Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack

Updated on October 18 at 1:20 PM PDT. Update set in bold face italics

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Randi Rhodes was mugged on Sunday night on 39th Street and Park Ave, nearby her Manhattan apartment, while she was walking her dog Simon.

According to Air America Radio late night host Jon Elliott, Rhodes was beaten up pretty badly, losing several teeth and will probably be off the air for at least the rest of the week. At of late Monday night we have not able to locate any press accounts of the attack and nothing has been posted on the AAR website.

Several liberal blogs, including the Randi Rhodes Message Board and Democratic Underground have logged numerous posts on the Rhodes mugging with most of the posters expressing concern about the condition of the popular lib talker.

AAR's official blogger, Nancy Scola, posted the following message on the lib network's website this morning:

Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday.

Morning talk host, Lionel filled in for Rhodes on Monday, but did not say anything about why she wasn’t on hand to do her show. The Randi Rhodes board reports that Sam Seder, who does a Sunday afternoon show for AAR, will be filling on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Elliott was extremely agitated when he reported on the incident. He opened his show by saying "it is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home."

Pointing out that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and displayed no purse or jewelry, Elliott speculated that "this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging."

"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own," he asked. "Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we're winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us."

Some of blog posters also expressed concerns that the attack on Rhodes was hate crime. Other posters warned that we need more facts before any judgements are made.

According to Elliott, Rhodes was resting in her New York City apartment and was not hospitalized.

Attacks on liberal talk radio stations and their hosts are not a new thing. About a month ago a gunman fired a shot through a window at the studios of KPFT, Houston’s, Pacifica station narrowly missing a DJ who was hosting music show at the time. There is currently a $10,000 reward offered to anyone who identifies the shooter.

This is not the first politically motivated attack on KPFT. More than 35 years ago, the Ku Klux Klan blew up the station's transmitters twice within the Houston station's first year on the air.

Also, shortly after AAR morning talk show host Thom Hartmann, started doing talk radio (about four years ago), he was told by auto mechanic that there were several bullet holes in his car.

"To this day I don't know if somebody shot out my car as kids joyriding with a pistol or rifle... or was a warning or statement of displeasure about my radio show," Hartmann told TR. "I've gotten a lot of death threats and hate mail over the years - hate mail is pretty much a norm in this business - but nobody has taken a shot at me or my car since 2003."

Talk show host, Tom Leykis, who known to express liberal views on his daily "hot talk show" was assaulted outside a Seattle bar three years ago by agitated radio listeners.

According to the Seattle Times, a witness reported two men were involved in the incident:
"…One of the men said to Leykis, "I called your show once and you called me" a name. "You had no right to do that." Then a man standing to Leykis’ left kicked him in the face. The blow knocked him to his knees, leaving his right knee scraped and bruised."

Last year Stephanie Miller received a death threat from a nut case in Ohio named "Sock" Sokolowski. Here's what the letter said in part.

"As with Cindy Sheehan the best thing that could happen to you would be seeing some WONDERFUL activist sticking an AK-47 up your Glory Holes and sending you into eternity" ---
Miller called Socko during her show (yes, he actually included his phone number in the letter) and Socko claimed several times during the phone call that he didn't threaten Miller in the letter.

(Socko is not to be confused with Spocko, who is a liberal blogger who was threatened by ABC Radio's lawyers after he posted a list of advertisers to Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan's conservative talk show on KSFO-AM in San Francisco.)

Apparently, some right-wing critics of lib talk aren’t happy that conservative talk only accounts for 90% of the programming on talk radio. These whack jobs appear determined to whatever it takes to silence the opposing point of view.

Not surprisingly, the only talk radio host killed for his political views was a liberal. In 1984, two right wing extremists gunned down Denver talk show host Alan Berg. Berg’s tragic murder was memorialized in a chilling movie Talk Radio

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Anonymous said...

You Right-wing, evil, malicious bastards!!! A woman was brutally attacked for fuck's sake!!!! WTF is wrong with you people?!?!

Randi, I hope you are ok. NO ONE deserves to be the victim of this kind of attack much less have people comment on it as if you deserved it. Sick. Just fuckin' sick.

Anonymous said...

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BY DAVID HINCKLEY and TINA MOORE

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Tuesday, October 16th 2007, 12:04 PM


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Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.

Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy.

"Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"

A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging. Cops from Manhattan's 17th Precinct called her attorney, who told them Rhodes was not a victim of a crime, the source said.

Rhodes' lawyer told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a "hate crime."

Rhodes started with the Air America when it launched in 2004. Her show airs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

The network released a statement that said Rhodes "experienced an unfortunate incident."

"The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded," the statement read by a receptionist at the network's New York offices said. "Ms. Rhodes is looking forward to being back on the air on Thursday."

Still, the tale lived on in the blogosphere.

"What the %$#$ is WRONG with you people?? Are you that SICK in the head that just because you don't agree with someone's political views you believe that they deserve to be mugged? Are you on the right that DEMENTED??," a blogger called neddlenosehanty posted on watchingthewatchers.org.

Another blogger shot back, "I very seriously doubt if this unfortunate woman was mugged by a conservative. To jump to the conclusion that she was mugged by someone on the right is bigotry of another kind. Think not?"

tmoore@nydailynews.com

raccoonradio said...

The latest, from an article in the NY Daily News, is that the violent attack on Randi DID NOT HAPPEN.
According to police sources AND
HER LAWYER, __she fell while walking her dog__.
So much for the Vast Right Wing
Conspiracy, folks!

mlong said...

It's a FAKE!!!!!!...Rhodes fell down there was no attack...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Where do you bonehead libs come up with this stuff? Good grief.

Anonymous said...

It's all a hoax. She was not mugged.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Randi will recover. Our country may never recover,however, from the hatred and abusiveness that has become normal discourse. So many of the comments here follow this upsetting pattern. The right wing desecrates Randi while the left wing assumes it was a deliberate, politically inspired attack. I seem to be in the minority, but I wish we could follow Jesus' advice and love thy neighbor. FEEL BETTER SOON RANDI! (We need you.) Jaygirl

Anonymous said...

SIIHAAPP

Anonymous said...

Wow. I haven't read all the comments but I'm astounded at the level of insensitivity and hate in the commentary I have read so far. Ugly Americans!

Nigel said...

Well isn't this special? Turns out Rhodes wasn't attacked at all...she's just a little clumsy.

I am sure you are going to run right out and correct the record, right?

Those Drudge hits must have been nice, though. Just like liberal media/talk radio...just make an outrageous accusation, explain how it must be some conservative conspiracy, then silently slink away when disproved.

Anonymous said...

Actually, NYC is the safest big city in the nation; all the most dangerous cities are in the South. Because that's where the wingnuts are in charge. Reading these comments just confirms that being a Repug is some kind of psychopathology (look up the definition, wingnuts).

face in the crowd said...

Oh well,seems little miss rhoades wasn't attacked after all. Still, you gotta worry about the doggie.

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Air America host Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged
DAILY NEWS
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html


Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.

Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy.

"Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"

A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging. Cops from Manhattan's 17th Precinct called her attorney, who told them Rhodes was not a victim of a crime, the source said.

Rhodes' lawyer told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a "hate crime."

Anonymous said...

