Posted on 10/16/2007 10:25:49 AM PDT by mnehring
Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.
Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy.
"Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging. Cops from Manhattan's 17th Precinct called her attorney, who told them Rhodes was not a victim of a crime, the source said.
Rhodes' lawyer told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a "hate crime."
Rhodes started with the Air America when it launched in 2004. Her show airs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.
The network released a statement that said Rhodes "experienced an unfortunate incident."
"The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded," the statement read by a receptionist at the network's New York offices said. "Ms. Rhodes is looking forward to being back on the air on Thursday."
Still, the tale lived on in the blogosphere.
"What the %$#$ is WRONG with you people?? Are you that SICK in the head that just because you don’t agree with someone’s political views you believe that they deserve to be mugged? Are you on the right that DEMENTED??," a blogger called neddlenosehanty posted on watchingthewatchers.org.
Another blogger shot back, "I very seriously doubt if this unfortunate woman was mugged by a conservative. To jump to the conclusion that she was mugged by someone on the right is bigotry of another kind. Think not?"
He looks like another loud-mouthed pig of the Ed Schultz, Bob Beckel variety, with violence on his mind. I’d bet he talks about how tough he is a lot. Why these fat slobs think they’re so tough is a mystery to me.
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Maybe she was mugged by Jack Daniels or Jim Beam.
While that's true, to me, this sounds more like the reporting of a rumor as a fact rather than a false filing of a police report.
“She may be a lot of things, but I wouldn’t say she’s ugly.
All Commie Democraps are ugly.
News Flash: Talkmeister Randi Rhoades (3rd from left) recuperates with friends after a vicious attack by Right Wing Bloggers. A claim of a mugging was proven untrue, but, still its the seriousness of the charges that are really the important thing, not that she fell down from mixing booze and pills with Thai food.
“He said she’s not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain.”
TEQUILA!!!!!
ROTFLMAO!!!
Since the DUmmies were positing a conspiracy of right-wing assailants mugging a left-wing mouthpiece, would it be alright if I put forth the “rumor” that she was beaten up by her lesbian lover?
BJ Klintoon got rough? Nevermind, just put some ice on that.
The vast, right wing conspiracy is even bigger than Hitlary thought.
“not sure what happened” but told her cohosts that she had been violently mugged???? And let them run with the story.
We don't know that, do we? So far, all we know is that some a-hole from Error America misreported...
I bet she fell outta bed while “walking” her dog.
Exactly. Thank you. Someone is lying, but I don't think we know if it's Randi herself, at least not yet.
Could be that she phoned in what happened (her falling) and someone at Air America (or elsewhere) decided to spike the story, to suit their agenda.
To suggest Randi was somehow in on this, at this time, is a bit premature, IMO.
Let's at least try to be fair here.
Gravity Enhancement isn't really that difficult. ;)
Perhaps her ex was visiting and she told him to hit the Rhode...request approved.
He used to hang with the pro-Hitler Joe Kennedys, even up in Hyannisport, so what did he expect?
When Downy had a show in NY, he had a talk radio guy on, and then invited the guy for a drink afterwards. Then, he hit the radio guy up for $20 to pay the bill.
Maybe he couldn't tap anybody to pay his bill, so he tried the ole' C&S...
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