Posted on 10/15/2007 9:48:54 AM PDT by uxbridge
If Matt Drudge is correct, the briefly excommunicated Don Imus will not only be back on the radio in December, but has also been hired by the leading talk radio station in the nation.
Deliciously, Imus is "particularly incensed by Senator Hillary Clinton's ‘shameless exploitation' of the Rutgers situation."
Of course, it is safe to assume Imus is fully aware the group that disseminated transcripts of his broadcast concerning the Rutgers women's basketball team, Media Matters for America, is an organization that Clinton admitted in August she "helped start and support."
The exclusive posted at the Drudge Report early Monday morning explained the details (emphasis added):
In a dramatic and dazzling career rebound, controversial radio host Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on December 3 -- this time on the nation's most listened to talk station, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!
"Imus In The Morning" will make high-impact resurrection on WABC in New York City, top sources reveal.
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Imus is said to be particularly incensed by Senator Hillary Clinton's "shameless exploitation" of the Rutgers situation.
The senator, who Imus has called "satan" and the "devil", traveled to Rutgers in April to praise the women's basketball team for its response to the controversy. In a campaign email, Hillary called Imus's comments "small-minded bigotry and coarse sexism."
"Hillary, prepare to meet your maker!" a source close to the host joked early Monday.
Right-thinking Americans across the fruited plain should hope that Imus is going to make it a crusade to expose the various entities in this nation such as Media Matters and the Center for American Progress which are indeed nothing more than propaganda arms of the Clintons.
Good luck, Don. Give ‘em hell!
I yawn in anticipation of that mumbling lefty loon returning to the airwaves. Give me Howard and Bubba on Sirius anytime.
Nobody seriously doubted Imus would get another gig on the air. The only questions were ‘who’ and ‘when’. The ‘where’ obviously would be New York City.
That said....at his height, he drew 1.5 million listeners, tops. Without being on cable, ala MSNBC’s morning program, he simply won’t have any real ‘impact’.
Most have heard ‘of’ Don Imus...but until the MSNBC gig, relatively few heard ‘from’ Don Imus.
I’ll believe it when I see it. HIllary’s attack dogs are probably sharpening their claws as we speak.
Expect every nappy-headed liberal to come out with righteous indignation at this. THe radio station will probably cave...
I wish he could get on Fox A.M. Anythings better than Doocy and his fellow ding-a-lings/
Isn’t there some connection between Citadel (owns WABC radio) and Fox News? I thought I read that Imus was in talks with Roger Ailes at Fox
It remains to be seen if Imus will pick a fight with her Thighness. Also, I wonder if he will give a special note of thanks to all of his past guests who courageously stood by him. (Crickets) And perhaps he will also give a note of thanks for all the people who really DID stand by him.
I hope he sticks it to the old douche bag.
The Clinton machine succeeded in this round. But, who knows what can happen?
Perhaps Rush and every other conservative radio talk show host can replay nice Imus tidbits for national consumption.
Howard Stern? Didn't he spend most of radio show trying to help Kerry win in 2004?
I honestly don’t know.
If Imus is back and going to have his revenge on Hillary... WELCOME BACK and go get her.
FWIW
Why?
Imus routinely trashed Rush and every other ‘competitor’ over the decades.
Hillary didn’t put the words in Imus’ mouth and, unlike Rush, Imus was not taken out of context.
If he wants to lash out against Hillary, fine. More power to him. But he said what he said and it is no more excusable now than it was when he said it.
Great. Four hours a day of commercials for the @nus ranch, worthless cleaning products that are nothing but soap and water, his wife (the gold digging envirowhacko) pontificating on things she knows nothing about, and a foul mouthed spoiled rotten 6 year old. My radio will be tuned elsewhere.
Yep, it’s been helpful without his shilling for the enemy in Iraq.
Retirement is his most productive gig.
Advertising rates for the Imus show were the highest in New York radio even though the market was relatively small. His fan base has money to spend.
I’ll be glad to see him return. He said for years that Hillary would never be on his show. She got rid of him for a while but he’s coming back. It should be great fun. I hope Bernie has an on air slot with him.
He will fail......the media lefties will NOT go on his show...they are afraid of the Clinton Mafia....it will be a very angry show with NO guests. I give it 6 months.
I’ve never bought into the notion a talk show host could influence any election cycle....let alone one like Imus with such a small audience (comparatively).
Remember Howard Stern was going to destroy the reelection for Bush and Cheney? And he has a helluva lot more listeners. Just one example, there are others.
Hillary Clinton is to New York now what Kennedy’s are to Taxachuettes. You could have every talk show host trash her forever, and she’ll always be reelected there.
Why would Rush help Imus? Because Imus was targeted (successfully by Media Matters)
Media Matters has targeted Rush, Hannity and Levin...and is working to get them off the air in time for the general election campaign
Hillary knows how many votes conservative talk radio delivers.
Imus and Rush (and other conservative radio hosts) all have a common enemy
It won’t matter politically.
> Give me Howard and Bubba on Sirius anytime. <
To each his own. I prefer Curtis & Kubey, who apparently will be vacating the WABC morning slot in spite of the fact that they beat Imus in the ratings!
