Imus vs. Stahl - Inside Politics (Calls her "gutless, lying weasel")

Washington Times ^ | 3/25/04 | Greg Pierce

[Elkiejg]

Radio personality Don Imus called CBS' Lesley Stahl a "gutless, lying weasel" yesterday for abruptly canceling an interview during which Mr. Imus planned to hammer her about a conflict of interest, the New York Post reports.

"I realize it's a little late in your life, honey, to start gettin' honest, but just say, 'I don't want to appear on the program ... because I heard what he said earlier this morning,' " Mr. Imus railed on his nationally syndicated radio program, which is also broadcast on cable-TV network MSNBC.

[Elkiejg]

Imus can be tiresome ---- but love it when he blasts the LIEberal media.

[Arkie2]

Mrs. Stahl had to bow out of the Imus program to shoot extra footage at Grand Central Terminal for upcoming segments of her prime-time magazine "48 Hours Investigates."


So this means she'll be available for a future interview?

[Galtoid]

Ms. Stahl just couldn't find her wig that morning, after an all-night sex romp with Mr Clarke.

[Mike Bates]

Lesley Stahl: "I'm endlessly fascinated by her (Mizz Rodham) . . . She's so smart. Virtually every time I've seen her perform, she has knocked my socks off."

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Arrowhead1952]

"60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt said the program should have disclosed the corporate connection, but that leaving it out was merely an "oversight."

This is nothing but BOVINE EXCREMENT!

[sirchtruth]

I didn't hear this yesterday but obviously Imus is exactly spot on with his analysis of Mz. Stall's situation. What a scumbag organization CBS is.

Today, Chris Dodd is on, and he thinks Clarke is a "credible" witness. How can anyone have any respect for the dems, they are without a doubt a herd of bogusly credulous, deceptive bunch of power hungry selfish prix. However, what is worse is the media sycophants that just give them a pass on their ridiculous comments and never challenge what they say, it's sickning.

[Russ]

Imus is all over the board. Just now he was sucking up to Chris Dodd. Imus is intellectually vapid and, as far as I can see, has never had an origional thought in his career.

[yoe]

Everytime Simon & Schuster/Viacom are in the news it sends up Red Flags - Mrs. Clinton is their boughten senator. S&S seem to publish a lot of fairy tales.........

[uncbob]

IMUS should ask how come no publicity to Gary Aldrich's book or Paterson's "Deleiction of Duty" or Schippers "Sell Out"

[jwalsh07]

Imus hosts a three hour leftfest each and every morning which is OK, it's a free country but I would think his pal McCain, the CIC of Abridging Speech, would have by this time filed a complaint with the FCC about it.

[pt17]

Imus is intellectually vapid and, as far as I can see, has never had an origional thought in his career.

Vapid seems a bit weak, IMHO. Perhaps vacuous?

[no dems]

He's sort of a nasty Larry King. Does that make sense?

[Boxsford]

Heard Imus this morning saying he was voting for Kerry.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Imus let Dodd say all the lies and insinuations he wished to. Imus pretends he doesn't know what is going on (he is not "sophisticated" about politics so he says), but he does. Imus is the libs enabler, like so many other personalities on the tv.

After both Alter's and Dodd's shameless performances on Imus this week, I will not ever watch the show ever again -- even during FoxNews commercials. Imus show grow some gonads. He claims he would go after Stahl, but he certainly did not go after Alter or Dodd. Unsurprising, though.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Prior post should read: Imus should grow some gonads.

[StriperSniper]

I can't stand him, but it looks like he got off a good rant before slipping back into leftist mode.

[philosofy123]

The networks have always promoted their own tie-in programs and films without ever explaining to the viewers. Leno always invites stars that appear on NBC, Letterman does the same. Clarke needs to be understood for what he is, an anti Islamic terrorism zealot. His vast experience leads him to want government action against the Moslem jihadists, but the politicians/bureaucrats, like Clinton, and Bush are too timid to do anything against the Moslems for the fear of Arab countries labeling us as anti-Moslems. 9/11 outraged all people in the whole world, and enabled Bush to extract revenge without worrying about Arab labels. Clarke wanted Clinton, and Bush to have the same anger and determination before 9/11. If you remember we had the millennia plot, the 93 WTC plot, the embassies plot, the USS Cole plot,... HOW MANY DAMN PLOTS DOES IT TAKE TO GET OUR “see no evil do no evil” POLITICIANS ANGRY!

Richard Clarke is a patriot, and a public servant. Yes, he could have been upset for not getting the lead in the newly formed Home Land Security Department, but I would be upset too. If I was the top terrorist expert for 30 years, and my country gets an urgent need for my experience, and they handed to an ex-governor, and an ex-congressman who have zero experience in terrorism. When experienced people get the top jobs, they create successes, when people with connection get the top jobs, they create impediment to the experts.

[an amused spectator]

"Hey, if it saves one American child's life after I cash in on the maximum exposure window for my book, it was worth it" - Dick "Less" Clarke

[Enduring Freedom]

Clarke was given quite a 'blow' by this news.

Stahl ended up with sticky blow-back all over her face.

Man, this sucks.

[NYCVirago]

"60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt said the program should have disclosed the corporate connection, but that leaving it out was merely an "oversight."

That's an obvious lie. The New York Times, which is these libs' favorite newspaper, pointed out that connection a few days before. 60 Minutes had to know that this would be an issue, particularly since CBS has been accused of conflict of interest and checkbook journalism several times over the past year: Paul O'Neill's book, the Michael Jackson interview, their wooing of Jessica Lynch, etc.