As they say, a face for radio.
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.
Silence them? Is he kidding? One would have to care about them to even attempt silencing such a non-entity.
“Nazi” “Skinheads” from the “Far Right” no doubt......
Wonder if she called the ACLU or a Cop??
Pray for W and Our Troops
Somehow I doubt this will turn her into a conservative as the proverbial saying goes.
I’m sure the perp was a conservative... the only one left in NY.
I hope they catch the perp and they get a couple of teeth knocked out before being jailed.
Yeah, I mean, muggings are almost unheard of in NYC, so you really have to wonder if -- Hey! Hasn't anyone seen Karl Rove lately????
Should have had a bigger dog. ;~))
Seriously. I hope she's alright (and will maybe change her mind on the 2nd Amendment too.)
Begs the existential question, Can one "silence" someone who speaks but is not heard?
"Are we threatening them?
You're making their sides hurt from laughing.
Are they afraid that we're winning?
If you were winning, they might be afraid. But you're not winning. Nor is it likely that they're afraid.
Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
The marketplace is doing all the silencing we need. Right now, I can play video of my daughter's dance recital to more of an audience that Air America has. Not much there that qualifies as "intimidating" or "threatening."
Don't flatter yourselves. Randi Rhodes probably got mugged by a Hobbit who thought she was an escaped cave troll.
As they say, a face for radio.
Let us welcome the newest Conservative to the fold...
Why should we bother...economics will do it for us soon enough.
Rush had better watch out, he is staying in Manhattan this week. He’d better have an alibi.
You’re right. She will continue being a leftist lunatic even after being mugged by reality.
“Another raging lunatic leftist mugged by reality.”
Ya beat me to it!
Love the “blame the right” spin.
The reason she was beaten is she didn’t have money to give the crack head who attacked her.
Is the dog ok?
If only she would have been wearing some clothing that said in several different languages, “I’m a liberal who wants peace, tolerance, and justice and I’m unarmed to boot.” Then her safety would have been guaranteed.
I imagine for the unseemly schadenfreude ;o)
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