Larry King Live: Randi Rhodes Talks About Leaving Air America
By Logan Murphy Friday Apr 11, 2008 8:30am
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Former Air America Radio talk show host, Randi Rhodes, appeared on Larry King Live to talk about the controversy surrounding statements she made about Geraldine Ferraro and Senator Hillary Clinton, and her subsequent departure from Air America.
Rhodes was unapologetic as she took a few swipes at AAR management and claims they wanted her to amend her contract and that's why she left.
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The final lines of Logan's piece were originally edited, but the changes didn't take in Word Press after it was uploaded and then published. CNN's behavior was fine. Thanks for the emails. JA
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I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
Oh yeah,... all the people who demanded the head of Don Imus, instead of defending free speech,... see how that came back to bite you?
Two illegal wars, fixed elections, prison camps, hundreds of reasons to storm the gates & start a revolution, & who gets suspended? Randi Rhodes,... we couldn't live in a more assbackward time,...
where's the story here?
She opens her mouth in a rude Imus-like manner and Larry King cuts someone off.
These are all surprises?
Not sure you can call conspiracy on that one but it is a bit strange that they cut to a commercial after saying they have "breaking news" ending the interview. Clearly the interview wasn't fleshed out. I doubt she'll be asked to come back next week like Larry said.
Hillary IS a whore
How dare anyone speak who is not part of the corporate fascist state!
We now will return you to Glenn Beck, with his guests Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage, for some decent, wholesome viewing.
golden joe @ 3:
The Police State is starting to condition people via the media to understand that the slightest slip of the tongue, the slightest hint of individuality is not acceptable and will cost you.
So now comedians can't use off color remarks anymore? Have we gone back to the days before Lenny Bruce at the Purple Onion in SF.
Soon someone may tape YOU making an off color to your buddy at the gym and you will be hauled before a magistrate.
The Press is going the way of the (b)ush Administration. The Constitution is just a quaint piece of paper?
Can any celebrity, on either side, ever just say, "You know, I screwed up, shouldn't have said it, it was dumb?"
When Keith Olberman put himself on his "worst persons" list one night it increased his credibility and likability.
What Randi said was Misogynistic and stupid, and she should have just said sorry.
No more respet for her.
Peace,
Alec
Rhodes was like Franken and most of those other AA fools
99% of the time it's talk about the war or some other topic.
1% of the time she talked about the class war against the non-rich.
Bush started the war in part to keep attention off his crumbling economy and most of the idiots at AA fell for it hook line and sinker.
They were outsmarted by the cons.
You are really STUPID when you are outsmarted by stupid people.
Hartmann is the only one focusing on the class war.
As soon as his show ends i turn off AA.
I'm conflicted, while I think that she has more than a right to say what she said, I also didn't much like her show.
If she was the most popular show on AirAmerica and AirAmerica is going to be less then it is a shame that they acted like a corporate pussy.
On the other hand, I would shut the radio off because Randi just repeats herself over and over without many interviews or guests and she would mostly only take calls from people who sucked up to her.
Randi is not a good Mockingbird Asset, I mean corporate media war whore.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 8:
We'll be there soon. We're any comedian that even utters the word "fuck" in public will be immediately arrested just like Lenny was.
Spud @ 11:
Yeah, Rush is that way also. I'm not defending making rude remarks, but the show was a comedy show and the corporation folded to the money train (again).
L.A. Confidential @ 7:
what's this starting to condition?
its been on-going for decades.
Mockingbird
MK-Ultra
Delphi technique
Looks like Randi got quite chunk hacked off her honker. Not that that's a bad thing.
Oh by the way you can see the same coverage here at "crooks".
They provide a lot of diversion away from the class war just like cons want to see.
Bill Clinton understood that the cons weak spot is almost always the economy and he understood that you don't let your message be diverted from that.
But thats only if you want to win.
Tom @ 16:
Should read "quite a chunk". Must...get...coffee...
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Screw that arrogant bitch. I would turn the station when her show came on. I'm so happy I don't have to hear that gravelly voice anymore.
