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Randi Rhodes (Air America) Banished From Demo Convention Floor By Al Franken???
Steve Kane Show ^ | July 26, 2004 | Brian Craig

Posted on 07/27/2004 4:22:35 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

I just heard Brian Craig (and Steve Kane) discussing the incredible humiliation of Randi Rhodes at the Democrat Convention yesterday. What happened was that some political comedian on the air invited Randi to walk among the delegates on the floor. Randi replied that she wasn't allowed on the floor and had to stay in the upper reaches of the hall. Brian and Steve were speculating as to whether Randi's floor pass was lifted by either a VERY JEALOUS Al Franken or nervous Democrats.

BTW, it was also mentioned that Randi is NOT allowed in the studio anytime Al Franken is there. Plus she is NOT allowed to talk to any of Franken's guests even off the air. Apparently Al Franken has some major JEALOUSY problems concerning Randi Rhodes. I do remember when Air America first went on the air, the reviews for Franken were horrible but they also said that Randi was INTERESTING even though she is s WHACKO.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airamerica; alfranken; dncconvention; liberaltalkradio; randirhodes
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Anybody hear any of this yesterday? I guess I'll have to tune in the BANISHED Randi today to hear her in exile in the upper reaches of the Democrat Convention.
1 posted on 07/27/2004 4:22:36 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Don't mean to sound too ignorant, but who's Randi Rhodes???


2 posted on 07/27/2004 4:25:20 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

Yeah, WHO is Randi Rhodes? Never heard of her.


3 posted on 07/27/2004 4:27:17 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: dawn53

Randy Rhodes


Randi Rhodes

Two Rhodes diverged in a wood...

4 posted on 07/27/2004 4:28:43 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: dawn53
Don't mean to sound too ignorant, but who's Randi Rhodes???

Randi is a FAR LEFT whacko who used to broadcast out of a small West Palm Beach radio station. She is now one of the talk show hosts on Air America. She is still WHACKO but she is also a lot more INTERESTING than the incredible dull Al Franken. Thus the cause of Franken's insane jealoousy of her. However, Randi's floor pass could have also been lifted by the Democrats who are pretending for now to project a normal image. I say let Randi on the Democrat Convention floor! Let the WHACKO reign!

5 posted on 07/27/2004 4:29:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: new cruelty

Golly, I've seen better looking heads on boils!


6 posted on 07/27/2004 4:30:59 AM PDT by Wumpus Hunter (<a href="http://moveon.org" target="blank">Communist front group for Kerry</a>)
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To: new cruelty

7 posted on 07/27/2004 4:32:18 AM PDT by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm
Yeah, WHO is Randi Rhodes? Never heard of her.

Left Wing Whacko radio host of Air America who had her floor pass lifted at the Demo Convention by either a nervous Al Franken or nervous Democrats. Hey, Randi! How does it feel to be CENSORED by your own people?

p.s. I've had some e-mail communication in the past from Randi and I'm sure she will be reading this thread (along with a lot of other media types).

8 posted on 07/27/2004 4:32:44 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: new cruelty

I hate it when old women take photos with that "come hither" look. It's creepy.


9 posted on 07/27/2004 4:35:09 AM PDT by rabidralph (If you can read this tagline, then stop.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

Just to give you a taste of how whacko Randi is, she once said on the air that her greatest fantasy in life was to perform a "Monica" on Clinton aboard Air Force One. BTW, she was disappointed when she finally did get to meet Clinton last year when he appeared here in South Florida for a speech. She was one of the stage hosts but she was disappointed when Clinton did NOT hit on her. SHEESH! How pathetic is that? Clinton goes for a hog like Monica but then rejects Randi. She was VERY disappointed.


10 posted on 07/27/2004 4:36:22 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: rabidralph
I hate it when old women take photos with that "come hither" look. It's creepy.

Most likely she was thinking of Clinton (see my previous post) when that photo was taken. BTW, Randi believed from the get-go that OJ was innocent and STILL does.