Did you hear the latest? Air America, and Randi Rhodes lawyer admit that the "mugging" was a hoax story and that she simply "fell down". It came out after some people checked with the police and were told that a crime was never reported. Left wing hoaxes go hand in hand with left wing hate. Hey Lionel, time to apologize to the "right wingers" you slandered today.

Anonymous said...

No wonder Ann Coulter is the patron saint of the right, you rightwing nutjobs are pathetic. If you are making under 150000 a year and ranting this vile bullsh%t- YOU ARE A MORON. If you think Most Americans think like you- just watch the next election. And by the way, what are all you conservative cowards doing here, just a bunch of phony patriots who are all talk, get over to Iraq where we can put your venom to work. Too busy molesting our kids?
Get well Randi, your fellow veterens miss your voice. Wow, this page smells like a pig farm

Anonymous said...

Turns out it wasn't true, she wasn't attacked.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Guess that means, Bush didn't do it, Cheney didn't do it. But it does show how NUTS the left is, that they jumped on it as if they did do it.

YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOUR SELVES FOR BLAMING BUSH, CHENEY, THE RIGHT, CHRISTIANS, ETC!

I still hope she gets well soon.

Anonymous said...

So it never even happened. Geez.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

The dog?

Anonymous said...

Aha! So it turns out she wasn't mugged at all. Just a date with Bill Clinton.

Anonymous said...

Well it is being reported that she WAS NOT mugged but fell while walking her dog.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html
So is anyone surprised that the first reaction to a bogus story is not to confirm or verify but to accuse and defame?

The alleged 'inclusiveness' and 'tolerance' of the liberal left seems to be lacking in substance more and more each day.
As does the concern for truth.

Anonymous said...

She was not mugged according to her lawyer:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha Ha...shame on you ...lllso quick to heap blame on "conservatives" before you KNOW THE FACTS....that she was NOT mugged....That is why your credibilty is zip, zero, nada...and now I hope the US Senate takes several hours to lamblast the lib radio talker that blamed it on the conservatives...lol....how does the egg feel dripping off your collective faces...

Anonymous said...

HOAX!!!!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

READ THE UPDATE - SHE WAS NOT MUGGED -- SHE "FELL". SHE WAS NOT MUGGED -- HER LAWYER HAS SAID SO. SO, ARE YOU GOING TO BLAM THE NEOCONS FOR PUTTING A TRIPPING HAZARD IN HER WAY??? DUH....

Anonymous said...

To all you anonymous rightwing mouthbreathers...

It was obviously one of your own that did this to Randy. You want proof? Fuck you. If you frightwingers can fabricate bullshit to further your agenda, so can we.

Anonymous said...

"Colonial Dame" wrote: "I am ashamed to be an American like some of you but since my family's been among them for over 300 or 400 years, I'll just assume you didn't learn properly and don't have it in your blood."

My family's only been here for a little over 100 years so I guess we haven't been here long enough to be ashamed of America. We still love her and are proud of her.

Anonymous said...

Don't know if I'll be allowed past the moderation - can't even find my earlier comment that almost predicted this, but:
The story's been retracted - Rhodes fell while walking her dog, never even filed a police report, doesn't claim to have been mugged. Can we get an apology from all of you hate-mongers on the left for the things you suggested? Particularly the guy who suggested it's time to take back the airwaves "by force"? Or the talk show host who made these obscene claims in the first place? No? Didn't think so. You all have a shield of hate that has wrapped you up so tightly that you've become monsters, yet you're cursed to see yourselves as the most perfect beings and the other guys are the monsters.

Big difference though: people on the right who speak like most of the bloggers here do are on the fringes of conservative politics. But this kind of hate speech is dominant here on this blog, so one must surmise it represents the mainstream of liberal politics.

I've given up trying to reason with liberals even on a person-to-person level. No amount of reason touches any of you, and no evidence or logic or simple reasoning can penetrate the shield of hate you wear.

Anonymous said...

I am sure Randi would have been perfectly fine if she had just taken the time & talked to her attacker as he was pounding her face with his fists - especially if she had just asked "Can't we all just get along?" & started singing Kum Ba Yah.

Anonymous said...

The police and HER lawyer say she just fell down and landed on her face! They are still looking for the invisible, non-existant right wing ninja that tripped her.

Anonymous said...

I feel sorry for anyone who is mugged. I wonder if she'll try to get a concealed carry gun permit now.
Why would anyone blame the "vast right-wing conspiracy" for this?
Do you think she will still support voting rights for felons like the other demos?
Air America is toast, this is just adding insult to injury, or is it injury to insult?

Anonymous said...

It's nice to see the right wing commentors on this site showing their usual bigotry and total callousness, along with ad hominem attacks.

The right seems hell bent on proving it has no merits to its messages; they achieve this by attacking the messengers, not criticizing the messages.

Anonymous said...

I’m shocked – SHOCKED, I tell you!
How could this happen in NYC, where they’ve instituted every “caring and compassionate” ploy the Liberal Progressive Socialist Commies could think of – no guns, sanctuary for illegals, “counseling and reasoning” with criminals (rather than harsh punishment) – and then, something like this happens – Oh the Inhumanity of it all!!

I’m also amazed that such a “smart, clear thinking, caring and compassionate”, LOUD MOUTHED liberal wasn’t able to sit down and reason with the perp – you know, talk her way out of it, like we all know we should have done with Bin Laden, Al Quaida & the Taliban - instead of all that messy and mean bombing and shooting & stuff.
Maybe she just couldn’t whip out her milk and cookies to share with the perp fast enough?
But on the bright side, it looks like she’ll have a few days to contemplate what it is she did to make the perp mad at her, and to hate her enough to do this, because we all know that there aren’t any people who are just “evil, mean or bad” by nature – people only do evil, mean or bad things to us because of something we’ve done to them, don’t ya know!

Anonymous said...

She must have two right feet...

raccoonradio said...

For the person who had said that if it had been Ann Coulter or Laura Ingraham who'd been mugged they wouldn't feel this way: as a matter of fact, some libs on a radio messageboard were very nasty toward Laura when I pointed out she had
come down with breast cancer. Those
tolerant, polite libs. How would
they react if a conservative talk
host came down with an illness
like that?

Get well soon, Randi. the only thing mugged here was the truth.

Anonymous said...

Very amusing to read these comments in light of the revelation by her representatives that she was not mugged, but merely tripped. I think Bush did trip her though.....

mlong said...

I see the host won't allow any more comments now that the truth of Miss Rhodes accident have been exposed..come on have the courage to face the fact that you where wrong and take your lumps.

garth2 said...

"Anonymous said...
I am surprised that more of you left wing nuts are not blaming G W Bush for this.

You must blame him. Go ahead and just do it. You know you want / need to. Go ahead, just a little bit.

Let me help. B-U-S-H D-I-D I-T.

Now don't you feel better?

9:59 AM"
How pathetic are you wingnuts that you have to say garbage like that? You have no concept of decency. I hope you get what you dish out back...you definitely earned it.

