Love Imus, he's not the first to say something offensive. Get over it...he is a radio legend now and way into the future.

790 KABC brough "Imus in The Morning" to my radio. Now, I don't turn the radio on until 5:00 when "McIntyre in The Morning" airs.
Imus is boring, depressing, incipid, pedestrian and no way to 'start the day'.
Fortunately, I have KRLA at this time of morning. Why is KABC so desperate?

Imus is paid to 'shock'. Some people listen to Imus because he says shocking things, and some people just like to hear someone saying things as they really feel instead of what is politically correct - they used to call it honesty - As far as whether or not he is racist is anybody's guess. If he wasn't before Sharpton's attack, it is hard to believe he isn't somewhat now. I think I would be...especially after the intense apology, and Sharpton’s more than self-righteous refusal to accept the apology. What absolute hypocrisy! That is the disgusting and repugnant part of this whole story.

I've been a fan and daily listener of Imus for more than ten years.  We've lost the best morning show of all time.

He's a has been.

I guess its not a show anymore!

Like most of these incidents, there's no shortage of hypocrisy, nonsense and truth on both sides of the issue. Is Imus a racist? Who knows what's in his heart and it's his business. Should he have said what he did? Of course not-- it was stupid. Should he be punished? Probably. Should he be fired? Probably not-- it's not like this is the first time. His bosses know what he is and they didn't mind him doing his thing as long as the bucks kept flowing in. Should THEY be fired? Should the black talking heads be mad? Sure, but isn't it time they look at their own community and speak with such righteous indignation about much greater harm that their own brothers are doing to young black people through rap and other bad behaviors? Are they burning so much energy to TRULY help their community, or just to aggrandize themselves through demagoguery? I think the latter. Imus's sin is actually tiny compared to so many other outrages being spewed about the county, but his is unforgivable because his is politically incorrect. Who wins here? Nobody but the media who gets another big bowl full of sensationalism to feed on until the novelty wears off.

I believe that this incident has been blowed entirely out of proportion. There have been comments made by other music stars, actors, politicians, etc. that I feel demean others much more than the "Nappy, headed hoes" comment. The fact that the man is now going to actually be punished for the comment is RICICULOUS. If he cannot say such comments, then hip hop stars should not be able to speak there minds openly through their lyrics on MTV. Look at all the comments that are out there degrading President Bush. Come on people, this was NOT meant to be a racial slur. Its funny how these things work. We do not see the Native Americans, Jews, Christians, etc. screaming for money because they were discriminated against in the past. I realize that this has nothing to do with Imus directly, but I am simply stating that the NAACP are entirely too quick to step in and yell RACISM. Lets face it, many different races have been slaves in history, including my own heritage, but that was the past and will remain the past. Many of the problems that African Americans face have many other roots than slavery. Anyway, this incident is ridiculous. As far as Im concerned, I could care less. Most of the players do have nappy hair. If someone causes me a curly haired hoe, the only part that would be fause is the Hoe section. Now, do we know each and everyone of these females, hell, he may have a point. Im sure that at least 1 of the women are a nappy headed hoe. Get over it. If you dont like what he says, then change the channel.

So?  Do we need more examples of how the denizens of perqs and privilege live their lives?  And what they think of the rest of us?  If he were objectionable to the Bigs at the top of the MSNBC food chain, he would have been so gone years ago.  I'm sorry to keep harping on this, but this country is going through a sociological and economic cycle with plenty of examples throughout history.

As a civilization matures, it develops a middle class (if the civilization can survive long enough) from the loins of the "enlightened" rich.  When the rich and the new rich become sufficiently put off by the middle class and its liberal rantings, rights are slowly withdrawn, devolving the civilization; those with the money and power make it a living hell for the rest of us.  Imus' comments were nothing more than a reflection of how abhorrent the rich and powerful think of the rest of us, irrespective of race...but race is indeed a lightning rod now, isn't it! 

