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Condoleezza Rice: I'm glad Imus was fired
Reuturs ^ | April 13, 2007

Posted on 04/13/2007 9:10:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that radio host Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team were "disgusting" and she was pleased he was fired.

Imus called the women players "nappy-headed hos" -- racist, sexist remarks that resulted in a barrage of protests and ultimately in the outspoken host losing his CBS Radio show, which was also televised.

"I'm very glad that there was, in fact, a consequence. I think that this kind of coarse language doesn't belong anywhere in reasonable dialogue between reasonable people," Rice said in an interview with syndicated radio show host Michael Medved.

Rice, the first black female U.S. Secretary of State and a former college professor, said the young women Imus targeted were fine athletes trying their best.

"It gets ruined by this disgusting -- and I'll use the word 'disgusting' -- comment which doesn't belong in any polite company and certainly doesn't belong on any radio station that I would listen to," she added.

Asked how she handled racist, sexist comments directed her way, Rice laughed and replied: "I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself. And I really don't care because, you know, I'm a mature woman

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: condaleezarice; donimus; media; radio
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

Very sad and disappointing to me that a U.S.Secretary of State would make such a statement.


121 posted on 04/14/2007 12:21:15 PM PDT by mulligan
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To: ohioWfan
conservate = conservative

Duhhhhh.......

122 posted on 04/14/2007 12:30:12 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops. NOW more than ever!!.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Proof positive that Rice is a big government totalitarian. What a surprise.

I must have missed something - was Imus run out of town on a rail by government?

123 posted on 04/14/2007 12:32:06 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do suck seed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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To: mulligan

Sad and disappointing? LOL!


124 posted on 04/14/2007 12:34:09 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops. NOW more than ever!!.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Now who exactly heard her say this? I for one did not. I’ve heard/read just too many out of context bs or just out and out lies....from the dumbass media types....


125 posted on 04/14/2007 12:35:57 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Pravious

I don’t agree.


126 posted on 04/14/2007 1:44:33 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Proof positive that Rice is a big government totalitarian. What a surprise.

Rice is not a totalitarian. Imus used to insult her on the air in personal ways, and she probably was offended...

127 posted on 04/14/2007 1:54:07 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: veronica
Says the women who legitimized Hamas.

Whatever.

Man, they bash Peggy Noonan, the bash Condoleeza Rice...you know, FReepers can be their own worst enemies.

Is there such a thing as FRinos?

you heard it here first...

128 posted on 04/14/2007 2:12:13 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: veronica
Says the women who legitimized Hamas.

Whatever.

Man, they bash Peggy Noonan, the bash Condoleeza Rice...you know, FReepers can be their own worst enemies.

Is there such a thing as FRinos?

you heard it here first...

129 posted on 04/14/2007 2:12:16 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: bigdcaldavis
Never trust a woman who looks like a Klingon, which Condi does look like.

It's this type of insightful political reparte that makes the reader wonder if its author is really on the right website.

130 posted on 04/14/2007 2:16:53 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: ohioWfan
Thanks for your reply. It appears as though the others left you to carry the water. Fair weather friends?

IMO, Condi Rice said more than you admit, in that she asserted that she was satisfied with the outcome. Since the outcome was that Imus was silenced from the media, I assume that Rice (and your) were satisfied with this. As a high federal official, I am offended that she said this and I am concerned with the mindset behind this opinion.

I have no “personal” grudge with Condi Rice, as you suggest. I am against federal totalitarianism, in any form or gradient.

It is within your right to call my opinion ludicrous. I don’t think that Gramsci would agree with you.

131 posted on 04/15/2007 8:16:35 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
As I said, this comment of Condi's from which you have drawn negative conclusions has nothing to do with a totalitarian government.

And there are enough REAL problems with government overreach to deal with. Making them up as you have done here n diminishes the real battle of a conservative to get overgrown government under control.

That should be our shared goal, should it not?

132 posted on 04/15/2007 8:21:35 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops. NOW more than ever!!.)
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To: ohioWfan

I have no idea how that stray ‘n’ got in there. :)


133 posted on 04/15/2007 8:26:16 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops. NOW more than ever!!.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Imus is an Old Fart who forgot he was on TV and made stupid, racist comments. He deserved to be fired.

Now let’s fire Charles Barkley and Michael for all their really gross statements about white people.


134 posted on 04/15/2007 8:28:13 PM PDT by Old Lady
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To: ohioWfan

I have not made anything up, but have merely interpreted Condi’s statement with a jaundiced eye (a right I have which I reserve for any statement by a government official and/or politician). We face many problems, INCLUDING government restrictions of our rights, especially free political speech, regardless of the party in power. Perhaps we only disagree in this instance. Thanks for being a patriot.


135 posted on 04/15/2007 8:39:56 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

And thank you for being the same.


136 posted on 04/15/2007 8:47:44 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops. NOW more than ever!!.)
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To: ansel12
So it is Hillary in 2008 for you if Condi runs...

Bwa ha ha... You're a funny guy. In a word, no. Or how about another word, never. Truly, never. I'd vote for the used car salesman down the street before Hillary. I'd vote for Saddam Hussein before Hillary. He's dead, so he'd do far less damage than her. Even if he was alive, at least he was up front about his corruption...

137 posted on 04/16/2007 6:36:25 PM PDT by CodeMasterPhilzar
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To: the invisib1e hand

The ensuing brouhaha over those comments was way over the top, and the penalty far too severe for the crime. However, you are exactly right. As a society we have become far too casual in our conversation and have lost our manners. Had Imus said this years ago, it would have been an issue. Had he used obsceneties years ago, he would have been fired, AND perhaps even blacklisted.


138 posted on 04/16/2007 6:43:53 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Giuliani is a democrat in Republican drag!)
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To: kms61
Actually, Condi was on the Michael Medved show the other day and he asked her about it. At that time she didn't say Imus should be fired. But that probably has something to do with the reason she commented about the issue.

If you recall, she has been the subject of some very nasty, racist cartoons herself.

139 posted on 04/16/2007 6:48:09 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Giuliani is a democrat in Republican drag!)
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