Ok, just two quick things. First, there is one, and only one news story today. The Today show opened with it for a full hour. There is nothing more important than this story and the main stream media has pounced on it. I am of course referring to that issue that is at the forefront of EVERYBODY'S thoughts and concerns: Whether or not Don Imus should be fired or merely suspended for calling the Rutgers womens' basketball team "nappy headed hos." The importance of this issue is only magnified by the multiple nuances swirling about. This matter cuts to the very core of who we are and how we view ourselves as a nation. The outcome will have repercusions for generations to come. On the other hand, I have no idea why he's on the air to begin with. He's not funny, even when he's not being a racist.
Ther best part was when Al Sharpton said that this kind of language needs to never be heard on the airwavwes again. But I don't believe he really thinks that because it would mean he'd be out of a job along with Jesse Jackson. They are both racial ambulance chasers and the only reason anybody talks to them at all is to hear their outrage on things like this. Without a Don Imus, or a Michael Richards to feed them controversy, we wouldn't even know who they were.
The second thing is Barack Obamba has joined John Edwards in boycotting the presidential debate that is being sponsored by Fox News and the Congressional Black Caucus, of which he is a member. It makes you wonder if the strategy is to pander to the Fox hating left, or to avoid a situation where you might say something stuipid or get caught making a girly sounding scream ala Howard Dean.
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