The interview with Matt Lauer, simulcast on both MSNBC and NBC's Today Show, once again gave Imus a chance to show just how lightly he is taking this whole incident.  Lauer brought up the Gwen Ifill comment in which Imus referred to the PBS correspondent as a "cleaning lady".  Brushing that incident off as happening back "...during the Reagan administration."  Yeah?....so what??  It shows his propensity, his pattern if behavior as well as the mindset to berate minorities for humor.  Time and time again he uses racial slurs as comedy and when he's called on it, a half hearted apology comes out along with a promise to never do it again only to have it happen again. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, ....it's a duck and Imus is a racist.  A leopard doesn't change it's spots. The sponsors should, as some are, boycott your show and pull their ads and the people should boycott Greening the Cleaning and Imus Ranch products.  You just can't make this stuff up!  Know what I mean "I-man"??

Regardless of the man's offhanded , racially slanted, and unintelligent comment on young women playing basketball,there sure wasn't personal and venemous hatred in it as there
is in several of these comments here which I have just read.
Excuse me if I'm not Black and still believe in civil rights for all people of all
ethnic backgrounds and sexes, including those of the good ol' boy rancher type.He's man
enough to apologize in a consistent and disciplined manner.He should not be 'tried in
public' for the R and B garbage talk that rolls off of music CD s' into the youth culture
especially Black Youth culture and eventually filters through into the culture at large.
The man's job is to observe the news publicly with wry humor. He went too far with it
and picked up on that lingo that's in the culture, largely because of a few Black musicians.
Blaming one Journalist who happens to be a white male who used Black English vernacular is
not going to do the job of setting a good example for Black youth and encourage young
Black people(they don't use African American much on my block)to clean up their language habits even
if it is 'politically correct'.
pemonade@yahoo.com

I'm no fan of Don Imus or his show, and even if I was, it's on to early for me, so if he gets fired it won't mean diddly to me, and I don't condone anything he said. Having said that, I don't think he should be fired because of public outcry for his racially stupid statement "nappy headed hos" in refering to the Rutger University womens basketball team. If people want to stop listening to his show and his ratings drop and the sponsors pull their ads and his show goes off the air, so be it, but to arbitrarily fire the man for a statement seems to infringe upon an individuals right to free speech. It was a lousy thing to say but I don't want to ruin his life because of it. I especially don't understand why everyone that says some racially idiotic remark has to be hauled off in front of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, given their own penchant for equally degrading racial remarks toward whites. I don't know that Imus has made a habit of making racially charged statements, his apology should be taken at face value. Who hasn't said something stupid? Update: I just heard that Imus has been suspended, but somehow that is not enough. One thing that really seems unfair to me is when I see African American comedians ridicule white people ad nauseam in their comic routines, especially country music stars and fans. As a Mexican American, I don't like it when George Lopez and Paul Rodriguez do it either. It seems what is good for the geese should be good for the gander. In other words don't dish it out if you can't take it. If you want to end racism it has to be across the board, no exceptions, period!

Al Sharpton has his own freaking radio show?  Even if that were true, who on earth could have heard the comment as it aired, perhaps someone poring over a transcript somewhere?  Ah, how the white liberal guilt overflows when the word racist can be levelled at some white guy, ANY white guy.  Like Al Sharpton is not a racist.  Dopey thing to get upset over.  Sharpton wants him fired over one comment.  Forget his lifetime of work, the work he currently does on his ranch for kids with leukemia, the fact that he is not a racist, even according to Reverend Al.  He should be fired.  What should happen to someone who incites a riot and a few innocent jews are killed?  Nothing.

  Imus is TOAST.  I think that the recent "controversy" is just a cheap and convenient way to cut the old buzzard loose and remove his feeding tube. I mean, he says WAY WORSE stuff on an hourly basis. Plus, they've just released new evidence that demonstrates the Whittaker Chambers was most likely LYING about Hiss - so, Don Imus, being the predictable old Nazi red-baiter that he was, will probably want to hang himself or shoot himself in the head with Che's pistolas.

