Kerry on Imus this a.m.

[babylonsister]

Check it out; after Don went to the VA hosptial w/McCain, he may have changed his tune.

[Sugarbleus]

1. Boy I hope he's changed his TUNE...he's been ticking me off

lately. Not that he really matters but Imus DOES have a "bully pulpit", as it were, and could do a LOT to get a positive message out.

For such a successful,formerly "wild" guy, Imus seems rather stupid/backward sometimes.

(still love his bumper music and wit though):smoke:

[leftchick]

2. I think it must be the drug abuse....

He really seems brain damaged sometimes.

[babylonsister]

3. The I-man saw the light

He went to a VA hospital w/McCain; as I recall, he mentioned a big gym near VA full of people, all of the folks limbless one way or the other. I do believe this was disturbing to him... SAY IT LOUD!!

[Sugarbleus]

4. Okay...........HE'S ON NOW....

Let's compare how it goes after his Kerry chat...

IT LOUD!!...(couldn't resist) }(

[southlandshari]

5. anyone know what time Kerry segment will be on?

I alternately love and hate IMUS, and rarely watch these days. Also trying to keep an eye on Hurricane Ivan news this morning. Even an approximate time on Kerry's appearance would be great, if anyone has heard...

[babylonsister]

7. Regarding Ivan,

I think we have another day before 'he' does his dirty deed. This mutha just gets closer and closer to land.

[southlandshari]

8. Yes, but

we Alabamians like to overreact to severe weather threats as early as possible! =)

Seriously, whether warranted or not, the panic in the air around here is palpable. Batteries, bottled water and non-electric can openers are non-existent in grocercy stores today. And I'm more than three hours from the coast!

[babylonsister]

21. I'm glad you're not too close to the shore

at this point, and didn't mean to discount the trauma for people facing Ivan. 'He' is scary and I hope you stay safe.

[southlandshari]

9. "In about an hour"

Imus just said Kerry would be on in about an hour, so looks like a 6:30 am (central time) tune in alert is warranted!

[Clinton Crusader]

26. 7:29am EST

:kick:

[babylonsister]

6. Okay

Imus is a 2-faced a*hole, but this is the first time in awhile that Kerry has talked to any mainstream (?) media, so it's worth noting. I'm just hoping it helps rather than hurts.

[babylonsister]

10. Imus also just shared

McCain is bullshit about Bush and his (war) policies. About time SOMEONE admitted this. I'm bullshit, too, but not many people want to hear about my whining. Go, McCain, go, but make it public! THIS CLOWN HAS GOT TO GO!!

[spooky3]

30. what do you mean by "bullshit" here? McCain opposes them? is too namby

pamby? is phony for having so many differences with Bush but supporting him for Pres anyway?

[babylonsister]

77. I agree and didn't see/hear him

with Imus. I know what he did for the Repugs during the convention, think he has aspirations for higher office, but sounds like he doesn't respect this admin much. McCain and Guiliani both disappointed me.

[katmondoo]

15. My TV is on MUTE until Kerry

comes on. Not only does Imus get me pissed but also the other A**holes who work with him. Imus should be sucking up to John Kerry and Theresa Heinz Kerry, after all, Theresa may be persuaded to give some Heinz charity money to the Imus ranch.

[Sugarbleus]

23. I think Kerry family has done something for Imus ranch...

I think I heard Imus say that not so long ago. I could be wrong.

[liberal N proud]

11. And I saw on CNN last night that Kerry would not do talk shows

Let's see:
The Daily Show (CNN would not know that)
Imus (Again CNN would not know that)
Help me out here, I know he has done others.
Maybe Kerry just wont do interviews on CNN and FAUX?

[Sugarbleus]

13. Didn't Kerry do a bunch of talk shows before the nomination too? n/t

[LTR]

39. He did Leno

He rode a motorcycle on stage. Also went on Larry King a few months ago.

Kerry should be doing LOTS of talk shows! Clinton won by doing this in 1992. His MTV appearances were massively successful in bringing out young voters to the polls. Also did well on Phil Donahue and Arsenio Hall. Ross Perot took a lead in the polls by joining at the hip with Larry King. As for Poppy? Well, he went on Rush Limbaugh the week before the election.

If Kerry doesn't do talk shows, then he is stupid. As I keep on saying, GO ON OPRAH!!! Hell, people will pay attention to a talk show host who gives her audience cars, right?

