I never met Don Imus, but in many ways I feel I know the man. I first started listening to him when I was a grade schooler in New Jersey. He was a morning top 40 jock who was simply the best at what he did and that’s why he was ”The Guy” in the number one market. What made him so addictive was his raw honesty about his life and his opinions (presented in through humor). I’m not ashamed to admit that Imus has been an influence and inspiration to me and my love of radio. Imus’s life has been a journey to say the lest. He started out spinning vinyl and calling women out of the phone book and asking them what they were wearing. He grew into becoming one of the most powerful people in the media winning three Marconi Awards, two for Major Market Personality of the Year (1992 and 1997) and one for Network Syndicated Personality (1994). He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. In 2002, Talkers magazine ranked Imus as one of the greatest radio talk show hosts of all time. Top politicians, authors, and news makers all clamored to get on Imus’s show. His show may have not been the highest rated show in his market but it was the top billing show in the market. That meant highly educated people with lots of money listened to his show and Imus was attracting high end advertisers and making boo-coo buck for the station and himself. Imus’s personal passion became running a ranch for kids with cancer (kids of all color). Now I’m not saying Imus is some kind of a saint. He has an unabashed satirical sense of humor and no love for phonies. But this I do know….Imus is no bigot!
The girls of the Rutgers basketball team were injury far more by the actions of Sharpton and Jackson then the ethnic joke by Imus. Let’s face it, if the two self serving big mouths did not blow this whole situation out of proportion who would have heard Imus’s comment? Only his listeners ( who do not included the women on the Rutgers basketball team no doubt), would have heard what Imus said and would not given it a second thought since they are familiar with Imus’s brand of satirical wit. Life would have gone on for all involved with out harm. Instead the two blood sucker named Sharpton and Jackson saw an opportunity to exploit the women of the Rutgers team and forever equating them with being “Nappy headed Hos”. Anyone with objective judgment that heard Imus say those words would know right off the bat, his intend was to get a laugh not to racially slur those women. I do believe Sharpton and Jackson know this fact as well but purposely cried racism and harm to once again force themselves into the lime light and bring down the enemy, a white man. These two walking societal diseases are the true blue bigots in this case, causing great harm to the Rutgers women and to a far more honorable man, Don Imus. Must I remind us all that it was Jackson that call New York City, “Hymie Town” and it was Jackson that said that when he was a waiter in his younger days, he used to spit in the white folks food. And remember the Tawana Brawley lie that Sharpton propagated to once again attack his enemy, the white man. These creeps are self hating blacks who do their race a great disservice by displaying their belief that the only way for black people to again power is to play the victim and demonize the white race in every turn. Unfortunately the media and big business give these two carpet baggers a stage and credibility that they do not deserve. Now with MSNBC and CBS bowing to there demands, they will continue try two divide our country for their own gain. These two haters do not speak for any group of number and those in corporate America who initially retreated from supporting Imus, would have come back if MSNBC and CBS showed any guts. But political correction has taken it’s toll on our societies psyche and we can be manipulated by the lowest conmen denominator. Yes the thought police can’t be far behind. Zip up your government issued gray jump suit, eat your soylent green, and watch what you say!
