Imus Hearts Baba Wawa

I've been wondering what caused Imus' sudden adoration of Ms. Walters,
and nonstop humpatation of her book - which is almost approaching "I
Was Amelia Earhart" levels.  (Remember *that* one gang ?)

Now it makes sense ..... it has a "racial" angle:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24410315/

NEW YORK - After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is
disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom
she remembers as =93exciting=94 and =93brilliant.=94

Appearing on =93The Oprah Winfrey Show=94 scheduled to air Tuesday,
Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted
several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show
provided to The Associated Press.

A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967,
Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the
Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair
could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.

<sigh>  Does EveryLittleThing HAVE to circle back to race now ?

Vicki, who does *not* own a copy of IWAE