Didn't Don Imus state Cheney should be arrested and tried for war crimes?

[shance]

If that is true, I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to see which Administration was waiting for the perfect opportunity to shoot their target.

The target of course being Don Imus.

He's been speaking out a tremendous amount regarding the Administration, not favorably at all I might add. It would seem for the good ole boy faux "mainstream media", he was getting just a little too cocky for their comfort level.

[tritsofme]

1. So Karl Rove called his good friend Al Sharpton

to create faux outrage?

This is simply ridiculous.

[shance]

14. It's not at all ridiculous. Its called politics. What in the world does Al Sharpton have

to do with Imus calling Cheney out? Apples and oranges. It is for totally different reasons they want Imus fired.

[tritsofme]

18. Some people like Imus are just dumb-asses.

They say stupid things and there are consequences.

There aren't black helicopters and conspiracies around every event.

[SayitAintSo]

2. I think that is a back story that is yet to unfold

I would like to see that angle explored in the press a little more. But I doubt anyone has the guts to bring that up with the feeding frenzy going on. No doubt there are some wing-nuts in the woodpile stoking the fire as it were.... Good point ...

[jsamuel]

3. ...

:rofl:

[rfranklin]

4. I heard the Rutgers B-Ball women are all Young Republicans!

It's true! I saw it on the internets!11

[Lerkfish]

9. I guess the "attack sharpton" stratedy ain't goin so well, now we have to accuse anyone

who is upset by Imus's racist remarks as in cahoots with Rove.

LOL

[blondeatlast]

15. LOL! nt

[JuniperLea]

5. Even I refuse to don that much tinfoil!

:tinfoilhat:

[mdmc]

6. Imus is a vulgar pos

No surprise that he said what he did...
Didn't think anything of it...
Wouldn't have know anything about it if the corporate media didn't do their thing...
:eyes:

[cwydro]

7. Imus also

has been very critical of the Katrina response and was one of the first to point out the "race" factor there.

[Lerkfish]

8. So, the rutgers team, and everyone else aren't really concerned? its just a Rovian plot?

That would be a rather unwieldy one, if so.

:rolleyes:

[cboy4]

10. ...

[Sensitivity]

11. I believe IMUS quickly became the taget of some corporate backers because he had

become not just a nasty guy but a nasty guy that was also dangerous to
some of the big wigs.

[americanstranger]

12. Ah, the far-reaching hand of Karl Rove...

Please.

Imus was dropped over money.

Remove the tin foil hat, and step away from the keyboard.

- as

[MsUnderstood]

13. Pat Buchannon speaks out against Bush as well

but that doesn't make him a good guy...

[shance]

24. This was Dick Cheney. This was talking about war crimes and arrest. This was no small criticism.

n/t

[NNN0LHI]

16. Actually Cheney and Imus have much in common

http://mediamatters.org/items/200501200005

Led by Cheney, Imus in the Morning became Brit Hume fan club

On the January 20 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, host Don Imus and Newsweek chief political correspondent Howard Fineman joined Vice President Dick Cheney in heaping praise on FOX News host, managing editor, and chief Washington correspondent Brit Hume. When asked by Imus, "Do you watch the news at night?" Cheney responded, "I sometimes watch another network {besides MSNBC}. No, I'm a fan of Brit Hume's show. I think Brit does a good job." Imus then declared, "I actually like Brit Hume." Later in the program, Fineman stated that Hume is a "terrific journalist" who has been "great at ABC and great at FOX."

Cheney's praise for Hume is unsurprising, given that Hume is a regular promoter of Cheney and the Bush administration. But it is unclear why Imus and Fineman have such respect for Hume as a journalist, given his long history of distortions and outright falsehoods and his reliable attacks on Democrats, which Media Matters for America has documented:

[Cha]

21. Yeah, it's real

"unclear"!

Since hume is a propogandizing mouthpiece for the fascist bush regime.

[blondeatlast]

17. I confess; I'm a Rove plant too. I just can't take the pressure anymore.

I mean, after someone posted an actual count of the number of Imus threads yesterday, I just snapped.

C'mon, fellow Rovies, it's time to expose yourselves. Cleanse your soul and bare your backsides. We've been discovered.

I'm so ashamed...

Edit; I better add this for the humorically challenged: :sarcasm:

[Cha]

19. And your point?..if imus hadn't

called those basketball players from Rutgers what he did he would still be on spewing his hateful racist, sexist slurs on someone else. As KO said.."It was a disaster waiting to happen and it happened."

What a fucking dumb shit.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. Nope.

All of his name-calling finally caught up with him.

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

22. Then why are people like Shaun Hannity defending him so vigourously

I admit, I think Don Imus was a minor offender, relatively speaking. I would MUCH rather Glenn Beck have gotten the boot, but, hey, the people have spoken.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

23. Shit. I Would've Invested In Tin Foil Stock Yesterday If I Knew You Were Gonna Buy So Much Today.

But thanks for one of the most outrageous 'the bushies did it' conspiracy theories I've heard ever...