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Randi Rhodes Quitting Radio, Slams Ex-Colleagues Maddow, Franken on Way Out
NewsBusters ^ | April 26, 2014 | Jack Coleman

Posted on 04/26/2014 1:37:58 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

The vast arid wasteland known as liberal radio is becoming even more barren. Loose-cannon lefty Randi Rhodes is pulling the plug on her show.

News of Rhodes' impending departure came in a terse statement from Premiere Networks, which broadcasts her show through 35 affiliates -- "[We] can confirm that Randi Rhodes has decided to end her national radio program. We've had a successful partnership with Randi for several years and we wish her all the best for the future. Premiere Networks will conclude syndication and production of Randi Rhodes on May 16, 2014." (Audio clips after the jump)

Rhodes spent considerable time on her show this week saying goodbye to listeners and outlining the rationale for her decision. She also couldn't resist taking swipes at Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, her former colleagues at now-defunct Air America Radio, especially Maddow (audio) --

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airamerica; alfranken; bushhassers; herramerika; liberalism; mentaldisorder; rachelmaddow; randirhodes
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To: My Favorite Headache

Do you remember asking me to come on with her to debate something re: Clinton? I think Jack Cole was still on with her at the time.

I declined, not because of you (this was pre Florida Freeper IIRC) but, because I perceived her as a nutcase!


101 posted on 04/27/2014 6:30:26 PM PDT by Seeking the truth
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To: SamAdams76

“Didn’t he die during the Ozzy tour when the plane he was flying in tried to buzz a tour bus?”

No, this is some ditzy fat broad trying to capitalize on
it but she’s having a crash of her own.


102 posted on 04/27/2014 7:30:05 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: SkyPilot

To quote her twin Steven Tyler: “Dude look like a lady!”


103 posted on 04/27/2014 10:01:29 PM PDT by Husker8877
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To: SkyPilot

Great Guitarist


104 posted on 04/28/2014 5:17:33 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: mowowie
Whatever happened to that freak Janeane Garofalo?

Recall that she said it wasn't hip to protest Clinton's wars. She's probably keeping off the main stage right now so as not to publicly dissent against the Golden Child named Obama.

105 posted on 04/28/2014 7:33:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: PJ-Comix

But... but... who can fill her “ranting while falling down drunk” niche?

Hmmm... maybe Will Pitt is looking for a broadcast gig...


106 posted on 04/28/2014 7:37:12 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Randi Rhodes reduced to co-hosting Hempfest, if it isn’t booked already -how sad.

“Dude, like who’s that old hag...?”

“Ahh...totally don’t know, Dude.”


107 posted on 04/28/2014 7:40:21 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Organic Panic

I thought her claim to fame was when she made an on-air death threats against President Bush...

Air America probed after ‘Bush gunshots.’
WorldNetDaily ^ | April 27, 2005 | Worldnet daily
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392357/posts
The audio production came during the opening minutes of a href=”http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/randirhodes/index.php";>”The Randi Rhodes show Monday night, according to the Drudge Report. The announcer said: “A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn’t safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here’s your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of four gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked].” “What is with all the killing?” Rhodes said, laughing, after the clip aired.

Air America Host ‘Jokingly’ Calls for Bush Hit
NewsMax.com ^ | Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com staff
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134311/posts
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. In “Godfather II,” Fredo Corleone is executed by brother Michael at the end of the film. Even joking allusions to the death of high government officials sometimes bring harsh consequences to the offending radio host.

In 1996, when reports indicated that a lone passenger had survived the crash of a plane carrying then-Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, New York radio host Bob Grant joked: “I have a hunch that survivor is Ron Brown. But I’m a pessimist at heart.” Grant was dropped from WABC Radio over the quip, despite ratings that made him the top talk radio host in New York City.


108 posted on 04/28/2014 7:40:50 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: My Favorite Headache

>My argument with her was who wants to listen to an echo chamber all day

precisely.


109 posted on 04/28/2014 11:24:43 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: bicyclerepair

mine did that too!


110 posted on 04/28/2014 12:35:32 PM PDT by Bucky14
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To: SkyPilot

#6 photo of Randi.

Looks like she’s gonna suck the foam cover right off the microphone. Wonder how she learned to do that?

And as Dan Ackroyd, in “Ghostbusters”, would say, “She’s a real nasty piece of work”.


111 posted on 04/28/2014 5:42:20 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: PJ-Comix

This isn’t true. I just heard Crazy Train on the radio this morning.

(Randall William Rhodes DID look more like a girl.)


112 posted on 04/29/2014 7:56:58 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I think you have in mind an antelope; but here goes...

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113 posted on 05/02/2014 1:23:49 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Secret Agent Man
THey spend all their time TELLING YOU they are right and ridiculing you if you don’t agree.

This happens all the time here on FR: in the religion area.

114 posted on 05/02/2014 1:25:25 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: unixfox
An Orchestra of Drones Will Rule Mankind With Sweet Tunes 
 

 

Okay, yes, these drones look adorable zipping around and playing keyboards and drums like a swarm of musical bees.

Don't let them charm you. It's all part of their plan. First you start to trust them, then they take over mankind.

Stay strong. Stay...wait, are they playing bells?

Aww, they're so cute!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlqe1DXnJKQ


 
 
   This is so COOL!
Watch this squad of little flying drone quadcopters playing the James Bond theme.
The only way they could have made this better is if they added a hundred more drones playing the horn section from the original theme.

115 posted on 05/02/2014 1:31:57 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Cheerio
For 2014 she is still listed as #63 in the Top 100 Talkers.

There are 37 WORSE than her?

116 posted on 05/02/2014 1:36:47 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Tupelo
Her future is golden if she just answers the right door.

Then I'M movin' to #4!!!



117 posted on 05/02/2014 1:40:38 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Seeking the truth

Hey Gene...good to see you. Yes, Jack Cole followed her. He was pro-impeachment but he was a liberal. Rhodes and him did not speak at all. I remember he hated the Clinton’s. He died of brain cancer a few years later.


118 posted on 05/03/2014 10:49:25 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: PJ-Comix
She's back, sort of;

http://trofire.com/2016/02/19/progressive-radio-host-randi-rhodes-may-be-back-on-airwaves-in-2016/

Met her Kickstarter goal and other articles suggest she'll be back by June but only on the web.

119 posted on 03/06/2016 6:49:44 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Clown Vs. Clowns.


120 posted on 03/06/2016 6:53:39 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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