RIP, Imus in the  ...whatever.

I'm afraid that Imus is in decline. It all started when he went to the ranch to do the show three months out of the year. It continues now that he is bowing to the interests of television with him and Charles in the tv studio in New Jersey and the rest of the gang in Queens.

I hate to say it but the loss of Sid also hurts, but I do like the present sports guy in his own right.

He is getting too much into the inside joke. That goes over the heads of most of us plebs.

Go back on drugs and booze Don! You were funny then. Now you actually take yourself seriously - way too seriously. Apparently you either can't see or don't care that you've become nothing more than a shill for NBC, Newsweek and their various "personalities".

This show is so unbelievably dull it would put a brick to sleep. The guy mumbles behind the microphone for a few hours and acts like some disenchanted old fart in a cowboy hat trying to come across as folksy. Ugh!

Should be renamed "Pompus in the morning". This Jackass does nothing but think everyone's opinion is wrong, and he's always right... WRONG!

with some exceptions,one of the best rADIO/TV shows on........

Imus has lost touch with his radio audience. He grumbles, mumbles, and can only form a solid opinion on rare occassions. The saving grace of the program is Charles McCord and Bernie. The fake characters he's added(i.e. Jack Nicholson, Brian Wilson) have lowered the show even further. It makes me think that he's tired and wants to fill time with anything but himself. The program has only been serving one good purpose for a long while now, to raise money for the Imus Ranch. This show needs to be put to bed.

I listened to Imus for 12 years but can't take it anymore. CONSTANTLY has NYTimes/NBC liberals (Dowd, Frank Rich, David Gregory, etc.) with rarely an alternative viewpoint. Endless worship of MSM (Bob Schiefer, etc.). I'll do sports talk or music instead.

Sadly, he has become a pussy-whipped old fool, ranting the mindless hysterical lies of the left (thanks, evidently to Ms. Imus). He went from being an American icon to a detriment to America. I read online that his ratings are way down. IMUS, divorce your wife and return to old IMUS we all loved!!!

I enjoy the show on MSNBC but, as a long time viewer and listener I don't like the direction the show is headed. I see far too much of the influence of Ms. Imus on the show and discussion during the show....We have gone from the rowdy, irreverent, cowboy poking fun at one and all to constantly re-occurring rants about themerisal(?)in vacines and non-toxic cleaners and non-meat products, etc....These things are fine but, shouldn't dominate the show day after day as they seem to do....One has to wonder if all of these items are so healthy why the Cowboy is so sickly.

Its too bad he has become what he used to make fun of. Know why he has Al Franken on? He (Franken) is the only one on radio with worse ratings. To coin one of his phrases, he has is a butt boy for the Dems.....what a joke.

Is he a pain in the arse? Oh Yes! but I have found that his honest approach to every subject is refreshing in the world of spin news. I enjoy Charles and Bernie and Lou and Chris with my coffee each morning for a couple of hours. He has very interesting guests and I look forward to most all of them except Donald Thump who seems to be one of the very few people Imus drolls over. The Bishop is the best laugh each week. Keep it up MSNBC!

This guy has become a syncophnat for the extreme left wing. What a shame.

After due thought I've decided that he is just an old used up turd that should of been flushed years ago. He is always complaining about something like he is important and or sick. Who cares about his opinions and somebody please tell me how this old bottom puker ever got so-called famous?

I watch him most mornings but it's like wanting to watch a train wreck. It's not good. He is insulting to almost everyone and his cohorts are a bunch of yes' men who gladly his bidding.