Also, how sad is it that you rush out to this thread to make disparaging comments about a person who was attacked? If you have a problem with what Eliot or Seder say, then talk about them, don't start dropping hate on someone in a hospital bed. You know what the real problem is? You're just plain scumbags. You don't have a human feeling in your body anywhere. You know what I thought when I heard about Cheney being hospitalized? I thought "I hope he's OK". That's a person who's policies I hate more than just about anything else in America, who I equate with the worst fascists in history, and my first thought was "I hope he's OK". You know what you'd think if Al Gore had been hospitalized? "Fuck that guy, I hope he dies!" And you say it too. You post it on message boards. Because you're scumbags, and you know it, so you roll around in shit and when the smell is unbearable roll around some more.

You all exposed yourself with your funny "jokes" about a human being who was injured for what, nothing that we know of. Walking her dog? Wearing a jogging suit? You heartless, dickless assholes.

Anonymous said...

The real story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

I checked my sympathy-meter against the animals-over-the-bridge story out of puerto rico, so I know it works. It's just not twitching at all with this story.
Now if al gore would just freeze to death, I'd laugh myself into the hospital. Gotta hand it to him - getting the nobel is quite an accomplishment - he's up there with the likes of dhimmi carter and arafat.

Latest update is she fell over something - my suspicion is it was a fact that tripped her up.

Bing Van Gorden said...

To the cons who think that the left is blaming this attack on a righty; relax. One talk show host speculated that. Unlike you we don’t take their word as gospel. Most of the liberal posters here aren’t claiming that to be the case. You are getting worked up about a straw man you yourselves have erected. To the cons who can’t resist the insipid liberal stereotypes regarding gun control; many of us are gun owners. Just because someone is of the correct opinion that there is no Constitutional guarantee to own a gun doesn’t mean we hate all guns. Obviously if she was packing she probably wouldn’t have been assaulted. Blame Rudy Guilliani not liberals for the gun control in NYC. To the cons hiding behind “anonymous” and making obscene comments: it is your comments which makes it feasible to come to a conclusion that Randi was attacked by a like-minded individual to yourselves. Go back to Drudge, turn on your Rush Limbaugh, grab your security blanket and insert your thumb into your mouth and go away you should be ashamed of yourselves. As much as I despise the lying foul mouthed talkers on the right I would never take the opportunity to make some of these comments against them if they had been attacked.
Finally , get well soon Randi so you can get back behind the mic and proceed destroying right wing lies and smears. Keep speaking TRUTH to power babe.

Anonymous said...

News reports are now saying Randi was NOT attacked, but she suffered an accidental fall!

As if blaming some right-wing conspiracy for mugging and beating her weren't already stretching your credibility, now it turns out there was NO such mugging or beating.

The credibility of this website: ZERO.

Anonymous said...

It was George Soros Fault!

Her ratings are so low he hired an Illegle Alien (for less half the price of Alien with a Visa) to beat her up and generate much needed ratings.

Who needs George Bush or Cheney's shotgun? Get a few dozen Illegle Aliens whom are about to be deported back to Columbia and rough her up for a while.

On second though, where's Al Franken? It doesn't look good for him. Not many people are going to vote for him next year so he better keep his employment options open.

And finally:

Who is Randi Rhodes?
I never heard of her before.

Anonymous said...

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......

An Air America Radio host's on-air claim that fellow host Randi Rhodes was mugged has been denied by the New York Police Department and the network. "There is absolutely no report filed," said a source at the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information who asked not to be quoted by name. "There was no mugging."

Jon Elliott, a late-night host on the liberal radio network, told his listeners early Tuesday that Rhodes was mugged outside her Manhattan apartment Sunday night, losing several teeth in a brutal attack that knocked her off the air while she recuperates.

"It is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home," Elliott told his listeners.

According to the police source, Manhattan police spoke to Rhodes and her attorney Tuesday in response to media reports on Watching the Watchers and other sites that quoted Elliott's claim of an attack. Both Rhodes and her attorney denied a mugging took place, he said.

Air America also issued a statement: "On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday."

Rhodes has not responded to an interview request.

Elliott claimed the alleged attack took place near the corner of 39th Street and Park Avenue. He said that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and had neither a purse nor jewelry, leading to his speculation that "this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging."

"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"

Anonymous said...

Finally the truth
SHE FELL, so says HER lawyer

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Just heard an announcement Rush Limbaugh got hold of it and it states she wasn't mugged she fell. And yet, the right wing conspiracy was thought to be responsible. Now it will probably be that a right winger pushed her.

Anonymous said...

Feel good story of the day. She is an ugly person inside and out. She should have been in the kitchen.

Anonymous said...

dikcajtJust found out she wasn't mugged---NYPD sez SHE FELL!!! Typical lying liberal--blame your own mistake on someone else!! O.K. libs, try defending her lies now--this should really be good!!

Skipper said...

She wasn't mugged! She fell. This was all a lie by the left, as usual! Sorry!

Anonymous said...

Lost a bunch of teeth by falling down. Pretty stupid. To complicate things, Lefty lies through her...ummm, gums.
Just like a lying liberal.

Justice has been done.

Now stop lying. If you do, you won't be liberals any more.

Anonymous said...

"Your comment has been saved and will be visible after blog owner approval."

You Leftists censor everything that you don't like. Then you stomp over to conservative blogs and post all manner of filthy lies and bullshit and it isn't censored.

The best of both worlds for you cowards.

Skipper said...

She wasn't mugged! She fell. This was all a lie by the left, as usual! Sorry!

Anonymous said...

"Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today."

Well, now.....I'll bet it's still Bush's fault, isn't it?

Anonymous said...

Wow.

All the comments left by the Rush listeners are so insightful. You guys are a little ill. AND you probably think you're funny. Claiming that now, after having been mugged, she'll become conservative - that's a good one.

Randi was in the military, believes in laws and not violating the constitution (Sorry, George and Dick!)- and will remain a liberal.

This does smell bad - because liberals know - conservatives are violent by nature. Just look at your President - went to war, 500,000 people dead...for WMD, for liberty...what was the rationale after that?

You poor Rush listeners...you've been duped. Come to NYC, if you're not too afraid, and see that mugging is not a common occurence.

Sincerely,

An "out of control, hate-filled" liberal.

jim said...

Baloney! She wasn't even mugged at all. She just fell down and broke out her teeth. And then she tried to blame someone else (right wingers) for her own negligence! Boy, I'll bet this has never happened before. It's a vast right wing conspiracy. Unreal.

Anonymous said...

Well, now that we KNOW she only tripped and fell, will we see all of you who jumped to conclusions about "Right Wing Conspiracies" aplogize for being so wrong? So bigoted? So hateful?
Not holding my breath.

Anonymous said...

The assumptions are just laughable! Oh of course, it MUST be some right-winger mugging her - maybe it was Cheney or Bush themselves!

If you have to go political motives, my vote is that it was that nutjob who runs the "Daily Kos"- the poor woman probably had the nerve to say something that wasn't the "party line." You know, one must never talk bad about a fellow Democrat. Ever. That can't happen. Ever.

Excuse me - I've got to go and tell someone about this! It's TOO funny.

Anonymous said...

Randi Who??????

Anonymous said...

Well, well, well. The left wing paranoids just showed how wacky they are. The official word, FROM HER OWN FREAKING LAWYER, is that she fell while walking her dog!!! No mugging, no right-wing conspiracy. Sorry but W, Chaney and Halliburton weren’t involved. Now I want to see a post on this blog that they were wrong and apologize for casting aspersions on conservatives. I also want an apology from Jon “They’re coming to take me away” Elliott.

