Posted on 10/16/2007 5:55:17 AM PDT by FooBarBaz
Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack 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.
Morning talk host, Lionel filled in for Rhodes on Monday, but did not say anything about why she wasnt 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, Houstons, 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, according to a blogger on Democratic Underground, Thom Hartmann said on his Friday show that his auto repairman, after replacing his windshield, pointed out to him that he had three bullet holes in his car.
Apparently, some right-wing critics of lib talk arent 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. Bergs tragic murder was memorialized in a chilling movie Talk Radio
I love having this useful tool available for NC. It comes in handy when one of those "I have been a republican all my life, but" letters gets printed in the paper. Punch the writers name in, and boom, 7 out of 10 times (or better) the person is a democrat and has been for years.
How is the dog?
1. Liberal talk show host is attacked.
2. The Klan blew up transmitters 35 years ago.
3. Conservatives attacked Randi Rhodes!
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.That's strange—isn't their usual reflex to be “concerned” about the condition of the poor muggers who have been forced by the racist, capitalist system to rob white rich people?
And 35 years ago, the Klan was still the terrorist wing of the democrat party.
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Holy cow. The poor woman.
I was in Montana. I have witnesses.
Good grief! These clowns even politicize a typical street mugging!
For crying-out-loud, I was mugged several years ago in front of my apartment, and I had NO jewelry on, either. Sometimes thugs will mug you REGARDLESS of what you are wearing—because they are THUGS! (DUH doesn’t even adequately express my contempt for this line of “thinking”.)
Sheeesh.
We should take no joy in this episode. I am sorry to hear she was injured. No one deserves to be pummelled by a thug.
Maybe some good will come out of this; maybe some of Randi’s “compassion” for criminals will turn into a demand for justice.
Any source that quoted the most hateful, filthy, disgusting site known as the Democratic Underground isn’t worth paying any attention to. All credibility is lost if you put any credence into what they say.
DU is where all the “Inside Job” rhetoric comes from and those people actually believe it!
Wonder what they’ll say if the mugger turns out to be a “protected class”?
Check out the edit history on Randi's Wikipedia page.
The part about her being attacked on Sunday was removed earlier today, it appears.
Go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randi_Rhodes&action=history
Furthermore, if you click on the person's IP address (130.76.64.14), you'll see that Wikipedia is asking that person to stop vandalizing Wikipedia web pages.
No wonder this story isn't being reported elsewhere - it's probably made up.
Nod. Bogus story. Agitprop.
“Maybe some good will come out of this; maybe some of Randis compassion for criminals will turn into a demand for justice.”
Good point. It would be wonderful if this knocked some sense (no pun intended) into her that there are bad people out there wanting nothing but to hurt and rob others. And, if caught, full justice must be sought - no trying to understand his past, his upbringing, etc.
In fairness, they also mentioned an incident that occurred a month ago.
1. Liberal talk show is attacked.
2. The Klan blew up transmitters 35 years ago. The Klan was a violent racist Democrat run bunch of thugs.
3. Conservatives must have attacked Randi Rhodes!
“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked.
No. There’s no such “machine.”
“Are we threatening them.”
Not with your ideas, only your extremism and anti-Americanism.
“Are they afraid that we’re winning.”
LOL!
“Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”
With our ideas, yes, but you can’t intimidate stupid.
If you want to know how conservatives really operate, read this. Then reconsider your shallow points.
We hope you get well soon, Ms. Rhodes. And we hope the perp gets apprehended and put away. Anyone who attacks a woman is a coward and scourge and should be dealt with quickly and harsly.
I found one HUGH error in your logic:
3) Conservatives must have attacked Randi Rhodes!
3a) George Bush ordered the attack on ms. Rhodes
3b) hit was carried out by Haliburton thugs!
3c) This would not have happened if our troops were not in Iraq
I think that takes care if it.
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