Finishing up: The collected wit and wisdom of Don Imus

From Slate Magazine: I'm pretty much ready to let go of the Imus topic--I can't quite figure why I've given it this much attention already. But for those desiring some final words, Timothy Noah of Slate has collected some:

Don Imus' long-standing acceptance by the political establishment is a contemporary illustration of 1940s socialite Perle Mesta's famous advice about how to draw Washington's power set to a soiree: 'Hang a lamb chop in the window.' Politicians like John McCain and Barack Obama, and famous TV journalists like Tim Russert and Cokie Roberts, are no more standoffish than their predecessors; the only difference is that the lamb chop has been replaced by a microphone....
In the unlikely event that McCain, Oliphant, and others don't know who they're dealing with, let's review some of Imus' remarks (if you prefer, riffs) from the past...