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Imus At It Again? Race Comment 'Disturbs' Sharpton
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Posted on 06/23/2008 3:13:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Again? Race Comment 'Disturbs' Sharpton By STEVE FINK, WCBSTV.COM

NEW YORK (CBS) ― It appears "shock jock" Don Imus may not have learned his lesson following last year's "nappy-headed ho" debacle.

In an audio file of the Monday, June 23, edition of his talk radio program, "Imus In The Morning," heard in New York on WABC-AM, Imus made what some consider a questionable comment during a discussion about oft-troubled NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones, who wants to drop his nickname.

When Imus' co-host Turner Wolf informed Imus that the suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback had been arrested a slew of times during his young career, Imus appeared to imply that Jones' race may have been a reason why.

The conversation went as follows:

(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dallascowboys; imus; nfl; sharpton; talkradio
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1 posted on 06/23/2008 3:13:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

I don’t care what Imus says. I just want to know, who listens to this pathetic crap? Has anyone listed to his voice on radio? It makes one think of suicide.


2 posted on 06/23/2008 3:15:02 PM PDT by lormand (Support your local and state Conservative representative in November (assuming you have one))
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To: Sub-Driver
Wolf: “He's African-American.”

Imus: “Well, there you go. Now we know.”

Ruh Roh.

3 posted on 06/23/2008 3:18:32 PM PDT by McGruff (This is not the [your name here] I knew.)
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To: Sub-Driver
It's too rich when the race-hustling, poverty-pimping Sharpton criticizes Imus. This is the same racist thug who calls Jews “diamond merchants” and who helped to perpetrate fraud, arson, and murder among the Caucasian, Oriental, and Jewish populations of New York.
4 posted on 06/23/2008 3:20:13 PM PDT by quark
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To: McGruff

Involved in a night club incident is actually an upgrade for guys like him....most of the time it’s pistol shots at a strip club.


5 posted on 06/23/2008 3:21:51 PM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: Sub-Driver

Howard Stern did an absolutely hilarious song parody on Imus set to BonJovi’s “Dead or Alive”.

I remember they chorus lyrics went something like:

I’m a fake cowboy
I wear this stupid hat
Nobody can tell
If I’m dead or alive.


6 posted on 06/23/2008 3:22:08 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: quark

Imus better, quick, kiss Sharpton’s butt. Cash money will probably help.


7 posted on 06/23/2008 3:22:36 PM PDT by donna ("Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.")
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To: lormand
Has anyone listed to his voice on radio?

Its just as bad when you dont listen to his show, but are subjected to his commercials when listening to other shows...!

8 posted on 06/23/2008 3:23:25 PM PDT by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrNCO)Military)
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To: Sub-Driver

uh-oh...here we go again.


9 posted on 06/23/2008 3:24:16 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: lormand
The local CC station started carrying him again. June 9th, if I remember the ads correctly.

I stopped stopping on his show years ago, and don't intend to stop not stopping now.

10 posted on 06/23/2008 3:25:11 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Sub-Driver
Sharpton needs the money for IRS troubles.


11 posted on 06/23/2008 3:25:55 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Sub-Driver

This happened after Spike Lee made his Chocolate City comment. I wonder why Sharptounge isn’t going after Lee? Both comments are equally ignorant yet the Spike Lee comment is forgotten because it was never remembered in the beginning.

I am sure white NFL players have committed crimes, (can’t think of any offhand) and I think Imus was referencing black NFL players as opposed to blacks in general. Is hard to know what a man truly means sometimes. That is why it is good to be as clear and articulate as you can possibly be. Still, the double standard that seems to exist is deplorable in my humble opinion.


12 posted on 06/23/2008 3:26:03 PM PDT by WildcatClan
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To: Sub-Driver

I don’t give a **** what Imus says. However, I really, really don’t give a **** what Sharpton says. I hope that Imus calls his bluff and issues more of whatever he was saying.


13 posted on 06/23/2008 3:26:59 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Sub-Driver
I heard it when he said it and could not believe my ears. After what happened the last time...it's like he wants the trouble.
14 posted on 06/23/2008 3:28:37 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Sub-Driver

It’s the Sharpton and Imus show. ‘Ebony and Ivory, clash and smash on radio and TV’.....


15 posted on 06/23/2008 3:28:47 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Sub-Driver

No matter what Imus said, the reporter cited “Turner Wolf” as the sports caster......for crying out loud, it is Warner Wolf....if they can’t even get the names of the people correct in the discussion, why listen or read further?


16 posted on 06/23/2008 3:29:20 PM PDT by stationkeeper
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To: Sub-Driver

Pot meet kettle.


17 posted on 06/23/2008 3:29:57 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (I didn't leave the republicans, they left me.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Ohhhhhhhhhh, poor widdle Rev. Al.

Yeah, he’s disturbed alright.


18 posted on 06/23/2008 3:32:41 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Sub-Driver

Imus could have meant he was simply more likely to be arrested
because he is black and Sharpton makes a big living claiming stuff like that every day.


19 posted on 06/23/2008 3:33:03 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: All

Just remember that they will use Imus as the precedent to go after Rush or Shaun et al at some point in the future.

We should not let the race hustlers silence anyone, even if we do not care to listen to them.


20 posted on 06/23/2008 3:37:52 PM PDT by ChronicMA
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