Was Team Hillary Especially Interested In Removing Imus from Cable TV?

Was Team Hillary Especially Interested In Removing Imus from Cable TV?

By Tim Graham (Bio | Archive)
April 12, 2007 - 08:19 ET

Who is happier today at Don Imus removed from MSNBC than Hillary Clinton? Who else at MSNBC would be as harshly critical of Hillary as Imus? Without Imus, Hillary's path to the White House will be smoother. This might explain why some of the Hillary-founded left-wing media-watchdogging clones were so fierce in taking Imus down. Over the last two days, The Washington Post has pulled out the harsh anti-Hillary quotes to demonstrate why she's smiling today.

On Thursday's Federal Page, columnist Lois Romano reported Hillary sent an e-letter to supporters denouncing Imus for "nothing more than small-minded bigotry and coarse sexism" on his show:

Clinton said on Tuesday that she has never appeared on Imus's morning show and never wanted to. Who is surprised? Imus once referred to her as "that buck-toothed witch, Satan" and said she was "worse than" Osama bin Laden. He did pull that last one back, adding, "Well, that's a little strong."

Paul Farhi and Frank Ahrens also noted in their Imus front-pager yesterday:

In March, Imus's executive producer and longtime sidekick Bernard McGuirk said that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was "trying to sound black in front of a black audience" during a recent speech on civil rights in Selma, Ala. McGuirk added that Clinton "will have cornrows and gold teeth before this fight with Obama is over."

The Clintons have never forgotten Imus unleashing harsh remarks at the Radio and TV Correspondents dinner in Washington in 1996.

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Which is more denigrating to blacks?

April 12, 2007 - 08:50 ET by RJ

Which is more offensive? Imus repeating hip-hop "dozens" insults, or Hillary pandering to a black audience by trying to sound black? Which is more denigrating to blacks? One is a radio shlock-jock, and the other wants to be leader of the free world.

Imus has been a thorn in her side, and Hillary is known to be a vindictive bitch.

It's likely that her organizaton has been working behind the scenes to have him dumped.

Using Imus' characterization,

April 12, 2007 - 08:50 ET by Gat New York

Using Imus' characterization, this "buck-toothed witch" was real quick to call for Imus' firing, but was stone silent when it came to defending her constituent Colin Finnerty of Duke and the denial of his civil rights. It spoke volumes about how utterably deplorable an individual this woman is. She can NOT be allowed to win another election. Her only interest is in herself and her own power.

GO IMUS! FIGHT THE MACHINE!

April 12, 2007 - 09:05 ET by wiwf

GO IMUS! FIGHT THE MACHINE!!!

This guy's got balls.

Hillary/Media Matters/Paul Waldman/David Brock

April 12, 2007 - 09:27 ET by bigtimer

Tim Graham...

Thank You for this information.

I have been posting of something to the same effect for two nights now, knowing I may be considered conspiracy minded but when it comes to Hillary Clinton I fear not.

After posting my thoughts about this late two nights ago just wondering if she had any connections to this knowing how Imus has great vitriol for her and has says so many times on his show over the years, knowing he would pull for anybody but her, she had to get rid of his voice, knowing that wouldn't be hard to do with the perfect storm using the black people like Sharpton....Jackson and letting the snowball roll and gather strength...just as it did...it was all about timing, and this was perfect.

Then after seeing her gleeful (for Hillary that is hard to know unless you have been watching her for years) about this situation on a snippet on CNN commenting on the Imus situation...it started to cement more and more for me that this woman has had connections behind the scenes in getting this accomplished...

Anyway after posting again late last night about my feeling about Hillary having to do with this after turning of my computer I sat in front of the fire and caught some reruns on msnbc..and lo and behold there was Paul Waldman from Media Matters as one of the guests talking about how they are the ones who started this ball rolling and proud of it, them mentioning the other radio/TV personalities ..all conservatives from Rush on that have said terrible slanted things that should not be allowed on the air waves...

Well, I saw him again on msnbc early this morning saying the same thing again only mentioning there were 13 conservative talk show/radio hosts that had better beware in other words...all consevatives you notice.

Anyway...I went to Media Matters this morning and looked up any info I could get on Waldman...and on their front page was Imus's picture with a statement from David Brock CEO...David Brock folks...he used to work for the American Spectator and was the person who wrote about the Clintons' and Arkansas and the trooper situation...she then got her claws in David Brock who is gay and he has been working for her one way or the other ever since...just think about all these connections...

A coincidence about all of this...I think not.

Politics is a proven blood sport in this situation as far as I am concerned.

Here are a couple of links I found very interesting connected to all that I have posted...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200607010004 Paul Waldman info.

http://mediamatters.org/index

http://mediamatters.org/items/200704110011

Hi bigtimer - I posted the

April 12, 2007 - 09:41 ET by Dee Bunk

Hi bigtimer - I posted the media matters e-mail I got on another thread. I get their e-mails because I'm registered and they definitely seem to be partial to Hillary unlike the other leftist sights who don't like her.

