Randi Rhodes called Hillary a "Republican" yesterday. She's can SHOVE her radio show.

[RBInMaine]

Enough of the posts cheering Randi Rhodes. She used to be good years ago, but has obviously turned into a TeaLeft radical whacko who called Hillary a "Republican" YESTERDAY in her new debut radio show. So Randi, don't let the door hit you on the way out and then you may proceed to go PISS UP A ROPE.

[baldguy]

1. K&R

We don't need our "friends" attacking Democrats.

[larkrake]

32. she attacks republicans as well. If you dont want raw truth, do not listen to her

she is brutal about researching facts, and saves no one who needs a good spanking

[Demsrule86]

60. I have no intention of listening to her

We have not need for 'brutal facts" during a critical election year.

[baldguy]

62. She's been holding a grudge against Clinton for 8 yrs.

And calling good, loyal Democrats "Republicans" is a lie, not the truth.

You want the brutal facts? When she's good, she's a powerful voice against the forces of tyranny trying to overwhelm the country. But she was taken off the air for good reason, and in her time off the air, she hasn't grown up any, or gotten over a campaign from 2 cycles ago everyone else has mostly forgotten.

[KittyWampus]

97. If she were that good at researching FACTS she wouldn't call Clinton a Republican.

[LoverOfLiberty]

100. That's your candidate she's attacking

they one we are relying on to beat Trump.

[CajunBlazer]

119. Do you personally believe ...

.... that the raw truth about Hillary Clinton is that she Republican?

[FarPoint]

44. I dumped Randi years ago...

Her hate for Hillary was the reason.

[scscholar]

2. This, plus using a stage name the same as Ozzy's guitarist is pretty low (ntxt)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. She stole the brand name of my electric piano too!

[betsuni]

3. I'm completely unfamiliar with Rhodes, and clicked on a video that was posted

about her new show the other day and lasted about four seconds. My animal senses immediately knew: Do Not Want. Something is wrong there.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

4. Didn't she get in trouble during the last election for calling Clinton something a lot worse?

[Renew Deal]

8. Good memory

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/94863.html

[BlueNoMatterWho]

11. Wow, that's bad. Thanks for the link.

[kimbutgar]

12. I was there that night in the club in San Francisco

A lot of Hillary supporters walked out. I knew Rhandi would not be Hillary's cheerleader on her return to radio.

But she is very entertaining.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

13. It's all coming back now. And yes, she can be entertaining.

[Renew Deal]

70. I liked her on Air America

Ed Schultz can't stand her for some reason but I was never crazy about him. But her judgement is clearly flawed.

[sheshe2]

21. She called Hill.....

an Effing Wh**e?

WTF!

[BobbyDrake]

69. She and Paul Song should get together, looks like.

Both need to attend the same remedial manners course, clearly.

[lapucelle]

102. I remember that too.

And I never listened to her again.

[riversedge]

25. I remember that well. I will not be tuning in.

[larkrake]

89. yup, in a comedy club- she was for Obama

that was a nasty race. Hillary got her fired from corporate radio. The Clintons have a very long reach. Randi kept it clean on the radio, but she did a little standup at clubs. She had better numbers than Rush and will again thanks to the atmosphere in the country.

Payback is a bit**, and I will enjoy expos'es of both Trump and Hillary

[still_one]

5. Randi Rhodes is a very bitter person, who was notorious for not getting her facts straight. She and

Mike Malloy have very similar idiotic rants

I may not always agree with Thom Hartman, but Thom always tries to get the facts right. Not so much with Rhodes or Malloy

Want to make Randi upset, ask her about Ed Schultz

Malloy and Rhodes are similar to RW for radio personalities. They are nice to you if you agree with them, but get out of the way if you have a different opinion

[larkrake]

33. not true in the least. Malloy is a ranter, Randi does research her facts but has no tolerance for

the deaf and blind. Very refreshing and intelligent woman

[still_one]

39. I haven't listened to her for years, but she spewed a lot of misinformation. We aren't going to

agree on this obviously She also has a tendency to buy into a lot of conspiracy hype without validation

[Lord Magus]

37. I've seen her called the Ann Coulter of the left.

As reluctant as I am to compare anyone on the left to the Coultergeist, it seems accurate.

[Renew Deal]

6. She knows that most people don't have time to listen to talk radio

So might as well pander

[MohRokTah]

7. K&R

Rhodes is the Republican if you ask me.

[larkrake]

34. LOL no one asked you

[treestar]

108. DU asked

It always does.

[Adrahil]

9. She should change her name to...

Jokepine Rhodical.

[oasis]

14. +1

[larkrake]

35. yes, she parallels Bernie, so belongs over there, so why is she being discussed here?

