Randi Rhodes vs. Ed Schultz

[Nimrod2005]

Who do you like more? Who do you feel speaks for you?

I listen to both - Both come on live in my market, but I do have a favorite.

[Phredicles]

1. Stephanie Miller.

Rhodes and Schultz both have their good points but also their downsides (Schultz can be too conservative, Rhodes has the voice and manners of a buzzsaw).

[Nimrod2005]

3. I love Steph. too, she is also live on here, but she is not on the poll.

I think I want to make a point once we get a large enough sample. I wanted a comparision of these 2.

[Phredicles]

7. Okay, if you really are asking about these two and only these two,

I gotta go with Ed. I agree with him less often but he is so much more listenable. Just my opinion, of course.

[LSparkle]

8. I liked her a lot better before I found out she knew Insanity ...

There was something really disturbing about her conversation with him, especially how she distanced herself from Air America. Yes, she's not Air America, but without AAR, where would Jones Radio be? It felt like she was throwing AAR under the bus and it's left a bad taste in my mouth ... Not to mention that she spent WAAAAAY too much time on her shows recently on the fucking astronut ...

[wryter2000]

23. It was disturbing hearing him on my radio

However, Steph did defend AAR, which she didn't have to as she's not on AAR. She lit into him for his lie that progressive radio isn't doing well. I don't think she threw them under the bus.

[onehandle]

22. I'm enjoying Stephanie on Sirius.

Her show is informative and entertaining.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Randi!

Though I will say, on a positive note for Ed, that if I were trying to introduce someone to a different point of view than Bill-o or his ilk, I'd start with Ed before Randi, as I think they could identify with him more.

[Nimrod2005]

4. lol...Agreed, sort of.

[teriyaki jones]

5. I loves my Randi!

Ed is way too conservative for me. I have come to embrace Randi's style, appreciate all that she has to teach her audience. And if she's a little abrasive to callers sometimes, oh well. Most of them deserve it when she goes off. IMHO.

tj

[Leopolds Ghost]

36. I don't understand all this "Randi is less conservative than Ed" stuff.

She is just more predictable at toeing the Party line, or the blogosphere line of the moment, and shouting down anyone who wants to debate the issue. And sometimes the Party line, or the blogosphere line ("this is the meme we need to be spreading in order to win the next election") is wrong, for instacne, the notion that Obama is some kind of fair-trade populist who will save us from the DLC. I think Ed at least comes by his opinions honestly.

[FlaGranny]

46. Randi, tow the party line?

You've got to be kidding! The other day she was considering if there was a way to start a successful new party because she is not pleased with many of the Democrats. She never has been. In fact, she has been a thorn in the side of elected Democrats, especially in the senate.

[Quixote1818]

6. Steph Miller is my favorite as well.

I think Randi is much smarter than Ed but I have a hard time listening to her voice.

[DURHAM D]

9. Ed is just not smart enough or well prepared.

He clearly does not really research anything - he is handed talking points. If a caller brings up an alternate subject Ed never knows the issue.

[Nimrod2005]

48. Bingo, I think you nailed it!!! I am surprised how he sometimes attacks

the caller, when it is him who is not getting it.

[Botany]

10. Stephanie Miller

Game set match

Before "they" had to shut her (and progressive radio) down in Columbus she had tripled
the ratings and then doubled her ratings again.

Given fair chance her show would get to be as big as Rush or Hannity's.

Besides she "wants me so bad"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x8271

pix #3

[me b zola]

11. WooHoo! Randi is @ 100%

:D

Hands down, I adore Randi and feels she speaks for me. She does her research and knows--really knows--the issues.

I tried to listen to Schultz for about 6 months or so. Schultz would disgust me so often, but I kept trying to give him a chance...but I can't do it any longer. Schultz spends more time yelling at and degrading informed Democratic callers and kissing the ass of Publican callers :puke: Schultz is not informed, and it is difficult not to believe that he waits for his talking points from the dlc.

[Nimrod2005]

16. Well said

You nailed it!

[me b zola]

34. except for my subject line...

I was the first person to cast a vote, hence Randi had 100% of the vote. I should know by now that my computer is so slow that I wouldn't be the first response. :D

[NYCGirl]

12. Neither. NT

[butterfly77]

13. I like them both for different reasons but...

they both get on my nerves...Shultz because he seems to only be interested in his ratings and advertisers and he he lacks info most of the time and when someone comes on who has facts he sometimes doesn't listen and gets angry because they have a different opinion. Randi has a lot of facts and information but, she doesn't let the callers finish their point and then she talks over them and tells them what they are saying before they can finish their thoughts, but she is very knowledgable...But I am starting to not like shultz more and more...If you ask who are my favorites they are Mike Malloy and Thom Hartmann...

