Blanket Party Palooza!

Up til now, I've chosen to stay away from the Imus flap, since it was a non-story, in my view. But this saga has now gone oh-so-Alice-in-Wonderland, it has become impossible to ignore.

Imus made a bone-headed comment, insulted some women, and made some apologies. He got suspended for two weeks, and offered to personally make amends with the society of shakedown artists professional victims as well as with those he personally offended.

Yep--he was a schmuck. But now I sit here behind my keyboard, wondering just how long the apology line at Imus' door is going to be. At this rate, Imus can be the new attraction at Disney World.

Even white people are waiting in line to take a hit in what is fast becoming the United States' biggest blanket party.

Hillary has spoken out about radio host Don Imus: "I've never wanted to go on his show and I certainly don't ever intend to go on his show, and I felt that way before his latest outrageous, hateful, hurtful comments."

Yep. I'm sure that only a week ago, Hillary commented to Bill, saying, "You know, I've been thinking, Bill, and I think that Imus is a complete dweeb and I'll never go on his show," and lo and behold, Shazaam!

And what's with the shakedown artist in chief, Jesse Jackson?

CHICAGO - Jesse Jackson is protesting at the NBC Tower in Chicago Monday over racially charged comments made by radio host Don Imus on the air.

"Imus must go! And Rosenberg, too!" the protesters chanted.

Anything to get at those deep NBC pockets, eh, Jessie?

And in what may be the most amazing twist of all, who should come to Imus' defense but the biggest blowhard of all (both literally and figuratively):

JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER: I think people who have a public voice just need to be conscious then of what they’re saying and the effect that it can have and understand that there’s going to be consequences if they say things like that.

O’DONNELL: Right, you just worry if the consequences, you know --

BEHAR: Because you could be next.

O’DONNELL: -impede upon- which is all right. If that happens, it happens. But the point of the story is, if it impedes on free speech in America, democracy is at stake. Because democracy is based on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. So we really have to worry about that in this country.

[Applause]

HASSELBECK: And we should be concerned and responsible without freedom too.

O’DONNELL: Right, but it’s not a freedom if you outlaw certain words or thoughts, because then the thought police come and then before you know it, everyone’s in Guantanamo Bay without representation.

HASSELBECK: That would be impossible to enforce.

BEHAR: What a jump!

I was going to lay off of the Imus story; but it's hard to do when what is unfolding is nothing less than a veritable museum of hypocrisy and rampant disingenuousness of societal and political discourse, which serves no purpose but to impede our society's progress in much the same manner as a 50 pound overcoat would impede a hummingbird's ability to navigate.

Folks, the Theatre of the Absurd is open, and we've got front-row seats!
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