Everyone is trying to jump on the anti-Imus bandwagon... They waited for Obama's response, and got it.

Now we have the response from the nation's only black governor Deval Patrick.

Gov. Deval Patrick launched into an angry condemnation of radio host Don Imus yesterday, jumping into a growing national controversy by denouncing the "careless insults" Imus and others use to belittle minorities to entertain listeners.

"I'm sick of this," Patrick told the Herald. "I'm sick of the careless insults that get hurled around. I'm sick of the lack of respect. And why? Because you can't make a point about a basketball team without talking about them that way?"

"It has nothing to do with being (politically correct)," Patrick said. "It has to do with respect and saying, 'We don't accept that kind of thing.' "

Patrick said he will continue to use his office to denounce intolerance, but he said positive change will only come when all political leaders do so, not just those who are black.

"The real message will come . . . when it's not just black folks saying Imus should be reprimanded," Patrick said. "It will come when everyone else says, 'Wait a second, that's not who we are and that's not what we do.' "

Well, Mr. Governor, will you ever be reprimanded for your crime fighting suggestion to tell kids of inner-city Boston to "pull your pants up"? Had a white governor had made that suggestion, could you imagine the outrage? Better yet, had a white Republican governor had said that, could you imagine the outrage?

How come Deval Patrick can use a stereotype against inner-city youth without being called on it?

Never mind, I already know.

More over at Deval Patrick Watch.