He is the guru of political satire at its best. The comrades that surround him feed his humour and allow his more serious side to extend out to his audience. The jury is still out when deciding on the move to MSNBC studios. Although it is great eye candy it takes away from the closeness they share when they are all in the same studio. It is like the months that IMUS spends in New Mexico. He may make an attempt at commital but he is very good at riding the fence and making others take a good look at themselves in doing so. Look at what he accomplished in the Death Benefits issue. We all know that it is coming to fruition due to his rantings but then he gets John Kerry to show his true ability at becoming a phony by getting Kerry to lie in stating that he thought the death benefits were a success and coming about because he brought it all up in his campaign. What a loser! Mr Kerry do us all a favor and stay home in '08! So go IMAN and keep it up. Intellectuals of the world love you and your crew. Well if the intellectuals don't I do thats for sure! PS I guess my only complaint would be his issues with religon. But then I guess he makes us all question/confirm our stance by throwing it out there! You go Boy!

I am tire of the supposedly conservative person rantings. Conservatives hate everyone except their fellow haters. The politician Kow-Tow to this guy as if he actually has something to say. Report this; tell Bush not to do anything for the next four years except to solve the Iraq mess. Everytime this man opens his mouth another $100 billion leaves the taxpayers pocket.

I used to really like Don Imus. He could be so hilarious. Lately, he's become a cranky old man. If you watch him on TV instead of radio, it's even worse. Because then you have to look at him scratching, picking his nose and all the other gross things he does. I really think he needs to look into a good retirement home and check in.

Does Imus really believe his own 'I can do whatever I want. And if I weren't so sick, I could have hell rain down on you if you piss me off' schtick. By the way, Charles McCord's boot looking is literally stomach wrenching. Has his head so far up Imus' ass he can spare him the price of a colonoscopy.

Before he became dominated by his very liberal wife he used to have an indepedent view point. I used to be a fan, but can't listen to him anymore.

Snooorrrrrre.... boring, absolutely boring. this man is zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Slimus is good sometimes but bad the rest.

BORING. Perhaps if he started drinking again he might be more interesting.

Too bad he is on PMSNBC---Imus is funny, and conducts excellent interviews, usually with entertaining guests. Unfortunately, he has hooked himself up with the biggest all time loser of a network, MSNBC,

Imus conducts the best interviews with some of the most important politicians in the United States. He doesn't b.s. them and makes them answer questions. Other than the sports reporter Sid Rosenberg (who is brutal), Imus' other cast members are fantastic. This is brutally sarcastic and bitingly honest and funny take on the world of politics. If only most other shows were this good.

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Where's my geritol? Snore

Imus? not funny

I wish there was a way to give ZERO stars! Do Imus has NEVER been entertaining and this fossil is only worse now. The only thing more dismal than his talent would be his ratings. I'm trying to figure out how the heck the syndicator can even sell his show! The few stations he does run on must be desperate! Just plain sad... He should retire...

Interesting how he built a great ranch for him to live in, while positioning it as a place to help kids.

Used to love Imus. Can't listen or watch anymore. His preoccupation with promoting Kerry makes me ill. I am no longer a fan.

How about a show with Imus and his genius son and Kathie Lee Gifford and her brillant son. What a great show. Bo Dietl could wear a clown suit, Oh, he does wear a clown suit.

The Imus attitude on our country's leadership is wrong, unpatriotic and discussing. He seems to be demonstrating early senility. I used to enjoy him, so are disappointed. I continue to listen, primarily to hear the more conservative guests comments (& occasional mockings of past well known people). Bart Robbins

IMUS has the courage to tell it like it is.

Mainly a commercial for the Imus Ranch (maybe for tax purposes?). Almost terrible, but then he'll be mildly compelling. He does have some heavy-hitters as guests. I agree w/ 'terrabyte', the'I-Man's' ego almost makes him seem arrogant. How do his endless number of sidekicks stay employed?. This show would rate alot better without all of those 'shlubs' jockeying to see who can be the winner of the 'That's right, I-man!' contest.

WHY is ANYONE listening to this SHOW?!!!!????? I RUN for the dial, when he comes on, after having listend to him a couple of times. WHAT A WINDBAG! If I could vote ZERO I would!

Ego is way out of proportion with his talent but he has a great supporting cast.