Oooh hypocrisy! I love hypocrisy!
Obama — who in a major speech Tuesday decried controversial remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. dating back to 2001 — called for Imus to be fired just one week after Imus made the remarks in April 2007, two months after Obama had announced his candidacy.
“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 told ABC News in an April 11 interview.
Imus ignited public outcry for calling members of the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University “nappy-headed hos” on his popular morning talk show.
The controversy dogged Imus, even after he issued an apology to the team and met with the players personally seeking forgiveness.
The public atonement wasn’t enough to save his job. He was fired by CBS Radio and by MSNBC, which produced the TV simulcast, but since then he has returned to radio with a show on WABC-AM in New York that started in December.
Obama said in the 2007 ABC interview he would never appear again on Imus’ show.
“He didn’t just cross the line,” Obama said. “He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America.”
Funny, he didn't seem to have a problem with his daughters seeing a pastor who denounced white people, blamed America for terrorist attacks, and made false accusations.
Here's my favorite comments from that story:
I wholeheartedly believe Mr. Obama is telling the truth from the bottom of his heart when he says he was not sitting in a pew when his reverend made those comments…………..he was dancing in the aisles like the rest of the screaming idiots.
Of course, I love idiots who write into the Oregonian newspaper and that they would actually want get to the heart of the issues, rather than doing everything they can to kiss Obama's ass:
Frank and honest. Inspirational. Courageous. Healing. A challenging call to action, Barack Obama's "race" speech was the most powerful message I've heard from an American politician since John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.
Obama's leadership and guide for the future transcends race, age, income divisions and Democratic-Republican divides to give us a breathtaking vision for our country's future. He towers above Hillary Clinton and John McCain in laying out an all-American agenda as he tutors us on confronting issues that have divided us in the past and challenges us to give of ourselves to better our collective future.
Leaders such as Obama and our Oregon version of inspiration and hope, Steve Novick, give me hope for our country's future. Obama and Novick represent a new breed of politicans, basing their messages on issues and concerns that affect us all and give us a road map to a better tomorrow.
Notice a bit of hypocrisy here? Imus is asked to be fired for "nappy headed hos" because really, won't someone think of Obama's daughters? But his pastor spews out hatred, and Obama has no problem with it.
Take a look at your candidates more closely. You'd be surprised at what you find.
Travis
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