[Sugarbleus]

12. Geez, CraigCrawford (+many others) want Kerry to let the cat

out of the bag before he's even elected! "Who's Kerry going to appoint etc..."

Everyone wants to know UPFRONT every move Kerry might make...that doesn't seem appropriate. Besides, a candidate has to get "behind the wheel" and look at the problem in total before he can start the engine. Sheeesh

We are voting for a candidate based on his principals/policies and ideals...we have to trust him for his cabinet selections after that.

[crickets]

16. The snide comments he kept making

about Kerry only appearing on local media, as though somehow Kerry is refusing national media coverage, sent me into a slow burn. That, and "why doesn't he just admit he made a mistake (on the War resolution vote)?" - well, perhaps because jerks like you, Craig Crawford, would be shrieking, "flipflop!" one microsecond afterwards if he did. Heh, the mute button is a must for the next half hour.

Agreed on the cabinet selections. Crawford was making it sound like people have to know these things before making an informed choice, as though it were SOP. Um, no.

[spooky3]

31. yep, that's exactly what I thought on the Daily Show last night

after Pat B. wondered the same thing. Jon didn't call him out though.

[spooky3]

32. and if Kerry announced cabinet choices people would call him arrogant

for presuming he'd win.

Why is everyone pressing only KERRY for plans to get us out of Bush created messes in Iraq, the economy, health care (e.g., the prescription drug gift to the pharmaceuticals) etc.? Why do we hear no one pressing BUSH for plans to correct his mistakes and to respond to new challenges?

[crickets]

73. Exactly

And it was so satisfying when Kerry turned it around and made the point that Bush is the President, Bush is making the decisions, and Bush is the one everyone should be pressing for answers on Iraq right now. Hee, then he goes on to explain how Bush has been making the wrong choices so far. This was really good interview. I have to hand it to Imus for letting Kerry take as much time as he wanted to answer the questions without interruption.

[unfrigginreal]

14. One good thing he said after his visit was that he DEFINITELY

would not vote for Bush. Of course with Imus that could change, but if he keeps saying it millions are hearing the message that the war in Iraq is a fiasco that we never should have waged and it's Bush's fault.

[babylonsister]

17. As far as I'm concerned,

that IS the message. Kerry needs to note this war SUCKS, is not winable, we're there because of the smirking chimp, too many people have died already, let's pull the plug. But he will not. If Kerry did, I do believe he'd win a lot more people over than having the same platform as the chimp*. Hey, it's interesting to have a voice on this forum so readily, but oh so early in the a.m.

[Sugarbleus]

19. Early in the am. ...I've been up all night!

Got my days and nights ALL turned around because of this election. :hangover: lol




Welcome to DU :hi:

[babylonsister]

27. Imus' history

He has/had been supporting Kerry and got his panties in a wad when Kerry, on a train trip, failed to stop and visit the I-man on his ranch in New Mexico this summer. After the trip to see our vets, I think his mind was changed. We'll see shortly. His cohorts are/have been Bush supporters, but as things change/get worse, hopefully cooler heads will prevail and they'll see the error of their ways.
Hi, Sugarbleus, yes, I'm a newbie, but I'm so anti-Bush and have been since before 2000; this is a nice outlet for me. I get to vent w/o screaming at the TV or spouse!! Amazing to me to find a site where everyone agrees on the basic premise, i.e., BU***H SUCKS.

[Sugarbleus]

20. I think he despises Rumsfeld and Cheney too, doesn't he? n/t

[unfrigginreal]

22. Yeah, he hates the whole crowd

especially Cheney and Wolfowitz

[Sugarbleus]

25. Thought so. I liked his stern comments about them ..

He never let up on it either...so that went out over the airwaves as a plus.

I don't always stay up or get up to watch Imus--west coast here, pretty early for me--but once in awhile I catch him when he has someone interesting. Then I immediately switch to C-span.

[Shuck and Jive]

18. Imus is about IMUS and only IMUS

He's in it for the attention....

He suported Dole over Clinton (REMEMBER ???)

[abrock]

24. Can someone PLEASE post a link to netradio that carries Imus.

I want to hear this!

[southlandshari]

28. look near the top of the page

at msnbc.com - should be a link to the show. I can't post it, because every time I go to MSNBC's home page, some extended downloading action begins and computer freezes up completely. I'm assuming others don't have this problem, since I haven't heard much about it on DU.

[abrock]

29. There is no link there. I looked for 20 minutes.

Only a link to his blog. No radio show! Anyone?

