Even as liberal as I can be, she was way too out there for me.

I thought she was funny and right on point about Clinton and Ferraro.

But I don't listen to radio so I won't be missing her.

Good riddance. Fucking whore.

I didn't hear the whole story about the remarks. I just know that she makes the mistake that many have made in left wing radio, such as it is. They try to be funny and they aren't, while the right just hammers away at issues incessantly until the mentally slow afoot start assuming everything said is the truth.

But what about her dozens of listeners?

"Fucking whore...."

The ones that fear vaginas tend to stand out.

I will miss her. She was a lot of fun, kinda like watching a car crash compilation.

Okay, you "conservatives" have given ZERO good reason for your anti-Randiness.

I stopped listening to Air America looooooong ago for two and a half reasons:

1. An overriding signal interferes with it locally, so I can't get it without enduring squelch.

2. Randi Rhodes REFUSES to discuss 9/11 conspiracy theories, or even hard facts confirming them.

2.5. Ed Schultz was given his own show - byeeeee.

Air America was somewhat "liberal", but hardly "radical".

What's the matter with Ed Schultz?

I hear a lot of 'right wingers' make fun of some of these hosts, yet they are being beaten by the very same hosts they make fun of in major markets.

I guess when reality isn't going your way you try to make the perception that it is. It is the right wing way it seems.

Maybe she could proof read Ann Coulter's next Nationaly Syndicated column.

"Fucking whore...."

The ones that fear vaginas tend to stand out.

Does that mean that Randi Rhodes fears vaginas? She used that language herself.

Joe, you are above average in intelligence.

Personally, I embrace the vagina.

I miss vagina

Where did it go?

the mentally slow afoot start assuming everything said is the truth.

Posted by evilpolock at 2008-04-10 05:06 PM | Reply | Flag:


why thats right, young feller. we'uns just listen and listen and we just knows what thesehere fellers tell us and we just ditto right along. why sHIT man, I dont know nothing bout birthin no babies....
but I do knows a thing or two bout doing what im'a told.

what a putz......it the left who keeps repeating shit until people think its true.....the mccanin LIE about him wanting the war to last 100 years is a prime example of that......

SUBJECT......randi rhodes....who?
air america....WHAT?

and I confess...I listen to ed shultz when I can get him.........so I guess its okay that I listen to what he says and just blindly believe him or does that only count when I am listening to rush?

Randi Rhodes rawks.

She may go over the top every once in a while but nothing she's ever sed is any more over the top than the insane times we live in.

Spud is glad she told Air America to fuck off and joined Nova M.

Air America are pussies.

According to Kris Olinger, who manages Denver's Air America affiliate, Rosie O'Donnell, Fran Drescher, Phil Donahue and Richard Belzer are among those under consideration

Donahue to replace Randi?

He doesn't have the sweater puppies fer it. Totally different demographics. Fran Drescher, um yeah replace RR with a vaginavisioned Hillary supporter. Wot is it? International irony week? Rosie? Meh, her celebrity blogger thing is doing okay but Spud would like to hear her get back on air in some capacity at some point. Anybody who speaks uncomfortable truths in the age of corporate media dominance is welcome.

Belzer?

Spud fuggin' luffs that guy since his stand up days.

Rawk the BellZ!

Be Well.

Hey I love "Out there" kinda chicks. They rock.

Larry Mohr

vaginavisioned

snicker

I've learned more listening to Randi Rhodes than you will ever learn from most of the other empty heads on the radio. Sure she steps over the line occasionally but that's what makes her interesting, you never know what is going to happen.
BTW Ed Schultz is not part of Air America.
Oh also:
"According to Kris Olinger, who manages Denver's Air America affiliate, Rosie O'Donnell, Fran Drescher, Phil Donahue and Richard Belzer are among those under consideration."

Good luck with that. Boooorrrrriiiiinggggg.
Belzer especially sucks! Talk about someone who thinks they are funny but aren't...

