Ummm.... what the FUCK, Randi???

[Sebastian Doyle]

She's leading off her show bitching about Keith Olbermann's show last night and comparing him to that asshat Kanye West???

I've defended Randi in the past, but this is fucked up.

[monmouth]

1. She's jealous...n/t

[dennis4868]

2. what does she say...

was bad about Olbermann's special comment?

[LSK]

11. she thinks hes trying to be Edward R Murrow too much

She says he should have spent more time on information or explaining the bills.

[dennis4868]

13. He's been explaining the....

various bills in Congress for the past 6 months....that was not the point of last night....last night was to show the emotional side of the serioussness of the issue....he hit a HOMERUN!

[LSK]

15. yeah, I was surprised to hear her bashing him

:shrug:

[dennis4868]

18. I was just listening to her....

and she is clearly jealous of KO.....She even said that is she had all kinds of researchers and people working for her and 20 million viewers, she would have done it differently....she simply does not understand the point of last night's special comment...just like she misunderstands many of her callers' questions, she has a misunderstanding of KO last night.

[BonnieJW]

23. She does not like Keith because he won't have her on

his show. She has said this many times. She doesn't know why Keith won't have her on. I think it's because she yells louder and constantly interrupts.

[vanbean]

87. She said he let his ego get the better of him. See, Randi has no ego at all.

Talk about the pan calling the skillet brown. Sheezo.

[bullwinkle428]

12. Called it "horribly self-indulgent". Callers are lining up to disagree with her -

hope they tear her a new one!

[jefferson_dem]

3. I didn't even realize that she was still on the air.

Seriously. Speaks for itself...

[Stand and Fight]

5. I'm sorry to hear she is still on the air. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

Ditto.

Too bad..she used to be very good. Perhaps she got too caught up in her sense of self-importance.
I had to stop listening to her a while back....Was disappointed in what she had become.

[B Calm]

14. I didn't know she was back on the air. . .

[iceman66]

61. She's like a bad rash that keeps coming back.

[niceypoo]

110. She acts like Ann Coulter when anyone irritates her

She also treats her callers like shit, so I dont listen to her much anymore. She has issues, definately. The bitch can sure rant though.

[Johonny]

118. kick that

too bad my progressive station picked her up again. I love the part of her shows when someone calls in, agree with her, she doesn't understand their point and then spends 5 minutes attacking them. She's great at ranting, terrible at listening. KO just out rants her.

[SoxFan]

4. My take on Randi?

[Botany]

6. Randi has some real issues

She needs help and she needs to learn to STFU .... part of Keith's show was his way of
dealing with his father dying. If Ms. Rhodes didn't like the show an on & off switch
is on her T.V..

[RevCheesehead]

10. The words "batshit crazy" come to mind.

I guess that now she's permanently on Keith's "do not call" list.

:hi:

[niyad]

38. thank you--I have missed that sig image

[SeattleGirl]

51. Hi Rev!

I listen to Randi quite often, but man oh man, I had to turn her off today! She jumped the shark, went 'round the bend, and fell over the cliff all at once with her criticism of Keith today.

:hi:

[POAS]

80. She jumped the shark for me long ago when

AAR was still around and she had her afternoon gig carried over XM.

She needs an intervention.

[SeattleGirl]

7. Have to agree with you there, Sebastian.

I like Randi, but she's messed up about the Olbermann special comment. Complaining, for one thing, that it was an hour long. Well, DUH, Randi. He announced on Monday that he would be doing an hour-long special comment. And why did she keep listening to it if she decided that he was going on too long? She could have used that remote thingy and turned the TV off or changed channels.

Oy.

[LSparkle]

31. Now she's calling it ELITIST ... WTF?

While she lives inside the Beltway with Howard, the
DLC insider ... ?? She's turned into just another
D.C. creature -- more concerned with just pushing
legislation through and scoring a political victory
than sticking to IDEALS and doing what's RIGHT FOR
THE COUNTRY.

Keith was trying to appeal to people's emotions last
night to try and MOVE PEOPLE to action.

OMG, now she's TAKING CREDIT FOR HIS POPULARITY?
Sorry, Randi, but I knew about Keith Olbermann
LONG before I knew if you were a girl or a guy!

May be time to turn it off ... at least for a bit.