A glance at Imus’s numbers v Rush or Hannity doesn’t support the notion. Nor does a comparision of advertisers.
From a ratings standpoint, Imus was way way outclassed by both, for years.
A glance at Imus’s numbers v Rush or Hannity doesn’t support the notion. Nor does a comparision of advertisers.
From a ratings standpoint, Imus was way way outclassed by both, for years.
Did he? Personally, I never listened to Imus and only took note of him after the Hillary instigated scandal. I did find out after the fact, that he had a rather wide audience that appealed to independent and centrist voters that made the attack by Media Matters make sense. If a centrist quasi lefty with a similar national audience is attacking Hillary Clinton, that could sway a few voters.
Perhaps in his new incarnation, Imus will display a new humility, but continue to flame Hillary. One can only hope.
‘Did he?’
Yes, he did. He and his ‘crew’ routinely referred to Limbaugh as the ‘pill popping fat ass’ on ‘good’ days. They routinely trashed Hannity, and Fox News.
People are forgetting Don Imus was the radio King - of negativity.
I'm not comparing Rush and Imus by any means...I wouldn't even try to make the case that Imus is conservative. I remember Imus blaming Harold Ford's defeat in 2004 on racism...so its not that I like Imus or think that, on some level, he got what was coming to him. Imus was targeted by Media Matters only because he hates Hillary and made that known over and over again on his show.
The bottom line is that it is a good thing that we'll have a nationally syndicated radio host on the air next year who has a personal vendetta against Hillary
Good job Ron, talked yourself right out of a job.
It seemed last time that, whenever the facts had Imus cornered, he retreated into cynicism. He could do the same in 2008 and say both candidates are unworthy of support. Even if he went after Hillary full-bore, he couldn't turn NYC against her. They are awash in the Hillary Kool Aid.
‘I’m not comparing Rush and Imus by any means...I wouldn’t even try to make the case that Imus is conservative. I remember Imus blaming Harold Ford’s defeat in 2004 on racism...’
Hannity’s audience dwarfed Imus’s as well.
Ironically, the last three shows Imus did before getting canned, he trashed Harold ‘Call Me!’ Ford repeatedly for not coming to his defense.
I think that was another Media Matters lie.
Fox News came out twice and denied they ever talked to IMUS.
Just in time for the primary election. I think he will be throwing mud on the HIldabeast for months, so that even if she wins the primary, by the time November arrives she will be dirtied. Perfect I think, because no one can accuse Imus of being a Republican toady.
I’ve missed Bernard, Fred Kenny, and Rob more than Imus.
I'll bet that source is Bo Deitel. He said at one time if she ever decided to run for president he was going to pull out some "lesbianonic munchitations information" on her he had.
I cant believe that WABC would get rid of a highly rated and informative show to give some oatmeal drooling old fart their time slot.
Amazing how those who hate capitalism make lots of money. I think this is a bad move on WABC's part though. What can Imus bring to WABC other than shame and perversion?
I wonder if he finally realized who his real friends are —or if he’s still going to have on the same tired old guests from his old program —Dave Gregory, Tim Russert, frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, etc. Believe me, if he does, he’s nuttier than a squirrel turd.....
Next to no one watched his radio program, it added hardly any new listeners. That comes straight from the I Man's mouth, too.
‘Next to no one watched his radio program, it added hardly any new listeners. That comes straight from the I Man’s mouth, too.’
I routinely flip the channel in the morning while getting my two cups of coffee. If it wasn’t for the fact I can only take so much ‘lightweight’ commentary from Fox and Friends at that time of day, I’d have never heard Imus ‘live’ either.
What really sucks, IMHO, is the replacement for Imus is pure leftwing idoltry courtesy of Joe Scarborough. Couldn’t believe the crap I heard from the former liquor distributor (Willie Geise, from his MSNBC bio) running that program while Scarborough is off.
I listened to parts of his show on two different occasions.
I realized that each was sufficient to last an entire lifetime.
I really, really like Curtis and Kuby and Gambling and Rush and Sean and Mark and Bob Grant and Laura and I would really hate to have a happy listening day broken up.
If Phil Boyce needs to stick Imus in a morning slot somewhere, stick him in on Saturday or Sunday when WABC radio is a wasteland. Alternatively, stick him in the schedule after midnight.....that has a nice ring to it....”Imus After Midnight” but leave my programs and their time slots ALONE!!
I'll take 770 off my car radio the day C & K are replaced by that drooling over the hill hypocrite.
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Duelling douche bags!
“Howard Stern? Didn’t he spend most of radio show trying to help Kerry win in 2004?”
Yes he did, ux, and I hate his socialist BS. But the man is FUNNY, unlike Imouse, and it allows me to overlook a bankrupt ideology.
Me too! I've been reading all the negative comments about Imus, and I have to say that I loved his show, and really miss it. Did I agree with all his views? No, but I did appreciate the way he always made fun of himself more than he did anyone else. Since he's been off the air I haven't been able to watch Fox and Friends (too noisy and cluttered), or the MSNBC replacement show.
And, I read that they are thinking of saddling Gambling with Sliwa...I pray not.
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