Constance Rice, writing in the LA Times observes:

The Rev. Al Sharpton, the NAACP, NOW — the whole civil and women's rights establishment — are up in arms, and they should be. Imus' remarks were racist, offensive and, given that these athletes are not fair targets, out of bounds. There is no excuse for what he said.

But there's also no basis for firing him or ending his show. Firing Imus for racist riffs would be like firing Liberace for flamboyance. It's what he does.

More to the point, Imus should only be fired when the black artists who make millions of dollars rapping about black bitches and hos lose their recording contracts. Black leaders should denounce Imus and boycott him and call for his head only after they do the same for the misogynist artists with whom they have shared stages, magazine covers and awards shows.

I'm not writing this to support Imus, though I find myself nodding my head while reading Ms. Rice's op-ed.

I'm just wondering it TBogg, a "progressive" and (quoting from his tagline) "a somewhat popular blogger" (and he's more popular than this space by a factor of 5!) will catch any serious flak for this comment about Secretary of State Condolezza Rice:

Oh oh....looks like a pouty Brown Sugar is going to ask Daddy to buy her another pair of Ferragamos Or invade another country

I'm guessing not, because, of course, Ms. Rice not being authentically black or even authentically female, she's just getting what she deserves, because the Rules of PC only apply to the Right. The Left, regardless of who is in power, is *always* speaking truth to power and therefore exempt from any such considerations.

Bob Owens of Confederate Yankee is covering it - and has his own take...

Tolerance. It's a liberal value.

Except when they don't feel like it.

There has been some action in TBogg's comments, as I assume people from Confederate Yankee and such are showing up and commenting. I like this exchange:

So, TBogg, do you white liberals always roast the marshmallows and do the Ball Park franks at your Cross Burnings?

Condi Rice is like a Rorshchach Test for White Liberals: when you keep digging you get past Kumbayah Street, you run right smack dab into Some of My Best Friends Are Black Boulevard and you almost always end up at the Klavern at the End or the Street.

White Liberals just can't resist commenting on Condi's skin color, especially as it relates to her sexuality. It's like a lead pipe cinch with you people. I mean, why don't you just go out on the corner and start selling the f**king Fiery Cross, for Christ's sake!

Who wrote this f**king script, anyway? Robert Byrd?
section9 | 04.11.07 - 12:30 am | #

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You forgot to mention that Michael Moore is fat, so I'm afraid you have been disqualified from our Special Wingnut of the Day award.

Thanks for playing. Don't bump you head on the way out.
tbogg | Homepage | 04.11.07 - 2:46 am | #

If nothing else - you can see why he's popular - it's entertaining, in that bemusing look-at-the-car-wreck kind of gestalt.