11 posted on 07/27/2004 4:37:56 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: new cruelty

That is a major Glamar Shot of Randi Rhodes. She's a hag in a big way!


12 posted on 07/27/2004 4:40:02 AM PDT by Mister Blond
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To: dawn53

She's sort of the Joe Pyne of the extreme left--a tinfoil hat type who has had a radio talk show in Florida and now does a show on Air America Radio.


13 posted on 07/27/2004 4:40:15 AM PDT by jejones
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To: Mister Blond

That's what pops up on a google search. I ventured over to erramerica radio but the site isn't coming up. Maybe they packed up and left town.


14 posted on 07/27/2004 4:42:44 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Wumpus Hunter

Gee, I like that one. Can I use it?


15 posted on 07/27/2004 4:42:47 AM PDT by Imagine
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To: PJ-Comix

Clinton, Lewinsky, Rhodes. They're all pigs, but at least Lewinsky had the brains to call Clinton a creep. Rhodes will just be an old disappointed Liberal dingbat in her advancing age.


16 posted on 07/27/2004 4:42:54 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (While Bush plays "rope a dope", Kerry/Edwards play "grope a dope".)
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To: jejones

It must be killing Randi to be exiled (by either Franken or nervous Democrats) to the upper bleachers of that convention. Hee! Hee!


17 posted on 07/27/2004 4:43:31 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Ann Coulter had her column spiked by USA Today and went home. Maybe she & Ms. Rhodes can get together and do some dissident reporting on the convention. Just to scare the boys, that is.


18 posted on 07/27/2004 4:46:23 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: PJ-Comix
Randi Rhodes is much more skilled in the art of rhetoric than Frankin who has a dreadful delivery and is unbearable to listen to.

Compared to the propagandist on public radio, Randi is more on the refined BBC side of the spectreme versus Frankin who is more of an NPR amateur hour propagandist. Air America has little new material on the weekends and has reverted to replaying the "best of" Randi over and over. She's a smart woman and unlike many stupid leftists who don't know any better, I get the feeling she is well aware that her assertions are filled with half-truths and misinformation.

19 posted on 07/27/2004 4:50:36 AM PDT by True Capitalist
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To: jocon307
I'm trying to figure out who humiliated Randi Rhodes by banishing her to the bleachers. A jealous Al Franken or nervous Democrats? I say FREE RANDI RHODES!!! Allow her to broadcast from the Democrat Convention floor.

(Ironic that Randi is getting support to broadcast freely from a "right-wing" website).

20 posted on 07/27/2004 4:51:55 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
I've heard her over the internet - she is simply a nasty piece of work. Extremely hostile.

Regards, Ivan

21 posted on 07/27/2004 4:52:20 AM PDT by MadIvan (Gothic. Freaky. Conservative. - http://www.rightgoths.com/)
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To: MadIvan

I believe Randi used to be an interstate truck driver. BTW, she was also briefly a Freeper. She registered here as "Bikerchickee" and then posted a thread boosting her radio show (when it was in W. Palm Beach).


22 posted on 07/27/2004 4:56:10 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: Imagine

I think that line came from Pee Wee Herman.


23 posted on 07/27/2004 4:56:36 AM PDT by Wumpus Hunter (<a href="http://moveon.org" target="blank">Communist front group for Kerry</a>)
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To: Wumpus Hunter

When Air America goes to the Republican convention, they should reverse the situation by allowing Randi to broadcast from the floor...but BANISH Al Franken to the upper bleachers. He can't complain because Randi was banished from the Demo Convention floor.


24 posted on 07/27/2004 5:06:59 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Last week, the Palm Beach Post published a very long article on Rhodes. The highlight was a story told by the wife of another Florida radio host Jack Cole (now deceased) who had a Christmas party in 1999. His wife recalls that a very drunk Rhodes urinated on their Christmas tree that night. Nice.


25 posted on 07/27/2004 5:08:41 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: PJ-Comix

West Palm Beach Wacko--Meaning she must be the orginal Hanging Chad.


