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I pick my battles well and you'll never call me close minded. Just because someone helps children, doesn't mean their not a egocentric fashion victim. Most of these wealthy "cowboy" types have to do charity work or they'll be eaten alive in taxes. Not to mention their conscience, they've stepped over so many heads to get to the top they wouldn't be able to get to sleep at night without a little repentance. Oh yeah to all you southern homebodies that defend a closet racist like Imus, thank you your just making my point, that white collar cowboys are pushovers and without their daddies money and their dumb, white, church mouse friends they'd amount to nothing. They'd be the charity if it wasn't for their land baron daddies and grandfathers.

"Aaron Smithsburg of Maryland, your post was absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

Posted By Mary, Beaver, PA "

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Then, Mary, one can only conclude that both you and Aaron are narrowminded, stereotype-wielding morons...positioned a couple of rungs below Imus on the social ladder.

I like you easily offended types telling me I'm stereotypical. I don't need to dress up like John Wayne to go slaughter a beef or fix a fence. That's because I'm practical, a t-shirt and jeans. A crisp clean Stetson with no sweat in it is my opinion making statement that I personally find pompous. I think land baron or too much Walker Texas Ranger. Last time I was in texas I couldn't find a person that could speak english much less a cowboy. Us appalachian maryland types don't take too much little boys who play dress up. Or some left coaster, that denies that a man with a "cowboy hat" on all the time isn't trying establish some rugged rancher persona, even though his eyes and his hands tell me different. I don't need a hat to convince other people I'm a rugged man. No overcompensation required.

HEY WAIT A MINUTE! HE DOES ALOT OF GOOD FOR KIDS OF ALL COLOR AT THE RANCH HE RUNS!!!!!!!!! SAD WE FORGET, HUH!

Hey Wayne, how about Ya'll provide some detail on the hatred that they spew.

Posted By Tom – Dedham, Mass : December 4, 2007 11:46 am

Too much to list here, Tom. You're either too blind to see the hatred (especially with Savage and Levin), or you're as hate-filled as they are.

So tell us, Tom – which is it?

Posted By Wayne, Greenville TX : December 4, 2007 3:33 pm

Actually Wayne, it's more like I am amazed by your lack of facts EVER on a posting.

Since you are typical of the factless crowd that just "yaks on and on with no relevence or purpose" I will help you along.

Has Hannitty (for instance) ever said anything CLOSE to calling innocent young woman (just like my earlier posing I SAY INNOCENT, now is that hateful to ya'll), "nappy headed ho's"?

Nope, you can disagree with him on opinions, but don't write factless lies.

You mention O'Reilly as well who had Sharpton on last night discussing this very subject and he gave him a platform, in fact he gave this lying piece of crap TOO MUCH of a platform.

Just like I wrote earlier, listen to NPR all you want, but listen and watch MANY DIFFERENT viewpoints and you might actually learn something, just like I do with Olbermann and Matthews.

A closed mind, stops learning.

Being offended by Imus is like being offended by Jesse. Two peas in an inverse pod..

Hey Wayne, how about Ya'll provide some detail on the hatred that they spew.

Posted By Tom – Dedham, Mass : December 4, 2007 11:46 am

Too much to list here, Tom. You're either too blind to see the hatred (especially with Savage and Levin), or you're as hate-filled as they are.

So tell us, Tom – which is it?

Don Imus makes a racist comment on air and is nearly run out of radio by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton for it. Try this on for size, Ray Nagin the Mayor of New Orleans, who is a black man, after Hurricane Katrina, says that before the hurricane the city was a "Black City" and should be returned to being a "Black City." If that wasn't a racist comment I don't know what is. Are black people in America allowed to make racist comments and say it's covered by the First Amendment, but white people have to watch what they say because it might offend someone. Can we all say double standard?

Steven in WV,

Are you actually proud of yourself? I hope your dumb comment is removed by CNN! Tasteless, useless, and nonsensical! Surely you can do better!

