Newsweek has fantastic coverage of the Imus fallout IMO: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18110453/site/newsweek/
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The NJ Governor car crash story gets better and better--here is the NY > Times version: > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/nyregion/13corzine.html > > I love this for several reasons--he may not have been wearing a seat > belt and thus was breaking the law (see "often does not" in story), > and the New Jersey Governor's mansion is called Drumthwacket. You > can't ask for a better name. Also the Times pulls no punches in > describing candidly all of the controversy surrounding the governor's > administration. My favorite part, which is a total nonsequiteur (sp?) > to the rest of the story: > > "New Jersey faces a $2 billion budget deficit that Mr. Corzine must > close by July 1, and questions have been raised about the fiscal and > legal soundness of the state's accounting of its troubled pension > system. He has been criticized by Republicans and others for failing > to disclose the extent of his financial gifts to a former companion > who is also the head of the state's largest union. And all of this is > taking place at a time when federal prosecutors have subpoenaed > records from the governor's office, and legislative offices, as part > of a broad inquiry into Trenton's often-murky budgetary practices. > > More immediately, he was scheduled to leave Saturday for a five-day > trade mission to Israel, his second international trip since becoming > governor last year." > > As David Letterman would say, I wouldn't wish his troubles on a monkey > on a rock. Don't worry, I don't think Dave has any idea what that > means either. > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > > > The Imus thing is having a weird snowball effect: > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > > dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041300244.html?hpid=topnews > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/365nhu > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > > <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know the context of Imus' incendiary remarks? Was he > > > criticizing Rutgers women for losing the tournament? Not that it > > > really matters, I'm just curious what else he said. I'm imagining > > > something like, "Rutgers women lost the basketball tournament. Oh > > > well, they're just nappy-headed ho's." Or was it said more like > > > someone would call someone else an asshole? Like, "those nappy- > > headed > > > ho's can't even win a freakin' basketball tournament." What an > > idiot! > > > Good riddance. > > > > > >