Rebel Patriot @ 15:
Right I know that. The only difference is since 2001 they have begun using these things on a larger and less subtle scale in many cases.
Our Media, TV, and even the internet is now the biggest threat to freedom we face. It's become a giant monitoring and brainwashing tool.
Larry King makes John McCain appear lucid.
There WAS breaking news about Cpl. Cesar Laurean getting captured.
There's no conspiracy here... they bumped Randi, went to commercial and immediately started running the breaking story.
Randi is going to be back on Larry's show next week.
xoites defends Constitution @ 22:
I never thought of Larry King as brilliant. When Larry King is considered a brilliant alternative it should be considered a warning sign.
Here's Randi appearing later that night on The Mike Malloy, with guest-host Marc Maron:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQKqWwgdXQ
She explains everything much better than in the CNN clip.
>> Randi is not a good Mockingbird asset
All of them except Hartmann are pretty good Mockingbird assets.
The do the rich mans bidding.
Randi smacks any of her callers who don't begin the call praising her, she talks over her guests, screams over anyone with a different opinion, then disses AAR on her way out the door.
Always a classy act!
By the way, the "comedy routine" she was doing, if I understand correctly, was promoted by Air America.
Bottom line, I'm not looking for a "liberal" Ann Coulter.
Does anyone know what the "breaking news" was?
Paris forgot to wear panties again?
Brangelina adopted another kid?
Paula Abdul is drunk?
Must have been something important like that.
Larry is such a tool. Does he know it? Does he care?
In 2004, Air America gave Randi Rhodes her first nationally syndicated radio show. Randi was touted as the star of a whole new revolution in talk radio. Three years later, Air America filed for bankruptcy. Stephen Green bought the entire Air America network for $5 million in 2007. That's less money than Ann Coulter gets paid for one of her bestsellers.
AAR management looked at the dismal national ratings numbers for their network since its inception. They saw that even in progressive radio markets they barely averaged a 1.0 share. They had to face the grim reality that even with a star like Randi, selling lucrative national ads to corporate sponsors was harder than pulling teeth. Their next logical question had to be...Why in the Hell are we paying Randi Rhodes so much gottdam money? They asked her to amend her contract. Randi rightfully refused. Her obscenity laced tirade against Hillary gave Air America the legal excuse to suspend her indefinitely, forcing her hand and resignation. Whew, AAR relieved themselves of a burdensome contract...and life goes on.
AAR is mark"shillary-supporter" green's media toy. they regularly conflate the shillary attacks on obama as if there is this tremendous democrat infighting. they marginalized each and every host that attacks the repugs. they are left with Rachel Maddow, who is too brilliant for them. they will lose her to tv sometime soon.
the business model at AAR is 'corporate profit', i.e., "feed the 'ownership society' fat cats and treat the progressive product as secondary". they are killing progressive in the NY area because they refuse to promote anything but their 'profit motive'.
We've come a long way, baby! (NOT)
Lenny Bruce just shed a tear in heaven.
Never understood her appeal.
Compared to the prepared in advance shows like Hartmann, Maddow or Seder,
she phoned it in.
And she whined a whole lot about why Maher wouldn't invite her on.
kablooie @ 31:
We got a long long ways to go before the All Clear can sound.
A lot of damage can be done in 8 years.
Tim O @ 28:
See post#23.
Shel @ 27:
that was pure BS
Tim O @ 28:
Keith @ 23:
I also turned off Air America any time Randi came on. I'm also one who supports her losing her job after what she said. She was at an event that was sponsored by Air America. What she said was beyond tasteless for a so-called progressive. I love Sam Seder! One last thing, I listen to fewer and fewer shows on AA because there is way too much Clinton bashing on it. Progressive radio doesn't need to be bashing it's own.
Shel @ 27:
No, it was promoted by Green960, the San Francisco affiliate (who were thrilled with her stand-up appearance, by the way).
Listen to the interview that I posted in comment #25.
