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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:01 AM
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Anybody notice Imus this AM?
I was flipping through the channels and happened to hit MSRNC...they were showing live pics of Condi at the State Department and ....I know this is right because I called my wife in to verify it....while Imus was showing that picture, they were playing the Stones Brown Sugar as the bumper/background music.

I was floored........

Repub values at work......it was the most demeaning thing they could have done....

Anybody else notice this?????
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:02 AM
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1. Imus is an idiot.
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 10:03 AM by barbaraann
I cannot for the life of me figure out why he has a show.
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:05 AM
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4. Amen! I wrote IMUS the other day
In my letter I pointed out that Bush would never need a "monica" to visit him because guys like you are getting on your knees for him every morning.
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rqstnnlitnmnt Donating Member (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:05 AM
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5. worse -- imus is a racist
this has been brought up too a bunch of times before. it doesn't surprise me.

unlike liberals, republicans actually see and take note of the color of condi's skin. we don't give one damn about it. and they have the nerve to call us racist -- do they even know what the term actually refers to?

by bringing the color of condi's/gonzalez's skin into the argument, the republicans have amazingly indicted themselves as the racists. it's all too hilarious.
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:46 PM
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30. It's more acceptable to be racist today than to be
"politically correct".
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:05 AM
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6. Bad enough he has a radio program (& followers)
but geeze louise, a radio program that is broadcast on television. It's like a very bad version of WKRP in Cincinnati! :puke:
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:32 AM
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18. MSNBC's rating are dropping and they can't figure out why?
How can they be so stoopid? When you start your morning with a downer like Imus, what do you expect?
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WildClarySage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:04 AM
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2. Good god
and they tried to play the race card on *dems*???
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:05 AM
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3. Yes.....
Ironic isn't it?
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:07 AM
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7. OMG. That is so blatantly demeaning.
Our country is becoming so twisted.

We're regressing as a society.:-(
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:08 AM
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8. Time to call the assholes on talk radio on this
Rush et al keep harping on the Doonesbury strip that referred to Rice as "Brown Sugar".

so its okay for Imus to do it, but not Trudeau?
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SPDBoston Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:12 AM
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10. Imus is a Republican?
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 10:13 AM by SPDBoston
I thought he was a Democrat. What do Republicans have to do with his show content?
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skylarmae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:23 AM
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11. if you think Imus is a dem, then my friend
my senses say you may be a Repub in dems clothes.
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SPDBoston Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:28 AM
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12. Please don't make assumptions sky
I actually worked for John Kerry for a year, and I know that the Senator enjoyed a very good relationship with Imus.

Imus often commented he was voting for Senator Kerry and we looked at the show as an ally and not a negative force.

This is the reason I don't post often on here. You give a contrary response and suddenly I'm a Republican.
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adigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:55 AM
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15. I don't think Imus knows what he is
He changes his mind every day - another victim of drug abuse, like his friend Bush.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:02 AM
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17. In the run up to Nov 2nd Imus said many times
that Kerry was "his guy". But, to be honest, his comments were not very supportive of him. While his relationship may be genuinely friendly, his actual words regarding Kerry's campaign were highly critical IMO. It made one wonder why he said Kerry was "his man" with the only logical explanation being ABB.
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skylarmae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 12:27 PM
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22. SPDBoston, I didn't mean to offend. It's just that Imus is a joke
He blows with the wind. Even though he spoke up for Kerry, in the very next breath he would disparage him. It's all about good cop and bad cop with those guys on his show. Someone had to be for Kerry and he must have drawn the short straw. But the wishy washyness of his support and the demeaning things he did spout off about John and Theresa were damaging. He's a registered Repuk as well (he admitted it about 1,000 times during the campaign).

Don't stop posting, though. Sorry...
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 01:26 PM
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24. Further proof of how clueless kerry was. McCain as VP & Imus as ally.
S*t! :argh:
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 02:41 PM
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27. With Friends Like IMUS, Who needs enemies?
Maybe there is some truth to the fact that Kerry was out of touch with his campaign efforts if he thought Imus was on his side. Sure, Imus may have publicly stated he was for Kerry, but did any Kerry people ever watch or listen to his show? I personally witnessed, on several occasions, where Imus and his posse tore into the Democrats and Kerry on a host of bogus issues like Drift Boat Liars or they spoke of how Bush was a good, strong, consistent leader. Imus, like almost all the current right wing controlled media outlets, says one thing and does something quite different. Call it the Shrub Doctrine. Say absolutely anything and then behave as though it was never said.

I worked for Kerry in Ohio and I am shocked to hear that he might have thought the Imus show was playing the election square. They weren't. Bo "Donut" Dietl and the other members of the Imus chorus could not go 10 seconds without savaging Kerry on whatever the daily Rove talking point was for that day.
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:44 PM
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29. Pretty much says it all about the Kerry Campaign
If you think he was an ally of yours. He'd say he was voting for Kerry - then spend 3 hours ridiculing him. He is GOP all the way. Listen to him sometime.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 12:10 PM
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20. Whatever Imus is, he voted for Kerry.
And welcome to DU, SPDBoston! :hi:
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:47 PM
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31. I seriously doubt THAT and BTW his brother "Fred" is the smart one
in the family. :P Damn!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 01:27 PM
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25. you answered your own question
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 01:28 PM by CatWoman
I'm not commenting on political affiliation.

I commented on why is it ok for some to call Rice "brown sugar" and it's not ok for some.

Your'e the one who zeroed in on political affiliation.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:12 AM
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9. I noticed it. I was running around and I noticed after she was on they
were playing that song. I got the connection.

I'm amazed to hear the RW talking points that the Dems are going against Condi and Gonzoles because of their race. What a joke.
They just flat out lie with no shame. Nothing new here.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:30 AM
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13. If you want to watch a psychotic, a yes man, and a couple of tfilthy
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 10:30 AM by higher class
nasty minded sidekicks, watch the show. A show that is allowed to air more filth then a person could imagine getting by the moralists - Pat Robertson, Jerry, and Bob B - they are all slipping in their tirades of immorality...but I guess as long as they bash Dems, homosexuals, women, foreigners...everything is just fine. Morals minus 3 million. Does anyone know if Michael Powell was ever a guest?
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tgnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:33 AM
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14. Several years ago he was forced to admit on "60 Minutes"
that he hired a producer specifically to do "nigger jokes." In the ensuing years, his show his repeatedly turned to racist humor, particularly as regards the sexuality of blacks.

Every time I hear of a so-called Democrat racing to be on the crusty cracker's show I want to vomit.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 11:59 AM
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19. LOL - "crusty cracker", and welcome
I needed a laugh.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 10:56 AM
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16. Nuttin' to do with politics...
it's just Imus trying to work his last six brain cells.

Was a time he was actually worth listening to, but those days are long past.

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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 12:21 PM
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21. Your wife had to ID Brown Sugar for you? You must not be
Edited on Thu Jan-27-05 12:21 PM by ArkDem
much of a Stones fan.
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 12:49 PM
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23. Actually
asked her to confirm I was hearing what I was hearing and not hallucinating...........it actually DID HAPPEN!!!
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 01:28 PM
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26. Arkansas Project - vigilent as ever!
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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 04:30 PM
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28. robbedvoter unrelentingly brilliant, as always!
:loveya:
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-05 05:30 PM
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32. Luckily we don't get Anus in the morning.
Al Franken is a much better auditory experience. Plus he tells the truth and isn't a part of Operation Mockingbird.
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