◼ "They are going to keep him on the air?" Imus said. "Come on, man. What are you, nuts?" - Tony Lee/Breitbart
MSNBC fired Imus a week after he made his remarks in April 2007, but has not taken any action against Bashir. Back in 2007, Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama said Imus should be fired and MSNBC should not tolerate such "hateful" rhetoric that adds to the "coarsening" of the culture. Obama said such rhetoric made his daughters feel less than anybody else, but Obama has not commented on Bashir's violent rhetoric against females. Bashir apologized on Monday and conceded his words were "wholly inappropriate" and "offensive."
◼ DANA PERINO: BASHIR ATTACK ON PALIN 'PREMEDITATED' - Tony Lee/Breitbart
Appearing on Hannity, Perino noted that "many people had to approve what he said" because it was not like Bashir made an off-the-cuff remark. Perino said there was a graphic on the screen and Bashir's misogynistic remarks were loaded into a Teleprompter.
"It wasn't an accident," she said. "That was a premeditated attack on Governor Palin."
Bashir claimed that nobody at MSNBC besides himself was responsible for his vileness, saying in his apology that his "wholly unacceptable" and "offensive" words "have brought shame upon my friends and colleagues at this network, none of whom were responsible for the things that I said."
◼ MSNBC WOMEN SILENT ON BASHIR, CALLED FOR NFL PLAYER'S JOB AFTER HE THREATEND TO 'SH*T' IN TEAMMATE'S MOUTH - Kevin Scholla/Breitbart
Interestingly enough, some of the MSNBC women (including pseudo-Republican Abby Huntsman on The Cycle) were whistling quite a different tune when it came to Incognito, who was suspended indefinitely after the alleged bullying of Martin. A transcript of a voicemail Incognito left for Martin included, "I want to s--- in your f---ing mouth."
On an episode of The Cycle, Huntsman hoped Incognito's bullying would cost him his job (5:19).