1. I liked Obama's initial statement better. And as always thank you Rich for bringing us Bob and Susannah

Sandra at 5:46PM on Apr 13th 2007

2. Why don't you show Obama with his finger up to the wind? I don't know of any politician who wouldn't check around before coming down on one side of a hot issue.

Steve Bonomo at 6:02PM on Apr 13th 2007

3. Why wasn't he drawn with his finger up checking the wind direction? Most politicians would ask around prior to coming down on one side of a hot issue.

Steve Bonomo at 6:16PM on Apr 13th 2007

4. I THINK CBS &MSNBC ARE AFRAID OF JESSE& AL. WHY WOULD ANYBODY THROW THAT KIND OF MONEY AWAY? THE RUTGERS TEAM ACCEPTED HIS APOLOGY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEENTHEIR ONLY CONCERN;

leroy koch at 8:56PM on Apr 13th 2007

5. Jessie Jackson announced his support to Obama. Jessie Jackson and Sharpton have been the two most "visible" executioners for Imus. Obama can't afford to lose the support from Jackson. Pure politics. And with Imus' firing an absolute decision already made anyway, no skin off Obama's nose? Pure politics. Different names same games.

Jean at 9:24PM on Apr 15th 2007

6. I wouldn't vote for Barak Obama, partly because I don't want to see Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in the Oval Office. Those two opportunists would clearly have an strong influence on Obama. Just what we need, huh?
Moreover, blacks (I refuse to use that stupid term "Afro-Americans") get away with anti-white racist remarks, so we have a double standard. Political correctness has gone too far.
A few years ago a white man smirked at a black woman at work. She claimed that the workplace was hostile to blacks. Thank heaven the claim was dismissed, but the poor guy who smirked was out of a job.
Recently, a female black teenager rear-ended a friend's car. She ran out and screamed racist remarks. Several black motorists stopped and terrorized my friend. Good thing the cops arrived.
I have little good to say about black people, their music, culture and language; what can you say about a race whose greatest accomplishment was adding the word mother______ to our language.

Jerry Warriner at 4:38PM on Apr 14th 2007

7. Obama had to ask around to find out what the big deal was.after all the american/african culture uses that expression on a daily basis.they only time they get pissed off, is if a white person repeats anything they have heard in the lyricsof a rap song. blacks are twenty times more racist that whites ever thought of being.

carl at 10:03PM on Apr 13th 2007

8. Don't overlook the big difference between the rappers and Imus. Imus used the racial slur against specific people.

Steve Bonomo at 10:35PM on Apr 13th 2007

9. So what if Imus made an error?I don't see anyone being critical of two of the most hate filled raciest in the country . And if Ossama is relying on these two Idiots to handle his promotions then he can take his eighteen monts of experience and go to Dafur.And if this Idiot dose make it into the whitehouse,look for Sharpton to be his Defence secretary and Jackson on his intellegence board.lol

Paul at 12:15AM on Apr 14th 2007

10. Barack Obama has a Racist scandal of his own that no media is reporting. I can call Barack Obama Racist and invite him to sue if I am acting in bad faith. Barack Obama is racist to Hispanic Americans in Illinois! It can be verified with documented evidence Barrack Obama as an Illinois Senator has been placed on repeated written notice of for instance but not limited to ongoing illegal race discrimination against American Hispanics. I ,a Hispanic American citizen, with parents who are both Hispanic American citizens have myself been denied the right to formally officially file race discrimination IDHR EEOC charges against Hormel Foods Corporation and UFCW at the agencies IDHR EEOC in Illinois since 2004 when in fact other nonHispanics are allowed to file such charges of Race discrimination. Despite Barack Obama and his office having full knowledge and understanding of this serious situation Barrack Obama a civil rights attorney himself has refused to hold anyone at IDHR EEOC accountable for their actions regarding the issue of IDHR EEOC discriminating against Hispanic American complainants and to date Barack Obama is not investigating or even asking for any independant third party to investigate this racial discrimination citing only a separation of powers. It is unconscionable for Barack Obama to have used this device as it regards race discrimination which has effectively empowered IDHR EEOC to maintain their illegal discriminatory position and with Barack Obamas inaction Barack Obama is in fact discriminating against Hispanic American constituents of Illinois. American constituents who happen to be only Hispanic are being harmed by Barack Obama who to this date continues to condone such illegal and discriminatory misconduct by his inaction. This information can be verified by any news media so if you want the truth demand they cover this story! Barrack Obama does not care about every Americans civil rights and equal rights