[Nimrod2005]

14. Ok, but will you please vote in the poll?

[butterfly77]

24. Ok Randi...

[Nimrod2005]

26. Gracias....nt

[Epiphany4z]

15. I switch back and forth

depends on my mood...one day Randi...one day Ed...nearly always stephenie...ya gotta laugh a little

[Nimrod2005]

50. Someone just started a Steph or Randi poll....nt

[Mojambo]

17. They're both annoying, but at least Randi has a command of the facts.

I'll take Hartmann, Seder or Maddow any day of the week over either of them.

[Nimrod2005]

18. I love Rachel......Loved seeing her on KO 2 nights ago.

[Mojambo]

19. She is really, really good.

Very sharp, funny and has great pipes.

She should have a larger role in progressive talk.

[Nimrod2005]

25. I think Rachel has the best brains on progressive radio!!! IMHO.

[Mojambo]

29. Hartmann is a heavy hitter as well, but yeah, Rachel is razor sharp. n/t

[Leopolds Ghost]

37. What facts? Randi and Rachel always talk about the same stuff, like NPR

Shiny Object of the Day material for loyal Party listeners.

[LSK]

20. Randi

[wryter2000]

21. I want to have multiple Randigasms

How come I can only click the button once?

[Nimrod2005]

45. Step away from the mouse, stop rubbing the clicker.

[Zookeeper]

27. I prefer Ed Schultz...

It doesn't matter if he agrees with me all of the time or not. And I think he does a better job of talking with callers than most of the AAR hosts.

I just can't listen to Randi. Her voice and attitude annoy me.

Love Steph Miller and Rachel Maddox. Also like Thom Hartman.

[Nimrod2005]

28. Rachel Maddow is cool.

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. Ed Schultz is my husband's new best friend. My husband, as many

of you know, was a sympathetic Libertarian with some RW tendencies before Bush was elected. He is now, in part thanks to listening to our local affiliate, an outspoken member of the Democratic Party...down to the stickers on his car (No W, Proud of my country, Ashamed of my President, and I have a dream with a picture of Bush behind bars). I am so proud. But he really likes Ed. I don't really listen to either.

[wellst0nev0ter]

31. I Choose Randi Because I REALLY Hate Ed

After listening to his "interview" of Keith Ellison, I washed my hands of him forever. Randi might be a bit over the top, but she isn't so stupid as to ask a Democrat if he will tolerate Jews.

[Quixote1818]

39. I thought the interview was fine. He stumbled a little there but nothing major.

It sounded like he was trying to give Ellison the chance to talk about how he had good relations with Jewish people. It was a dumb question and I think Ed realized it right after he asked it, but it seemed to me Ed was trying to give Keith an opportunity to squash any right wing propaganda that Muslims and Jewish folks can't get along.

[PFunk]

32. I voted for Randi...

But I prefer either Bob Kincaid or Guy James (both now heard on the Head On Radio Network) w/ Peter B. Collins a behind them.

[Twist_U_Up]

33. Randi Knows

911 was an inside job too

[Strawman]

35. Neither

[mvd]

38. Randi

She just seems to speak for me more. But my favorites are definitely Mike Malloy and Stephanie Miller!

[timtom]

40. I first snapped to Randi

in 2001 just after the "incident". WPB is a medium-size market (I think), and I figured that Randi was just one of dozens of liberal talk show hosts throughout the U S.

Much to my surprise, she turned out to be one of a handful. (A handful of which Ed Schultz is not.)

Yes, she often annoys me when she pontificates to a caller, instead of taking the collaborative approach.

But, when she's on fire, she's on FIRE!

[Nimrod2005]

44. Same here, I live in S. Florida, found Randy during the 2000 elections.

She was the only voice of reason.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. Stephanie Miller is very funny and entertaining while also very informative

Of the two, I voted for Randi Rhodes because she seems to have the facts at her disposal. But I don't like her abrasive attitude with some of the callers, even those who agree with her. I like Ed Schultz too.

I couldn't stand 9 straight hours of Stephanie Miller, or Randi Rhodes, or Ed Schultz, just like I couldn't stand listening to blues for 9 hours straight or eating pizza every day all day (well, maybe I could stand constantly having pizza in my mouth after all).

I like the combination of hosts and wouldn't want it to change.

[CatholicEdHead]

42. Big Eddie

[LittleClarkie]

43. I only get Big Ed, so I can only really vote for him

I used to get Randi on a long distance station, but they went over to sports.

[marmar]

47. Randi in that battle, no contest....

That said, I really only listen to her when she's talking. When she takes calls or does interviews, I turn her off, because she's even rude to the callers who agree with her. And her extreme sense of self-importance comes out during interviews.
I'll take Thom Hartmann, Sam Seder, and Mike & Pap over anybody else. I like Stephanie Miller's show a lot too, but it's considerably less "weighty" than the others. Her discussions of issues aren't exactly deep.

[Nimrod2005]

49. Between the two listed, Randi by a mile, which is why

I wanted to compare these 2.

Ed thinks he is MR. LIBERAL TALK OF THE UNIVERSE, as if he is head and shoulders above all others, but he is not.