Comments on: Randi Rhodes “Quits” Air America

By: Art Carnage

Art Carnage — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:54:23 +0000

When you say a radio personality said something “live”, people will assume you mean live on the air. Of course THAT’S NOT TRUE, but you don’t bother to clear that up, do you? Jerk. She was at a private, paid event, attended *only* by people who wanted to see here. Air America overstepped their boundaries.

You’re also lying when you said she joked about assassinating Bush. It was a taped comedy bit that she had no hand it whatsoever. Although it played on her show, she hadn’t heard it prior to it going on air, and didn’t approve it.

It really says something when you can’t smear someone with having to resort to lying.

By: Agnostick

Agnostick — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:17:14 +0000

The best thing we can do is to put Randi Rhodes and Rush Limbaugh in a big cage. Strip ‘em naked, toss in two baseball bats and a can of Crisco, lock the door… and watch the fun.

Agnostick
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P.S. $20 on Rhodes!!

By: dave boudreau

dave boudreau — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:07:21 +0000

No! I think you got it wrong about Randi Rhodes … see will be missed and Air America will suffer. By quitting she proved what she believes in, The kind we all should strive to be … most americans can’t get their arms around things like Honesty, Integrity, Principled. We go along to get along, Shes’s not a whore like the rest of us… yes you are.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:13:17 +0000

As a listener to randi, unlike the people above, i have to say she was far from a hack. she was, and IS an encyclopedic dot connector who uncovered tons of facts about the world that hardly anybody would have noticed or understood, if not for her. I will admit her new york accent can be difficult to swallow at times, but that’s no big deal.

Her crack team of producers and investigative reporters found all sorts of soundbites from politicians contradicting themselves, as well as facts about corruption in our government that would turn the heads of even the most cynical.

as for mike savage, he is a man who speaks his talking points like a good puppet. he spews his hate, etc. he doesn’t bring any new or interesting information into the debate.

we are talking night and day here.

By: gerryf

gerryf — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:38:24 +0000

define hack…

I’m of mixed mind on this one….Rhodes was not exactly my cup of tea. A little to loud, and yes, she could be pretty coarse at times, and I never thought she was particularly funny, but hack?

Hack, when it’s a writer, typically implies sloppy, inaccurate, maybe sensational–aside from the delivery, Rhodes seemed pretty dead-on target most of the time.

And who actually watched her “speech”? The way it was being played it was a a nasty rip into Ferarro and Clinton, but if you watch it, it was supposed to be some sort of comedy routine…not very funny, but not quite a nasty monologue of just name-calling.

Not much of a fan, but I think she was getting a bad rap.

By: access

access — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:34:47 +0000

A left-wing version of Michael Savage, true!

By: EVA

EVA — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:01 +0000

PLEASE, I LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, HOW CAN I GET RANDI DOWN HERE. WHAT STATION WILL SHE BE ON. PLEASE WE MISS HER SO MUCH SHE IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: george

george — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:25:35 +0000

Randi Rhodes was always pretty foul mouthed and crude and really didn’t set a good example as a progressive. She mixed up politcal commentary with crude humor. They aren’t the same and one taints the other.

Personally I am glad she is leaving.

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:54:02 +0000

Have to agree with you about Randi Rhodes. She was just impossible to listen to. A left-wing version of Michael Savage.