Anonymous said...

RANDI WAS ATTACKED BY THE REICHWINGERS, you KNOW IT. That she is being forced to SILENCE herself about it is TERRIFYING. Chimpy McBusHitler will KILL US ALL!!! Do NOT allow Randi to be SILENCED by the ReichWingHateMachine! Once she is out of the HOSPITAL and away from JEW York City you know she will TELL US THE REAL STORY of her assault and rape at the hands of the Rush-Hanni-BOTS. 911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB and so was THIS

Anonymous said...

I'm guessing she was drunk and tripped over her own two left feet.

Edward Von Bear said...

Gravity obviously is a creation of Chimpy McBushitlerhaliburtonexxonmobil as it tries to silence a brave low rated talker who is bravely speaking truth to power from the safety of a Manhattan Cocktail Party.

I expect Olbermann to do a 5 part investigation into how Karl Rove's weather machine caused garvity to shift just under Ms Rhodes' feet.

Anonymous said...

So now the fascists and the neocons know that their backs are against the wall. They have become so desperate that they physically attack Randi Rhodes. Air America and traditional liberal philosphy represent the real values of this nation.

The Right is on the losing side of history and they know it. Violence and fear is all they have left. It will be interesting to see what the neocons engineer as the election come closer.

I refer to Bush's various executive orders and signing statements.

Bush and the rest are the lowest form of cowards and will be consigned to the lowest pits of history. Unlike FDR all Bush has to sell is fear itself.

Gerard Roney

Anonymous said...

Rhodes' lawyer told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a "hate crime."

-http://www.nydailynews.com



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Anonymous said...

Wowee! Zowee! And it all turned out to be one big LIE! No wonder short wave radio has more listeners then Error Amerika does!

Anonymous said...

Randi Rhodes was no more assaulted by a right-wing fanatic on Monday than Dick Cheney was. She, in fact, fell down and injured her teeth outside of a Midtown Irish bar at around 6 o'clock Sunday evening after downing about fourteen Ketel One Bloody Marys. She was abusive to the barstaff and generally gross, crass, loud, and pretentious. I genuinely hope she has a speedy recovery. I never would've disclosed this (I believe that anyone should feel free to hang out at Irish pubs at any time and not be concerned about someone publishing their behavior) if Air America hadn't grossly interpreted a drunken indiscretion and allowed it to be morphed into some bullish rhetoric on air. Whatever journalistic integrity the station may have ever had is now completely compromised. The manipulation of the public diminishes any cause, whether just or fabricated.

Robert said...

Well, whadaya know, she wasn't mugged after all.

Looks like all of your liberal paranoid ranting was for naught.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

"
By the way, "blue" states give MORE to the federal coffers than we take out. So, give us back all the money you freaks take.
"

My point validated, keep money in the hands of the people who earned it, and this is not an issue

Anonymous said...

Soooooo,

No attack occured after all.

Waiting for apologies from the bent foreheads that blamed it on the right wing and Bush.

Anonymous said...

Good call on this one Left-Wing conspiracists. Way to get there asap with your outlandish accusations. The right is going to need all the help they can get in these upcoming elections, please keep being yourselves in sight of the public eye. Every little thing helps. It is too bad this particular show doesn't have a wider audience so more people could partake in laughing at her.

Anonymous said...

remember, Rhodes makes her money by attacking White people and Christianity 3 hours a day on talkmerica, a Jew radio network made up pedophiles, Jews and Queers. she don't tell people she is a brooklyn jew that operates under assumed names like sumner redstone[murray rothstein]
she blames Whites for all the problems in the world, but never mentions she is Jew.
she will resort to her married name[robertson] but never comes clean as to her Talmud upbringing.
green, a Jew, is the owner of the Jew network, and has stepped up his attacks on Whites and Christianity as being hate crimes, by Jew definition.
Jesus got tired of the Jew and "settled up" with her. yes, she was attacked by negroids, the people that she incites against Whites. now tell me that Jesus did not order this Jew to be taken down.
air america is running from the fact that racist Negroids were used to settle up with her

Anonymous said...

It is amazing how mean these comments are. It's hard to believe so many people would take such delight in another person's misfortune. And these same people have the temerity to call other people "nuts." We certainly live in interesting times.

Anonymous said...

This site reflects just how little the left resides in the real world.

Instead, they are waiting any moment for MIB to whisk them away to camps far worse than Gitmo.

They think the economy is terrible, that Iran can be made our friends, and when all else fails they will hate the USA and then dare you to call them unpatriotic.

By the way, the NYPD is saying that she wasn't mugged and that she is lying about whatever happened.

Not that the left will worry about the truth getting in the way of a story.

Anonymous said...

"Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.

Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy."

What the hell kinda idiotys they got working at AAR???

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Apparently there was no mugging. She fell down. Hope she recovers soon.

Anonymous said...

well since it was all a lie we can all go back to having a happy day...LOL
I hope someone prints a retraction that the lunatic just fell....LOL

Anonymous said...

All this and its a hoax!! Suckers!
The vast right wing guys got you again!

Anonymous said...

Looks like Ms. Rhodes is a victim of gravity.

I did not know Sir Issac Newton was a member of the vast rightwing conspiracy nor did I know he had risen from the grave.

I hope she recovers and I wish her no harm. But you conspiracy nutjobs need psychological help.

Anonymous said...

Too bad the mugger didn't stomp her dumb bitch head into the pavement.
ahh but there's always next sunday


wonder why Limbaugh was never attacked?
(insert fat oxycontin joke here)

Yashmak said...

And believe me, Republicans better not think the military vote is coming their way after Dubya's little egotistical jaunt into the desert and breaking our fine military just to get his rocks off, because the military isn't down with you people any more.

Wow, the left really IS living in a dream world. I've seen some silly statements, but this one takes the cake.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like she was attacked by a pack of rabid right-wing scotch and waters....

Anonymous said...

What's so cool about conservatives is that they show their asses on a regular basis. Just read all the above posts and my point is proven.

Super Sherno said...

The Conservatives show their true colors again. Snicker at someone else's pain. You can bet your last dollar that as soon as something affects them, they are going to demmand that the Government do something about it. I for one am a Liberal GUN OWNER and I advise every other liberal to do the same. You know what you do with rabid dogs don't you...?
www.teamliberal.com

Anonymous said...

To all you idiotic consevative posters here to pile on someone after a tragic occurance, let me just say GET A JOB AND MOVE OUT OF YOUR MOTHERS BASEMENT!!! Stupid high school drop-outs! And pull your pants up while you're at it junior!! Stupid booger eating rush fans!!!


Randi, us that actually have a heart and a brain are praying for your full speedy recovery!!!

Anonymous said...

WE LOVE U RANDI....
A FEW.......RHODESIAN
RIDGEBACKS....
WALK THEM PAST RUSH....
SO NEXT TIME THEY'LL
KNOW WHAT A UNPOLER SMELLS
LIKE

Bing Van Gorden said...

I've read neaarly all these posts and the only people claiming that this incident is being blamed on conservatives are the conservatives themselves blaming liberals. The host who started this tripe deserves your derision however the liberals y'all are taking to task for spreading lies, aren't spreading lies, y'all are!

