.Rightwing Hate Machine
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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http://gawker.com/news/developing/was-talk-show-host-randi-rhodes-jumped-by-14-ketel-ones-311453.php
Was Talk Show Host Randi Rhodes Jumped By 14 Ketel Ones?
When it was reported that a couple of hoods had jumped Air America talk show host Randi Rhodes and knocked out some of her teeth, leftists and wobblies cried foul. “Right wing hate machine!” said John Elliot, a fellow host on AAR. Maybe there is one of those but Air America has retracted its claim that she was mugged at all. “On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded.” Poor Randi! But maybe, suggests a reader, it was an alcohol crime?
Our own commenter GBH writes:
Randi Rhodes was no more assaulted by a right-wing fanatic on Monday than Dick Cheney was. She, in fact, fell down and injured her teeth outside of a Midtown Irish bar at around 6 o’clock Sunday evening after downing about fourteen Ketel One Bloody Marys. She was abusive to the barstaff and generally gross, crass, loud, and pretentious. I genuinely hope she has a speedy recovery. I never would’ve disclosed this (I believe that anyone should feel free to hang out at Irish pubs at any time and not be concerned about someone publishing their behavior) if Air America hadn’t grossly interpreted a drunken indiscretion and allowed it to be morphed into some bullish rhetoric on air. Whatever journalistic integrity the station may have ever had is now completely compromised. The manipulation of the public diminishes any cause, whether just or fabricated.
“She’s not sure what happened.”
I had a night like that myself. When I was eighteen.
Nothing more than typical lie-beral “projection.”
Meaning “This is what we’d do, so let’s blame those bad old conservatives!”
Leftists have a long history of resorting to this sort of thing. Both the “projection” AND violence against speech of which they disapprove.
Mark
They might have that backward.
.Rightwing Hate Machine
He should be charged with “hate speech”!
“She was abusive to the barstaff and generally gross, crass, loud, and pretentious.”
She was practicing for her show.
How can you tell Randi from the dog?
It goes from being mugged and having several teeth knocked out to just a little dental work.
Hold the calls, folks, we have a winner:
“Would you conspiracy nuts give up already, 9/11 was the work of Al Qaeda, this ladies missing teeth are the work Al Cohol. Get A Life!”
Actually, no. That’s another woman entirely — Rollie James.
I wonder if the DUmmies jumped to the conclusion that Randi Rhodes was mugged by conservatives.
I figure Randi called in to this Elliot guy and fed him the “mugged” line. When she sobered up, she thought better of the whole stunt. Now Elliot apologizes to help cover up for her drunken behavior.
It was that deadly right wing alcohol.
Or performing her famous Keith Olberdouchebag impression
Thank you for pointing out my misunderstanding.
I guess this rules our aliens and shadow people.
Of course, AAR is a bit alien in nature...
Much as I’d enjoy believing that story, the precision as to the number of drinks she had makes it less than credible, unless it was written by an employee of the bar.
Much as I’d enjoy believing that story, the precision as to the number of drinks she had makes it less than credible, unless it was written by an employee of the bar.
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