[JTFrog]

77. Why is it bothering you so much? n/t

[larkrake]

82. I'm just surprised, I adore her

[treestar]

109. It's so funny that this is OK

Support Obama or Hillary and you "adore" them and are Tiger Beat. Yet these pundits can be adored and their every word hung onto. Yet they have no experience and no real way to judge.

[Lord Magus]

122. You adore somebody who makes vile slurs like this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/03/air-america-host-randi-rh_n_94863.html

[stonecutter357]

56. +1000

[workinclasszero]

65. It would fit her rotten republican persona

[MohRokTah]

99. + 1,000,000,000,000 eom

[BainsBane]

10. Completely absurd comment

and entirely uninformed.

[seabeyond]

17. Clinton is in the top 15% most liberal in congress.

[Silver_Witch]

18. ........

............ ... . ... ... . ...... .....

Sadly this is all I can say....maybe someday

[emulatorloo]

19. Yeah we get it. You want to continue to lie and say "Hillary is a Republican"

She's not a Republican.

She doesn't support Republican policy. She envicerates bullshit Republicans.

She didn't vote with Republicans in the Senate. She voted with Bernie.

Senator Warren is campaigning with her. So to be consistent I assume you want to lie about Warren as well.

Bernie will endorse her next week. Bernie does not endorse Republicans.

[Silver_Witch]

80. I happen to like Warren very much and hope she is VP!

However I have been warned and wish not to be purged and so in am cautious in my posts. Saying something about this post either way could be mis-interrupted by another poster and so I choose to not respond.

[emulatorloo]

111. Hope she's the VP as well!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. Why are you still here then? If that's how little you think of the democratic nominee

You should be on other sites that are not specifically created to support democrats

[SidDithers]

72. Posting privileges before principles, eh?...nt

Sid

[Silver_Witch]

79. Can't respond sorry!

[SidDithers]

96. Sure you can...

you just choose not to, because your principles aren't as important to you, compared with the consequences of posting how you really feel.

Sid

[DisgustipatedinCA]

112. And how about you, Sid? You use that line over and over to try and bait people.

But I never see you express the courage of your convictions. And I never will.

[UtahLib]

20. Hate makes for ugly minds and distorted perceptions.

[Beacool]

22. I'll never listen to her.

Not after she called Gerry Ferraro and Hillary f*cking whores.

[David__77]

23. I understand her comments on Clinton and Ferraro in 2008.

I don't agree with those comments.

I don't know the context of her referring to Clinton as a Republican and so don't have comment, other than to state that it is untrue.

[LongtimeAZDem]

93. Wikipedia doesn't have the details, but she apparently lost one show for being offesnive to gays

"While teaming with host Perry Stone at Milwaukee's WQFM, Rhodes was suspended in 1987 when their program offended the gay community and led several businesses to cancel ads"

[nolawarlock]

24. This OP left me completely in shock ...

... no, not because of what Randi said, but because I honestly and truly thought she had died.

Miracles happen every day, I guess.

[nolawarlock]

49. hahahahahahahha! great response!

[Ilsa]

57. I think you might be thinking of Lynn Samuels,

who loved HRC, hated PBO. Heavy NY accent.

[jalan48]

27. "Tea Left is it now?" Or maybe Neo-Bernie Bros.

[Hoyt]

28. I did like her on Air America during george war bush years.

[AgadorSparticus]

29. She has lost it. No wonder she disappeared.

[John Poet]

30. I love Randi Rhodes--

she tells it like it is.

But Hillary's looking better to me, little by little.

[larkrake]

31. Randi does not suffer fools. She is progressive and was a victim of Hillary's vengence

She gets her facts straight and tells listeners her sources, a rare and sometimes caustic journalist, she is a voice I am delighted to hear again. Yes she dislikes Hillary as much as most americans, and she does her homework flawlessly. You wont like the truths she tells, so dont listen to her.

Everything Randi foresaw came to pass, so I will become an avid listener once again, as will Bernie followers. She will join the revolution.

[Lyric]

66. So you agree with her that Secretary Clinton is a whore and a Republican?

Those are "truths"? Those are "telling it like it is"?

Please do enlighten us.

[larkrake]

75. she was doing a comedy show and that was taken out of context

she never said that on the radio, please get your facts straight

[JTFrog]

85. Her boss saw it otherwise.

The event was billed as "An Evening with Randi Rhodes" and promoted on KKGN's website (Air America affiliate).

Mark Green, President of Air America Radio, said, "Her abusive, obscene comments obviously crossed the line of what talent at a media company could say," and added that the comments "were in the Imus league," referring to radio host Don Imus.

[larkrake]

90. she wasnt working for AA at the time, she was with Clear Channel, a republican entity

[JTFrog]

94. Uhhh... no

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/03/air-america-host-randi-rh_n_94863.html

Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station.