[babylonsister]

33. MSNBC on now!

[abrock]

37. I don't get the MSNBC tv channel.

[southlandshari]

45. I wish I could help you

In the spirit of helping a fellow DUer, I just went to msnbc.com...and, as usual, my computer totally locked up. ARRRRRGGGHHHH!

Just do a web search on "Imus in the Morning" and I'm sure you will find a link to listen live...

[abrock]

53. I did, no link. They must have stopped running it on there.

[babylonsister]

34. WFAN?

Maybe; sports radio?

[unfrigginreal]

35. Kerry: Rumsfield should have been fired

most serious micalculation in sending our men and women into war

[unfrigginreal]

36. Kerry: Our 'folks' still don't have the equipment that they need

that's not the way you send men and women into war

[spooky3]

38. The tone JK's using is as good as the content.

He sounds very conversational, not lecturing. Imus just asked him about assault weapons (hit it out of the park) and accused him of not supporting funding for the troops and JK said, but I did! I voted for the largest defense budgets in history...then went on to destroy the rest of the myth also.

Now talking about the 9/11 widows--the war in Iraq was not the right war. Osama did 9/11. He's the one we should be going after...

[spooky3]

42. We deserve a president who will tell us the truth and work with our friend

[Cha]

90. Thanks to all of you who are reporting on this so

the rest of us can have the advantage of knowing what Kerry said to imus(I don't like him).

[Sugarbleus]

40. Woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooo

KERRY'S TALKING THE TRUTH NOW, BABY!!

[abrock]

43. ARRGH! I want to hear it!

Is someone recording this so the rest of us can hear it later?!

[crickets]

84. I hope so

People who missed it really should hear it. I'm also really annoyed with myself for not sticking a tape in the VCR...

[unfrigginreal]

41. Kerry: Terror has increased in the world

the number of troops killed is up everymonth
Osama did 9/11 Osama knocked the buildings down and they're not in Iraq
We need a president to tell the Americans the truth

[KennedyGuy]

44. explaining his war vote now

take the time to build coalition...Pres ignored that and cut off the inspection process and rushed to war.

[spooky3]

46. I give Imus credit; he's asking questions fairly and letting JK talk.

[Sugarbleus]

52. To my knowledge, the ONLY person who has let Kerry talk......

Yeeeeeeeehawwwwwwww :bounce::bounce:

[Sugarbleus]

50. Fan-freaking-tastic!! It's out of the bag now....woooooohoooo n/t

[KennedyGuy]

47. wrong to rush to war

without an understanding of what would happen when we won...didn't even guard the ammo dumps which are now being used against our troops. YAHOOOOO!

[unfrigginreal]

48. Imus: Grand Canyon "do it again" remark?

Kerry: I believe the President needs the authority to go to war, I believed it about Clinton as well
Bush ignored consequences of rushing to war without understanding Iraqi tribalism - going to war without plan to win peace - wrong to not guard weapons caches

[KennedyGuy]

49. Kerry would call a summit meeting

encourage allies to help.

[spooky3]

now Kerry's asking why don't you ask Bush what his plan is for getting out

[oasis]

87. Lou Dobbs said that was a "wonderful question" to ask. Dobbs came on the

Imus broadcast an hour or so after Kerry.

[unfrigginreal]

88. Unfortunately, Dobbs was being sarcastic

He and Imus were really dumping on Kerry for not having his own plan re:Iraq.

[KennedyGuy]

51. wouldn't fire military people who gave advice I didn't like

Bush is making it tougher every day by misleading and not admitting what is going on. You ought to be asking the Prez what his plan is rather than asking me...he is the Prez today.

[spooky3]

54. Imus trying to dodge this by saying Bush isn't the one calling to be on

Imus' program--Kerry let him off the hook.

[spooky3]

56. mentioned people who are advising him and may be considered for

cabinet positions. Imus likes the list, except Albright.

[spooky3]

59. again hammers the untruth theme--and called SB book "pack of lies"

[liveoaktx]

57. Pffttt!! Yeah, COWARD Bush isn't gonna call in to Imus show.. but

that doesn't mean Bush isn't the one to ask, he is PRESIDENT... Kerry has, properly, said that he would see what the situation will be on the ground in January, as who knows what Bush will have let it degrade to by then.

[spooky3]

60. exactly!