[lapfog_1]

8. Just turned her off.

I thought I was happy to have Randi back. I mean, I always excused her sniping at the more successful progressive personalities... especially Al Franken. And she had said before that KO has a huge ego and other stuff. She hardly ever LISTENS to her callers, and often misunderstands their questions.

But this attack was totally off the wall.

So... buh bye Randi.

[NikolaC]

24. So far she has been soooo off base about Al Franken

He has shown himself to be a very progressive Senator who has a sense of humor and compassion.

[LSK]

28. I think her problem with Franken was his $1million salary

while AAR was going bankrupt.

[NYCGirl]

40. Except that while AAR was going bankrupt, Franken received no pay. And, in

fact, gave money back to the station. Randi kept drawing her salary and took a pay raise, too.

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. I understand where her problems with Franken come from.

When Air America started, there were exactly two actual radio professionals involved in the network. Randi was one of them, Mike Malloy was the other. Franken walks in and acts like he owns the place, and refuses to allow any advertising of Mike or Randi's shows during his program even though they were on the same network.

So she's justified in not liking Al, I guess. Though it has little to do with him as a Senator. Even Mike Malloy hasn't had anything bad to say about Senator Franken.

What her bitch with Keith is, I have no idea.

[dflprincess]

49. I think she "misunderstands" on purpose

a very passive agressive ploy to try and set the caller off so she can once again look like the "victim" of a nut case.

[LSK]

9. I think its battle of the ego's

[BlooInBloo]

16. (shrug) That's why I stopped listening to her a loooong time ago.

[TexasObserver]

17. Heard her once. Can't understand why anyone would listen to her twice.

[niyad]

19. did she suddenly start working for clusterf** or something? what the HELL is her problem?

[gkhouston]

53. Green-eyed monster would be my guess. n/t

[NikolaC]

20. I have enjoyed listening to Randi in the past

even when I did not agree with her. Her reaction to Keith's special last night shocked me a little, but then I was not surprised in the end. In the past she has accused Keith of stealing her shtick (sp?) and wondered why he would not have her on his show. While I agree with her that his show needed more facts and figures, I found his appeal to be a bit touching and personal.

[niyad]

39. it didn't need facts and figures--she doesn't get to decide what KO has on HIS program

randi, if you want facts and figures out there, do it yourself.

[TommyO]

21. Given the company that she works for

I'm surprised that she didn't get her "trash Olberman" marching orders sooner (not that she's ever been a fan of Keith).

[Berry Cool]

112. Actually, she did once.

Back when he first started doing Special Comments, she used to run them on her show and praise them to the skies. But now that he gets such acclaim for them, things are different.

For a few years now, she's run KO down at every opportunity. Even implied that his staffers have told her he's not a nice person so she has "inside" information on how nasty he is. One time she even gave them a shout-out by first name on the air.

[dennis4868]

22. I'm not listening to Randi....

anymore....she is the supidest radio person of all time....seriously....I have had it with her.....goodbyr Ms. Rhodes!

[Rick Myers]

25. Randi only loves Randi!!!

[DefenseLawyer]

26. Like the vast majority of "talk radio personalities" she started out as a disk jockey.

She has a job primarily because she has a good radio voice not because she knows anything about anything.

[Lex]

27. I have never been able to listen to her.

She sucks most of the time.

[xultar]

29. Randi and her type are why we as liberals will never get ahead. Crabs in the bucket.

That is all we are.

[iceman66]

63. She's certainly not doing the progressive movement any favors.

[orleans]

30. omg--i love randi...but...her callers are really kicking her ass

over her criticism over keith

i loved keith's show last night

[LSparkle]

33. Glad that the callers are supporting him ...

Talk about a circular firing squad -- just like Dems
to start "eating our own" when we need desperately to
come together, especially now as the votes are near.

Totally don't understand her reaction and glad to
hear the callers, like me, were genuinely moved by
KO last night.

[SalviaBlue]

34. Yea, Randi has jumped the shark on this one.

[slipslidingaway]

35. I do not know what Randi said, but I will say that Olbermann portraying

the public option as Medicare for Everybody is not the truth.

I listened to last 40 minutes and during a large part of the show he argued against the insurance companies, but who had seats at the table during discussions.

:(

[nachosgrande]

36. Randi is a sad sad person with incredibly low self esteem

NM

[rocktivity]

37. Spoiler--I was going to listen to Keith AFTER Randi's show!

She think he shouldn't have spent the whole hour on it, that quoting Dickens and Jennings was elitist, and that it seemed more of an ego trip than a special based on a personal journey. Well, he IS elitist, this issue DESERVES an hour of special programming, and if someone who can afford all the healthcare money can buy has found dissatisfaction with the system, he'd damn well better point it out!