“Air America encourages strong opinions about public affairs but does not condone such abusive, ad hominem language by our Hosts,” said chair Charlie Kireker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Rhodes

Departure from Air America[edit]

Air America suspended Rhodes from the network on April 3, 2008 after an event in San Francisco, California for Air America affiliate KKGN. While doing a 'Stand-up' Comedy act, Rhodes said on March 22, 2008:

"Geraldine Ferraro turned out to be the David Duke in drag ... What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is! She's such a fucking whore! I wanna see her have to stand beside her husband at one of those mandatory 'I have sinned against you; I'm a whore' kind of a press conference. Mr. Ferraro should have to stand next to his whore of a wife ... Hillary is a big fucking whore, too. You know why she's a big fucking whore? Because her deal is always, 'Read the fine print, asshole!'"

When a video of the event was made public the following week, Air America suspended her for "inappropriate comments". The event was billed as "An Evening with Randi Rhodes" and promoted on KKGN's website.[11]

Geraldine Ferraro called for the termination of Rhodes when the personal attacks directed towards her and Clinton began circulating through the media.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Rhodes

Premiere Radio Networks (2009-14)[edit]
On April 23, 2009, Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, announced the addition of Randi Rhodes to their syndicated lineup with her show returning to airways across the country May 11, 2009.[27] Her eponymous program, The Randi Rhodes Show, aired live Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm Eastern Time. Her show ended on May 16, 2014.[28][29]

[JTFrog]

95. Well someone doesn't have their facts straight....

but it's not the poster you are replying to.

[KittyWampus]

101. you keep on saying the Clintons have a long reach and got Rhodes fired.

That is Right/Left extremist Teabag conspiracy crap.

[mcar]

88. "A victim of Hillary's vengeance?"

Do tell.

[MohRokTah]

98. Rhodes IS A FOOL. End. Full stop. eom

[Lunabell]

38. Randi tells it like it is.

Tealeft radical whacko? Is that what we Berners are called now?

[nolawarlock]

67. So are you calling Hillary a Republican?

[Lunabell]

104. seriously?

Not in this site, lmao

[nolawarlock]

118. Yeah, not this one, right?

[RandiFan1290]

40. Randi pissing off the right?

I love it!

Welcome back, Randi!!!!

[fun n serious]

41. Hillary is one of the most progressives there is.

To think otherwise is IGNORANCE and hate. Don't hate Hill... it's not her fault Bernie lost.

[hobbit709]

50. Progressive compared to????

[fun n serious]

51. Compared to MOST on Capitol hill.

[hobbit709]

52. to MOST on Capitol Hill anyone to the left of Temujin is a progressive.

[larkrake]

83. oh my God, how foolish are the blind. Hill and Bill created 3rd way, far far from progressive

[OhZone]

42. Stephanie Miller is better than RR by far. nt

[Peigan68]

74. Not to me

Stephanie Miller is entertaining but she doesn't go into the depth with issues that Randi does.

And Randi is entertaining as well as informative.

Just my opinion.

[larkrake]

91. Steph has no depth or researched facts. I do listen to her, but it is mostly nonsense

[Android3.14]

53. Well, ideology is in the eye of the beholder

The truth is that Hillary is a registered Democrat, regardless of her funding sources or previous votes.
Registered.
At least there is that.

[Mike Nelson]

54. Blech...

...Randi lost it. I did like her long ago... I hoped she would find something else to do and live happily off the airwaves. I will still do what little I can to make sure that happens. I won't listen to her.

[silvershadow]

55. Welp, under the bus she goes. Man, what does it take to find a good

progressive these days?

[Ilsa]

58. Thanks. I won't bother with her either. nt

[Demsrule86]

59. I can't support anyone who endangers the 2016 election

Randi...what happened?

[NCTraveler]

61. She panders to the same group HA has been pandering to.

They do it in the same manner as well. RR is more experienced at it.

[Exilednight]

63. Under the bus with Randi.

[workinclasszero]

64. Another left tea bagger carrying water for Trump?

Screw Randi Rhodes! How much is Trump paying her I wonder?

[Demsrule86]

71. That is correct

These so-called pure voices for the pure left (whoever that might be) only help Trump at this point when they call Hillary names. She is the nominee and all that stand between us and Trump.

[BobbyDrake]

68. Shall wonder she was unemployable for so long.

TeaLeft will always be its own worst enemy.

[NorthCarolina]

73. So, as long as she says exactly what you want to hear she's OK in your book.

Bottom line is Hillary IS right of center, and to deny it is either (a) farsical, or (b) lunacy. So instead of tearing down anyone who might point that fact out, why not RATHER simply explain why that's OK with you instead of simply turning on, and attacking the comment. You obviously are more attracted to a right-of center politician, so why not simply state why you believe this is the correct political alignment for America?

