Posted on 04/13/2007 5:20:40 AM PDT by veronica
His show gave many of them a way to reach a national audience of white males -- a crucial voting bloc.
WASHINGTON — They came by the hundreds that hot August day in tiny Johnson City, Tenn., gathering on an asphalt parking lot to meet Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. It was not just that he might become the state's first black senator. More than that, even in Republican eastern Tennessee, the Democratic congressman was a celebrity — a regular guest on Don Imus' radio show.
And today, with Imus' career in tatters, the fate of the controversial shock jock is stirring quiet but heartfelt concern in an unlikely quarter: among Democratic politicians.
That's because, over the years, Democrats such as Ford came to count on Imus for the kind of sympathetic treatment that Republicans got from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity.
Equally important, Imus gave Democrats a pipeline to a crucial voting bloc that was perennially hard for them to reach: politically independent white men.
With Imus' show canceled indefinitely because of his remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, some Democratic strategists are worried about how to fill the void. For a national radio audience of white men, Democrats see few if any alternatives.
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As I said. he is preparing for it. He might even be “relishing the fight.”
The can always go on Al Stepnfetch’s program and reach those 20-30 people and they still have ABDNCBS.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Wouldn’t that be nice!
One of the TV programs this morning showed a map showing public reaction to the Imus firing--only 6 states had a majority favoring it (overall it was 45% in favor of him being fired, 55% against)--California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Wyoming, and Minnesota. It may have been an internet poll and therefore completely unscientific.
Hey! 20-30? Stop inflating his ratings.
This was my first thought....where are all those liberals gonna go now to spew their hatred of all things conservative?
Gregory is GLEEFUL!!! Some friends you had, Don-o!! NEVER....EVER trust a LIBERAL!
Huh? What that all about?
check this out
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* Former President Bill Clinton took on Imus from the pulpit of the Old John Street United Methodist Church.
“The misfortune that befell Mr. Imus when he attacked the Rutgers basketball team . . . Now, the first thing I thought was, that guy did not watch the tournament, because those women were beautiful, fast, strong,” said Clinton.
“I deplore what Mr. Imus said. It was racist and it was sexist. What was really sad is, I thought, this must be one unhappy fella having to talk about somebody like [that].”
Unless you are Imus, I wasn;t addressing you...:)
Thanks
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Fox tries to get 50% liberals and 50% conservatives. C-SPAN seems to aim at 75% liberals and 25% conservatives. The rest want 100% liberals & loony left, except for the Glenn Beck program.
Fox needs to LIMIT some of these liberals so I can watch their shows again. Fox is UNWATCHABLE with so many liberals on it!
Much humor potential in your post, especially with Der Schlick talking about “beautiful, fast, strong” women.
What is he doing in a pulpit, anyway?
It’s not just that there are so many liberals on Fox, but that most of them are so obnoxious. The calm, thoughtful ones who are worth listening to, like Mort Kondracke, are a vanishing breed.
I love it when they eat their own.
I think Boortz is right, though. He thinks the Lefty activists will be emboldened by this, and will try harder, soon, to go after others in talk radio.
Yeah. Right! This guy may have started off in sports, but he's somewhere between pitching and catching. We may be seeing the start of a campaign to convince us that he's not a metrosexual, or worse.
Imus didn’t have the ratings, so he was an easy sacrificial lamb.
They still have Hannity. He calls them his good friends.
So all the feigned outrage & high-tailing it to church is all about keeping black women on the Clinton plantation & keeping them from bolting to the Obama one. It's almost enough to motivate me to send Obama a check. Almost.
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