Imus on rampage against Michael Reagan - microphone envy?

[fishtank]

Editorial by fishtank.

I heard Imus rant again against Michael Reagan in a strange example of possible microphone envy. Both Imus and Frank Rich did their best at Michael Moore-style "comedy" to insult Michael Reagan this morning.

Imus intimated last week that MR basically had no right or reason to be present at the side of the casket with Nancy, RonJr and Patti. The "I-man" made insulting remarks about Michael being the "adopted" kid, and that the rest of the family should "get rid of the adopted kid".

Is Imus transferring hatred of Ronald Reagan onto his son Michael? Is Imus supporting Kerry only because he doesn't like George W Bush? Is Imus too scared to directly criticize Reagan and Bush-43, so instead he transfers his disdain to people like Michael Reagan, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld?

Is Imus suffering ranch-envy in comparison to Don Rumsfeld? Both of them have ranches in New Mexico, but was Rumsfeld's ranch paid for through a non-profit donation effort?

Back to Michael Reagan - would Don Imus insult one of the kids staying at his ranch if the I-man found out that the child were adopted - like Michael Reagan was?

Is Imus so grumpy because his show starts in New York at 6 AM? Is he grumpier than normal because he has to get up two hours earlier to do the show from the New Mexico ranch?

I listen to Imus for one reason: he gets a lot of worthwhile interviews on his show. Period.

[Steven W.]

he gets a lot of worthwhile interviews on his show

worthwhile?

last time I monitored Imus his interviews were of Clinton butt-kissers like Howard Fineman. worthwhile? not.

[texson66]

Imus is a has-been DJ who should have be dumped by his company 20 years ago!!!

Michael is more of a son to RWR than Ron Jr will ever be BTW!!

[Fry_Daddy]

Concur completely. Used to listen to Imus in early days of political talk radio (late 80's), but two crucially important things have taken place since then:

1) Imus has gone insane.

2) More and better choices are now available.

[hgro]

Imus may not be a "former" drug addict. Imus is in the business of character assasination and does a poor job of it.

[mountainfolk]

Michael Reagan was Ronald Reagan's first son. By adoption he is on equal legal footing with little Ron and Patti Davis as concerns Ronald Reagan. If Nancy Reagan was in that coffin, Michael would have deferred to her children but as the elder son of Ronald Reagan, he was entitled to have first place in the ceremonies. He is most certainly entitled to speak about his father who loved him and accepted him as his son. IMO Imus should have been retired long ago and probably would have been if not for his irritant factor which, like with Andy Rooney and Jimmy Breslin, the liberal media finds tactically useful in pushing their agenda.

[Malesherbes]

If you like listening to Chris Dodd, Frank Rich, and Andrea Mitchell (the up-and-coming Helen Thomas), then tune in to Imus. His grumpiness has been an act, but now it's turning real because "Fox and Friends" beats his butt big time.

[Malesherbes]

If you like listening to Chris Dodd, Frank Rich, and Andrea Mitchell (the up-and-coming Helen Thomas), then tune in to Imus. His grumpiness has been an act, but now it's turning real because "Fox and Friends" beats his butt big time.

[Havoc]

Imus goes after the adopted Reagan for taking a shot at Bush, and that's supposed to be somehow because Imus doesn't like Bush? I think someone's wires are shorting, wrapped too tight or something...

[Dawgreg]

I quit listening to Imus a couple of years ago. He's a total waste of time.............an immature moron who ought to be volunteering at the local rest home.

[Dawgreg]

They do dalebert, but Imus says these things THINKING it's funny...........I've got news for him..........it ISN'T.

[BlueAngel]

Bump!

[Lancey Howard]

That drunken, fossilized old scumbag Imus can barely keep his face from slamming into the table from the weight of his eyebrows. That guy is still on the radio?

[Lancey Howard]

That is one of the funniest things I ever saw.

[EggsAckley]

The accolades go to fishtank. He posted it first and then for some reason the Mods deleted it. It really IS funny.

[Max7]

I understood that Imus' ranch was to benefit children w/cancer who were taking chemotherapy, etc., and/or who had little hope of living much longer. That is a worthy cause, I think. Whether or not Imus uses the ranch for his own enjoyment, well, who cares, as long as those kids have a shot at some fun?

As far as him bad-mouthing Michael Reagan - again - consider the source. It's IMUS, after all. He's a hard core, Kerry-loving, liberal, kind-of-worn-looking, no class radio "personality" who brings the $$ in to MSNBC. And since that's all THEY care about, he's here to stay as long as the $$ keeps coming. But he really DOES have a big trashy mouth. I would like to ask him WHY he puts down Michael Reagan for other than his politics. That's just nasty of him, but so LIKE him..... God help his adopted kids were he ever to adopt. Would they be second class, or what?

[surrey]

I think Imus' ranch does a whole lot more to benefit the Imus family. Often times the kids he has there aren't the ones that are ill but siblings of SIDS victims. Now, don't get me wrong, losing a sibling must be devastating but why not just stick with sick kids. He seems to spend lots of alone time there with Deirdre and Wyatt.

[jpl]

Imus is an idiotic, fossilized old drug burnout. And he's a phony cowboy to boot.

Oh, and his brother's salsa sucks.

[mware]

A while back Imus was making fun of the Holy Father and his parkinsons disease. Not that long ago Imus was on the radio slurring his words and it was not Parkinson's causing it.

[Unicorn]

Imus is a flat out waste of time.

[Area51]

Paging Mr. Hinkley, you are needed in Isle one.

Mr. Imus just called Jody Foster a slut.