JEN @ 37:
She didn't lose her job, she resigned. They were holding her hostage over a contract dispute.
JEN @ 37:
Actors-comedians give you a warmer fuzzy feeling huh?
Bottom line, don't use the "w" word?
Tim O @ 28:
Randi is should be grateful that Larry King gave her any time at all. Randi is worshiped as a goddess by her fans, but the size of her listening audience is less than one-half of 1% of the American population. 99% of the American public never even heard of Randi Rhodes. King summed up Randi's beef with Air America within the first two minutes of the interview. Larry King quickly decided to dump out and go to a news story that could actually get him TV ratings.
Randi wanted to tear the heads off even the people who agreed with her. I stopped listening. She did her homework, though.
They make a big deal out of this stuff and in the meantime, the human wreckage of the lost cause are coming home in bags and pieces, but no pictures of that, no stories about IT.
Whens Larry going to put on Mitt. And say . . . Mitt, this thing down in Texas, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Which is from your Religion, and yet they use the term YFZ, which stands for Yearn for Zion. Could you explain this logic for us?
abob @ 29:
AAR was growing but encountered tremendous political resistence in many markets. Then, perhaps succumbing to political pressure, they started canning the more incisive programming: Unfiltered (with Maddow, Winstead and ChuckD); Majority Report (Garafalo and Seder); Mike Malloy; Morning Sedition (Marc Maron, Mark Riley).
If the excuse wasn't money, it was ratings. Ostensibly, the perennial problem was revenue and commercials.
Then the Greens took over and the station became blatantly pro Hillary.
Then Obama obliterated Hillary and the hosts were silenced.
Very little on the racist attacks, the outright lies and distortions.
It's no surprise they wanted to muzzle Rhodes and cut her pay. No surprise at all.
snead @ 43:
Well at least she's not a Nancy Pelosi like drone. Or another polished and buffed made for TV "I want to have my own show too" type.
abob @ 42:
the highest rated radio reaches 4 million people. The highest rated cable news reaches less than a million. by comparison, randi's numbers were great or else AAR would have canned her like they did seven other shows that were better.
Soon someone may tape YOU making an off color to your buddy at the gym and you will be hauled before a magistrate.
too late; I work in corporate America and we have to attend mandatory training every year (or maybe every 2 years?) where we're told that even 'an overheard conversation, even if it's away from the office, can get you fired'.
Paul B @ 49:
You must be management ... you don't per chance work for PG&E do you? LOL
Paul B @ 49:
Is it part of "diversity" training?
Frankly - equally disappointed in both Randi and Hillary.
Both smart, talented women who went where they shouldn't have gone, and didn't need to go.
All I know is...I could listen to Larry King say "whore" all day.
Well, it's a beautiful night here in Chiang Mai and the night Market has some good music and I can see out my window that the Volkswagon bus bar is all set up. So, I'll see you all some other time.
G'nite America.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 44:
If people (left-right-moderate-progressive-etc) want to be lazy and continue with the life they have become accustomed to here in the Good Ol' U.S.A. . . . they are going to have to accept the U.S. is going to have to bomb, attack, kill and occupy countries to get every last drop of oil on the planet.
Paul B @ 49:
Corporations are the Anti Constitution. They did not have the rights they do now when this country was formed. Their right to free speech trumps our right to clean and fair elections. Their right to funnel money into the war chests of politicians trumps our rights to clean and fair government. Until we roll back their legal powers to shape (some might say distort) our government and its policies we will never have a democracy and our future as a free people will always be in doubt.
No matter which side of the spectrum is concerned this is one foul mouthed lady and she is not entitled to any courtesy, which she does feel obliged to extend to the subjects of her tirade. For too long we have tolerated filth in the name of free speech. That's okay. Constitution guarantees it. But it does not guarantee a right to a job. I heard the first part of her attacks on Clinton and Ferraro: it was awful. She has to know that not everyone tolerates her rubbish.
