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Imus, on Rev. Sharpton's show, responding to the Editor in Chief of Ebony/Jet, who objected to Imus' suggestion that he was paying more attention to sickle cell anemia than the black press. Bryan Monroe said that his magazine had been discussing the issue for decades, back when Imus "was doing used car ads"

"Don't talk about me doing used car commercials. I'll bet you I've slept in a house with more black children who were not related to me than you have. Do not get into my face about this…why don't you show up here in person."

Leaving aside the insanity of saying such a thing at all, compounded by the insanity of saying it when he's in the hole he's in, whatever could have possessed him to say it to the President of the NABJ?