Obama Calls for Imus Firing
April 11th, 2007
Just in, Barack Obama has now called for embattled radio personality Don Imus to be fired. A CBS executive has done the same, several large sponsors have pulled out of the program and as I blogged moments ago Hillary Clinton has dedicated a page on her Web site to the Rutgers players.
“I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus,” Obama told ABC News, “but I would also say that there’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude.”
Obama said he appeared once on Imus’s show two years ago, and “I have no intention of returning.”
The ‘08 campaign has taken American politics into a new diverse direction with candidates on both sides running with diverse races, ethnicities, genders & religious affiliations but it has also raised questions about the racial divide in this country. Recent comments by comedian Michael Richards, Mel Gibson & now Don Imus have sparked nationwide debate over the past few months and with so many politicians affiliated with the Don Imus show it has become a top issue for those campaigning for president.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
What if it was an Imam in an Islamic religious institution in America who made the type of radical and incendiary comments about America and White Americans that the Rev Wright did, and over a period of years? What would be the reaction at large – crossing all racial lines? What would be our judgment of those Muslims who send their children to that institution for religious studies?
Let me tell you, there would be serious consequences. Does an Imams’ vitriol negate the good these Islamic religious institutions do for their communities? Do they not raise money to feed the poor, or assist people in need in their communities? Yes they absolutely do. What they would not be doing is to preach tolerance, understanding and making positive efforts to bridge the divide - in this hypothetical case. Does this seem so hypothetical after all?
Would Mr. Obama then use the same arguments to say that America is wrong then in condemning and disassociating ourselves from radicalism in these other ethnic groups – in this or other countries? Should we, by the same reasoning provided by Obama, reach out to these Islamic radicals who preach hatred of the society from which they are benefiting and not be judging them? Will he reason with us to say that America’s foreign policies and support of Israel created this hatred and anger? I assume he would. Then he would have to further state that America has been wrong.
We should be really worried!!!