Ha, I Googled her picture and these are two for the first for images returned:
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?"
LOL! That can’t be her, that’s an ugly guy...unless she’s a dyke. :)
I’m still laughing at all this, minutes later! On a “save
Boston prog. talk” messageboard, “And why isn’t the so-
called liberal media not covering this?”
Because it didn’t happen.
Conspiracy theories.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. They caused Randi to fall!
May achieve “not guilty” verdict following a 6-pack of (16 oz.) Milwaukee’s Beast.
The commies are projecting how they think onto conservatives again. They are a scarey lot.
Ha, I Googled her picture and these are two for the first for images returned:
As Jimmy Buffett would say, "It's Two AM Somewhere!"
Nope... it'll just disappear down the memory hole.
She might not be ugly but she’s no Michelle Malkin, either.
No matter how beautiful liberal she is somewhere, someone is sick of her 8ull$h!t
The dog was in on the murderous right wing conspiracy!
You know what they say, a Republican is a liberal who has been mugged. I wonder when she is going to make the conversion.
She’s got Obama ears!
You know something, I am probably twice her age and 10 times wealthier than she is and I don’t have a lawyer to respond to questions of why I missed work. I either am doing somehting right or doing somehting wrong. Does everyone in NYC have a lawyer?
I’d be interested to know what this Jon Elliot person is saying now. I’ll bet it isn’t “Ooops, I’m an idiot who jumped to a stupid conclusion.”
Al Franken/Randi Rhodes in a catfight? Randi must have got b*tch slapped a good one!
I did say “or significant other” as the case may or may not be...
Selective editing I would think. The rest of the story is someone approached her and asked, in an intimidating voice, What's the frequency Kenneth?
She ran and stumbled.
Damn Karl Rove...grumble grumble...George Bush...mutter mutter...Damn Haliburton...slobber slobber...LIMBAUGH!!!!!!
Of course not. But Michelle is also about 11 years younger too.
Michelle, born 1970
This chick, born 1959
Michelle will still probably look great when she's pushing 50, though.
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