Gone are the days when an on-the-air Condoleeza Rice rape joke is funny. I can't believe there ever were days like that, but apparently there's a market for that sort of thing. A market Don Imus pretty much destroyed with a few choice words aimed at the wrong ladies. The shock jocks behind the stunt, Opie and Anthony, who were booted off the air five years ago over a contest that resulted in two listeners having sex at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, know a little something about consequences. Hence their apology.

The remarks were made on their show Wednesday by a guest the duo call Homeless Charlie. In the segment, Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" while describing a violent sexual encounter in which Rice is punched in the face.

Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Anthony Cumia and Greg "Opie" Hughes, apologized to their audience on Friday's show, the Associated Press reports.

"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused," the pair told listeners.

Allow me to translate, "we still think the image of the Secretary of State being raped and brutalized by a homeless man is hilarious, but we are fond of our jobs."

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