Posted on 10/16/2007 2:55:05 PM PDT by Democracy In Iraq
By DAVID B. CARUSO | Associated Press Writer 5:36 PM EDT, October 16, 2007
NEW YORK - An Air America radio personality apologized Tuesday for saying that a colleague, the liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes, had been the victim of a violent street mugging perpetrated by "the right wing hate machine."
Air America's Jon Elliott announced on his late-night show Monday that Rhodes had been assaulted Sunday while walking her dog in Manhattan near her Park Avenue apartment. He also speculated that the attack was the work of someone trying to silence a liberal voice.
Elliott's account of the incident, however, was contested Tuesday by Rhodes attorney, Robert Gaulin.
Gaulin confirmed that Rhodes was injured after she was floored by someone _ or something _ as she strolled the streets of Manhattan's Murray Hill district around 8 p.m., but wasn't sure herself what sent her tumbling to the pavement.
"She hit her head on the street and was disoriented," Gaulin said. "She's not sure what happened. She didn't see anything." He added that she never reported the incident to police.
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I’m SHOCKED!
A LIBERAL LIED!!!
Most liberals are mentally ill ... but telling LIES!
;)
Had Harry Reid already gone to the senate floor and denounced the hate radio that is a result of Rush and ‘right-wing’ talk radio.
It must be false. A conservative is a liberal who’s just been mugged.
Fake but accurate all over again.
I don’t know what happened, but I’m betting neither of the stories we’ve been fed is true.
Something tells me that this was a setup. Attempting to get us on the right to say some vile things about her and stomp on her pain. When it didn’t happen at the rate that they expected (hoped), they changed their tune.
They were hoping to have more posts on FR that they could send to O’Reilly, IMHO.
Thats right. Time to round up the usual suspects, Jon.
The police need to get a car out to Old Grandad's house right away.
And pick up J Daniels on the way back to the station.
“He didn’t deny that a “Right Wing Hate Machine” capable of beating up women in the street exists, just that they didn’t carry out this mission.
Darn, they’re on to us, be vewy, vewy, quiet....we’re huntin’ liberals.
Rush has been in New York. Now there is a coincidence that Dingy Harry can exploit. Hey, it has more credibility than that “phony soldier” story.
She was jogging with Justices David Souter and Ruth Ginsburg
Where's the non-sense of the Senate regarding Phoney Phucking Prologues from Airhead Amerika?
Do we have a party affiliation on the builder of the sidewalk?
This is New York ... what do you want to bet it was a Giuliani sidewalk?
H
It’s the SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHARGE....details like what actually happened have no bearing here.
How dare air america insult muggers as “phony!”
Clearly, a Guiliani sidewalk, it asphalted her.
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