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Air America Host Randi Rhodes Mugged (few teeth knocked out)
weswsewes ^ | October 16, 2007 | Rogers Cadenhead

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airamerika; crime; dnctalkingpoints; hatefullady; irrelevantlady; kpft; liberaltalkradio; lyingliar; neverheardofher; notrelevant; partisanwitchhunt; randirhodes; smearcampaign; waronerror
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To: dennisw
I predict that when she comes back on the air, she will identify with her attacker, excuse his behavior and blame this attack on unfeeling conservatives, like Robert Fisk did after he was assaulted in Afghanistan.

Fisk: "So why record my few minutes of terror and self-disgust under assault near the Afghan border, bleeding and crying like an animal, when hundreds -- let us be frank and say thousands -- of innocent civilians are dying under American air strikes in Afghanistan, when the "War of Civilisation" is burning and maiming the Pashtuns of Kandahar and destroying their homes because "good" must triumph over "evil"?"

41 posted on 10/16/2007 7:11:59 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: dennisw
"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own?"

More likely she "Talked Down" to a loony who didn't appreciate it.

42 posted on 10/16/2007 7:12:11 AM PDT by WesternPacific
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To: dennisw

First, we must understand why the muggers hate her. What has she done to provoke their anger? How can she change so that they will not be angered by her in the future? She must pay reparations to them (if caught) and promise to pay for their childrens’ college education. I demand she make a public apology for angering them.


43 posted on 10/16/2007 7:12:28 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Couldn’t she just talk and negotiate her way out of it?? The attacker probably just needed a hug and sing Kumbaya together. Bet she starts carrying a gun.

Pray for W and Our Troops


44 posted on 10/16/2007 7:12:42 AM PDT by bray (Think "Betray U.S." Think Democrat)
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To: Jigajog

It’s still up.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1911857/posts


45 posted on 10/16/2007 7:12:57 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The Flyin' Imams Since 11/20/06)
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To: dennisw

Just another isolated incident.


46 posted on 10/16/2007 7:13:30 AM PDT by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Rush had better watch out, he is staying in Manhattan this week. He’d better have an alibi.

Where was Al Franken?

48 posted on 10/16/2007 7:14:12 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Were those magic grits?)
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To: dennisw
If the bizzare behavior from the Air America crowd is any clue, maybe she wasn't mugged. Maybe this is just another "blame the republicans" scam...and she really had some plastic surgery and is out for two weeks.

Too bad they've destroyed their own credibility over the years to even think that but they have.

51 posted on 10/16/2007 7:15:20 AM PDT by Paco
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To: dennisw

“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?”

Or did she try to welsh her drug dealer?


52 posted on 10/16/2007 7:15:53 AM PDT by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: dennisw
The left's thought process is so controled that they now resort to knocking out their own teeth for attention?

Is this a job requirement at Air America?

53 posted on 10/16/2007 7:16:07 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: 3AngelaD

Well, you take a shot at the “Republican” mayor and then focus on the Bush administration policies that make working men go out and mug people to feed their families and pay for health care.

Then you claim it is a conspiracy. The Republicans paid the mugger. If he didn’t take the job, his kids would starve and die from lack of health insurance.

When they arrest a crackhead for doing it, you just ignore that because the seriousness of the charges trumps the weight of evidence


54 posted on 10/16/2007 7:16:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Jigajog

Randi Rhodes
55 posted on 10/16/2007 7:16:22 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: dennisw
"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air.

You have GOT to be kidding me. What a complete jackass.

56 posted on 10/16/2007 7:16:32 AM PDT by Junior_G
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To: dennisw

Let’s see a copy of a police report...


57 posted on 10/16/2007 7:16:43 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: All
This would not have happened under Shira Law.

1. She would have been covered head to tow.
2. She would have been escorted by a man.
3. She would not have been let out of the house.
4. If her teeth where to be busted out, it would have been by her Husband for he would have a reason to punish her, and it would have been none of your business.

Please be kind to go away now.

/s

58 posted on 10/16/2007 7:17:11 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Got Towel?)
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To: dennisw

Says she was mugged while walking her dog? What the hell kind of a dog does this loony lib have? Probably a French Poodle. Instead of protecting it’s owner as it should have it probably tried to “engage” the attacker in a debate into the merits of all of us trying to just get along. After that failed the Poodle took off, to get help of course......NOT!


59 posted on 10/16/2007 7:17:15 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: dennisw
"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?"

And the conspiracies begin. These kooks have no shame.

60 posted on 10/16/2007 7:17:19 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (BUILD THE WALL, ENFORCE THE LAW! ®™ ± ‰¢ ©)
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