I don't really care, but I was flipping channels last night and came across Larry King interviewing Rhodes. Apparently Rhodes didn't make any of these comments on her show. It was a stand-up routine to an audience in SF. The new owners of AirAmerica didn't like the terms of her contract, so they used this one time stand-up routine to bounce her. It was a pretty interesting take, who the players were, the terms the new owners objected to, the way it was carried out.

Air America the movie? I thought Mel Gibson was in it.

I keep hearing about AA, but in my travels have never heard it, day or night. Is it only broadcast from one place?

I keep hearing about AA....Alcoholics Anonymous is in every state and even most other countries.
I think you can find them listed in the phone book.

I thought Randi was very sexy woman but she obviously is an alcoholic and belongs in AA.
She should have been fired, not because of what she said, but because her ratings were in the toliet. Here in NY there are college stations with better signals than Air America but her ratings can't be attributed to that. She just wasn't very entertaining. She can't hold a candle to Savage.

"Here in NY there are college stations with better signals than Air America but her ratings can't be attributed to that. She just wasn't very entertaining. She can't hold a candle to Savage."

The signal can't be blamed for low ratings???
How do you figure that??? If the signal is too weak for people to receive her show then it is very pertinent to her ratings.
BTW, RAndi was on here in Miami and later in Palm Beach for years and always had very good ratings.
The other network would not have been anxious to pick up her show if she wasn't able to bring in ratings. BTW, she was not fired, she quit AA.

Randi Rhodes, who last week was suspended from Air America for obscene language

Sounds like she was let go not quit.

What's the matter with Ed Schultz?


The day he started pimping CA-40G he lost all credibility in my book. He became the left wing rush limbo that day.

Libs have trouble expressing themselves without using obscene language, because they realize that their arguments for liberalism are stoopid and weak.

Danni,

The reason the signal is weak is because no radio stations in the NY area were interested in broadcasting Air America due to the company's instability and lack of revenue due to advertising.
Sorry Danni but Miami is not the media and advertising capital that NY is. I remember looking at the Arbitron ratings in NY last year and Air America was 24. Nothing to brag about.

Face it Progressive radio is slowly bleeding to death. Good move in making Mark Green President. How many elections did that guy lose.

How many of you Anti Rhodes - - actually listen to her?

TIMBCI if AA came in #24 with such a weak signal then they probably would have done much better with a more powerful one. In some cities AA leads in talk and in a few in overall AM listenership.
It should be remembered that conservative talk did not grow strictly due to listenership or ratings, many stations owned by the same corporation put Rush, and others on without regard to ratings for years. Here in S. Florida we had progressive talk for years before the rest of the country and it ALWAYS kicks Rush's ass year after year.

BTW, our S. Florida progressive talk station has replace Ed Schultz with Thom Hartman....

"Libs have trouble expressing themselves without using obscene language, because they realize that their arguments for liberalism are stoopid and weak."

I dare you, listen to him for a couple of weeks and then come back and "honestly" tell me his arguments are "stoopid and weak."

I dare you, listen to him for a couple of weeks and then come back and "honestly" tell me his arguments are "stoopid and weak."

Posted by danni

I didn't realize that air america had any people that made factual arguments. Seems like when I listen, all I hear is feelings and filthy language. Not the way to make a point.

Danni You took the bait. Air America used to be a a more powerful signal in NYC but lost the signal due to lack of ratings and lack of advertising revenue. In other words, the radio stations made more money playing Spanish music than it ever could with the lunatic fringe. WABC and WOR are the kings of talk radio in NYC and they feature Rush, Hannity, Savage, Sliwa. O'Reilly, Levin. The only Liberal talk show host I ever liked was Ron Kuby. Lionel was ok.

Oh by the way , when Air America first came to NY and had a stronger signal they had worse ratings.

As far as you lie that a radio station owner put Rush on just because of politics and not ratings you are full of it. At the end of the day corporations care about revenue above politics.

Ed Schultz went head to head with Rush in 50 markets last year. He lost 43 won 7. That is what I call inspiring.

I don't know how anyone can watch or listen to a show when you know they are spinning and slanting everything that comes out of their mouth.