What I can't understand is why does she thinks she has the right to call people names. The problem with this whole political campaign people who should know better end up name calling. I suppose they think they are impressing people by calling Hillary Clinton names.
Of course no person -with - class who performs in the MSM should call anybody a name. I think this just goes to show she thinks she is hot stuff. She gives the impression that she is what she called those other women. REAL WOMEN OR MEN don't have to name call to get their opinion across. But if you are low class and have no character that's what you do. I guess she took her cue from McCain - and - I thought she was supposed to be a Democrat...tsk tsk tsk.
If you want to know truly how Larry King is an asset for the elite, watch him and the then-candidate Bill Clinton during an off-camera conversation
King already knows...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89KIsZaRV8
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS!” @ 48:
To paraphrase the great Marge Gunderson, "I'm not sure I agree with you a 100% on your police work, there, BaScOmBe."
Actually, the highest rated talk show hosts attract massive audiences.
http://tinyurl.com/kbws2
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I disagreed with what Rhodes said because that's not the way someone in her position should behave; she should had been objective.
She should have not been forced to resign, this is getting scary people. First Shuster, now Rhodes. Meanwhile people that should be kick off the air, not for what they say (we should defend to the death their right to free speech), but for the lies they say, keep on going. What has happened to America? Why do we let this happen?
So, Rhodes is a comedian now? I always thought she was just a loud-mouthed, self-important talk show host. Love progressive radio, can't stand Rhodes.
hood @ 62:
I strongly suggest you see The Lives of Others.
L.A. Confidential @ 55:
Which clarifies my point since eyes pretty much glazed over on this one.
See you later. Happy Motoring.
Who is randi rhodes and why should we care?
Rhode's comments are unhelpful to the cause at best. I've never seen so many "democrats" this intent on losing an election. I would tell all those asshats determined to sink one dem candidate in favor of the other to go f*ck themselves, but they're already doing so. Congrats f*cktards, John Mccrazy may just walk away with it for next to nothing.
Between 2 candidates with nearly identical policy outlooks, some of you will either have to bite the bullet and support the winner, or live through another tragic republican presidency. But since when does America make right or good decisions? You will get what you deserve.
F*ck you all @ 67:
I guess that really helped your cause...
igor @ 66:
How bout we start talking about you igor. What have you done lately to make the world a better place?
Bring some laughs and some fun back to Air America, it's gotten too boring and angry. Bring back Sam Seder!
brian @ 70:
True, but laughs and fun doesn't fix problems. Especially the ones we face.
I guess everything will just miraculously fix itself without any human effort or sweat.
On the plus side, Randi is frequently an intelligent, informed advocate for the progressive viewpoint. On the negative side she is rude, condescending and -- dare I say it-- shrill. I've often heard her rudely berating callers who are in basic agreement with her, not even trying to absorb their points but leaping immediately to the attack. The plus side of her persona is substantive and the minus is largely style. Unfortunately we live in a style-over-substance nation and her theatrics have frequently turned off people who might otherwise be inclined to come around to (or already share) her point of view. I wish her well in her new gig, and hope she learns that she can be smart, tough and principled without shouting down her guests.
kablooie @ 31:
Ain't that the truth?
Well the Corporatist weenies on both the left and the right can stop the celebrating, Randi was, and still is the #1 Liberal Talker out there, and her ever-growing audience will most assuredly follow her to NovaM. I know I will.
This was just the latest in a string of utterly stupid decisions by a variety of AAR "managers" who can't seem to manage to honor the talent that makes their parasitical life even POSSIBLE.
AAR has pissed away the creator of the Daily Show Lizz Winnstead, comedian Marc Maron, comedian and film star Janeanne Garafalo, intellectual MC Chuck D, long-time radio pro Mark Riley, radio pro Mike Malloy, brilliant comedians Jim Earl and Kent Jones, and for the most part, even Rachael Maddow, who basically works for MSNBC now. The only reason why they haven't also stupidly dumped the sublimely intelligent Laura Flanders is because she has a British accent, and such things appeal to the pompous fops who run that network.