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[nachosgrande]

41. Exactly. Keith has never claimed to be Ed Shultz.

He embraces his elitism.

[NYCGirl]

48. What's so elite about Keith Olbermann? That he's from NY and went to college?

Enlighten me.

[dflprincess]

54. It's a sad thing that in the U.S. being able to quote people like Dickens or Jennings

makes you "elitist".

My grandmother only had a high school diploma, class of '17, from a small town high school (I often think she had a better education than I did with my 4 year degree) and was very well versed in literature as well as other subjects. I suppose she was elitist for picking a Tennyson poem to be read at her funeral.

[rocktivity]

55. Here's what Churchill said which Randi believes we peons couldn't possibly grasp

"...The responsibility for the public safety is absolute and requires no mandate."

And Keith's reference to Dickens was to his book A Christmas Carol, which of course we great unwashed types have never heard of!

:eyes:
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[dflprincess]

57. Yeah, but he was English so what he said doesn't apply to 'Muricans.

Or that's what Randi was saying. (We need an emoticon for "tearing my hair out")

[NYCGirl]

56. +1 How true. NT

[DefenseLawyer]

119. Being a member of the "elite" does not make you an "elitist"

By way of his education and wealth and public profile Olbermann would accurately be described as a member of the "elite" by almost any definition, other than the "old money" definition. Elitism is the belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. I haven't heard Olbermann say anything that would qualify him as an elitist.

[Zen Democrat]

42. Randi's about 1/3 as smart as she thinks she is. Her factual errors drove me away long ago.

Then I went back after over a year and the first time I listened to her, in the first 30 minutes, she started bashing a caller (who had correct information) by telling him he didn't know what he was talking about! She's a net minus for the truth, IMO.

[LeFleur1]

58. Factual Errors

Randi's factual errors are what made me turn her off long ago, too. She's a s bad as some of those right wing radio liars.
She was too lazy to look up the facts which makes her a liability to the cause.

[ginnyinWI]

88. oh yes. so true.

One time a year or so ago, she started ranting about a Newsweek article. I had the issue right on the table in front of me so I turned to it. She had it wrong, really wrong. Took one little part and distorted it to suit her purpose, which was to rant on something.

This is exactly what we hate to hear from rightwing pundits. It is no better when it comes from the left.

[TheWraith]

43. Randi Rhodes seems to me to operate in "shock jock" mode.

Sometimes she can be really right, other times she can be really wrong. Unfortunately she doesn't employ any self-analysis to be able to know which is which.

[LSK]

45. what do you mean? she has her sources to everything in her homework

What are you talking about???

:shrug:

[TheWraith]

89. What do sources have to do with it?

We're talking about her near meltdown reaction to Olbermann. She has a long history of making extreme comments. There are times when those comments are on the money, and there are others where she's way off the mark. It's got nothing to do with fact checking.

[FlyByNight]

44. Listening as I type this...

...and I can't figure out why Randi's so goddamn negative about KO's comment.

She complained about liberal "whining" when at the same time she's whining about the comment being "elitist". I swear I don't remember her ever slagging Baucus, Lincoln, or Conrad, etc. as much as she's criticizing KO now. (I'm a sporadic listener so I may be wrong.) In addition, I hear from her and other liberal hosts to "keep the pressure on" to call, write, e-mail, etc. Is this not a way to do that, to get people activated?

All Keith did was to tie a real world example to potential legislation. Okay, maybe it was long, involved and, yes, even "ego-driven" but remember the SHOW HAS HIS NAME ON IT. Decisions made in DC have consequences - here and abroad. And the comparison to Fox "News" was silly. Talk about false equivalence.

I miss Breakroom Live.

[debbierlus]

94. She resents the hell out of Keith because he elevated Rachel instead of her to national status

Sour, sour grapes.

[arthritisR_US]

102. BINGO! n/t

[PSzymeczek]

115. Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

[bullwinkle428]

46. Now equating KO with Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford!

(in terms of being able to get to the point)

:eyes: :eyes:

[iceman66]

64. WTF?

Given that there are so FEW liberal voices in the national media. you'd think they would go out of their way not to criticize one another!

