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13 Apr 2007 03:18:03 PM |
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DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS LOSE "SOAPBOX" BECAUSE OF IMUS FIRING!! |
Yup.........And Imus is Supposed To Be a "Registered
Republican".........Ain't that AMAZING?..........
"THE IMUS SCANDAL: POLITICAL IMPACT
Democratic politicians lose a soapbox with firing of Don Imus
His show helped many of them reach a national audience of white males
-- a crucial voting bloc.
By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2007
El Tiempo de la Los Angeles
WASHINGTON - They came by the hundreds that hot August day in tiny
Johnson City, Tenn., gathering on an asphalt parking lot to meet Rep.
Harold E. Ford Jr. It was not just that he might become the state's
first black senator. More than that, even in Republican eastern
Tennessee, the Democratic congressman was a celebrity - a regular
guest on Don Imus' radio show.
And today, with Imus' career in tatters, the fate of the controversial
shock jock is stirring quiet but heartfelt concern in an unlikely
quarter: among Democratic politicians.
That's because, over the years, Democrats such as Ford came to count
on Imus for the kind of sympathetic treatment that Republicans got
from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity.
Equally important, Imus gave Democrats a pipeline to a crucial voting
bloc that was perennially hard for them to reach: politically
independent white men.
With Imus' show canceled indefinitely because of his remarks about the
Rutgers University women's basketball team, some Democratic
strategists are worried about how to fill the void. For a national
radio audience of white men, Democrats see few if any alternatives.
"This is a real bind for Democrats," said Dan Gerstein, an advisor to
one of Imus' favorite regulars, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). "Talk
radio has become primarily the province of the right, and the
blogosphere is largely the province of the left. If Imus loses his
microphone, there aren't many other venues like it around."
Jim Farrell, a former aide to 2000 presidential candidate and Imus
regular Bill Bradley, said the firing "creates a vacuum."
This week, when Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) was asked by CNN
why he picked Imus' show to announce his presidential candidacy, Dodd
explained: "He's got a huge audience; he gives you enough time to
talk, not a 30-second sound bite, a chance to explain your views; ...
and a chance to reach the audience who doesn't always watch the Sunday
morning talk shows.""
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| User: "Brian Bernardini" |
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| Title: Re: DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS LOSE "SOAPBOX" BECAUSE OF IMUS FIRING!! |
13 Apr 2007 04:14:19 PM |
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In article <1176495483.013770.171660@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
"theloneranger100@aol.com" <ScreenRanger100@aol.com> wrote:
How convenient that they left out his support for McCain, Giuliani and
Santorum (the politician, not the sexual by-product).
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| User: "THX1138" |
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| Title: Re: DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS LOSE "SOAPBOX" BECAUSE OF IMUS FIRING!! |
13 Apr 2007 06:30:02 PM |
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oh the horror.
How convenient that they left out his support for McCain, Giuliani and
Santorum (the politician, not the sexual by-product).
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