The problem isn't that "liberal radio failed" as that ignorant tool Bill O'Reilly likes to falsely pontificate about. The problem is that the Corporatists on the left, are no better than the Corporatists on the right -- both of them are dumb as a brick and twice as careless, self-absorbed, and arrogant.
The problem is that the market itself (thanks to monopolistic FCC ownership guidelines and media deregulation) is inherently rigged against proud, unapologetic, Liberal voices, and Randi is one of the premiere voices calling the Corporatists and the Monopolists on their bullshit.
And good on her for doing so!
Onward and upward for Randi. Free speech finds a way.
Something for Nothing
Nothings changing
Oh and PS., love the completely unbiased CNN captions and the cut off in the middle of the interview to sell WHATEVER plastic shit from China that nobody needs.
It's all about the CONTENT CONTROL, isn't it, you hacks!
I swear the corporate media don't deserve to breathe the same AIR as actual journalists......
Crappy News Network didn't want to take the chance she would drop an f-bomb or say something that would upset their world.
5by5 @ 73:
At least someone isn't apologizing for being mad as hell.
xoites defends Constitution @ 68:
I'm prepared to support either candidate because I believe in the policy outlook. Comments like hers only feed into the bitterness of the contest. Bite the bullet and support the winner, because no one is going to listen to you bitch if Mccain wins.
I used to listen to Randi every day before she joined Air America. Eventually, I got tired of being 'Limbaughed' from the left. There are still some liberal talkers I like (Thom Hartman comes to mind), but in general I think the propaganda from either side in talk radio is doing our country a serious injustice. The air waves are ours (the peoples) and they are being used to divide the populous. While the masses can easily see the damage deregulation has done to nearly every facet of our society (banking, air lines, mining, etc, etc), let's shut down the right and left noise machines and resurrect the fairness doctrine. Initially I thought it was not necessary, but a populous that's spoon feed disinformation for 3 - 6 hrs is not capable of dealing with real word issues.
How dare Randi Rhodes speak the truth. Well sort of. Hillary isn't a bitch. She's a lying, lifelong, political opportunist corporate whore.
i guess i am the audience for randi rhodes i love her show it's very entertaining, and I agree with her that when you do comedy you should have different standards, in comedy you have to push right to the edge, and you know sometimes you bomb, sometimes what is supposed to be a political joke falls flat. Air America shouldn't have fired her, they should have kept her on, come on, any publicity for that network will help, people have heard about randi rhodes now, and they want to hear what the fuss is all about.
I mean come on, she's not running for office, she's an entertainer, and should be held to the same standards that you hold jon stewart too. I think randi rhodes is funnier than jon is, and his show is better than what she does only because he has a ton of great writers.
I think Randi has the right to say whatever she wants. What's truly sad though is that because of this type of outrageous attitude among Obmaniacs, Barack is going to lose big time against McCain. I know too many Democrats who voted their conscience and chose Hillary and are now being called "scum", "liars", "DNC whores", "idiots" and worse because they freely chose to support Hillary. How in the hell do you expect those people to then support Obama if he wins the nomination?
F*ck you all @ 78:
I will hold my nose when i vote if i have to, but i am really sick and tired of it.
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TekRas @ 79:
While the masses can easily see the damage deregulation has done to nearly every facet of our society I'm not quite so sure the masses really do. But Amen to this post in general.
The true test will be when repairing roads, bridges, and other infrastructure just to keep the grid running trumps "glamor jobs" and people will either have to work or starve.
Then they can't blame anyone but themselves.
Has anyone pointed out that Larry King is sounding so old and tired in this interview that he should have sent his nurse in on his behalf?
ConcernedCanuck @ 84:
Perhaps 99 fewer years in Iraq is just enough for either of them to get my vote.
ConcernedCanuck @ 80:
At least Hillary can be credited with have counterbalanced her negatives with many things that benefited a lot of people over the years.
Unlike in Bush Co's case where it's "your on your own".
