What, me worry?
Posted on 10/16/2007 7:01:33 AM PDT by dennisw
Air America Host Randi Rhodes Mugged
By Rogers Cadenhead
Watching the Watchers
Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes was mugged near her Manhattan apartment Sunday night, losing several teeth in a brutal attack that has knocked her off the air while she recuperates, fellow host Jon Elliott announced on his show early Tuesday morning.
"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 this morning on Air America.
The attack took place near the corner of 39th Street and Park Avenue, Elliot said.
Because Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and had neither a purse nor 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 on the air. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
Rhodes has been with Air America Radio since it launched in 2004, becoming a mainstay of the national liberal radio network. Her show airs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern weekdays. Lionel filled in for her show Monday afternoon, but no announcement was made of the reason.
An Air America representative confirmed Tuesday morning that Rhodes was mugged. Calls have been made to Rhodes and the New York City police department's press office, and as more details become available they'll be reported here.
Air! I need Air! Can’t breath!
“Spots before my eyes, Laughter”
LOL...which one?
What, me worry?
When people are walking animals it is supposed to keep muggers away, so this is a bit odd. I don’t think that that street is very croweded at night.
LOL
Does she turn into a pizza when you’re done?
It used to be an attack like this would wak a liberal up, but these days, the SOP is to blame the “evil” republicans than their own failed policies and politicians who have allowed animals to prowl the streets of NYC, attacking people. It’s like this in most major cities, SF has the same problems with people being attacked, but it’s never the fault of the cash giveaways, free needles, and laws letting them sleep on the sidewalk, it’s always the fault of “Bush’s tax cuts!” and “Haliburton!” and “THE RICH”.
I’ve been in conversations with pompous, elitist Liberals from SF, their eyes kid of glaze over and they start frothing at the mouth if you talk about crime (It’s REagans’ fault for throwing them out of the institutions!), but if you even try to direct the blame towards Newsome or Willie Brown, then, oh, how DARE you, they did more to HELP “those people”!
Ms. Rhodes was attacked because she presented herself as a victim in a predatory environment. It’s NYC. Attacks happen on a frequent basis. If she’s smart, she’ll stop walking her dog alone, and get some self defense, in training and pepper spray.
Knowing she’s a liberal, she’ll get a bodyguard with a concealed carry, and then go on the air and rant about gun ownership.
Nah. It will be a justifiable expression of rage because she got poo on him.
“I’m sure it was a reich-wing nut. Coincidence that a liberal talk show host gets smashed in the mouth????????????People get mugged in NY every day. The VAST majority don’t get a baseball bat sandwich. I know the kookypukes will call ne a conspiracy theorist, but this sounds like a Fascist act that a wing-nut would do.”
“Wouldn’t You Love To Smash A Puke In The Teeth With An Aluminum?.”
PROJECTION from a DNC Brownshirt. They'd love to F-up a conservative with a baseball bat over political differences so they think that EVERYONE wants to.
I am sorry that she was injured in an assault and hope she gets better soon.
Of course, trying to blame this attack on the 'right wing' is about typical of Air America's intellectual level.
Yep, no possible way that it just could have been random street violence in New York City. Why, that's just UNHEARD of! It must have been one of Dick Cheney's hit men. That's who I would look at first, rather than one of countless violent street toughs that plague blue state urban areas.
Hope she recovers. She’s so bad on air it only helps the Right of the political world.
[I hope she recuperates well.]
I hope the dog is ok!
Where did that come from?
The Dump? Sounds like the kooks that hang out there.
It couldnt have been some crack addict who is on welfare and loves liberal entitlements now could it?
“PROJECTION from a DNC Brownshirt.”
HEIL HILLARY!!
She called FOR a "hit" on the president and should be doing hard time for it.
Liberal radio is airing bad jokes and worst taste (GM will no longer run ads on Air America) (New York Daily News May 12, 2004 Michael Goodwin)
The queen of venom, Randi Rhodes, followed Franken in the host slot...Rock bottom came when she compared Bush and his family to the Corleones in the "Godfather" saga. "Like Fredo, somebody ought to take him out fishing and phuw," she said, imitating the sound of gunfire.
***Why did they pull this thread before?***
There is also one in the Bloggers & Personal section.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1911857/posts
Not the dump, but a FINANCE/Stocks BOARD, infested by “liberals” like Convicted Felon Vikram Buddhi...
[Does anyone know what Randi Rhodes looks like?]
Molly Ivans with nothing between the ears. Same hate rages though.
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