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4/3/2008

Randi Rhodes Suspended from Air America

Filed under: 2008 Election — DRJ @ 7:44 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

I wasn’t going to post on this because Air America is not interesting to me, but I think this story will be around a day or two.

Randi Rhodes has been suspended from Air America for “abusive, ad hominem language.” I’ll say:

“Air America host Randi Rhodes called both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton “whores” in a recent appearance, seen below. Rhodes, who hosts a weekday radio show on Air America, said to the cheering crowd, “What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is! She’s such a fucking whore!” She then proceeded to say, “Hillary is a big fucking whore, too” to a mixed audience reaction. “You know why she’s a big fucking whore? Because her deal is always, ‘Read the fine print, asshole!'”

Video at the link.

— DRJ

13 Responses to “Randi Rhodes Suspended from Air America”

  1. Ad hominem now meaning “against a Democrat,” I presume.

    ras (fc54bb)

  2. Liberals are sure an intolerant lot.

    Biff Tannen (7cfd24)

  3. Air America is still around?
    Who knew?

    Another Drew (8018ee)

  4. *chuckles*

    Wasn’t her fault… She was drunk, and though she wastalking about some member of the same Rethuglican Hit Squad that mugged her. 🙂

    Scott Jacobs (d3a6ec)

  5. Update: Air America, faced with angry letters over the firing of Rhodes, is meeting late into the night to discuss her possible reinstatement.

    “We don’t want to upset either listener” said the station manager.

    Apogee (366e8b)

  6. What a class act! The Dems always have to top the competition, don’t they? Now they have someone who makes Michael Savage look like a Boy Scout.

    She’s an alcoholic, folks. Expect the “she’s entered rehab” announcement soon.

    Icy Truth (0a5037)

  7. Apogee – They picked up a second listener now? Wow – Listenership up 100%. Wait for the press release.

    daleyrocks (906622)

  8. Heh. More red-on-red (blue on blue?). This is the time when Republicans should stretch, have a quiet chuckle, and observe Napoleon’s advice on interrupting an enemy when he’s making a mistake.

    Eric (09e4ab)

  9. I want to make sure I have this correct. She has simulated the assassination of President Bush on her show and spews volumes of hate speech on the air daily against Republicans. But, she says something negative about a Democrat OFF THE AIR, and gets suspended for that.

    This makes them look even more foolish… if that’s possible.

    MagicalPat (30ef93)

  10. if that’s possible.

    It isn’t…

    Scott Jacobs (d3a6ec)

  11. I want to know which screen name(s) she’s using here at Patterico.

    driver (faae10)

  12. Heh… I think you can guess a few. 🙂

    Scott Jacobs (d3a6ec)

  13. It’s very simple: the lovely Miss Rhodes got falling-down drunk again, and her face ate the pavement, which then impacted — pun intended — her professional judgement.

    Dana (3e4784)


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