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The only thing that Rush Limpballs and Randi have in common is that they are both successful.
Actually, I take that back. Randi beats him in every market where she directly competes with him, and built a huge audience in half the time with basically no support from the Beltway crowd (that's for damn sure) unlike the way Oxycontin-Boy did.
Additionally, Limpball's show is a "Fact Free Zone", whereas say what you want about Randi, she researches the hell out of the topics she discusses, and is EXTREMELY well-informed.
But don't believe me, listen to her for more than the carefully-clipped 3 seconds fed to you by the biased corporate media, and you'll find someone who really understands MAIN STREET. She's a blue-collar vet, who understands average Americans and their lives in ways the corporate asshats never will.
She speaks for ordinary people getting regularly screwed by these elitist jerks, and yeah, we're ALL tired enough about it to curse more than a little. Deal with it.
I too think Randi sometimes flirts with the abyss in some of the things she says, but no more so than hannity, limbaugh, coulter, etc., etc. To top it off, the event was not even an AAR event. I wish her well with Green960 and NovaM.
What has this country come to? The damage that bush and his neocon handlers have done to this country may well be irreparable, both on the domestic front and the international front.
Our Congress, save for a very few brave souls, and SCOTUS have been complicit in everything that has happened during the bush regime - from the erosion of civil liberties within and without the country to illegal war, and to the erosion of America's respect in the world community.
Will the upcoming elections change anything? I am certainly not holding my breath...
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Ex-Canuck @ 92:
I hope with all my heart that noone ever says, "at least xoites is better than hannity, limbaugh, coulter, etc."
"Randi's audience of 1.5 million is much bigger than Limbaugh's audience of 14 million" _ Baghdad Bob
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Limbaugh, OReilly and Imus say anything disgusting and derogatory and the outrage spews forth. Rhodes does the same and she's compared to Lenny Bruce under a vicious first amendment assault. Hypocrisy is as hypocrisy does.
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Don't worry, neither Obama, Clinton, and even McCain have come out and said, "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. " . . .
"Randi Rhodes called me a big effin whore. I disagree with Randi. I'm on the Dick Gregory Bahamian Diet. I'm not big anymore."
_ Hillary Clinton
The comparisons to Lenny Bruce are ridiculous. Rhodes wasn't arrested. Rhodes wasn't thrown in jail. Also, she is not a standup comedian. When she went out and tried to sell this as a "standup comedy" act, after the fact, she was being totally dishonest. If she wanted to stand by what she said she would have. Even she knew she went too far. That's why it suddenly became a comedy act. GOOD RIDDANCE!
TekRas @ 79:
This is the first comment I've read on this thread that makes any sense. I never understood the left's reaction to right-wing public radio by trying to beat them at their own game. Sitting around listening to anyone ramble for 3 hours a day makes no sense to me, because they're either spewing hate crap I can't stand to listen to for 3 minutes (like Rush) or are just reiterating, over and over, ideas I basically agree with, which gets me nowhere and wastes my time. Turn of the radio and the tv. They're just filling up time for advertisers.
JohnnyThief @ 2:
Yeah, um, a little different. Imus attacked defenseless young women who did not put themselves in the public arena (they chose only to play a game; the public aspect of sports was not by choice). Randi Rhodes, while it could be said was guilty of a sexist slur, attacked two people who are older and chose to be in the public arena.
Nice try, though.
Randi Rhodes is a good talk show hostess, and I always enjoyed listening to her. I'm just so sick and tired of hearing our Democratic Representatives knocking "our own"! Until we have our official candidate, why can't all of us just ease up on the personal attacks on Obama and Hillary? For Christ's sake, it not only sounds completely "stupid", but it is completely "stupid"! We had two incredible candidates, and are we going to keep chipping away at them until they're so battered and bloody, even we wouldn't want to vote for them? Randi is the worse of all offenders in this respect. In fact, maybe "respect" would be in order for the rest of this campaign season, or we're going to end up with President John W McBush! If that happens, we can just thank ourselves!
abob @ 85:
And calling Limpballs, Ins-Hannity, Wiener, Coulter's Clone, Herr Beck, Gallagher (Who???), Herr Boortz, and a weenie like Medved "Big League" is like calling the T-ball game played by a bunch of 6 yr olds, the World Series.
