As they say, a face for radio.
Posted on 10/16/2007 7:01:33 AM PDT by dennisw
Air America Host Randi Rhodes Mugged
By Rogers Cadenhead
Watching the Watchers
Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes was mugged near her Manhattan apartment Sunday night, losing several teeth in a brutal attack that has knocked her off the air while she recuperates, fellow host Jon Elliott announced on his show early Tuesday morning.
"It is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home," Elliott told his listeners this morning on Air America.
The attack took place near the corner of 39th Street and Park Avenue, Elliot said.
Because Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and had neither a purse nor jewelry, Elliott speculated that "this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging."
"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
Rhodes has been with Air America Radio since it launched in 2004, becoming a mainstay of the national liberal radio network. Her show airs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern weekdays. Lionel filled in for her show Monday afternoon, but no announcement was made of the reason.
An Air America representative confirmed Tuesday morning that Rhodes was mugged. Calls have been made to Rhodes and the New York City police department's press office, and as more details become available they'll be reported here.
Another raging lunatic leftist mugged by reality.
Oh brother.
If we had only had more understanding, more outreach, more social service funding for the muggers, thieves and rapists, why, there’s no telling etc, etc...
Why did they pull this thread before?
Yikes! I guess liberals get mugged too. Having your teeth knocked out takes quite a hit, the assault must have been pretty bad. I hope she recuperates well.
Def was a right wing hit/hate squad after her!!!!! Katy bar the doors!!!!
Black helicopter time for the lefties
this one will get pulled too...:)..(busy morning for the Admin..*s*)
God wink.
I feel horrible for her. What a horrific way to end the day. The fact that her “friends” are trying to politically exploit a crime is very sad. I pray for her speedy recovery.
Why did they pull this thread before?
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Was from Democrap underground
Definition of a Republican is a Democrat that’s been mugged. We’ll see.
A conservative is a liberal who has been....... Naah?
Does anyone know what Randi Rhodes looks like? I mean being on AAR is not like being a celebrity or anything.
Now we know her politics will literally “have no teeth”.
Seriously, I hope she recovers. Wouldn’t wish a mugging on anyone.
It must have been Richard Mellon Scaiffe, needing to bring down the non existent popularity numbers for Air America so he could get a better return on his Halliburton stock....
*rolling eyes at the stupidity of leftists*
Now is the time to really try and understand why the mugger didn’t like Ms. Rhodes. Did I spell that right? It doesn’t matter because it’s right to me. Anyway - perhaps Ms. Rhodes has lost her moral authority and has caused this mugger to dislike her. I hope she doesn’t respond in the wrong way and call the police or anything. If she does, all the other muggers won’t like her any more.
Randi Rhodes is likely to become a conservative.
“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own?” he asked on the air. “Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?”
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Oh give me a break. I could not listed to your lies if I wanted to. There is not a radio station that carries her tripe in PA.
I wasn’t aware that it had been pulled before.
I guess I need another cup of coffee!
Silence them? Is he kidding? One would have to care about them to even attempt silencing such a non-entity.
“Nazi” “Skinheads” from the “Far Right” no doubt......
Wonder if she called the ACLU or a Cop??
Pray for W and Our Troops
Somehow I doubt this will turn her into a conservative as the proverbial saying goes.
I’m sure the perp was a conservative... the only one left in NY.
I hope they catch the perp and they get a couple of teeth knocked out before being jailed.
Yeah, I mean, muggings are almost unheard of in NYC, so you really have to wonder if -- Hey! Hasn't anyone seen Karl Rove lately????
Should have had a bigger dog. ;~))
Seriously. I hope she's alright (and will maybe change her mind on the 2nd Amendment too.)
Begs the existential question, Can one "silence" someone who speaks but is not heard?
"Are we threatening them?
You're making their sides hurt from laughing.
Are they afraid that we're winning?
If you were winning, they might be afraid. But you're not winning. Nor is it likely that they're afraid.
Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
The marketplace is doing all the silencing we need. Right now, I can play video of my daughter's dance recital to more of an audience that Air America has. Not much there that qualifies as "intimidating" or "threatening."
Don't flatter yourselves. Randi Rhodes probably got mugged by a Hobbit who thought she was an escaped cave troll.
As they say, a face for radio.
Let us welcome the newest Conservative to the fold...
Why should we bother...economics will do it for us soon enough.
Rush had better watch out, he is staying in Manhattan this week. He’d better have an alibi.
You’re right. She will continue being a leftist lunatic even after being mugged by reality.
“Another raging lunatic leftist mugged by reality.”
Ya beat me to it!
Love the “blame the right” spin.
The reason she was beaten is she didn’t have money to give the crack head who attacked her.
Is the dog ok?
If only she would have been wearing some clothing that said in several different languages, “I’m a liberal who wants peace, tolerance, and justice and I’m unarmed to boot.” Then her safety would have been guaranteed.
I imagine for the unseemly schadenfreude ;o)
Fisk: "So why record my few minutes of terror and self-disgust under assault near the Afghan border, bleeding and crying like an animal, when hundreds -- let us be frank and say thousands -- of innocent civilians are dying under American air strikes in Afghanistan, when the "War of Civilisation" is burning and maiming the Pashtuns of Kandahar and destroying their homes because "good" must triumph over "evil"?"
More likely she "Talked Down" to a loony who didn't appreciate it.
First, we must understand why the muggers hate her. What has she done to provoke their anger? How can she change so that they will not be angered by her in the future? She must pay reparations to them (if caught) and promise to pay for their childrens’ college education. I demand she make a public apology for angering them.
Couldn’t she just talk and negotiate her way out of it?? The attacker probably just needed a hug and sing Kumbaya together. Bet she starts carrying a gun.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Just another isolated incident.
Where was Al Franken?
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