[roguevalley]

71. Keith opened the protests about healthcare in those six cities to the

world with his commentary. He also got to give it back to the bastards for his little daddy. His poor little daddy at the end, he looked just like my papa. I could cry.

[dflprincess]

47. I rarely listen to her but made the mistake of putting her on today

and listening to her complain about someone else's ego is about more than I can stand.

She had one caller who asked her why she doesn't like anyone and does she want to be the only progressive on the air, and she's let a few on who disagree with her about KO's special comment, but only if they'll also kiss her ass and tell her how wonderful she is.

[dionysus]

50. she's jealous of other liberal media figures.

[MrsBrady]

52. just got home from school...and heard that crap on XM.

My husband called me, told me what she was saying....and then I turned it on.

Man, ...She is JEALOUS.
That was a load of crap. I really like Randi, but that makes me not want to tune in.
Really, what was the point of trashing KO. How does that help us?

[marshall]

59. Kanye wasn't always considered an asshat

When he went after Bush he was applauded. When he went after Taylor Swift, not so much.

[rocktivity]

60. The way Kanye went after Taylor Swift is what made him an asshat

precisely because it nullified the way he went after Bush.


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[marshall]

77. I think in his (inebriated) mind the two were connected

When he began his screed against Swift he implied that Beyonce's work was better and that she was passed over in favor of Swift. My assumption was that he felt this was due to racism--what other reason could he have been thinking about?

But it's all about context.

[8 track mind]

62. not listening to her anymore after this

That was total bullshit. That woman is freaking jealous. Thom Hartman from now on.

[LSK]

65. Randi: "I hope Im not the worst person in the world tonite"

[AspenRose]

84. Keith would not give her that satisfaction

He'll (wisely) just ignore her, which will piss her off even more.

[arthritisR_US]

103. that's exactly what I was thinking he should do. n/t

[mitchum]

66. All About Eve

[dflprincess]

68. Yet, she says she has no ego

:rofl:

[arthritisR_US]

104. introspection is not her strong suit. n/t

[kjackson227]

67. I think she's made some ugly comments about Ed too. Probably shouldn't worry too much...

about her because she has a knack for frequently disappearing from the airways. It's probably just a matter of time anyway. Although I do listen to her about twice a month.

[bullwinkle428]

74. She claimed Ed was trashing Air America when he was actually

part of Air America! Nothing to back that up, though - surprise, surprise!

Ed's been tearing the blue dogs a new one for months, while Randi's been too busy tilting at windmills. Oops...a literary reference - I've been outed as an elitist!

[SeattleGirl]

79. Actually, Ed's never been a part of Air America; his show was on many

statins that carry Air America programming. He started out with the Jones Radio Network. He's not with them now, but no, he's never been with AAR.

[GreenTea]

69. She is jealous and pissed that progressive talk radio host Maddow & Schultz.......

have their own TV shows along with Olbermann's show, and Keith does a fantastic job for progressives.....Does Randi think Keith is stealing her rap?

The more the better, health care with a public option is the most important issue facing hundreds of millions in this country, directly or indirectly....Randi her mouth and ego is stuck on a few AM stations when she could of made it much bigger if she knew when to shut the fuck up...like now about Olbermann...

Even a great liberal like Mike Malloy has two channels that Malloy can be heard on nationally, coast to coast, border to border on XM satellite radio and Sirius satellite radio on the (Sirius) system.

Not so with Randi she can not be heard nationally, but on the Internet (as of course can Malloy, as well as Malloy's AM stations that he's on around the country and the "MalloyCasts" subscriptions that I personally use for convenience).

Randi's ex-fellow AAR radio host, Laura Flanders also has a small and excellent show on GRITtv on the FSTV Satellite TV channel (It's free 24/7 on Dish Network) .....Thom Hartman has the number one rated progressive radio show on the air & Internet....And I love Hartmann's daily video feeds to DU.

Randi is angry and jealous and in my opinion she knows it's her own fault....Who knows she may end up trashing liberals and be the darling of the republicans, others who shall remain nameless have done it....

Also is there any doubt of her jealously of Al Franken. Franken was also once a ex-fellow Air America Radio host and look how far Franken has gone....It must be tough on Randi...

Randi is stuck in a rut, day in and day out and not many options for her or progressives to get the limited corporate media spots....While others have moved right along and most wouldn't know Randi was even on the air if it wasn't for posts like this one on Democratic Underground.

