Imus and the Flies

http://www.annoy.com/editorials/doc.html?DocumentID=100700

<snip>He surrounds himself with ‘yes’ men that fawn over him with enough brownnosing to embarrass any self-thinking male with a brain in his head. A lot of men – especially those driven by ego -- treat their underlings with the kind of abuse Imus heaps on his crew, but never quite so publicly. They in turn refer to him as the I-man, which comes across as kind of silly when you’re grown adults with children of your own.

The show’s executive producer and former choir boy Bernard McGuirk and the effete Charles McCord, a supposed reborn Christian who reads the news and meekly refers to Imus as I-dude as Imus berates him and heaps abuse on him. Never mind turning the other cheek, when it comes to Imus, Charles McCord, Bernard McGuirk and the rest of his crew are spreading both cheeks and not the the ones on their faces either.

It’s not his over-the-top, homophobic, racist, misogynist, jingoist, geocentric commentary and the political incorrectness of his show that’s at issue. Nor the boring Kathy Lee Gifford meanderings about his annoying son, Wyatt, nor the one-act, one-joke retards and morons he employs. It’s his guests.

He has smartly interwoven faux beltway sophistication with faux cowboy country rustic with a blend of unmistakable trailer trash tawdry that somehow commands the attention of every columnist vying enviously to get onto his show, and politicians -- both locally in New York and nationally --know that passing the Imus test can have more impact on a race than most would like to admit. snip

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, Imus, McGuirk and “the gang” branded anyone who wasn’t embracing President Bush’s “with us or against us” shtick as treasonous. But once the war started and body bags started coming back, McGuirk and Imus changed their tune and started blaming Dick Cheney, calling him names that would normally have incited Lynn Cheney to mobilize Joe Lieberman to try and censor. But like Lieberman, Lynn Cheney doesn’t mind kissing another old, flat, wrinkled ass if it’s politically expedient, even if they refer to her daughter Mary as a "rug muncher." After all, it’s the L-word uttered by Kerry that “outed” their already very out daughter and bent them out of shape. It would be great to hear Lynn Cheney justify her appearance on Imus to Judith Shepherd, Matthew Shepherd’s mother.

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He used to be very funny..in the sixties.
Now he is not even pathetic any more.

and pulled the article ALREADY???

I have checked out his show every once in a while, but have never warmed to him. He has made some good points that have been reported here, but I'm a Washington Journal Junky and each time I've checked the show something stupid is going on.... OR most often it's a commercial! I didn't realize how spoiled my DISH has made me until I checked a few cable stations now and again.

It does seem that he has done some good work at his "ranch" but again I don't know that much about that either, other than his wife seems to be dedicated to her cause. But he is so very brash and I have a hard time listening to just a little of what I'll just call "prattle!" I have never been able to understand why he's so popular. I did hear him say that he is a John McCain supporter, but I find he comes off as very uncouth! Seems they could find something better to put on, but who knows.... Corporatism maybe??

when I wake up too early. I have noticed his "yes men" heap abuse on him from time to time. It does seem to go both ways.

I do appreciate his white hot hatred for Rumsfeld and that he gives quality time to prominent Democrats. His charity and his support for veterans is a plus, but overall I find him to be a creep. He is useful in treating my sleep disorder.

but sheesh....I need a shower after reading it.....

I've never understood why politicians and media fawn all over that ass. And, I remember when he used to be funny...decades ago.

Does he have some kind of files on folks that he can blackmail them. And, why hasn't his "fake ranch" been investigate before now? He's even selling his own "green products" aside from hawking his brother's food products. He's a whole infommercial unto himself and yet he manages to get the politicians and media pundits to bow down to him.

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the bigotry as well as it deserves to anyone who has never seen the show. Your single sentence is the best I'ver ever read.

"It’s not his over-the-top, homophobic, racist, misogynist, jingoist, geocentric commentary and the political incorrectness of his show that’s at issue."

I am embarassed to the core for the stupidity of so-called professionally trained journalists who go on his show and waste their time. And then to have him degrade them when he hangs up - which is most of the time - or when he deliberately ends their conversation in the middle of a word with an bomb explosion noise. And then giggle and frown.

If you've never seen it - tune it to watch 15 year olds with wrinkles, grey or no hair embarass the country for big bucks and don't miss their favorite guests who also ooze bigotry in matched performances.

Since I get up early, Imus is about the only thing of interest for me to watch. Self-promoting, self-inflating, little rational thought(though that doesn't keep him from strongly offering up his uninformed and very biased opinions), dis-interested iin anything of substantive value, save for his ranch and his wife's cleaning products. Yet, I keep watching. Why? I really haven't figured it out. Most of what he has on his show disgusts me. As you say, he is condescending, overbearing, belittling, homophobic, gender biased, andf generally creepy.

Oh, how I miss Captain Kangaroo in the mornings!