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...but if you're going to hang Imus, at least hang him for what he actually said or did. The "cleaning lady" and "quota hire" comments were not made by Imus, but taken out of the context of radio bits (attacking racism) on his show over 20 years ago.
Still, the irony of Imus being compelled to spend an hour apologizing to Al Sharpton - an anti-semite whose use of terms like "diamond merchant" are at least as egregious as "nappy headed ho's" - for the racist comments he made last week was positively delicious.
You can't buy better radio than that!
