Imus should have been on the offensive from the beginning. If he'd gone on Sharpton's show and called Sharpton a racist and bigot and a white and jew hater, etc., instead of grovelling (as if Sharpton was going to let up during his big moment as a "leader"), he'd be way ahead. Sure it was offensive, and it was wrong, and Imus is pigheaded, but plenty of entertainers make their living doing that. If he'd brought that out front to Sharpton instead of acting like his own bigotted comment just kinda "slipped out," people wouldn't have so much room to paint him as a closet racist. Sharpton is one of those people who make a living with offensive, pigheaded screeching, and should not be treated as if he's got some kind of moral high ground on racially offensive commentary. By pointing that out after he got fired, Imus just sounds like a bitter hypocrite, lashing out after his grovelling didn't work.
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