a few miles on him. nt

[rfranklin]

26. He looks like Dale Evans gone bad....

or like Nellybelle (the Jeep)ran him over him and then backed up and did it again. Whoa! Nellybelle!

[Swamp Rat]

13. Thank you so very very much for watching in my stead.

:hug:

Let me know if he has his wife come on and bake a cake. :rofl:

I'm gonna put on some bebop jazz and vandalise an Imus photo now. :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

16. She probably called her lawyer.. Who wants a shriveled up ole unemployed coot?

She could probably do better :)

[Swamp Rat]

24. I found an ancient photo of Imus but it would be a shame to photoshop it:

That's him in a NUTshell! :rofl:

[maine_raptor]

4. "talked to this evangelist"????????????

Who?

Jerry Fart-well?

Pat Robber-son?

Fred Phelps?

And what did they talk about? Maybe to get some new material for his next show?

[Skidmore]

6. And he talked to Harold Ford and Sharpton and...and...and...

still isn't owning that his whole show is permeated with this racist and sexist crap.

[maine_raptor]

8. Hey, if it wern't for the racism and sexism

there'd be a LOT of dead air time on that show.

[Skidmore]

12. I was thinking the same thing but it just didn't make it to my fingertips

and the keyboard.

[Bluebear]

9. and Eartha Kitt and Maya Angelou and Forest Whitaker and the Four Tops....

:crazy:

[SoCalDem]

11. he'll probably dig up poor ole James Brown next n/t

[qanda]

14. Ah, Harold Ford

I'd really like to hear what Mr. Fox News has to say about this one.

[Skidmore]

19. Yeah, Swampy, I was thinking the same thing.

[Swamp Rat]

17. Mel's dad

:D

[Skidmore]

18. Mel, as in Gibson???

You don't say.

[maine_raptor]

20. Oh, forgot about him!

(Nice poster, Swampy)

Yea, he'll be turning over a new leaf now, bringing his show up a notch.

Look for Imus to start readin' from "The Protocals" in the next hour. You know, making it more high-brow.

(Do I really need to add the scarasm smilie?)

[shoopnyc]

21. This was mentioned in the sermon at my church...

...yesterday. (For the record, I am African American. I hope that some white pastors raised the issue also.)

My question is, WHAT CONTEXT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? It's a freakin' morning show! Is his context any different from Matt Lauer's, or Charlie Gibson's?

[Bluebear]

22. Cross burnings are de rigeur in the context of a Klan rally.

It does not mean that we as a society have to accept them.

[shoopnyc]

23. AMEN.

[Bitwit1234]

25. Why now????????????

IMUS has been calling people names, slurring them and being nasty for years. He has called every democratic politican name and ran a full blown campaign against Bill Clinton. And when he went out of office he took up on Hillary. I don't listen to him anymore just the clips of the remarks he makes or something when I surf by.

I listened back in the 90's to see what he was saying about Clinton but got so mad I shut him off. He has done this for years and people complained but it was not taken any further. I am glad someone deceided to slam the hammer at last.

[shoopnyc]

27. Digging a hole right now...

[shoopnyc]

28. He has a ranch for kids with cancer!!!!

...and some are black!!!??? What is he on?

[salin]

29. I suspect he is on "grovelling" mode...

and would bet it is very inauthentic as he has made a career of being crass, spiteful and vile without often being called on it.

[shoopnyc]

31. "grovelling"...is even not enough...

This must have reached some serious people, or else he would'nt care

[salin]

33. I would agree

[Triana]

38. cycle of abuse

He's in phase 2, otherwise known as 'hoovering'.

[matcom]

30. Good apology IMHO. Now fire Bernard and i'll believe it.

[Karenina]

32. He's NOT a racist, so stop saying that!!!

He JUST PLAYS ONE on TV!!! :sarcasm:

[femmedem]

34. Now he's denying that he has a pattern of making racist remarks.

"I didn't say that! I didn't say that!" about various other things he's been reported as saying.

[shoopnyc]

35. Fineman is a jerk...

...defended him.

[Solly Mack]

36. "You have to know the context of this program"

unreal

[Swamp Rat]

39. Are they wearing white hoods yet?

context

[Solly Mack]

42. exactly

his comment was racist and then he offers up an insulting excuse...

and he expects people to give him the benefit of the doubt when there is no doubt...

"context" my happy ass

[ellacott]

37. He'a going to be on Al Sharpton's radio show today

This should be interesting. Howard Stern's going to have fun with this.

[Swamp Rat]

40. Howard Stern?

What, are they enemies or something?

[ellacott]

41. They are bitter enemies

Howard said that when he came to WNBC that Imus tried to be friendly to him because Howard was now the star on the station. Behind Stern's back Imus and the program director was trying to get him fired. Imus also started to copy Howard's show and try to make it his own.

Howard is very hard on him and he's called Imus' show and got on him for talking about his girlfriend.

[Swamp Rat]

43. I'd like to invite them to a duel under the Dueling Oaks in City Park, New Orleans.

I'll bring freshly sharpened épées médiévales. :)

[ellacott]

44. That would be funny

Howard would try to sell it as a pay per view event. :)

[Swamp Rat]

46. And Howard Stern would likely win...

He's got longer arms. :D

[butterfly77]

45. So, you are not a racist well then...

what is Bernard and where is his apology...