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Air America Host 'Jokingly' Calls for Bush Hit
NewsMax.com ^ | Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com staff

Posted on 05/12/2004 1:28:15 PM PDT by kattracks

One of the leading hosts on the unofficial radio network of the Democratic Party recommended in an apparent "joke" earlier this week that President Bush should be assassinated, reports the New York Daily News.

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. He was picked up two weeks later by WOR, which broadcasts "The Bob Grant Show" from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

It could not be determined by press time whether the Secret Service had launched a formal investigation into the Rhodes knee-slapper, as it normally does when the president's life is threatened - even jokingly.



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1 posted on 05/12/2004 1:28:22 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I didn't know there were any Air "France" stations left!
2 posted on 05/12/2004 1:31:20 PM PDT by jwalburg (Proud "Dog of the Christians")
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To: kattracks
So may I suggest that this joker is found, and given the legal triple cocktail: sodium thiopenthal, pancurium bromide, potassium chloride, and a clean bedsheet?
3 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:13 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (I approve this message: character and integrity matter. Bush/Cheney for '04.)
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To: kattracks
I'm just joking around here, but wouldn't it be a laugh to bust Randi Rhodes in the kneecaps with a baseball bat and then while she's down, rip out her tongue so she could never speak again. Haha, what a joke!
4 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:13 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: kattracks
Michael didn't shoot Fredo - he ordered it to be done by one of the boys.
I hope the Secret Service and maybe the scariest group in town, the IRS, starts investigating Ms. Rhodes, sooner rather than later.
5 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:18 PM PDT by secret garden (Go Spurs Go!)
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To: kattracks
Said it before...will say it again..I worked for her show at WJNO back in 1999...she is the biggest pile of crap there is. She is a hack. She was a AOR Rock Jock for WSHE for years in Lauderdale and was busy cheating on her husband screwing Jack Russell from Great White.

She detests Republicans and wants us all dead.
6 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:20 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Rush 30th Anniversary Tour Tickets On Sale Now!)
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To: kattracks
And if you bother these folks, it would make more snews.
Ignore them, they rotting on the vine (just watch where you step)
7 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:27 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (The Democrats would rather win the WH than the War against Islamic Extremists)
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To: kattracks
Dare we now christen the label... "Air Jazeera!"

... someone surely already thought of that one, Right?

8 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:39 PM PDT by Mr.Atos
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To: kattracks
This dimbulb will get a visit from the Secret Service. They have no sense of humor or perspective when it comes to threats against the President. I, for one, am grateful for that.
9 posted on 05/12/2004 1:32:46 PM PDT by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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To: kattracks
The irony is that more people will learn about the show from this column than will from actually listening to Air America. I mean, have you seen their ratings? Yow.
10 posted on 05/12/2004 1:34:08 PM PDT by johnfrink
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To: kattracks
Will we hear any calls to end hateful and extremist speech on talk radio THIS time?
11 posted on 05/12/2004 1:34:14 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist
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To: kattracks
And nothing will happen.
12 posted on 05/12/2004 1:34:15 PM PDT by Old Sarge
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To: blau993
"This dimbulb will get a visit from the Secret Service."

I hope they bring chem-lights along.

13 posted on 05/12/2004 1:34:33 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Mr.Atos
Air-Jazzera...I like it...it works.
14 posted on 05/12/2004 1:34:37 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Rush 30th Anniversary Tour Tickets On Sale Now!)
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To: kattracks
Air America Host 'Jokingly' Calls for Bush Hit

Why does Carl Limbacher & NewsMax assume that Rhodes was joking? I'll bet she was 100% serious.

15 posted on 05/12/2004 1:35:01 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: My Favorite Headache
whoa... say it ain't so, a Lib that's a wannabe celebrity that cheats on her husband with another wannabe?
What is the world coming to?
16 posted on 05/12/2004 1:35:52 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (The Democrats would rather win the WH than the War against Islamic Extremists)
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To: My Favorite Headache
screwing Jack Russell from Great White


yuck, just yuck. Although I'm not sure it worse than screwing Randi Rhodes. And can't Randy Rhodes family sue this b*tch for ripping of the name?
17 posted on 05/12/2004 1:36:18 PM PDT by Dr Snide (vis pacem, para bellum - Prepare for war if you want peace)
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To: adam_az
Nope
18 posted on 05/12/2004 1:37:15 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (The Democrats would rather win the WH than the War against Islamic Extremists)
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To: kattracks
I've heard Freepers talking about Air America before - I assumed it was an airline! (I'm English...)
19 posted on 05/12/2004 1:38:41 PM PDT by pau1f0rd
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To: kattracks
WHAT MUST WE DO TO GET THIS STORY OUT?
20 posted on 05/12/2004 1:39:06 PM PDT by no dems (Does anyone from the Bush/Cheney camp monitor the Freep website?)
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