Jackson and Sharpton are also Clinton people. They haven't endorsed anyone but I'm sure she is their choice because they use the same type of brow beating tactics.

MM even implied that Imus was a conservative. What a joke. It's not a funny one thought because this whole thing is very frightening.

Dee

April 12, 2007 - 09:44 ET by gfrrman

Dee, I'm pretty sure that I just recently read that J. Jackson was going with Barrack Obama. Not that I care...

"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER

Going together?

April 12, 2007 - 09:47 ET by Cool Arrow

I thought they broke up when Jesse found out Obama's ancestors owned slaves.

gff...Wow, I thought I also h

April 12, 2007 - 10:19 ET by bigtimer

gff...

Wow, I thought I also heard somewhere late yesterday afternoon that Sharpton is going to support Obama too...rich isn't it.

LOL!

bt

April 12, 2007 - 10:27 ET by gfrrman

bt, apparently they haven't gotten the memo from Hitlary??!!!

"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER

Good morning Dee...As an asid

April 12, 2007 - 10:36 ET by bigtimer

Good morning Dee...

As an aside if you read the article and words by Paul Waldman you will see what an absolute hypocrite he is!

Hey, but thats okay...he is a rabid hard-core leftist.

The enemy within is working behind the scenes and very proud of this accomplishment.

Btw...To any that has not reaad any of my posts since this whole thing started, I have detested Imus for years now...but I click the channel if I don't want to hear what he has to say...

Media Matters is going all out..through various channels, including congress...be wary, be very wary.

She wouldn't go on imoose, wo

April 12, 2007 - 09:43 ET by FastEd

She wouldn't go on imoose, won't go on Fox, one can only hope she won't go back to the White House, unless as a dinner guest. Otherwise, using the logic of the demolibs, the place will get painted and renamed the Grey House (can't offend people y'know)

The imoose gets a 2 week, yet a "smaller" guy, smaller market, gets axed - meaning to be fired, not questioned, for using the imoose quotes. SO, if you originate, you get to vegitate, but if you regurgitate, you skate.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

It could be, but I think he's

April 12, 2007 - 09:50 ET by mattm

It could be, but I think he's just a scapegoat for Liberal racism and hypocrisy... He's expendable: he's white and he's male, and he has a small audience. So, the Left can use his demise to act righteously indignant, while they give racists like Jackson and Farrakhan and Robert KKK Byrd a free ride.

i am currently reading r. emm

April 12, 2007 - 10:01 ET by pmohbuck

i am currently reading r. emmett tyrell's book (The Clinton Crack-up) ... he exposes the clinton machine's bloodlust when it comes to power (with the sources to back it up) ... it is not far-fetched to think that hillary had something to do with the demise of a man who regularly referred to her as "Satan"

i find it baffling that so many americans view the clintons as decent people, let alone elect them to office so heartily ... they walk all over everything and everyone to get the power they so lustfully crave

pmohbuck

April 12, 2007 - 10:08 ET by gfrrman

With the Clintoons, think Machiavelli. That covers them.....to a TEA!!!

"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER

With the Clintoons, think Machiavelli.

April 12, 2007 - 11:11 ET by misterbill

Agreed, but with a whole lot of Borgia added in. (As witness the number of their "associates" who have dies mysteriously or committed suicide.)

Where ’s the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land?

Sir Walter Scott

pm...I too have read numerous

April 12, 2007 - 10:25 ET by bigtimer

pm...

I too have read numerous books about the Clintoon Brigade and some of those people they walked all over never made it back up again...one way or the other.

I hope to see the day when the Clinton Machine is down to the last dollar...of breath which ever comes first.

Hillary Clinton is one very evil woman...period...she will stop at nothing.

Imus was Sharpton and Jacks

April 12, 2007 - 10:10 ET by JDW

Imus was Sharpton and Jackson's trophy before sen Clinton ever opened her mouth.

Back to FOX, the dems have not only vacated the Black Caucus but blistered the organization for sponsoring the event.

White/black.

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

If you are going to whine about spelling... get a life

But you can bet your last dollar

April 12, 2007 - 10:38 ET by RJ

"Imus was Sharpton and Jackson's trophy before Clinton ever opened her mouth."

But you can bet your last dollar that her machine was working hard behind the scenes to fan the flames and get him dumped. This vindictive woman holds a grudge and is always willing to do something about it.

It was humorous that she came out with the "benign" statement that she has no interest in going on his program. Gives her a double shot...one, at her benighted opposition that does go on his show, and, two, she gets to act as if she's just a disinterested observer.

Not to toot this Shrubber's o

April 12, 2007 - 10:55 ET by Roger the Shrubber

Not to toot this Shrubber's own horn, I posted my Shrillary conspiracy theory on this site 2 days ago, but I see it was lost in the "purge", when this site underwent its transformation. I even referenced that same 1996 dinner where Imus embarrassed the Clintons.

This obvious means great minds think alike!