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Article: Imus-Be-An-Idiot; Why Pols Who Get Burned By the Shock Jock Keep Coming Back
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 31, 1996
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HEY, DID you hear what Don Imus said about Hillary Clinton?
It's a song parody that ridicules how she "fornicates,"
"menstruates" and "urinates," and includes the refrain: "That's why
the First Lady is a tramp."
Or maybe you caught one of the "Beavis and Bubba" skits, in
which Bubba (Bill Clinton) is portrayed as a leering Arkansas hick
whose "knees knock" when women of low repute come near?
Ouch! Did the president of the United States (regularly
described by Imus as a "fat pantload" and "lying weasel") boycott
the radio show after those bits appeared early in his term? Not a
chance. Clinton eagerly phoned in and joked about why he once kept