Is this seriously the level of debate that's being had in America? Is this really where we are, a land where only those we choose to get second chances do so unless the power is there to prevent said second chance. Where are the Rutgers women today? Where are you today? Where am I today? By and large all of us are in no better or worse position today than the day the comment was made. The comments have not harmed (and offense is different than harm), and they have not driven those so outraged to raise us up. I find it sad that this remains a divisive issue 8 months later. We as a country will never transcend our big issues if we cannot transcend this one.

$5 million for a 1 share. Forget Imus' relavance, no ones listening to him. If Imus is a cowboy, Bush is a fighter pilot.

What are bloggers falling prey to? Those comments by powerful media personality were divise and hurtful. As an African-American, I thought that Imus deserved a second chance. He publicly apologized for his comments, something Imus rarely if ever does on the air. I'm no fan of Imus but I'm willing forgive (but not forget) this incident. I've never listened to his program and probably never will. The comments that Obama made as CNN (Clinton News Network) points out were made earlier this year when the Imus incident became very public. It is interesting how CNN list the few current positive remarks from some Republican (McCain & Rudy) and Democratic (Dodd & Richardson)candidates towards Imus, but publish comments from Obama that were made in April 2007 to make it appear as though Obama said these comments in December 2007.

CNN did not bother to quote Hillary's response to Imus. Hillary called Imus's comments "small-minded bigotry and coarse sexism." (earlier this year).

Hey JIM in IRMO: Thank God. I thought I was the only one who actually listens to what our politicans say and when they said it!!! You know of course CNN is for Hil, FOX is for whoever is crooked, and rest of media and newspapers well they have nothing else to do ecxcept report negative items – whether they are true or not.
I find it real odd that for past month, we have had not reports and updates daily on any stations about the WAR and our soldiers... Are we suppose to be stupid Americans????

Imus's comment about the Black women on that basketball team was tasteless but he was actually praising them in the backwards way that is popular among sports fans, as in: "Those ____ __ _______ (SOB's) played their hearts out tonight, didn't they Jim?" Imus strikes me as a decent guy and he tried to do the right thing: he immediately acknowledged his mistake, he apologized, he asked contritely for forgiveness, and he apparently made some financial donations to causes that are important to those he offended. What more can we ask? Let him or her who has NEVER used a racial epithet cast the first stone.

What I can't figure out is how Imus got a job in the first place. Aside from the fact that he has no looks, no brains, and no talent, he is so boring that I can feel brain cells dying inside my skull if I ever listen to him for more than a minute.

This is no surprise afterall the House and Senate welcomed back a dud like Trent Lott, have a President who is clearly a liar.....so what else is new in our goverment except lies, greed, dishonesty and no values, morales. And if all these folks who think Bush is such a great President – look at mistakes in Iran that is why we are killing our soldiers in Iraq – LIES, LIES LIES.
And Bush, give me a break, who and what country does not know how to make a BOMB DU!!!!!

any "nappy headed hoes on the CNN Political Ticker? willing to comment"

Hey Obama,

At least Imus apologized! Can we say the same about Jessie and Al concerning the Duke Lacrosse team? I think not! As a Christian, forgiveness is not negotiable!
Aaron in Maryland ,
He wears a cowboy hat because he wants to. In addition, he has a ranch in New Mexico, so that would make him a rancher. Anything else you need to whine about?

That is NOT a COWBOY hat. As anyone who knows what cowboys where on their heads would know, not that you in Pennsylvania or some idiot in Mary-land would know much about cowboys, but that is a hat normally worn by westerners, or even farmers especially in the southwest, and California where Don Imus is from.

AND... he actually owns a RANCH in ARIZONA, where he helps kids, more than what I dare say you do.

NOW, having said that... I ACTUALLY KNEW Mr. Imus in 1988/1989 when i chauffeured for him, and I always found him to be a GENTLEMAN of the HIGHEST CALIBER, generous with courtesy and respect. He never espoused any racially motivated remarks, he never showed any signs of his being a snob.

Don Imus is not the son of some Oil Baron. He is also a U. S. Marine!

What are your skeletons?

Jesse Jackson's "Hymietown" comment, and Al Sharpton's Tawanna Brawley escaped, and their efforts to get charges dropped against black students who assaulted and viciously beat a fellow student are FAR more offensive than anything Imus said! But who will Obama, Clinton, etc have their photos taken with if they get the nomination...

