Posted on 12/03/2007 4:43:34 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Returning to the airwaves this morning after a seven-month exile, Don Imus seemed intent on demonstrating two things. First, that he was unequivocally contrite concerning the comments he had made about the Rutgers University women's basketball players that resulted in his firing. Second, his contrition notwithstanding, he wasn't going to change his irreverent ways when it came to the country's political leaders.
To prove his iconoclastic bona fides, Imus concluded his monologue by observing "Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, and Hillary Clinton is still Satan."
Listen to audio here [with apologies for the mediocre sound quality.]
But before ending on that defiant note, he took several minutes to describe his meeting with the women of the Rutgers team, and the way the entire experience had changed him.
Excerpts from Imus's remarks:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Return of Imus ping to Today show list.
Imus still a moron.
Any suggestions as to who else is out there to listen to from 6am-9am in the NYC area or on the internet. I tried to listen to this schmuck for 5 minutes and I cant get through it.
From today on, Imus will be replaced with Ipod.
Who is Don Imus, and why does anyone care what he thinks?
Maybe they will let him do the women’s NCAA basketball championships this year from Rutgers.
Don Imus? He is a nappy-headed ho ... mo.
Hahahaha! Sorry, couldn’t resist!
I guess that's "fair and balanced". I am glad he's back, he's always entertaining even though I rarely agree with him. His return has to piss-off hilary and sharpton which is good enough for me
It has been my Kubie backup for years.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Yep, Imus still arsehole.
CBS, News Radio 88...more hard news and less political spin than most, although the spin IS there.
I don't give a flip what he thinks about any subject.
more like a stringy haired leather skinned skeleton.
I listen to WABC in the morning very often doing house work. I will not listen to attacks on the President or Vice President Cheney. I have this http://www.prizes1.com/images/WDC-BOB-58819-lDickChaney.gif
right on a shelf in the living room mr. imus.
Don’t know if he is on a station you can hear but Bill Bennett starts at 6 am.
Howard Stern on Sirius.
Imus always has been absolutely unlistenable. Between the mumbling speech pattern and the incoherent thought process, it’s just horrid.
He had uber liberal (and plagerist) Doris Kearns Goodwin on. The arrogance of that woman forced me to abandon my curiosity and go back to sleep.
If you have XM, tune to #158, Quinn and Rose in the morning. You may be able to get them over the air, depending where you are. Certainly much preferable to Imus.
http://www.warroom.com
He does look more cadaverous than usual. You’d think he’d have gotten some sun down in NM...
It was worse than I ever could have imagined. He acted like someone suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.
I had to get away from Ron Kubie about a year ago. Try KRLA - Bill Bennett 6 AM - 9 AM followed by Laura Ingraham 9 AM - N00n
Assuming you can take Mr. Imus at his word, it appears that his surrender to political correctness is worse than absolute, it is messianic. He not only proposes to censor himself but he declares that he will censor others. The victory of political correctness over free speech is complete.
Contrary to what most other posters of this thread have been saying about the quality of Imus' program, I have felt that it was only its edginess which made it even remotely interesting and now he appears to have had that beaten out of him.
Al Sharpton has succeeded in laying down a very sour marker against free speech, against ribald humor, and in support of the chilling effect of political correctness. We are all losers for it.
Maybe if I was still in High School.
Imus butt kissed Sharpton this morning.
I’ve been listening for about 15 minutes. It’s abysmal. Imus has effectively been neutered. He will not go after any of his former “close friends,” i.e. Russert, Matthews, Gregory, et al, who turned completely against him. Instead, he will probably embrace them and continue to give them a forum for their liberal pablum.
Meanwhile, he is still exchanging hilarious (cough, cough) bon mots with Chuck McCord and doing the same old lame Bill Clinton/Dr. Phil imitation interviews. Also, his young nurse...uh bride, Dierdre, is now on talking about what a good person she is.
Unlistenable.
it will be interesting to see if all the high powered politicos are still willing to appear on his show...
This is the only published pic that we ever get to see of the ol’I-man. It dates at least back to the “nappy hoes” flap.
Kinda makes ya wonder, if they can’t come up with a recent pic of the guy, and he looks pretty darn tired in this, what does the ol’ cowboy look like today?? Hmmm?
In deference to our 'citizens' from south of the border, we spell that jo mo.
How can anybody listen to that mumbling marblemouth?
Been listening since 6.
He said the CNN Plantbate was good questions but didn’t challenge McLame’s valid points.
Sing with me: “Still the Same Jackass After All These Months”.
Beat me to it. Don’t know why anyone would listen to this senile old fart.
“”Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, and Hillary Clinton is still Satan.””
I understand the Hildebeast part, but what has Dick Cheney done to rate such an accusation?
Hey! Why you dissing Clutch?!
Did he throw Bernard under the bus?
Oh I’m quite Sirius. Been a Stern fan for more than 20 years. I don’t subscribe to his stupid political ideology, but then again, I don’t listen for political opinion; I listen to be entertained.
Well, at least he’s half right.
He did not. Bernard is there. When Imus introduced everyone he saved Bernard for last.
Bernie is back on the show.
Imus looks like he got “botoxed” while in excile???
You can tune in to 106.7 Lite FM for non-stop Christmas music...or watch Fox & Friends. Whoever thought we’d miss Kuby the Commie!
He’s also juvenile, and boring.
(Brief review: firing Curtis and Kuby for THIS was a huge mistake!)
You got that right. I tossed the iPod in the glove box just this morning.
I listened to Imus on the way in, just out of curiosity. The program was terrible. Pointless, rambling, with lots of dead air and "technical difficulties". They had Imus in front of a live audience, which made his difficult-to-understand enunciation even worse, because of the poor sound quality. It was absolutely the worst radio I have ever heard.
I will be the first to say that the old Curtis and Kuby format was getting a little bit long-in-the-tooth. But Imus is terrible. I want Ron Kuby back, that's how bad he was.
And it has nothing to do with racial anything or insults or innuendoes. It is simply incompetence. The man can't form a thought into a sentence, let alone run a radio show.
Program Director Phil Boyce got himself damaged goods.
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