The ones in the Special Olympics are those on the rightwing who's magazines, newspaper rags, and talk shows are all HEAVILY subsidized despite shite ratings. O'Reilly's lost 74% of his audience, the American Spectator is propped up by Moonie money, and Man Coulter buys her own books and gives herself "positive reviews" on Amazon just to get her book sales up. "Competing" in a rigged game doesn't make you a winner.
The fact is, the conservatives got everything they've ever wanted - total power, complete control - and all they proved is that they are total failures who wouldn't know how to successfully blow their own nose without help.
Johnny @ 103:
But you would have loved it if suddenly the Police swarmed the stage from out of the shadows and behind the curtains, cuffed her, and said, Ms Rhodes, you are under arrest for speaking an obscenity in a public place. Come with us please.
Jake @ 82:
anybody that doesn't support obama simply because they were called a bad name by some immature obama supporter....is...well, to put it kindly, nuts.
when it comes to voting in september, judge obama on what he's said and done, not what a bunch of anonymous supporters of his have said on the internet....that's absurd....
and if considered that way, there is no way a true progressive would refuse to support obama....and independents? mccain is about as independent and middle of the road as lieberman...nobody is buying that line, despite the fact that mccain keeps yacking about it.....he won't win independents....he'll get republican nuts (30%) and racists (?).....that doesn't come close to winning
Don Imus crossed the line, Randi just voiced an opinion. She should not have got in trouble for that.
Johnny @ 103:
if it wasn't standup, what was it? what's the honest description...
what is bush doing at the correspondents dinner? is that standup?
you be crazy j2b
bob @ 26:
Totally agree re: Hartmann; his is far and away the most substantial, well-researched show on AAR. He presents interesting guests from all sides, and is respectful and well-spoken. He and Rachel Maddow would be a dream team on TV.
good riddance. she is the liberal version of hannity and oreilly. sam seder would be a great replacement.
jeanne @ 113:
i suppose you are a clinton supporter.......or sams buddy...
RR is no worse ethan SS....she's a lot smarter too...
I miss listening to Seder and Garofalo for sick twisted reason. You never knew who was gonna lose it on the air first. Made for playing a boring game of Everquest so much better
Naomi Wolf explains it all in her brilliant book "The Decline of America", where dictatorships always start off slowly with a little clamping down here and there, long before the storm troopers, the disappearances etc. This incident, clearly a standup comedy routine, is clearly one of those clamping down episodes. This Rhandi Rhodes incident is very very serious and regard it as an alarm bell warning. By the way, dictatorships never ever defer to democratic elections. Just ask Musharraff, Mugabe etc. Bush similarly will never ever defer to someone like Obama who could easily have him arrested by the Hague or some other place.We can expect Iran will somwhow be the false flag and who knows, elections could even be cancelled (as in Pakistan). I expect the worst.
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I remember when TV was not a popular pastime for progressive people and progress was being made that actually made a difference.
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L.A. Confidential @ 117:
RR's on the radio
the only cable i see is what C&L or TPM posts....i'll bet likely the same for many here...
mystic @ 116:
Many of us were seeing this before she was born. But obviously despite all efforts failed to convince the masses this was what was happening.
Is it that hard for her to admit she shouldn't have said such things?
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Knowledge without action is worthless. Just a little clue.
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To all the concern trolls:
You'll be (un)happy to know that Randi will be back Monday. Same time, same station. Some formal announcements already:
San Francisco
Palm Beach
Portland (Oregon)
Miami
Albuquerque
LA
Phoenix
Clear Channel seems to be supporting her. Money speaks louder than conservative "values", I guess (or maybe money IS the only conservative value that matters).
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"We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
I wonder how many kids today would even recognize any of this. Or say Uhhhh, is that George Bush?
