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Contrite Imus Returns to Air

Other than 2 black cohorts and a new policy on race, 'not much has changed'

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 3, 2007 8:28 AM CST
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(Newser) – Don Imus was broadcasting again this morning, eight months after being fired for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team you-know-whats. His new cast sports two black comedians, and while Imus promised not to joke about racism, other than that “not much has changed,” he said. “Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, Hillary Clinton is still Satan, and I'm back on the radio.”  The guest roster included Imus vets John McCain and Chris Dodd.

Imus said he’d offer no “lame excuses” for his infamous slur, calling it “an essentially reprehensible remark about innocent people who did not deserve to be made fun of.” He apologized again to the team, promising not to err again and noting that they were more forgiving than many others. “We signed for five years,” he said of his contracts with Citadel Radio. “That’s how long it’s going to take to get even with everybody.”

Radio host Don Imus arrives at his Manhattan residence Friday, April 13, 2007 in New York. Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology. She said he deserves a chance to move on but hopes the furor his racist and...
Radio host Don Imus arrives at his Manhattan residence Friday, April 13, 2007 in New York. Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus' apology....   (Associated Press)
Imus leans back and waits for Al Sharpton in this file photo. Imus returned to the airwaves today, saying nothing had changed - apart from how he'll talk about race.
Imus leans back and waits for Al Sharpton in this file photo. Imus returned to the airwaves today, saying nothing had changed - apart from how he'll talk about race.   (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show in New York in this file photo of April 9, 2007. Imus returns at 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 after a 7 1/2 month absence from the airwaves, since being fired by CBS Radio in April after...
Radio personality Don Imus appears on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show in New York in this file photo of April 9, 2007. Imus returns at 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 after a 7 1/2 month absence from the airwaves,...   (Associated Press)
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