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John LeBoutillier
Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2004 I call Tuesday at the GOP Convention Radio Day for the significance of three radio shows:

1. Long-time national talk-radio host Don Imus, an eclectic independent, has been a long-time pal of both John McCain and John Kerry. They are often on his show.

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Imus does not like President Bush.

He has been ‘pushing’ Kerry for almost two years.

But, after the Swift Boat Fiasco, Imus, a former Marine, has now ‘withdrawn’ his Kerry endorsement and declared himself an ‘Independent’ on the race.

So, guess who is arriving in a motorcade this morning to appear live on Imus’ Show?

Former President George H.W. Bush!

No dummies when it comes to the power of radio, Team Bush is making a move to win over Imus - or at least Imus’ national audience.

Meanwhile, the President - still trying to recover from his “You can’t win the war” flap - suddenly appeared on Rush’s radio show yesterday. And the Vice President went on Sean Hannity in the afternooon.

Bush and Cheney were both trying to calm the GOP base down after the ‘can’t win the war’ flap - and trying to do something else: maintain and even increase the base’s enthusiasm for November 2.

President Bush apparently tells Karl Rove on a daily basis that he is terribly worried about ‘turnout’ and ‘getting out the vote.’ He knows that no such problem exists on the Left: the anti-Bush crowd just can’t wait to vote in November.

But the White House is aware of a bit of a lack of enthusiasm inside the GOP base. And that is why they are always stoking the ‘base’ - and why they put the two candidates on the nation’s two largest and most influential talk radio shows on Tuesday.

One other note: late last night in Nashville, Kerry arrived to speak today at the American Legion Convention. And, as predicted here yesterday, he said of Bush’s “can’t win the war” flap, “We can and we must win the War on Terror.”

Look for this in today’s Legion speech - and on the stump from here on out.

Bush’s mistake will not be allowed to go away by the Kerry forces.

[Me#1You#10]

JK...thanks for that informative post.

Is there any Imus reaction that's been posted to the internet that we all might reference?

Perhaps the I-MAN might appreciate his name in lights right here?

[WebTalk]

I posted the Imus announcement within minutes of hearing him on the MSNBC telecast.
Link: http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6543&highlight=imus


I also watched the interview with Pres Bush 41. It won't be long until we hear Imus plant himself firmly in support of Pres Bush 43.
That is close to a 10 million listener audience.

There appear to be 27 threads on this board under search for Imus.

I'll e-mail Imus to let him know of his popularity among SBVT site members if that's what you have in mind ( "name in lights").
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[Fort Campbell]

IMUS has a large independent following. If his position on Kerry has changed this is importnat and MUST be highly publicized.

[RocketFett]

That comment by the President will go away because it's clearly taken out of context, and for three years he's said nothing but we will win this, so it's foolish for anyone to suddenly believe he thinks we can't because of one comment, which he elaborated on very well on Limbaughs show, which more people listen to than heard the original comment he made.

[Nomorelies]

September 2, 2004

Imus: "Speaking of getting into Senator Kerry's face, they've gotten in Senator Kerry's face and they have challenged his manhood . He has got to respond this morning or just go back to Massachusetts and put on a pair of panties and fold his tent."

Imus is directly referring the SVFT in this because he is a former Marine.
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[Fort Campbell]

[lolajl]

Is he really appearing on Imus show, today (Thursday)? It's not entirely clear to me, reading about motorcading toward Imus' studio or whatever.

[Tom Poole]

Imus had George Sr. on this a.m. I missed it but his show ends at 7 cst.
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[lolajl]

[msindependent]

Towards the end of the program Imus said he had switched to independent but would probably vote for Kerry. He also said his wife was a big fan of Theresa.