L.A. Confidential @ 124:
mornings without coffee are slumberous
modern museums without freud are frauds
ohio progressive @ 114:
Can't speak for Jeanne, but I agree that Sam Seder is better than Randi, and I'm actually an Obama supporter, and I'm actually neither friend nor acquaintance of Sam. Your logic is rather faulty.
In actuality, I agree with the comments that Randi, while entertaining and smart, is unprovokedly rude to callers and while I agree that Hillary's campaign has used some deplorable tactics, there's nothing gained (or even funny) by going as far as Randi did. Calling someone a whore is not comedy; it's lazy linguistics.
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Don't put too much stock in the toss to a commercial break before going to the breaking news. Commercials are typically handled by a separate control room and the minute or three while they roll gives the production control room a chance to regroup for the change of plan. No agenda in that, just a practical way of bringing everybody up to speed for the new segment.
Lollimom @ 126:
here in ohio, clear channel was running a progressive station in columbus and one in cleveland a few years ago....they got rid of them both after the 06 elections....went to sports first, and then Oreilly....
in the cleveland market, there is not one progressive show, and about 5 stations that are all repug all the time (limbaugh is played 7 days a week...yeah, thats right, 7 days)
no doubt they'll support her for a while, but they'll pull the plug eventually...
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Much ado... full of sound and fury...
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ohio progressive @ 133:
"Conservatism", whether corporate amerika likes it or not, is DYING.
And in areas where it's not dying, we're working to get rid of it there, too.
Rhodes specific comments were inappropriate. Calling her a "comedian" doesn't excuse that. She shouldn't have been fired for it. (She claims it was a contract dispute??) That was equally stupid. But to hear her thank Clear Channel!!?? That's too much. I wish her luck at her new home. Maybe AAR will give her show to Sam Seder, who I always found more interesting.
F*ck you all @ 137:
Someone who gives himself (or herself?) the name, "F*ck you all" decides who's an asshole? Snicker.
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ohio progressive @ 129:
I've been somewhat Type A my entire life and still am somewhat but much more mellowed. I'd risk a business venture but not in this business climate. I'd take one look at a room full of job applicants yapping away on cell phones, tapping away on laptops, and listening to ipods and would think. . . oh no, what in the hell did I get myself into now.
I've had to EARN everything I have.
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I'm as liberal as they come and i have always hoped for some worthwhile liberal response on our airways to the Rush and that ilk. But in this case I say "no loss" and can say that about most of the others that have been offered up as an alternative. It sure wouldn't hurt to have some intelligent competition to Rush/Ilk but we do , it seems, only offer people who seem to be rejected New York type psuedo-comedians. Why can't we seem to find someone we want to "rush" to? Air America is, to date, a very feeble attempt.
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phil @ 144:
ed schultz is the answer....listen to him online if you haven't.....if you don't like him, you're a perfectionist...you'll never like any of em...
Lollimom @ 139:
Unfortunately it's been or continues to replaced with Neoconservatism. A much more formidable opponent then conservatism.
Hillary bitch-slapping Obama about the small-town PA bitterness comment, the fake book bag hurling teary-eyed MLK is dead recollection...can we REALLY deny Randi how right she is...really?
Rhodes adds absolutely nothing to the discourse. She has no solutions to any of our myriad of problems for which she espouses upon. She is empty and only another blabbering fool with a microphone. Nothing less than a leftist windbag akin to the right's Limbaugh.
As a defender of the 1st Amendment, Rhodes has every right to say whatever she pleases. However, her abject failure at attacking Hillary Clinton on her policy positions with viable alternatives is the reason Rhodes' should have been sacked. Not her inane foul mouthed name calling.
ohio progressive @ 146:
Uh aren't each of us as individuals the answer?
You reap what you sow sort of speak?
I guess I have the benefit of having grown up as a kid constantly around people with Big Titles, Celebrity Status, "Important", and realized at way to young and age. . .who are these big dummies?
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