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Originally Posted by Seahawk
I actually watch and like the show (...yes I get RFDTv on my dish) in the morning when I ride the Life Cycle, flipping around from Imus to Sports Center and the Weather Channel. It makes a dull but necessary task reasonable for the 40 minutes I pedal. 
I find his show compelling mostly because the early morning guests often make watching the show worthwhile. The list of recurring guests have been great: The late Tim Russert, Tom Friedman, Pat Buchanan, Betchloss, Doris Goodwin, Dick Gregory, Joe Lieberman etc.
After listening to him interview Buchanan on his latest book, Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World I was so enthralled with his historical perspective I bought the book and it is great.
If the guest doesn't appeal to me, I change the channel.
Was his comment racist? I don't think so mainly because I have listened to him over the past months and believe he was being sarcastic...he has gone out of his way to discuss stereotyping from both minority and white perspectives.
That is my opinion....others may have a different take but I frankly don't care. What scares me more than anything is the rush to accuse someone who, while it may have not come off as intended, was exercising a fundamental right. |
I listened to Imus for many years driving back and forth from work when I commuted to Stamford. I think he is very intelligent but often misguided in his comments. I don't believe he is a racist but do think he is very immature.
I enjoyed him for some of the same reasons seahawk mentioned. I didn't like the show when it was simulcast and lost interest at that point, since retiring, I have found more productive things to do at that time of the day but he was good for passing drive time into the office, certainly better than Howard Stern.
He was really bad in the early days of Billy Sol Hargus and Little Red Riding hood but most who as complaining that he is a jackass or loudmouth were in diapers then. At my age, I do what I want, listen to what I want and don't spend any time or attention on those that don't agree with me, life is way too short.
What intrigued me about Imus is that he got some very good interviews with intelligent people, if he was such an ********* as many here seem to feel, he never would have gotten the interviews, especially on radio.
Oh and Sharpton and Jackson are ********* jerks as well.