chaos45i at 3:04AM on Apr 14th 2007

11. Jerry a lot of Afro-Americans are going to lose a lot of sleep because you feel the way you do. Its obvious you know nothing about Afro-Americans or Blacks or you would know that they don't follow Jesse or Al. Only the white media follow them and give them their platform. Blacks today know that there are more versed and educated black leaders with less baggage to listen to than Jesse and Al. And as far as your 2 incidents with blacks, you must have lived a sheltered life. I can relate some worse situations with white males, females and older individuals. But that does not speak for all whites. I have white co-workers, friends and young people I volunteer with and I would'nt trade them for anything. I have told my children and the young men and women I help....know what your dealing with and carry yourself accordingly. Jerry I don't think you know much about blacks and you talk like you don't.

Edward at 6:28PM on Apr 14th 2007

12. REPLY TO EDWARD:I'm a 57 year old white women who is sick and tired of you nappy heads whiny.The way we get treated by YOUR KIND is a joke!We hear your ROTTEN songs on all radio shows & put up with your BLACK DJ'S calling us names. We are minding are own business driving our car and you people seem to think you can walk in front of our cars causing an accident just so you can SUE so you can sit on your ass and collect that old money your famous for collecting.i've been walking down an aisle in a store when yous will be on my side of the aisle & seem to think I have to move for you or get a bump by one of you fat asses.There has been more WHITE women RAPED by you black then you can count.You ruined these poor Duke boys by one of your lying hookers. SHARPTON & JACKSON are the biggest racist on the face of the earth and live to cause trouble. I back Imus all the way and will boycott as well as my family all of their products and anyone else I can bad mouth about them.The radio and tv stations can all take a shit to.The only MINORITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE WHITES. Yous act like we owe you everything and we owe you SHIT.Get off your Bandwagon and 90% of you people want something to do besides complaining about os whites try getting a job.You got nothing but drug addict wife beating athletes who are nothing but over paid jokes.As for taking over NASCAR like you are trying even though it is my favorite sport it will no longer be. All YOU HEAR IS YOU POOR POOR BLACKS AND I'M SO SICK OF YOUR WHINING.Get a life all of you.

Barb Kinney at 7:17PM on Apr 14th 2007

13. Barb Kinney you must approve of inter racial relationships.I did not hear you condemm your poor Duke boys for hiring a black stripper

seadog215 at 8:38PM on Apr 14th 2007

14. You know white people have porn all over the internet, cable, pay per view and adult video stores but if a black commentator was to insult a group of outstanding female white scholar athletes by referencing dialogue from a porn video on a major news network he would be fired on the spot, no debate, no extra time for fundraiser, no blogs, no threatened boycotts. Yeah it is a double standard. Black people have many positive musicians in our community that speak the message of self love and community upliftment but white adolescents don't want to hear that "corny" stuff so the major record label solicit and seek out gangster rap artists instead because that what a lot of these young boys want to listen to and they are the ones who buy these albums. . As for Black activist leadership, tell me what happens to a great black activist leader----- Answer- he gets shot, Sharpton got stabbed in 1991 which means he’s just ok --- It is a dangerous job few want or could do, Sharpton has made errors but seeing that Blacks don't own any of the means of production to get redress for slights against them Sharpton is all we got and in this case he did a DAMN good job in bringing the pressure to get some respect.

Rob at 12:21PM on Sep 9th 2007

15. Reply to Barb, I don't have to whine. I'm a year younger than you and have never been without a job since I was 13, and have done quite well. First of all you don't know my kind, I wonder if you know your kind.
You hear the rotten songs, personaly I like jazz and soft rock. But the rotten songs you hear are played on radio stations own by white companys. I don't know of one black rapper that owns a radio station. Gangsta Rap music and vidios should be on pay-per-veiw. I've also driven by white youngsters with their pants hanging off their butts listening to gangsta rap and acting like they own the street. and by the way....thats who's buying all that rap music. The you people that you are refuring to can't afford to by that much rap music to make these guys rich. Speaking of whining your doing pretty good yourself......do you need some cheese with that.

Edward at 10:45PM on Apr 14th 2007