[Sugarbleus]

61. Cheap shot.............but at least Kerry gets his message out...

Besides, Imus will be called a sack full of @#$%$#@ if he doesn't show a wee bit of "balance"..ahem :eyes:

[Cha]

91. I guess Kerry is saving "his plan" for

another day and that would piss imus off.

[Sugarbleus]

55. Gnuck, Gnuck.... >:o) n/t

[KennedyGuy]

58. I don't see how you can distribute ballots in Fallujah

Prez is not being honest.

[spooky3]

63. Imus advising him to fight back harder; Kerry says "taking gloves off"

[Sugarbleus]

65. Imus letting him have a LOT of time too. Weeeeeeeeee n/t

[KennedyGuy]

62. Level of irresponsibility

smeared McCain...challended his character and lied about him and Max Cleland. If you look at their record of dealing with terror, they have made the world less safe. I welcome the debate on that...bring it on.

[KennedyGuy]

64. He's doing quite well

the more he talks about Shrubs record...the better he sounds.

[Sugarbleus]

66. Absolutely.........n/t

[spooky3]

69. They're making arrangements to have Edwards on Imus.

[Sugarbleus]

72. Did he say that? I didn't catch it. Yeeehawww

Soooooooo, IMUS ole buddy, your ratings just went up notch.

THANK YOU IMUS AND MSNBC by proxy :bounce:

[spooky3]

76. Imus asked "if you see Edwards in his undisclosed location, say hi"

Kerry also said Edwards is doing a great job and is all over the place working hard. Either he or Imus suggested it would be good for him to be on the program and they agreed. Unless Kerry is foolish, which I'm sure he is not, he'll call a staffer over immediately to arrange it.

[KennedyGuy]

67. talking about Vietnam

never my intention to impugn every vet...just to make a point and tell the truth which has been documented. I understand peoples anger, but I had the courage to speak out and tell the truth.

[crickets]

68. Acccountability!

Kerry's steamed about Abu Ghraib. He's saying responsibility for Abu Ghraib should go all the way to the top. Rumsfeld had better watch out. Kerry is angry about this.

This entire interview is excellent. He's really covering a lot of ground from domestic policy to Iraq and pounding home the points very well.

[cthrumatrix]

86. this was definietly a step in the right direction

[unfrigginreal]

70. Imus: Do you think there are ANY circumstances for us to go to war in Iraq

Kerry: Not that I can see...under the current circumstances we should not have gone to war.

[mzmolly]

74. "We should not have gone to war"

Wellllp it took a while...but I'm glad he said it :toast:

[Cha]

92. Wow!

Now maybe it will be straigthened out! :toast:

[cthrumatrix]

95. drip drip drip

[Sugarbleus]

75. HE SAID IT! Woot.. that should appease so many who have

been worried about his stance all this time.


FABULOUSAMUNDO!!


Bookmarking thread for future reference :7 :bounce:

[Cha]

93. Good idea!

:bounce:

[KennedyGuy]

71. I think Kerry did great and must get out there more

he makes sense...explains away the 30 second sound bite lies and distortions made about him by all the right wingers. The more people hear him...the quicker this thing will turn around.

[Sugarbleus]

79. You betcha!

It's like I've complained about for a long time...the BIG media WON'T GIVE HIM AN INCH of air time..not like this.

Swing states get more ads and coverage than the entire country gets on the whole.

In any case, this was perfect timing. I hope it invigorates our party to 'keep on trucking' with this campaign.

It's a race and we're STILL IN IT. Woooohoooo :bounce:

[spooky3]

78. send Christy an email

to thank Imus.

[e-mail]

[Sugarbleus]

82. Is she still close to him? Good idea if so. n/t

[Shuck and Jive]

80. Now comes the post interview trashing of Kerry

[AmerDem]

81. Kerry did very well, all things considered.

He is up against a massive corrupt corporate media. It's going to take alot of wasted energy just to get past their premeditated biased against him.

[Rob in B_more]

83. Press access

By not meeting w/ the National press, he makes himself more of a coomodity. So when they do get him, they let him talk and show him more respect. Clearly this is one of the way bush controls the media.

[Justice]

85. Press access

Kerry won in Iowa by not focusing on the national media, and instead focusing on fundamentals, door to door - person to person.

By not meeting w/ the National press, he is very smart. He makes himself LESS of a commodity.

[Rob in B_more]

89. I will clarify

I think by being less available, he makes himself more in demand, and the Press he does get will be more on his terms.

[Cha]

94. Sounds good!

Kerry sure has our attention!