Keep in mind that the force behind the dumping of Imus is the charming and talented Al Sharpton. If his indignation at the public use of racially offensive language does not ring hollow to you, consider this(excerpt):

Democrats Embrace "Impressario of Hatred"
BY FRED SIEGEL
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 29, 2000

"..But at Freddy's [a Jewish-owned store in Harlem], Mr. Sharpton was even more malevolent. He turned a landlord-tenant dispute between the Jewish owner of Freddy's and a black subtenant into a theater of hatred. Picketers from Mr. Sharpton's National Action Network, sometimes joined by "the Rev." himself, marched daily outside the store, screaming about "bloodsucking Jews" and "Jew bastards" and threatening to burn the building down.

After weeks of increasingly violent rhetoric, one of the protesters, Roland Smith, took Mr. Sharpton's words about ousting the "white interloper" to heart. He ran into the store shouting, "It's on!" He shot and wounded three whites and a Pakistani, whom he apparently mistook for a Jew. Then he set the fire, which killed five Hispanics, one Guyanese and one African-American–a security guard whom protesters had taunted as a "cracker lover." Smith then fatally shot himself.

Eight people died, and so evidently did the conscience of liberal Democrats. It was Al Sharpton who had the honor of asking the first question at last week's debate, held within hailing distance of the Freddy's massacre. "

For those with the time and stomach for it, I recommend googling Mr. Sharpton's activities in Crown Heights--