Vieira Hits Jackson With 'Hymietown,' Lauer Softpedals With Sharpton

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

Imus ping to Today show list.

[Rummyfan]

JJ:Last year, more black men in jail than college in every state. That's a context.

I guess more are applying for jail than college!

[DungeonMaster]

Imus s*cks for making us have to deal with Sharpton and Jackson this week.

[TomGuy]

Jackson and Sharpton smell $$$$$.

The 3-step program:

Step 1 - Mandatory apology tour [in progress now]

Step 2 - Mandatory rehab stint [may happen during the 2 week penance period]

Step 3 - Obligatory contribution of allot of $$$greenbacks [a.k.a., shakedown]

[massgopguy]

The Standards are lower for jail. For now anyway.

[ClearCase_guy]

Jesse and Al, showing how it's done -- You. Just. Don't. Apologize.

Imus is in trouble because he truly felt sorry for what he said. He felt bad. He wanted to make up for it. He wanted to apologize. That's blood in the water, and the sharks smelled it. That's why he's in trouble.

[maizey]

Imus is always call the vice president a war criminal.
I don’t see any great protests about that.

[jwalsh07]

George Allen was crucified for maccaca(sp?).

Don Imus will be rehabiliated for "nappy headed ho's" and become an even more lethal tool for the Bush hating left.

Ever it was and ever it shall be because the right is too stupid to see life as it is.

Since we hold the race baiting Sharptons and Jacksons of this world in contempt, some of us are wont to defend Imus' coarsening of the culture and race baiting vis a vis Hurricane Katrina on the grounds that other folks do it.

Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is not your friend and Imus falls right in that category.

Oh well, such is life.

[advance_copy]

Which word did Imus say that is banned, "nappy" or "ho"? I'm just trying to keep track. I understand that the N-word is banned, because of it's historical context, it is obscene. Ann Coulter recently learned that the F-word describing homosexuals is banned.

Now, I'm just trying to keep the list up to date. Is "nappy" banned or "ho"? Let me know when they ban the word "dittoes"... Because that's what's next, folks, bank on it.

[betsyross1776]

Imus has made countless bad comments about Catholics and nobody says a word.Imus makes fun of Jesus and uses His name and no one says anything.I guess catholics and Jesus are fair game and this is not. i feel sorry for those kids who went to the national championship and were made fun of by Imus being Catholic and the brunt of his jokes a lot of time I can understand how they would feel. But I do not think they need Sharpton or Jackson to speak for them , I think they are college educated and can speak for them selves. I spoke for my self I don’t watch Imus any more.What goes around comes around Mr. Imus.

[L98Fiero]

“Imus s*cks for making us have to deal with Sharpton and Jackson this week.”

Yes, it’s Imus’ fault that one group in this country has the power to limit the speech of others. /s

[miss marmelstein]

I wonder who will avoid his show in the near future and who will continue to embrace him? My guess is that the notoriously cowardly Chris Matthews will run from Imus like a deer facing a bow and arrow.

[mpackard]

Did ya see the SouthPark where the dad (cant remember whose) said the n word on wheel of fortune and had to literally kiss Jagmos ass??? Too realistic to be too funny.

[marsapan]

bunch of folks passing the buck around these days.

I didn’t witness Jackson getting ‘raked over the coals’ for the Hymietown comment. If he had been, i would have paid for front-row seats.

[mpackard]

And doesn’t the outrage ring hollow when the view continues to have a big sweaty lesbian calling the pres a murderer and war criminal? I mean, really.

[Polyxene]

The President, Vice President, conservatives, Christians, and white men are all still fair game, not just to Imus but to all of the RAT/lib/socialists.

[marsapan]

you’re a dittohead.

i’m a dittohead.

We’re all dittoheads.

[Ron in Acreage]

It’s all about the Benjamins!

I’ll bet any amount of money that those Rutgers girls have, own, and purchased, CD’s by rappers that call them ho’s and much worse. These girls idolize them, dance to them, and love their celebrity status. The same scum that are calling for Imus’s head, give these rappers the red carpet treatment at every appearance they make. PDiddy, Dre, Snoop, Ice-T etc., have made millions on these “women”.

[napscoordinator]

Good for Meredith!!!! She knocked it to the Reverand.