Anonymous said...

Um...she tripped.... still, nice to see you libs are all still in touch with your emotions - now if you could just work on the fact checking. ;-)

Anonymous said...

It is amazing how mean these comments are. It's hard to believe so many people would take such delight in another person's misfortune. And these same people have the temerity to call other people "nuts." We certainly live in interesting times.

You wouldn't happen to be one of those "sensitive" liberal types that scoffed at Tony Snow when he stepped down are you? Reading the dailykos the day he stepped down, highlighted liberals literally gleeful that Snow's cancer had returned, stating that he was entitled to "no sympathy."

Anonymous said...

"I'm (sadly) amazed at the number of posters who seem to be happy about this violent act! What if it was your mamma, sister, daughter, wife?"
My "mama, sister, daughter, wife" all pack heat, Sig P220's.
She should have had a shovel with her to pick up her dog's doo doo, then she could have defended herself. Shouldn't that be some kind of violation.
I have it from a good source that it was some guys from Duke. They had these funny looking sticks with them.

Anonymous said...

This was just more liberal lies and fantasies. No right wing conspiracy, not even an attack on her. Sheep.

Anonymous said...

Just because we're paranoid (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) doesn't mean they are'nt watching us.


Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy."

So the story is based on a "conspiracy" created by a co-worker.

Jon Elliot:
Now that's sick to use a fellow hosts misery to advance your agenda
Can you say Ratings?
Can you say paranoid?
Can you say whiney B**tch?
Now can you apologize, or is that word not in your vocabulary.

Godspeed Randi.

Anonymous said...

I am supposedly part of the right wing but have never heard of this person. So much for ratings..

Anonymous said...

Shorter right-wing:

"How dare you accuse us of doing what we have been openly threatening to do almost every day for 15 years now!"

Anonymous said...

Once again, the lib media tries to exploit someone elses pain for its own whacko agenda.

Here is just another example of how the lib media lies and makes up stories to advance their agenda.

You cannot believe a word that comes out of their mouths.

What type of SICK and TWISTED mind would ever think up a story like this?

The same SICK and TWISTED liberal minds that think 9-11 was an inside job. That think our troops are murdering babykillers. That think government is the solution to every problem.

You can't believe a word of anything that comes out of Err Amerikka. Thanks for demonstrating that for us once again!

Anonymous said...

I did not have sexual relations with that woman. Miss Lewinski

Anonymous said...

Who is the America hating kook who came up with this conspiracy theory involving the alleged "injury" sustained by the pea-brained dingbat Randi Rhodes? Did it originate with one of hostesses of MSDNC's unwatched leftist freakshows? Keith Olbermoronn? David Shuster? Chris Matthews?

Anonymous said...

The right-wing conspiracy machine would go after someone as irrelevant as Randi Rhodes? She is an ant hill amongst mountains.

Anonymous said...

Oh, Happy, Joy!!! Oh sure, this is a woman that was honored by being named the most outstanding female officer in the Air Force. So cool that a spineless neocon like myself can always manage to disguise my cronic dehumanization of military personel and liberal types with my misguided jingoism fueled by my desperate insecurity and my lack of knowledge of world history. Boring!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now the TRUTH comes out.. Randi Rhodes accidentally fell down. Typical left wingers... never let the truth get in the way of a good opportunity to vilify and slander the right.

Anonymous said...

did not know that the VRWC employs the drunken face plant as a tactical weapon.

Whooah said...

The news now is that she wasn't mugged, she fell. She can't recall what happened (translation: drunk, drug-addled, or both). I'm guessing she tripped over her fat ass.

Anonymous said...

Gee - I notice that there is NO RETRACTION here on this alleged "story", now that it is known to all (except the moonbats) that Rhodes was NOT attacked, but only FELL WALKING HER DOG.

Do you lefties see how utterly STUPID you appear with all your conspiracy theories?

Hey Kevin! FUCK YOU!

Anonymous said...

Just goes to prove the stereotypes about the right. A woman is attacked and you attack her. Nice. Any kids around to critize as well? How about soldiers with dissenting opinions? Wake up! We are all Americans! I agree that it's foolish to call this a right-wing attack. Let's catch the sleeze who commited the crime first. Since when did everything become us vs. them? Whether you want to believe it or not, most of the country is neither far right or left, they're in the middle and while the left and right argue and slander each other, those with the power do what they want. The best way to rule is to divide and conquer. Think about it.

I thought about it. You suck. I hope the dog is all right.

Anonymous said...

Drunk falls dwon and knocks her teeth out. Nothing that doesn't happen in Bay Ridge and Park Slope every weekend. I guess the next conspiracy theory will be that the vast right wing hate machine slipped something in her drink.


OK you got me. I am the leader of a sleeper cell of vast right wing haters in NYC. But I was very devious and used that other great liberal booze hound, Ted The Cape Cod Orca Kennedy, to force booze down her throat. Oh wait that a different woman and it was years before my birth. I am even more devious than even I thought

Anonymous said...

I really hope Randi is OK. But, now it is even clearer why Air Head America is losing their station in San Diego, KLSD, which is switching over to Sports Talk in 2 weeks. Even people who don't like Bush are getting tired of the liberals blaming everything on conservatives from Katrina, to the Minnesota Bridge collapse - and now this. (Did conservatives get blamed for the Los Angeles truck tunnel crash yet?)
When KLSD switches to Xtra Sports 1360 it will be become the third sports station in San Diego. But will mostly getting better ratings than the 0.6 share that KLSD got.

Whooah said...

The news now is that she wasn't mugged, she fell. She can't recall what happened (translation: drunk, drug-addled, or both). I'm guessing she tripped over her fat ass.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous commenting at 12:26, you sir are an idiot. If you deem yourself to be conservative, please realize, we don't consider you to be nor do we want your support. You are a bigot. Difference of opinion is one thing, hate-filled lunacy is another. Although not all of this debate has been well thought out, intelligent, back and fourth banter, your opinions have been the least productive and archaic of them all. That is unfortuantely saying a lot. If we can't agree on anthing else, at least everyone in this room can agree on one thing, you are a moron.

Anonymous said...

I think what drew all the mean comments was the preposterous suggestion that she was attacked by a right-wing activist when there was no evidence to support this.

It turns out, she wasn't attacked at all; not by a right-wing nutcase or by anyone.

She fell down!

Anonymous said...

I believe Randi is a certifiable nut case and or she just says things just to be outrageous so she can make a living (kinda like Ann Coulter on the other side). However, I wish her well and hope for a speedy recovery.

p.s. I have a terrible feeling that her injuries may not have been from a mugging.......much less a "right-wing" looney......hmmm.

Anonymous said...

Hoax, Jon should be banned from the airwaves. Now....

Anonymous said...

Well, well, well. Seems the only thing Rhodes has been a victim of is her own two (left) feet. She was never mugged at all. She just fell. That's from her lawyer and a police source.

Don't all you tinfoil asshats feel stupid right about now?

Anonymous said...

Randi, this houseful of Air America listeners and Randi fans hopes you feel better and come back fast, whatever happened.... and we want to hear all about it!

Anonymous said...

"Right wing hate machine" or typical left wing lies??? Both are a product of the liberal left.

Anonymous said...

