Hilary needs to sweep the airways since radio is the only place where criticism of her is heard.
She’ll have Fineman, Alter, Jeff Greenfield, and all the butt-boys Imus gave air-time to and whose books he promoted, giving their oh, so reasoned and measured support.
This was a political hit. There was no groundswell on this Rutgers thing. It was too spontaneous way after the fact.
And yes, the “Fairness Doctrine” — you know, the free speech gag that says it ain’t fair when listeners don’t support Air America or the Mario Cuomo Show so we gonna dog Conservative talk shows off the air — will be a reality before Hillary’s dainty boots hit the campaign trail.
Gramsci is alive and running the DNC.
Absolutely right. Imus thought he had insulated himself against this eventuality but his demise proved useful as part of the larger effort.