26 posted on 07/27/2004 5:16:44 AM PDT by rod1 (On the front line)
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To: PJ-Comix

That is really, really pathetic. Thanks for the info.


27 posted on 07/27/2004 5:25:09 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: PJ-Comix
Randi is, I believe, the only Err America host with prior experience, and, apparently, the only one who knows what she is doing. She's also incredibly opinionated and thinks quite highly of herself, her show and her radio career and very little of Bush, et al.

Heard her once for about 12 seconds ... she was complaining about Hannity lying about his ratings and how her ratings are higher than his. (I'm just repeating ... I think she meant to say, "In my office, my ratings are higher than his ... barely, but they are ...)

TS

28 posted on 07/27/2004 5:31:26 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (My favorite film genre are mockumentaries like "This is Spinal Tap" or "Bowling for Columbine")
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To: PJ-Comix

Well didn't she make a death threat to President Bush on the air a couple of months ago? Akin to "Someone should take him out and shoot him"???

Liberal radio is airing bad jokes and worst taste (GM will no longer run ads on Air America)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134307/posts


29 posted on 07/27/2004 5:37:06 AM PDT by weegee (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ~~Ronald Reagan)
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To: PJ-Comix
Who are these people?
30 posted on 07/27/2004 5:38:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("A republic, if we can revive it")
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To: PJ-Comix

Desperate for a shag Rhodes.


31 posted on 07/27/2004 5:39:00 AM PDT by biblewonk (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK...AND I USE IT TOO.)
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To: rabidralph
I hate it when old women take photos with that "come hither" look. It's creepy.

Maybe so, but it sure works for older men like me!

32 posted on 07/27/2004 5:44:05 AM PDT by ItsTheMediaStupid
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To: Wumpus Hunter

I think that line came from Pee Wee Herman.

"Yessir, it was the worst accident... I ever seen."

Large Marge, Pee Wee's Big Adventure

33 posted on 07/27/2004 5:50:56 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: dawn53

Randi follows Rush Limbaugh on the WJNO internet stream. I will sometimes listen for a few minutes before tuning in Medved or Hannity, just to see what the Leftist nut-case has to say about a certain topic in the news. It is hard to explain how left, vulgar, and hateful Randi is. She claims to be a military brat who grew up on military bases, but has zero respect for those in the uniform. She HATES Bush, Cheney, Christians, Reagan, and any thing good and decent in this country. She has an very very very openly gay person as a station manager or tech, that you can hear in the background making comments all the time.

I would some Randi up this way. If the most vulgar person on the Democraticunderground (DU) had 3 hours of radio time - It would be just like Randi's show.


34 posted on 07/27/2004 6:00:39 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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His wife recalls that a very drunk Rhodes urinated on their Christmas tree that night. Nice.

I read that story. Apparently Randi squatted over the tree and urinated. BTW, it was in the middle of the party with lots of people there.

35 posted on 07/27/2004 7:52:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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Well didn't she make a death threat to President Bush on the air a couple of months ago?

Yup! And it was posted here.

36 posted on 07/27/2004 7:54:22 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: NavyCanDo
If the most vulgar person on the Democraticunderground (DU) had 3 hours of radio time - It would be just like Randi's show.

You can't get any more vulgar than publicly squatting over a Christmas tree and urinating on it at a party full of people like Randi did.

37 posted on 07/27/2004 7:56:55 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

This is interesting! I saw Randi really promoting Al Franken in the weeks leading up to his going on the air. Hmmm. So they're imploding from within? She is a far left woman, but she is articulate. I would think that she is just the type of guest Franken would want.


38 posted on 07/27/2004 7:59:22 AM PDT by twigs
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To: NavyCanDo
Before Air America came out, Rhodes was the leftists greatest hope to go national and take on Rush. Number one on many of their lists. I think even she knew that wasn't going to happen.
39 posted on 07/27/2004 8:03:02 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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To: twigs
Here is an excerpt from a recent Palm Beach Post article about Randi:

"She is just low-class," says Linda Marx, widow of the late WJNO talk-show host Jack Cole.