All I am reading here is concervative hatred and ingnorance, fools.

raccoonradio said...

>>Snicker at someone else's pain.

Like the libs on a radio messageboard who applauded the news I gave that
Laura I. had come down with
breast cancer?

Anonymous said...

Just as in the Duke LaCrosse case, liberals turn out to be flat out wrong. Just goes to show their stupidity. No, no. Then there's no way they can be wrong about global warming, gun control or nationalized health care.

Randi Rhodes FELL ALL BY HER LITTLE SELF according to her own lawyer, you jack asses.

So I guess people can start making comments about her being a clutz.

I've enjoyed most of the comments in this blog, but wishing harm to anyone, even when they lie like Randi does, is never justified. I hope she recovers quickly and learns to walk more carefully and/or address any issues she might have with alcohol.

The comments by the people who think these politically incorrect comments were hate filled or vitriolic is just more proof of how pussified a lot of America has become. I'm sure these are the same people who think that kids shouldn't play in games where someone actually loses even though it's always been that way and it obviously does no harm to children in any way. But liberals couldn't be wrong about this belief of theirs could they?

Anonymous said...

Two liberal are walking down the street.

A man comes crawling out of an alley without a stitch of clothing. He is bruised, cut and bleeding, having been severely beaten.

“Please help me”, he says. “I’ve been mugged; they took all of my money and my clothes, then they beat me. Please help me.”

Looking closely at the beaten man as they walk by one liberal comments to the other, “Did you see that! You know, the people that did that really need to get help.”

Anonymous said...

Meet the newest member of the racist right wing conspiracy....GRAVITY.

Good God you guys are good for a laugh!

Anonymous said...

Wow ... Air America and this blog are so accurate. Nevermind that they used they assumed a conservative harmed Rhodes ... they can't even get it right that she wasn't mugged at all. See the NY Dailynews story link below. She fell down while walking her dog.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

Gravity obviously is a creation of Chimpy McBushitlerhaliburtonexxonmobil as it tries to silence a brave low rated talker who is bravely speaking truth to power from the safety of a Manhattan Cocktail Party.

I expect Olbermann to do a 5 part investigation into how Karl Rove's weather machine caused garvity to shift just under Ms Rhodes' feet.

Anonymous said...

This has gotten very quiet since people figured out that the "violent attack" was a hoax.

Anonymous said...

The story is a fake. They made it up. No Right Wing conspiracy. Just a clumsy dog walker.

Was Dan Rather involved in this story?

Anonymous said...

So Riddle me this. If the attacker turns out to be a Black liberal, will she push for prosecution or rally Al Sharpton to defend him because of his upbringing at the evil hands of the right wing non-caring Government??

Anonymous said...

I'm again amused at the hate-filled left AND the hate-filled right. You're BOTH embarrassing. To the person who told the right-wingers to "get a job": You're barking up the wrong tree, my friend. It is the left that tends to be unemployed basement dwellers. Why do you thing WE, the right, never have time to show up at protests? We're WORKING!

It's truly unfortunate the Randi was (or might have been) attacked, but it's more unfortunate that AAR chose to use it as a political issue to attack the right.

AAR is suffering from delusions of relevance.

Anonymous said...

Some liberal attempts to smear conservatives, claiming a hate crime and you lefties get your panties in a twist because conservatives get pissed off?

This guy should be fired or reprimanded. Of course it will not happen since liberals are nothing but a bunch of lying hypocrites.

Had this been reversed, all y'all would be screaming for the dude's head on a platter.

Under your guidelines, this qualifies as hate speech.

So what are you going to do about it?

Anonymous said...

This is at the tail end of the discussion, but it seems to me that one should be able to put a cohesive sentence together (and be able to spell) before displaying his or her opinion over the internet.

Randi Rhodes should be in our thoughts and should be wished well, no matter what her politics are. Voices such as hers are not displayed over the air to be harassed. If you want to express your opinion about her radio show, it should in no way be hatefull or derrogatory. Let's try and demonstrate some class.

Conservative.

Anonymous said...

No mugging.. hmm. Tripped and fell and it's made into a right-wing conspiracy. Sounds typical

Anonymous said...

She fell. She was not mugged. Ask her lawyer. Probably tripped over the dog.

Anonymous said...

FYI there was no mugging:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

Anonymous said...

La Guardia said there isn't a Republican or Democrat way to pick up the garbage, but apparently there's such a thing as a conservative sidewalk.

People shouldn't drink and drive. Should we add walk the dog to the list?

Anonymous said...

Oh you classy wingnuts. Don't you have a twelve year old to smear?

rightwingmac said...

MUHAHAHA!!!
We at the VRWC have struck another blow to the Sorosites!

Gimme a break..
Typical double standard wielding lefties.
While lefties, the champions of amorality, regularly riot, vandalize, and assault, conservatives GO TO WORK - yet somehow when one of them falls victim to the gommorrahn society they created, it was the "VRWC trying to silence them".

Also, while we have 90% of talk radio, they have 90% of the airwaves, newspapers, and magazines (not even mentioning the teachers unions controlling the publishing houses for academia).

I realize losing their monopoly on the media has been painful, but this sort of thing should be downright embarrassing.

Anonymous said...

"Comparing Bush and his family to the Corleones of 'Godfather' fame, Air America host Randi Rhodes reportedly unleashed this zinger during her Monday night broadcast: 'Like Fredo, somebody ought to take him out fishing and phuw.'

Rhodes then imitated the sound of a gunshot."

Did that happen? If so, it was hilarious, wasn't it?

Anonymous said...

Well Air America. When are you going to retract your made up/false story. We're waiting!!!

Anonymous said...

You commie butt hole sniffers are all alike, it's all about feeeeeeelings.

Wish her well, my ass.

How about wishing that marxist bootlicking libtard a brain cell for a change.

Anonymous said...

SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO. Rhodes was NOT attacked! Imagine that. It was just an excuse for the lunatic fringe ( Jon Elliott ) to bring out his hatred of conservatives. What a scum. I bet anything he doesn't apologize for his hate filled messages about the right. I apologize for some of the things said about Rhodes that came from the right wing. Let's hope she recovers and chastises Elliott. And pig will fly....

Anonymous said...

Randy who?

And why hasn't anyone published a physical description of the mugger, if this is some "vast right-wing conspiracy" goon squad?

I will speculate that the mugger was a crackhead from Harlem, who, because evil taxpaying right-wing racists had deprived him of his God-given right to midnight baxitball, microwavable soul food, and all the free watermelon-flavored methadone he wants, had perhaps gotten confused and wandered into a nice neighborhood in a dope haze. You know that if he were white they'd be publishing an "artist's impression" of him everywhere.

Signed, The Goon Squad

Anonymous said...

I'll bet she fell down after she planted that noose on the black "professor" 's office at Columbia !

Anonymous said...

According to the police report, she fell. No attack. No right-wing hate retaliation.

No wonder AAR is financially bankrupt. They are morally bankrupt also.

Anonymous said...

Your comment has been saved and will be visible after blog owner approval.


Your comment must be viewed by the Politburo and Ministry of Truth and might be visible if it doesn't make us cry first.

There fixed that.

Anonymous said...

Mugger went crazy train on her face

Anonymous said...