"We need to focus on what we have in common, not our differences. The people united are unstoppable!" – Aaron Smithsburg, Maryland

Sometimes, I am sure racial diversity and affirmative actions have lost its initial good intentions. Now these designs are dividing us. I really hope people like Aaron are the core Americans. We have to remember being louder does not mean they are the majority. There are the "silent majority", who will only speak with their votes.

CNN said that Obama "may be less forgiving" in this article, Obama never said that, and the quote that they give from Obama is from a year ago, and it says nothing about not forgiving.
Please read the article carefully before condemning Obama for things he did not say.
And CNN, stop making suppositions, just report what people say.

I really didn't want to comment on this story originally, since I don't care for Imus in the first place. But I have to take issue with the comment Aaron from Maryland made– that has to be one of the most stereotypical and ridiculous things I've ever heard! So anybody who wears cowboy/western clothing is "pampered" unless they are ranchers? Very intelligent, partner. Could it be they just like that fashion style?
How about this gem: "That includes you rhinestone filthy rich texans, whose daddies bought them an oil well." Aaron, you've obviously seen too many John Wayne movies, because we "filthy rich texans" live pretty much like the rest of America. In fact, I've seen very few oil wells in my lifetime. YEEHAW! Get a clue man.

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me."

"I'm rubber and your glue, everything you say bonunces on me and sticks to you"

Evidently, our pitiful education system has ceased to function after the 2nd grade.

Aaron Smithsburg of Maryland, your post was absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

Hey Wayne, how about Ya'll provide some detail on the hatred that they spew.

Do they just disagree with your out of touch progressive agenda?

More than likely you have never listened to any of these shows, but like David Letterman "some people told you about them".

Listen to NPR etc, etc and tell me about how loving and caring these people are to the thoughts and the people that disagree with their views.

It is TWICE as vicious and based on nothing but HATE and NO FACTS.

When I do listen to them and they spout their stupidity, I utilize my rights as an American and CHANGE THE CHANNEL.

Imus' exile from the airwaves is a sure sign of our responsible freedom.
Yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there are consequences to irresponsibilities as well.

I am glad Imus is back, especially at this time. I hope he will make positive contributions to election 2008 with his talk show. I also hope the income from his show can continue to support the Imus Ranch in NM for cancer-stricken kids. Many of them are minorities.

Nobody is perfect every day. Let Imus do what he thinks is right when he is not hot-headed. I am not Imus' fan by the way.

This is a prime example of how two sided the race issue is. People like Jessie and Al make racist comments all the time and are allowed but not a white man...no sir.

donnie's comback, kinda lets jessie and al know just how strong their medicine really is.......

Gotta love the media for putting Satan back on the radio...... Guess ratings were down..

No one offers any rapper in America a daily public platform to discuss the issues of the day with national political elites like Huckabee and Carville and Matalin and McCain and Dodd and Richardson. Bottom line, Don Imus appeals to an audience that enjoyed bigoted humor made at the expense of political and social minorities that are usually unable to defend themselves in the public sphere.

Any political candidate that wants to appear on Imus' new show must be judged by their apparent need to appeal to Imus' bigoted audience.

That's the difference, TheRealist. No one respects Ludacris or 50 Cent enough to hear their opinions on Pakistan and global warming daily. With Don Imus, people listen to hear him discuss serious issues with serious people, while he makes fun of racial and social minorities.

Just because there is a market for racism and prejudice in America, does not mean that people running for President should support that market.

Obama '08.

"As for the Republicans falling all over themselves to get back in Imus' good graces – the tacit approval of racism is what the GOP has been all about since Nixon, so why should I expect better from the current crop of wannabes?"

Ha ha, the lib who thinks that minorities are not as smart as white people so minorities cannot be expected to do as well as whites to get into schools and to get jobs (affirmative action) calls republicans racists.

Yup, the party of former Klansman Robert Byrd who used the N word on national TV a few years ago calls someone else a racist, the same liberal democrats who stand by the statement of calling Rice and Powell "house negros" are not racist, those of us who speak out against them are. Remember, Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson truly represent liberalism better than any other human being, besides maybe Senator Byrd of West Virginia.