Marx recalls an incident at a Christmas bash the couple threw in 1999, when an inebriated Rhodes squatted over the Christmas tree as a party antic. Rhodes admits she had a few martinis, but insists she didn't urinate.

"I pretended," she says.

Marx indicates otherwise. "I'm just happy the tree was on tile and not carpet," she says.

40 posted on 07/27/2004 8:04:43 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: EnquiringMind
His wife recalls that a very drunk Rhodes urinated on their Christmas tree that night.

What did s/he do, back up to it and spray it like a cat or is s/he really 'Randy Roads'?

41 posted on 07/27/2004 8:07:14 AM PDT by lewislynn (Why do the same people who think "free trade" is the answer also want less foreign oil dependence?)
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To: rabidralph
I hate it when old women take photos with that "come hither" look. It's creepy.

It won't look creepy when you're of an age that you no longer automatically call people of that age "old".

And here's a little secret -- as you "get up in years", you never really feel any older inside than about 25. It's just that you start looking in the mirror and wondering, "when did *that* happen??" And you never, ever get used to young people looking at you like a space alien, because inside you still feel barely older than they are, even if you do have more experience.

42 posted on 07/27/2004 8:08:25 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: lewislynn
What did s/he do, back up to it and spray it like a cat or is s/he really 'Randy Roads'?

I dunno but I hope someone was there with a video camera. I would like to see this on America's Funniest Home Videos.

43 posted on 07/27/2004 8:09:40 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
Randi Rhodes: Monica 'wanna be'.

44 posted on 07/27/2004 8:13:49 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: PJ-Comix

I think she probably is low-class. I was not impressed when I heard her. One of our local conservative, well moderate in my view, radio TS hosts, Michael Smerconish, had her on his show to talk about Air aermican before it came on. She was incredibly rude. But she isn't stupid. And she is one of the more articulate--if offensive--leftist speakers.


45 posted on 07/27/2004 8:14:32 AM PDT by twigs
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Hmmm....Randi Rhodes peeing on a Christmas tree. Somehow there HAS to be a funny Christmas song in there somewhere. Okay, Freepers. Time to compose a Randi Rhodes Christmas Tree Pee song. I'll take a crack here:

Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree;
Upon you I must Publicly Pee;
On Christmas Eve I put away my Hate,
Instead on the tree I do Urinate.

Okay, that is just a brief idea on this topic. Maybe there are better composers out there.

46 posted on 07/27/2004 8:18:02 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
BTW, it was also mentioned that Randi is NOT allowed in the studio anytime Al Franken is there. Plus she is NOT allowed to talk to any of Franken's guests even off the air. Apparently Al Franken has some major JEALOUSY problems concerning Randi Rhodes.

That might help explain a comment by Bill O'Reilly today... He had a poll asking people "who's worse, Michael Moore or Al Franken?" Moore won 85%/15%, but O'Reilly said something like, "I know both of them, and if you knew what I knew, the results would be the other way around".

47 posted on 07/27/2004 8:21:44 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: PJ-Comix

Can you post the Palm Beach post article about her? Also when did Jack Cole die? I used to listen to WJNO when I lived in Broward Co,but have been gone for 5 years. He always seemed to be very smart,and upper crust with good breeding. He seemed a bit nutty though, but he was up on the issues.


48 posted on 07/27/2004 8:23:20 AM PDT by samantha (Don't panic, the adults are in charge)
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To: Ichneumon

In the recent Palm Beach article about Randi, she was complaining about how Al Franken NEVER mentions her show. Somehow I think it is Franken who got Randi's Demo Convention floor pass lifted.


49 posted on 07/27/2004 8:24:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: samantha
I just posted the Palm Beach Post article about Randi's Christmas Tree incident HERE.
50 posted on 07/27/2004 8:30:11 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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