With guns blazin'. And get this y'all: He's mad. At Al Roker and some other prominent black folks who turned their backs on him. Read below. Comments to follow.
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DON IMUS EXPECTED TO GET SOME PAYBACK MONDAY: Roker, Russert, Ford Jr., Newsweek editors reportedly in line of fire; Najee Ali announces protest.
(November 30, 2007)
When Don Imus returns to the airwaves Monday for the first time since his firing last April over racist and sexist remarks, word has it that he's fixin' to unleash eight months of pent-up frustration at the public figures who abandoned him during the controversy.
"I think he will have some scores to settle," Page Six quoted of Phil Boyce, the general manager of Imus' new radio home at New York's WABC.
Private eye Bo Dietl, who will join Imus in the 8 a.m. hour on Monday, told Page Six that former Imus regulars Harold Ford Jr. and Al Roker may be called out by Imus on his first day.
"They turned their backs on him so fast," Dietl said. "Al Roker had his stomach stapled - he should have had his mouth stapled."
One longtime listener wondered: "Will Imus ever give Newsweek editors another chance to plug their books on his show since they cut and ran when Al Sharpton started his crusade to get him off the air?"
Dietl said Imus' "nappy-headed hoes" remark "brought attention to that Rutgers basketball team. They really benefited. It turned out to be a positive thing."
Meanwhile, activist Najee Ali of Project Islamic HOPE says a coalition of Los Angeles and black leaders from across the nation will participate in a national day of silent protest Monday at 11 a.m. from ABC radio's Los Angeles affiliate, KABC (3321 S. La Cienega Blvd.).
"Don Imus and his quick return to radio is a blatant slap in the face to black women," Ali stated. "Imus shouldn't return to radio until he makes amends and helps repair the damage that he has done with his racist and sexist comments. Shame on ABC Radio for giving him a national platform to continue his campaign of sexist rhetoric."
Ali says the coalition will also call for a national boycott of Don Imus sponsors who are supporting his radio program.
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This is beautiful. Don Imus is mad... Only in America. This is playing out like an episode of Cheaters... You know the ones: The guy gets caught on tape doing something wrong, then gets mad at everybody for getting him on tape.
Now of course, Imus has a point insofar as he was a known commodity--bigotry has been part of his radio act since 1980. That some people bailed on him was obviously their right. maybe enough was just enough. I don't know many instances where you can degrade people, then get a $20 million payday on top of your salary, plus 4 months off work, then a new job in a comparable market/company. Must be nice if you can get it.
Gotta love the newsweek threat, too. Talk about not quitting while you're ahead. White-skinned privilege is a bitch. (Hey I'm black and got some white friends but i insulted Britney Spears--so where my check, huh?!)
But I do know this: the I hear Bo Dietl on Fox News or CNN or one of these other leech-filled networks that employ random talking heads passing for insight/expertise, talking about how "we're all Americans" and "we all need to stick together" I'll have a newfound understanding of what he truly means by that.
Bo effin' Dietl. What's he done beside be a Guiliani crony? (Say it just like "Bucky effin' Dent".) I'm sure bo was a good cop and a decent detective; but dude needs a clue to say the least.
Hey what are the chances Al Roker will tell imus to kiss his black ass?
Yeah, prolly none.