I'd rather listen to the funny, insightful & progressive Stephie Miller's show any day, than Randi's ego.

[debbierlus]

97. It's too bad. Because when Randi was good, she was very, very good...

But, when she is bad, she is HORRID.

[liberalla]

99. I couldn't listen to her show all the way through today...

Sounds like she's still feeling snubbed. So unflattering.
She sounded bitter, petty and small (and I'm a fan.)

Anyway, she has a national audience. Her show is carried live on XM 165 daily, plus these stations:


Calls Frequency Metro On-Air Website-Stream Live

KTLK-AM 1150 Los Angeles, CA M-F 12p-3 www.progressivetalk1150.com
KKGN-AM 960 San Francisco, CA M-F 4p-6 www.green960.com
KBAI-AM 930 Bellingham, WA M-F 12p-3 www.930kbai.com
KPTK-AM 1090 Seattle-Tacoma, WA M-F 6p-9p www.am1090seattle.com
KKZN-AM 760 Denver-Boulder, CO M-F 7p-10 www.am760.net
KPOJ-AM 620 Portland, OR M-F 3p-6p www.620kpoj.com
WBZT-AM 1230 W. Palm Beach-Boca Raton,FL M-F 3p-6p www.wbzt.com
WJNO-AM 1290 W. Palm Beach-Boca Raton,FL M-F 6p-9p www.wjno.com
KABQ-AM 1350 Albuquerque, NM M-F 4p-7p www.abqtalk.com
KTRC-AM 1260 Santa Fe, NM M-F 1p-4p www.huttonbroadcasting.com
WWKB-AM 1520 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY M-F 3p-6p www.kb1520.com
WNYY-AM 1470 Ithaca, NY M-F 3p-6p www.1470wnyy.com
WXXM-FM 92.1 Madison, WI M-F 6p-9p www.themic921.com
KJFK-AM 1230 Reno, NV M-F 12p-3p www.1230kjfk.com
KIST-AM 1490 Santa Barbara, CA M-F 12p-3p www.sbprogressivetalk.com
KRXA-AM 540 Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA M-F 12p-1p, 2p-4 www.krxa540.com
KUDO-AM 1080 Anchorage, AK M-F 11a-2 www.kudo1080.com
WZAA-AM 1050 Washington, DC M-F 3p-6p www.airamerica.com
KTOX-AM 1340 Los Angeles, CA M-F 3p-6p www.ktox1340am.net
KPHX-AM 1480 Phoenix, AZ M-F 12p-3p www.1480kphx.com
KKEE-AM 1230 Astoria, OR M-F 12p-3p www.kkee1230.com
WHMP-AM 1400 Springfield, MA M-F 3p-6p www.whmp.com
WHMQ-AM 1260 Springfield, MA M-F 3p-6p www.whmp.com
WHNP-AM 1600 Springfield, MA M-F 3p-6p www.whmp.com
KYNS-AM 1340 San Luis Obispo, CA M-F 12p-3p
KBBR-AM 1340 Eugene, OR M-F 3p-6p www.1340kbbr.com

XM 165 Channel - Live 3-6 p.m. ET
http://www.randirhodes.com/pages/affiliates.html


FYI.

[arthritisR_US]

106. I totally agree and listen to Stephanie Miller religiously! :-) n/t

[masuki bance]

70. It's the Ketel One Bloody Mary's talking. nt

[fascisthunter]

72. I turned her off sometime ago

because of the way she spoke down to her fans/callers.

But, yeah, that is really bizarre.

[DailyGrind51]

73. Did she hit on him and get rejected?

[kjackson227]

82. Funny! Wouldn't surprise me if she had. She hit on Anderson...

Cooper, and also Lawrence O'Donnell. I think she really does have problems.

[AspenRose]

85. *Ding* *ding* *ding* *ding*

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to read between the lines....

[rocktivity]

75. She's accusing Keith as being as egotistical as Beck and Rush are

What fantasizing, propagandina and hyperbole has Keith engaged in that has not wholly been a pushback to what the Rethugs are doing? What outright lies has he deliberately told? What's the difference between what he's said about his father versus what she's said about her sister? How else should he couch his own personal journey through the American health care system even when he didn't have to worry about paying the bill?

x(
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[Blue_In_AK]

76. Didn't she used to have issues with Al Franken, too?

[arthritisR_US]

108. she still does. Her jealousy has no bounds or end IMO. n/t

[walldude]

78. So now we're back to Keith ok and Randi bad... Ok got it.

Fuck... opinions on this board change with the wind. I remember not even a year ago Keith was persona non grata on this board. There were tons of anti Keith rants. Now Keith is good Randi bad.

