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Originally Posted by El Blanco
Obama simply proves he's just another politician.
He canceled his appearance on Imus' show. Which he has appeared on before. If Obama really was offended over these remarks, he would have never gone on the show in the first place. This is not anything new. We've already pointed out how Imus has been in trouble over this sort of thing before.
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Not like this. The thing that has always made Imus funny but topical is that he often went after people who were seemingly "deserving" of his assaults. This of course hasn't always been the case, but there's a HUGE difference between, for example, Tawana Brawley and the Rutgers Women's basketball team. I've listened to him a lot the past few days, and I think he has been very sincere on this whole matter. I think he means it when he admits that not everyone should be fair game, and just because you have the free speech to say it, it doesn't make it right.
As for obama...well duh! Dodd announced his damn candidacy on the show, and he won't be back for a while. McCain and Edwards all "forgive" him, but let's see how quickly they go back on the show. Go figure, Obama is a black man who wants black
people to vote for him. The black community DOES have a genuine gripe here, no matter how much that agitates some people. Just because Al Sharpton saw a parade and jumped in front doesn't make it a non-issue.
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And MSNBC has canceled Imus telecast. Hours before his telethon to raise money for cancer striken children. But, they are still pimping his name. They are soliciting viewers to call in and discuss it on air. And Oberman is dedicating his show to bashing Imus. All this after their cunt drip of a boss babbled on about the integrity of the station.
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And Imus has no one to blame but himself. He exercised his free speech, and risked his own financial arrangements in the process. God bless America. Max is right, once it became a financial liability to keep Imus, they had little choice. He has done the telethon for many years, MSNBC has only been around a for a handful. He'll do ok, although it is unfortunate.
And Oberman and company have every right to be all over this. Everybody else is, why shouldn't they be? Oberman and his producer didn't hire Imus. MSNBC gets no ratings, so they need to talk about it. I'm actually listening to Mike and the Mad Dog right now, and I agree with them that MSNBC has shown no class throughout this whole thing...but what should MSNBC with no ratings do, talk about Iraq?