[leftofcool]

76. She has also called Hillary a "whore"

Should we state why we believe that is NOT a correct political alignment for America? Is it okay with you if most of us think Rhodes is a nutjob?

[NorthCarolina]

81. You are free to think whatever you want, as am I. -nt-

[redstateblues]

92. So since Bernie is a little to the left of Hillary, that would make him

a centrist? Hillary is not right of center. That is ridiculous. She was one of the most liberal Senators in Congress.

[workinclasszero]

105. So sick of the HUGE LIE that Hillary is right wing!

Hillary Clinton is a Hard-Core Liberal.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm

[treestar]

110. She is not right of center

as many in this thread pointed out.

[JTFrog]

78. Seems like you have to have a good Hillary hate on to appreciate Randi these days.

I could never appreciate someone who calls female politicians wh***s.

[NorthCarolina]

84. Both parties lean right of center fiscally, and the social differences are mostly for show...

fodder for the masses, so they don't have to discuss their true fiscal policy desires.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

86. I just don't understand what Randi's end game is supposed to be here.

I liked her, I listened to her daily years ago, I've even met her in person (I once saw her introduce Bill Clinton of all people and I remember how glowingly she spoke about him at the time). I think she's genuinely a liberal/progressive but struggles with an extremely fragile ego and she basically suffered a meltdown circa 2007 and hasn't recovered since. She not only lashed out at Democratic politicians like Hillary but other liberal media personalities that she saw as threats as opposed to colleagues at arms.

I mean, once Sanders endorses Hillary, exactly what is she going to advocate for in 2016? Is she going to rally behind Jill Stein? Or is she going to go all Susan Sarandon and say we should accept Trump in order to "Bring on the Revolution!"

In the early 00s, she had the talent to be the next big liberal media figure but sadly she lacked the temperament to follow through. She painted herself into the corner and now is basically dismissible fringe. It's a tragedy in the most classical sense of the word.

[Zambero]

106. Electing Trump to prove a point

Then the train wreck, with regrets to follow. And then and only then "real" Democrats will get elected, if civilization somehow manages to survive. Thanks but no thanks Randi, I'll be sticking with Plan A.

[GoCubsGo]

116. As she said on Stephanie Miller's show, she will vote for Hillary.

And, she will encourage everyone else to do so, even if it means holding their noses, as she will do. She recognizes how high the stakes are. She is still really good at going after the GOP. But, it's unfortunate that she's re-living the 2008 campaign. I wasn't a fan of Hillary's campaign back then, either. The people she had working for her did her no favors, but they are no longer with her this time around. Hopefully, Randi will eventually recognize this, but I think she is still in the process of venting. I don't know if she'll ever come around to fully supporting Hillary, but she is definitely not in the Susan Sarandon camp, nor will she encourage anyone to vote 3rd party.

[mcar]

87. K&R

[bigdarryl]

103. I though she fucking retired from radio?

[floriduck]

107. I'm not so sure Randi is the one that changed over the years. I think changes have occurred but

by others, not her.

[Orsino]

113. Let's take a moment to reflect.

The modern Democratic Party, or at least its Establishment wing, versus some older-style Republican guidelines:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/oct/28/facebook-posts/viral-meme-says-1956-republican-platform-was-prett/

I've had differences with Rhodes and some of her exaggerations for effect, but I think she's calling on us all to start sounding less like the Republicans who really should urinate vertically. Rather than trying to redefine "progressive," let's embody it.

[colsohlibgal]

114. I Like Randi

She is quite entertaining, she is funny. I agree with her about way more things than I don't. She has had issues with Hillary for some time and I think it's personal but I may be mistaken

This new thing linking tea party crazies with serious progressives is hard to figure. I am quite liberal and my world view has little or nothing in common with the tea party types.

[CajunBlazer]

120. I don't think people are talking about belief systems when...

comparisons are made with the tea party crazy, they are talking similarities of behavior.

[yodermon]

115. proof will be in the pudding of her Presidency.

If we end up with chained cpi, tpp, and/or more wars by the end of it, then we'll know.

[AntiBank]

117. bookmark this comment for 2 years from now

and add no significant reeling in/prosecution of banksterism and no significant bettering of healthcare and university tuiton/loan nightmares.

I hope she does the right thing on all. I am voting for her because Trump is an instant insane threat to the country, but I am unconvinced on the issues we have listed. I know this makes us hated here but at least she gets my vote and I will NOT work to undermine her election. It's one thing to reluctantly vote for her, it is another to use bullshit tropes (as some do) to try to demoralise turnout.

I also think Sanders should endorse her as soon as possible. This election is nowhere near a sure thing yet. Never underestimate the ignorance of a massive amounts of voters.

[greiner3]

121. She is

At least a good number of her policies.

You are what you eat