No one was mugged. No one was attacked. This stupid woman tripped and fell on the sidewalk, then she decided to lie about it for publicity. She filed a false police report and now she's in real trouble.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16
_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

(you may have to copy and paste to put that whole URL together)

BUSTED!

Anonymous said...

Just further proof that the loony left cannot even place one foot in front of the other without f-ing up! What a flaming idiot! With morons like the bunch at Air America in the ranks of the Democratic Party is there really a need for a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy? They will likely implode from their collected stupidity of their own volition.

Anonymous said...

i blame Bush and the Iraq war on this needless attack. No i bet it was that
friggin Rush Limbaugh. He did this I just know it.

Anonymous said...

She was not mugged... she tripped on her own ignorance. Case Closed!!

MataHarley said...

You all may want to update your conspiracy theories - ala the NY Daily News article, where Ms. Rhodes says the mugging business isn't true.

Do you conspiracy theorists feel the fools now? You bought into this nonsense with nary a nanosecond of personal research or verifiable evidence. Evidently innocent until proven guilty is no longer part of too many citizens understanding.

And perhaps Mr. Elliott can open his mouth and change back to the original foot he had in there. Geez... no wonder Air America has virtually no listening audience.

Anonymous said...

"concervative hatred and ingnorance" ..... those particularly literate few words speak volumes for what passes for the left's level of "thought."

Anonymous said...

Ha! I don't care your politics but it shows how quick people are to jump to conclusions before they know what is going on.
I hope she is okay and that the idjit who jumped to the conspiracy theory on the radio gets chastised by his listeners, though he won't.
It is rare we get to see so quickly and clearly when people jump to conclusions and I love it.

Anonymous said...

OK children, listen carefully. She. Fell. Over. Walking. The. Dog. It's happened to me dozens of times. The streets of NYC ain't exactly smooth as glass. Even her lawyer (!!!) has said so!! These nutjob conspiracy theories do far more to discredit the left than any anmount of Rush, Fox etc ever could ..... It's sad.

Anonymous said...

I would assume it was the evil KKK monster Cheney, but there were no powder burns found. Hmmmmmm. Sounds like ANOTHER right-wing cover-up!

Anonymous said...

It'd hilarious that you left-wing lunatics instantly blamed this woman's "mugging" on right-wingers and now it's being reported on credible news outlets that there was no mugging--apparently she just fell while walking her dog. What is wrong with you idiots?
Who are the real hate-mongers?
I wonder when this author will be offering his appology to all the conservates that he painted as hate-filled villans?

Anonymous said...

You wack-job libs are proof that liberals ARE the enemy within.

Anonymous said...

I didn't even realize Air America was still on the air...

I heard Cheney attacked her for oil.

Anonymous said...

What's the frequency, Goddess?

Let's not jump to conclusions. People get mugged (even in midtown). Celebreties have to deal with wackos.

If Randi is hurting maybe one of her West Palm neighbors can score some Oxy for her.

Baroosk: Congratulations on making Radio Daily News with this story. And thank you for sticking with liberal ideals of free speech (unlike the "other" libtalk blog).

Anonymous said...

You Libs are pathetic! Why would any conservative even care about Air America? It's a failure. A pitiful attempt to counter the success and domination of conservative talk radio. It is the intolerant Left that is intimidated by opposing viewpoints. Grow up!

Anonymous said...

Hey all you angry, tough, idiot right wingers? Why aren't you in Iraq, instead of repeating idiot talking points about things you don't comprehend?

Shit or get off the pot losers!!

Anonymous said...

You all are idiots. There is no right wing conspiracy. That's just a Hilary talking point. Too bad it takes a story like this to get anyone to pay attention to Air America. So sad so sad...

Anonymous said...

Wait so the dog was unharmed? Clearly
her dog is a right winger who has had enough and set up the hit.

Anonymous said...

Damn you Halliburton!

Anonymous said...

I heard she is a closet alcoholic and was hammered at the the time. How do you fall and chip your teeth unless you are too drunk to stop your fall. Time for rehab?

Anonymous said...

Nice job, Baroosk. Jumping to hysterical conclusions. A good journalist will check his or her sources before they publish. To paraphrase Jphn Kerry: "I did check my facts, after I didn't."

How will you explain this on your next visit to the big Guy James show?

Anonymous said...

Bush had nothing to do with this, clearly this was caused by global warming!

Anonymous said...

Well, i just about had enough of reading this thread,i am appalled at what i see coming from both sides on this issue,i am a conserv. christian,i enjoy hearing different views,but when a human being gets beaten up and almost killed and you all crack jokes..

my prayers for her and family and for a quick recovery...

Anonymous said...

She wasn't mugged. This whole story is BS. She tripped and her liberal conspiracist of a co-host blamed it on the "right-wing hate machine". I recommend you liberals lay off the meth.

Anonymous said...

I think that she realized her plastic surgeon played a nasty trick on her: in he latest picture she looks like a expanded version of Ann Coulter so she probably decided to bash her own face.
Just a thought!

Anonymous said...

what a shame ...Oh well too bad we cant say "one less piece of shit liberal on the streets".

It begs the question "If something isnt heard ,does it make a sound when it falls down?"

Anonymous said...

Ha ha, no one listens to your freaks, this is why. What a bunch of morans.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Rush Limbaugh is right, you guys have to lie to people because everyone rejects what you stand for.

LOL! LOL! LOL!

Anonymous said...

I've heard her show a few times. The first time I thought it was an act. And then tried to understand her reasoning. I now can't help but wonder how she can be so out of touch with reality?....I think this event this will change her in some ways. She may not admit it publicly... but it will.
I wouldn't want ANYONE to get treated the way she was. I've been there. I've been robbed a few times myself. When your that close to death it changes you. You learn that civil order is maintained by nothing more than a bluff. It's really a sick freaking world. And all the Right and Left crap only helps the undeserving rich get richer, really. It's just basic greed for money and power on both sides when you look at it. What a total waste of life and time in the long run of our short lives.
I Hope You Get Well Soon! I got through this type of thing three times, you will too this time I'm sure. Your way to strong not to. Man, I heard it in your voice on your show. God Bless You Randi for that incredible passion you have. Even though I don't understand it. Heck, Maybe I'll call you one day soon and you can call me a Jerk. LOL Take Care and come back when you can.

Anonymous said...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html


People should check their sources BEFORE engaging in a stark raving mad diatribe.

Anonymous said...

Randi is simply a victim of her own big feet. She was not attacked. She wishes she could get that kind of publicity.....so someone makes it up for her and she rides it as long as she can....with little or no comment. Long live Rush....Long live Seaan

Anonymous said...

What's The Frequency, Kenneth

Unknown said...

I held off reading these comments until I knew the actual condition of Ms. Rhodes.
What a group of mindless jerks most of you are...
I don't care if she is liberal or conservative, if the story was misreported or true (oh, and by the way, everything on Fox is gospel); this has been an exercise from Hell.
The next time ANY right-wing commentator DARES to claim about left-wing vitriol, I'm going to use a screenshot of this blog as a counterpoint.
What do you people do in your spare time; drop babies from rooftops? Are you adults? Some of you sound like you needed your diapers changed.

Anonymous said...

pwned

Anonymous said...

Hey....I just heard that her DOG was the one that beat the hell out of her....or was it Rush'e dog...hmmm!!