Do you want to support liars, hypocrites, and people who are defined only by hate and anger? If the answer is no then you must vote republican.

I think Imus is an idiot and I would never listen to his moronic show. That said, I must admit that Imus is correct when he states that Dick Cheney is a war criminal. Even idiots get it right – albeit on rare occasion.

Never heard of Imus before, its good to see that al and jessie have decided to let him work again.

"divisive, hurtful and offensive to Americans of all backgrounds." "With a public platform comes a trust. As far as I'm concerned, he violated that trust."

And yet Hillary readily accepted donations from rappers that use the N word multiplt times without apology. How about you Obama? Or is that different??

I wasn't offended to begin with.

Chris Dodd was getting a lot of good press in liberal circles for taking a principled stand against telecom company amnesty over illegal wiretapping. But nothing says, "I embrace every bigoted remark you've ever made, Don!" like being a guest on Imus' show the first day he's back on the air. Dodd should have known better, and Richardson needs to think twice about giving Imus a "second chance", considering how many chances Imus has already taken.

As for the Republicans falling all over themselves to get back in Imus' good graces – the tacit approval of racism is what the GOP has been all about since Nixon, so why should I expect better from the current crop of wannabes?

What should we do Barack, shoot him?

He bleeped up, took his punishment and aplogized to the ONLY PEOPLE THAT HE SHOULD HAVE, those innocent girls.

Jesse and Al, have said more divisive things THAT WERE ABOUT PARTICULAR PEOPLE and an ENTIRE RACE IN GENERAL OVER AND OVER AGAIN and yet they still have "jobs".

Jesse said that you were "acting white" which I take as a compliment coming from him as if working hard, speaking properly and achieving is "acting white" then Jesse, I thank you for your label that you put on me.

I don't even like Imus at all, but I DO KNOW that he has done more charitable work than 99.9 percent of the countries population and that includes these two phony "reverends".

I would hate to think that Obama would be foolishly playing to a particular base, but it appears that he is.

Idiots that wear cowboy hats without being a rancher or someone that works under the hot southern sun are in fact pampered elitists types that lack the qualities of being a real man. If you live north of the Mason Dixon line and wear a cowboys, without the benefit of being a male exotic dancer, you are a moron. It's mocking hard, working farmers. That includes you rhinestone filthy rich texans, whose daddies bought them an oil well. Your not gentlemanly, you like preppy, scum.

I first heard Don Imus when he came to New York in 1972 as the morning DJ on WNBC-AM (now WFAN). He's said many outrageous things over the years; the comment he made about the Rutgers women's basketball team that got him fired was typical Imus.

I hope he's learned his lesson. If nothing else, Imus makes AM radio interesting, as opposed to the outright hatred spewed across the AM band by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, and Mark Levin.

Way to demonstrate that Christian spirit obama. I guess no one is allowed to make mistakes in their lives. Oh, wait a minute....I forgot you were perfect.

Who cares? His audience was slightly larger than the Iowa voters. Meaning–he doesn't have the ear of most mainstream Americans anyway. The only thing making this news is his notoriety. I don't think most of us missed him.

Its not a hate crime for a black man to viciously beat a white man or to rape a white women, but an off hand comment about a female basketball team is blatant racism. These liberals need to start picking their battles better. Personally it makes me emetic that our media has been pressured by civil rights watchdogs into becoming a bunch of mother may I's. If you want to stop racism in America stop being a bunch of p*ssies. You have no problem hauling millions of poor whites and blacks into our penal system for smoking marijuana. Where's the outrage then? Oh that's right America is brainwashed by the men behind the curtains. We need to focus on what we have in common, not our differences. The people united are unstoppable!

While candidates have the freedom to meet with whomever they want, an interview with Don Imus now shows a willingness to forgo decent principles in my opinion. I can forgive Imus for his ridiculous comments, but I am not willing to give him another free pass in the lucrative media outlets again.

"But some, like Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, may be less forgiving."

No second chance? No Christian forgiveness? Obama never made a comment he regretted – like the one he made about American lives being wasted in Iraq?

It must be great to be so perfect.