Randi is the only left winger who is suitably angry. Sure that may turn you off of her but I for one like that there is someone out there showing a level of anger consistent with the amount of shit being thrown at us.

That said I think she is wrong about Olbermann on this one, but she does have a right to her opinion, and I'm not going to stop listening to her just because we occasionally disagree.

[Sebastian Doyle]

81. I've never said one word against Keith, and none against Randi until today.

She's totally in the wrong here. Probably not a good move for someone who's trying to get her audience back after jumping networks twice in one year.

[AspenRose]

86. "Randi is the only left winger who is suitably angry"

Mike Malloy.

[GreenTea]

109. Absolutely Mike Malloy & Malloy is far funnier, interesting & insightful as well as "suitably angry...

[walldude]

116. I stand corrected...

Don't get much Malloy around here but I've heard...

[debbierlus]

96. Many here are former fans she DROVE away.

I have defended her for years. She is self destructing.

[AspenRose]

100. True

I used to listen to her religiously.

[arthritisR_US]

107. yep, on all accounts. n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

83. Randi is an intellectual lightweight

She's really very pathetic.

[mullard12ax7]

90. I only care about TV personalities, everything else is meaningless, LOL

I hope there's a great big gossipy fight for my entertainment!

[undeterred]

91. Randi is her own worst enemy.

Give her air time and she'll self destruct.

[debbierlus]

92. Randi has ruined her own career. I used to listen to her.

The woman is not well.

She is nasty to her listeners & her ego needs its own zip code. I used to like her, and I would listen to her show fairly frequently. I don't know what has happened to her, but she needs to take some time off and regroup.

She is going to drive away the last of her audience.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

111. I only heard her one time while driving

she was factually misinformed about something (sorry, can't remember what) and her callers were trying to gently correct her in a way that wouldn't embarass her while still trying to support her and she was the biggest ass in the world. I wish I could remember the topic, all I can recall is her snarling to about 10 callers in a row - "So, all divorce should be illegal, right?" which was a complete non-sequitor to whatever the actual topic was or what the callers were trying to say.

It was pretty mind boggling. I could never understand after that why anyone would source her for anything - she seemed like a mental midget with delusions of grandeur.

Now, Stephanie Miller! She IS the real deal. Smart, funny, informed and devastating.

[SoCalDem]

93. Randi is in love with the sound of her own voice and is mesmerized

by her own reflection..

[pokerfan]

95. Quoting Churchill is elitist?

:wtf:

[bvar22]

98. Poor Randi.

Used to listen all the time.
Something happened to her.
Now she has the only show where call in fans who agree with her get attacked & insulted.
Weird.
:shrug:

[nashville_brook]

101. stopped listening to her a LONG time ago -- she's rude and loud and stupid. not what i want to hear.

[Swamp Rat]

105. Jello-C

I stopped listening to her long ago.

[Whisp]

113. the both of them can get lost for all I care.

their egos are more important to them than the message. bray bray, ain't I awesome crap. *looking in mirrors and practicing 'concern' . feh

[TheWebHead]

114. if you look at Rachel's demo rating on Wednesday

she got hammered in the ratings because the back half of countdown drove people away. I think anyone though who listened to Randi in the early days at Air America and how she predicted she'd get more listeners than Rush and her television appearances where she acted like a bull in a china shop getting pretty much on the no invite list to all cable news knows she also has an ego which has been placed in check due to professional failures. So I didn't get her insistence she has no ego, besides it's almost a requirement of the job. She has a point though, it was a wasted opportunity and the show in my mind has started to become a self parody. Keith has 75% of the airtime every night even w/o an hour-long special comment, he never has any guests with opposing views, he censors news unflattering to the left (ie. Rangel tonight).. it's just hard to take him seriously anymore, imo.

[rocktivity]

117. Having listened to the podcast, I must say that I have no idea what Randi watched last night.

If she can't tell dealing with grief for his parents from ego-tripping about himself, and resents his using his "elitism" to drive home a message that not even elitism could protect him from, she's either insane or insanely jealous.


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