Do people here hate Randi

[Dookus]

cuz she sounds like a New Yorker? And is a woman? I just can't imagine a midwestern man causing such anger.

I'm from NY. She sounds like ever woman I grew up around. She's awesome, but so many people here have a knee-jerk reaction to her. I don't get it - New York women RAWK!

[Fleshdancer]

1. That would be a stupid reason to hate someone

I don't hate her at all so I can't really answer your question but I hope that the people here who don't like her have better reasons than accent and gender. That would piss me off.

[Dookus]

5. well

I just can't imagine a man from Iowa who said the same exact things Randi says generating the same response.

[Fleshdancer]

12. I can definately see your point...I just hope no one here thinks that way

I would really hope that people on a Democratic forum would be more open minded than that. I'm crossing my fingers!

[Dookus]

15. I think it's a totally

subconscious thing. I doubt anybody here makes a conscious decision based on those factors, but it's just hard to understand how so many people here have a visceral dislike of her.

[Fovea]

2. No.

I don't hate her. I just like Franken, Lampher, Seder and Garafelo better.

[malatesta1137]

38. question:

What makes you say that America is the envy of the rest of the Third World? Don't you think that's a divisive and silly.

[quaoar]

3. She doesn't sound much

Like any of the women around here (Alabama). LOL

[Dookus]

7. lol

I bet not. I know a lot of people find the NY accent harsh, but it's like a sweet homecoming to me.

[Walt Starr]

4. I used to not care for her much

but she won me over and now I listen to her daily.

[Dookus]

6. cool

she's far and away the best thing on AAR.

[realFedUp]

8. Love Randi

She just did a good interview with Bob Graham...
he was refreshingly honest.

[Aftershock]

9. I like her.

I don't understand why someone wouldn't like her because she speaks like a New Yorker? :shrug:

[Dookus]

11. well

it's not just the accent. It's the attitude - a VERY New York kinda thing. She loves who she loves, she hates who she hates, and she doesn't suffer fools. I grew up thinking ALL women were like that.

[Aftershock]

28. I like her attitude.

:)

But I can see where you are coming from.

[Union Thug]

10. RANDI is second only to MALLOY

I love her!

[maggrwaggr]

13. I can't listen to her

She's annoying as hell.

It's not the accent, it's not the sex organs, it's the attitude.

Her attitude is annoying as all get-out.

[Pastiche423]

20. Yep

It is her annoying and irritating attitude that turned me off.

It has nothing to do w/where she is from. I spent more than a dozen years in the rag trade out of Manhatten. I love that accent!

[RodneyCK2]

31. I agree.

She is to annoying for me, but I do not hate her.

[Dookus]

33. ok

hate was too strong a word.

But I just find it hard to imagine people being so annoyed with a man who had an undetectable accent.

[bpilgrim]

43. maybe

it's all in your head :evilgrin:

"I just find it hard to imagine people being so annoyed with a man who had an undetectable accent"

:shrug:

peace

[Dookus]

45. quite possible

but I do know from experience that a lot of people find a NY accent grating, and it's no secret that outspoken women are maligned when a similarly outspoken man is admired.

[bpilgrim]

49. true

but we are on DU ;->

i'm from philly and i know all about heavy, tough sounding accents, shoot she reminds me of my aunt but she is hard to listen to when she starts acting like a KNOW-IT-ALL... but that could be - probably - part of her act, to get EVERYONE all worked up.

anyways, i'm a regular listener and a big fan :hi:

peace

[bpilgrim]

58. Kerry's swift boat mate speaks on Kerry's Vietnam service - mp3

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/airAmericaRadio.com/randi_rhodes/kerry_shipmate.mp3

thank you randi :* and your producer ;->


New York Times Kerry's swift boat mate speaks on candidate's Vietnam service
Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau, CA - 9 hours ago
... The Rev. David Alston of Columbia, SC, now an ordained Baptist minister and nuclear fuel-plant worker, served with Kerry on Swift boats on the Mekong River ...
Veterans to draw contrasts between Kerry and Bush - International Herald Tribune
Veterans Rally for Kerry as Democrats Begin Convention - New York Times
Kerry Hopes Veterans' Support Adds Heft to Candidacy - New York Times
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - all 89 related »

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&tab=wn&newsclusterurl=http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9250336.htm

psst... pass the word :bounce:

peace

[UdoKier]

14. I think she's great...

But I prefer the Randi model of woman over the Laura Bush model. I think she's more appealing than Janeane on the radio, although I LOVE Janeane on film and standup!

[Dookus]

18. same here

I was positively giddy at the thought of Janeane Garofalo having a radio show. I adored her comedy and her appearances on the political talkshows. But I don't even listen to her show now... it's unbearably boring.

[RodneyCK2]

55. Janeane is great...

I have always been a big fan of hers, in film, TV and on AAR. Unfortunately, her show is on at a bad time for me so I have only listened to few.

[shockingelk]

16. I've not listened to her, but ...

There's a "funny" mp3 going around of her making fun of an obviously schizophrenic woman who called in claiming she was going to break news on CNN that Theresa Heinz-Kerry funded Hezbollah.

I did find it humorous, but getting a laugh out of someone else's suffering is cheap. One wonders what her views of helping the mentally ill are.