Anonymous said...

I'm just amazed at the lengths LIBs go to in order to create news for themselves. You want radio to be as much in your control as TV is, but it just isn't going to happen. Not because of any conspiracy, but because of good ol' fashioned free-market principles of what sells and what is supported. When will you learn that it's one thing to spout your spittle in an arena with no feedback, but in the arena of talk radio, you have to put up with the TRUTH of your follies being exposed. But in the meantime, come on in ... the water is warm.

Anonymous said...

My bad. I was walking down the street and had an urge to kick the hell out of a dog...must have gotten the wrong one. Sorry.

Mike Vick

Anonymous said...

Jogging Suit: $80

Little Dog: $800

Karma for Lying Lib: PRICELESS

Anonymous said...

When one reads the vicious right-wing comments here, one understands why there might be a rush (pardon the pun!) to judgment.
Hope Randi will not let this keep her from her good work.

Anonymous said...

The following would have been a good comment; but unfortunately the entire story was made up by Air AmeriKa as a hate story against conservatives; bottom line is it was a publicity stunt.

Face it no one even knew who Randi Rhodes was is or whatever; besides for being a guitar player.

But, here is what I would have said if Air Amerika wasn't lying;

-----------------

Too bad she wasn't a conservative in a southern state...

All that people would have heard would have been:

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

(Click)

Reloading...

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

... and some bystander commenting "Nice Grouping Randi!"

Bens Stuff said...

Erroneous stories, rants from the left and the right, and a do nothing Congress are reasons why the average American just doesn't give a crap anymore. You guys (left, right, Demos, Reps) should be focusing on fixing problems and not spreading hatred. Hope that Ms. Rhodes has a full recovery and pray that all sides will soon get together to solve the many problems of this nation.

Anonymous said...

Too bad all these nice people are allowed to have children that will learn from them how to hate and avoid any meaning full thinking on what is important and decent. "Roma" is in free fall.

Anonymous said...

OK people; enough already. We all know this was caused by Global Warming, which was created during the reign of King George (W) who is tied to the vast right wing conspiracy thru Darth Vader's protégé Dick Cheney and all his Halliburton cronies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's move on - gee, that sounds like a good name for an organization of crackpots.

Anonymous said...

jesus was this on freerepublic or something? hell hath no fury like an overweight out-of-work slack-ass republican watching porn on the computer in the middle of the night trying desperately to spin a story with some dittohead taking points

Anonymous said...

She can't seem to keep her pie hole shut for more than 1 second during her show bashing the VRWC, now all of a sudden when shes under scrutiny, don't hear a dam peep from her. Come on Randi, exercise your free speech rights, you liberal lunatic.

Dissident Dave said...

funny how most of the sicko comments here are ANONYMOUS. not that i'm surprised. most of these rightwingo nuts would bring back slavery just to watch the beatings.

Dissident Dave said...

matter of fact, i'm guessing that most of the right wing sickos making these comments call themselves "christians"

Anonymous said...

She got hammered and fell down. To the angry left, this is a vast right wing conspiracy.

Loser!

Joy, Shared said...

So, a liberal talk radio host gets 'assaulted', and one of her colleagues puts her faux story on the air, and people start blaming the conservatives without actually looking at facts ... you know, like the fact that no assault ever actually occurred.

Does it bother anyone else that the whackos in this country have everyone so jaded that liberals assume everyone conservative is evil, conservatives celebrate when a liberal (supposedly) gets beat up while walking her dog, and no one can find common ground anywhere anymore ... ?

Unknown said...

You know, Randi is probably sitting back and laughing at all of us for obsessing over this and not directing our energies toward rescuing this country from the precipice of Nazism from which it currently hangs. Don't get me wrong...I wish Randi a very speedy recovery and am sorry about what happened, whatever it is. You people who are expressing joy over this incident are really sick. I think you have way too much time on your hands.

Anonymous said...

Rhandi Rhodes was assaulted in a vicious street attack. The street has been identified as 39th Street.

Although the street has no previous record, it does permit right turns, prompting speculation about a political motive. The street, a Manhattan native, was not brought in by police for questioning, but has been advised to stay at its current location. When approached by reports, Mr. 39th expressed agitation at being walked all over by pedestrians and pissed on by dogs. Also for being walked on by dogs and pissed on by pedestrians. Mr. 39th alleges Ms. Rhodes lunged at him with her teeth and that she go what was coming to her.

Police are also looking for a known associate and possible accomplice, a red head going by the name of Bloody Mary. She can be easily identified by a celery stick in her glass.

Anonymous said...

This is why liberals should not be in government. They can't chew gum and walk at the same time. But thanks libs for showing once again your true colors.

Anonymous said...

After reading many of the comments on this blog concerning the attack on Randi Rhodes, I am left feeling sick at heart at the prevailing hatred and misogyny in these comments. The barely concealed violence in you folks (you know who you are) reveal a sickness in America that allows attacks such as this to happen.
Is there no desire among you to help create a more just and compassionate world?
No wonder America is engaged in attacking countries that have not attacked us, and abandoning the less fortunate in our own country.

Anonymous said...

You have all missed the obvious...This is a left-wing conspiracy by the Clinton camp. Who else is so ruthless to beat up someone who opposes their Campaign. They "live" in New York. They have lots of thugs at their disposal and they do not want Al Gore in the race. They had opportunity, means and motive...Nobody watches crime shows any more. Remember, Paula Jones, Juanita Broderick and God rest his soul...Vince Foster

Anonymous said...

I really hope she is not seriously hurt, but it is hard not to see the irony and humor in this situation when Ms. Rhodes is so hateful and mean-spirited daily about people who disagree with her politically. I listen to her occasionally to get perspective, but have never heard her take a rational or reasonable position when a well known liberal had something negative to say....Ms. Rhodes and most liberals need to get a sense of humor. Sometimes both sides have members who say or do foolish or corrupt things. If they would not take themselves so seriously, they would have more listeners.

Anonymous said...

Randi Rhodes has used taped shots when discussing George W. Bush. I suggest we do the same when discussing Rhodes. Anyone have a good .WAV file of a bartender pouring a shot?

Anonymous said...

RETRACTION, please....
Wikipedia says this is all a LIE,
that the TRUTH is that she merely
tripped and fell...NO MUGGING EVER occurred!!

Anonymous said...

Re: "Dave said...
funny how most of the sicko comments here are ANONYMOUS. not that i'm surprised. most of these rightwingo nuts would bring back slavery just to watch the beatings.
1:24 PM"

Dave, as opposed to the left who would like to see the return of genocidal maniacs like Joseph Stalin - a true leftist hero? B-t-w, your profile can not be accessed so don’t complain about ANONYMOUS comments!

Anonymous said...

Mecca lecca high
Mecca hynie ho!

Anonymous said...

I think she tripped and fell on her face. Then made up a mugging story to not look so stupid.

Anonymous said...

Stop your complaining. I am happy that my Fav., Randi, is ok. Can't anyone play "nice" anymore?

Anonymous said...

My favorite progressive talker is Babs McNicholson.

Anonymous said...

wow, so NYC is not safe? guns are outlawed so it must be safe. safe for criminals to harrass unarmed victems. quick we need more gun legislation!

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