I'm sure that Limbaugh, Savage, et al have been on the hit list for a long time. I had to chuckle the other day when a Fox reporterette interviewed Je$$e Jack$on about the Imus story. She asked him how Imus' comment was different from Jackson's own "Hymietown" comment. Of course, the reverend said there was no comparison because his comment was stated one-on-one [to a WaPo reporter], rather than over the radio waves.
The hypocrisy boggles my mind.
I heard on the radio yesterday (Medved, I think) that Imus once made a reference the "thieving Jews"; when asked to apologize, he apologized for his comment having been "redundant".
He remained on the air after that. I'm sure he's said offensive things about lots of people, and gotten away with it.
I guess he crossed a real line this time. I don't like what he said, but how is this worse than what he's said before? And one of the girls saying it's changed her life forever, or something like that? Now THAT is sad.