Obama, Imus, Rappers

After the Rutgers Women's Basketball team accepted Don Imus's apology today, presidential candidate Barack Obama compared Don Imus's derogatory terms to the way some rapper speak about women in their lyrics and videos. He said that when rapper degrade women that it doesn't inspire him. He also criticized Imus earlier in the week about his behavior. Even though everyone else is comparing Imus to the rappers in the industry, Obama is just using this as a campaign pusher. I'm not trying to say that everyone is using Imus as a stepping stone for more votes, it just seems that the whole Imus fiasco is dying down. He got fired, he got publicly tarred and feathered, and now he has no future. Its also true that rappers use derogatory terms when referring to women and it makes it seem OK to their listeners to do so. There won't be a change anytime soon, but I guess everyone will be a lot more careful at the expense of Don Imus.