Having said that, at the hight of Bush's manipulations and lies I did appreciate Keith Oberman speaking out, and his rants were on par with my views at the time. He would be more credible if he would have differing viewpoints on his show and not just the "yes" men.

"Ed Schultz went head to head with Rush in 50 markets last year. He lost 43 won 7. That is what I call inspiring."

First Ed is OK, but not the best of the progressive talkers but more importantly Rush has been on the air for decades while Ed Schultz is still establishing his listener base. Most people in the US have never heard his name. Give him ten years and we'll have more to compare.

Thing is, it is well known that the corporations who broadcast Rush and other righties chose to broadcast only right wing talkers. Hey, why wouldn't they, they wanted the FCC to change ownership rules and they needed a Republican president to appoint REpublicans to the FCC to get that accomplished. They have a vested interest in the election of REpublicans because of taxation and other issues and any fool can see what they have done in this country. You can pretend that it isn't "ownership" that dictates who is broadcast but no one with an IQ over 60 believes it unless they happen to also be a rightie. Funny how partisan leaning determines how you view this topic.

OOhrah, I'm not taking anything away from Rush but I am saying that corporate ownership has definitely brought conservative talk to where it is today and prevented any real competition in most markets. Where there was competition liberal talk did fine. Here in S. Florida, which is not a liberal bastion, Rush was beaten in the ratings consistently year after year by Neil Rogers, a very liberal and gay talk host. In some cities where Progressive Radio is on the air some of the progressive talkers are now beating all the conservative talkers. Consolidation of ownership has more to do with what is put on the air than any other one thing.

If stations that broacast Rush only have right wing talkers please explain to me why WABC had Ron Kuby on the air every morning. He is afterall one of the most liberal and well known lawyers in NYC. One can't forget how Lionel was on WABC for years either. Hmmm. Why would a radio station like WABC put such a liberal guy on every morning during rush hour. It must be a vast right wing conspiracy.

Ownership puts whoever will get them ratings on the air. Ultimately it is all about advertising revenue.Management at Radio station affiliates don't last long when they fail to generate revenue and it is arbitron ratings that bring advertising revenue in the door.

By the way, Ed Schultz is no rookie. He has been n the air since 2004

Danni. In NYC where registered Dem outnumber Republicans 5-1. WABC is ranked #7. Air America #24.

I especially like the fact that MArk Green is running the station. Let's see. He lost the Mayor race to Bloomberg and Rudy. Great track record

I thought Randy Rhodes died in that plane that was swooping ozzy's bus.

Don't let the door hit you on your really FAT ass on the way out Randi.

"He has been n the air since 2004"

So...that's only four years. But actually he has been on longer than that regionally, just not nationally.

Ed Schultz is the progressive Rush Limbaugh...

Four years is more than enough time to build a fan base. He is a frequent guest on talk shows on tv.

He just doesn't have it. Maybe he should start a hedge fund

"Four years is more than enough time to build a fan base."

He is listened to by approx. 3,000,000 people. As I said before though and Ed Schultz talks about it all the time, conservative ownership of stations prevents him from getting into many markets.
You can continue to believe what you want but as Ed Schultz says all the time..."it's an ownership issue." The owners of huge conglomerates don't want progressive talk competing with their guys, they have interests in tax policy, etc. which influence their decisions about who to put on the air.

Danni,

As per Ed Schultz's website he is on the radio in over a 100 markets , including 9 of the 10 largest. Yea he is really being shut out. Bill O'Reilly is in 390 stations. Bill O'Reilly is a well known TV personality for over 10 years that got a radio show because of his fame. Ed Schultz is not being shut out. He is bitching because he gets beat head to head by most conservative radio hosts. He sounds like John Kerry bitching and moaning about losing.

Randi Rhodes... who? Air America... what? The radio is for music or sports. I don't need to hear cheap talk from blowhards. I read enough annoying BS as it is.

Randi Rhodes?...wasn't he the lead guitarist for Ozzy?