[Literate Tar Heel]

17. I don't hate her and mostly I agree with her

but I can really only take her in small doses and it has nothing to do with an accent or anything silly like that ... it's like some people were saying on another thread -- she does come across as very arrogant and condescending at times, even to callers who agree with her ... it's one thing when some right wing shill dismisses a liberal caller, but she's supposed to be on our side and she often treats them the same way ... I like her ok when she's talking about issues in the news, but as soon as she starts taking calls, I feel sorry for all the callers

[ElkHunter]

19. Randi isn't my favorite...

...on the Air America lineup, but she's damn good. She's certainly the most radio savvy of the bunch.

[patdem]

21. I am a woman from VA and used to take a shau'r and dry off with a tau'l

til I realized at about age 16 how lazy and stupid that 'southern accent' sounded.

I LOVE Randi Rhodes...she is strong and persuasive..that is all I want in a LIBERAL woman!!!

[Dookus]

24. now now...

NO accent is "lazy or stupid". I love a southern accent. But I love ALL accents, it seems. Language has always been a passion of mine.

[bpilgrim]

22. she got a lot of ego

but you gotta to be a radio PERSONALITY, right.

MM is more my style though cause she does come off as overly full of herself something that gets me wether man or woman.

maybe borrowing a page from rush... works for him :evilgrin:

peace

[porphyrian]

23. Nope.

But, then, I've never tried to work for her or date her.

[Donkeyboy75]

25. No. I'm on the fence about her,

but she's unbearably rude and condescending to many of her callers. This may have changed, as I live in Chicago and haven't heard her show for awhile. It's not funny, it's abrasive, and completely unnecessary. I also remember her telling tedious details of her personal life and seeming a bit self-absorbed to me.

To me, her only saving grace is she does have courage, and says some things other commentators might not. Had nothing to do with the accent, IMO. But, of course, it's virtually impossible to detect one's own biases.

[tishaLA]

26. To me, she sounds like

every one of my (Jewish) aunts from Philadelphia. She sounds sweet to me. Aggressive and truthful.

[supernova]

27. I can take her in small doses

I can't listen to her for 3 hours though.

[nolabels]

29. They just raised her time to two hours on my local corporate radio station

The station, which kind of does a kind of okay job and has parts of Air-America. I don't know if it's permanate but it knocked the turd chasing G. Liddy down to 9:00am for now, and that's sweet :donut:

[gtar100]

30. At first I didn't like her show much but I listened again and

found that her insight into issues, along with her ability to articulate sound reasoning with passion, won me over. I'm still not much for "shock jock", which was my first impression. But she so clearly state why liberalism is such a good thing in America. For example:

* Only during Democratic presidential terms has the US actually progressed in terms of standards of living, job growth, actually lowering dependency on welfare programs by strengthening them, lowering national debt, eliminating deficit spending.

This is an assertion she makes that she backs up with facts contrasted with the results of the actions of republican administrations that have cost our country dearly.

No one says it more clearly and decisively than her. She speaks with sound reasoning backed by researched facts - that is her source of conviction and sincerity. Contrast that with republican, neo-con arguments spoken with conviction and sincerity which are backed up by ideology and their own self-interest.

May Randi's voice be heard all across America, especially: "For once, vote your interest. Vote Democrat."

[realFedUp]

32. Robert Reich on now

Randi does get good people to stop by.

[Dookus]

34. yeah she does

she's gonna get even bigger. I bet she's the first (and likely ONLY) host from AAR to get syndicated.

Did you hear her with Graham? How cute was that? He offered to get off the phone and come find her.

[realFedUp]

35. yeah the interview with Bob was good too

and I thought that was cute of Bob to
offer to find her.

[mzmolly]

36. I think she's excellent!

:hi:

[Stew225]

37. I don't like people well, like the repukes for example

who come off arrogantly. To me, arrogantly is a tad bit above confidently, ala, like, in your face. Randi is a great radio personality but she never freaking lets her interviewee talk! How about she doesn't interview people, you know, like Rush. He's so full of himself that he is the main act. Well, so is she! I think she hurts herself doing interviews. She wants to do the talking. Hell, have her interview herself.

I mean, when you're talking with someone do you like it when they keep yapping and don't let you--or someone else--get a word in edgewise?

I know I'm a out in the boondocks, uncool, non-eastern Midwesterner, but I'll take the manners game any day. That's on or off the air.

[Dookus]

40. I understand

but I disagree. Good radio isn't based on good manners.

[mzmolly]

54. I'm from the midwest as well, but I don't take issue with her manner.

I understand she is who she is, and frankly she represents many people in the region she is from.

I remember calling customer service centers in NY, and was amazed at the treatment. I have come to realize that "they" don't see themselves as rude, "were" simply too uptight.

:hi:

Still love Randi, and I think she gets a bad rap because she's a woman. Look at Bill O'Reilly ?

[DancingBear]

39. I grew up in CT

and hung out on Long Island ("longisland") and Joisey a lot during my wayward youth. A good many of my relatives were from Queens and The Bronx.

I DEFINITELY get Randi. :)

[Dookus]

41. heheh...

I'm from lawn guyland. The whole accent and attitude is beautiful to me.

[Caution]

42. Can't stand her

frankly she reminds me of Limbaugh. She rants, she's incredibly arrogant and she is often rude to callers and guests. just my opinion and maybe the left needs someone like her, but when she comes on the feed to AAR goes off for me.

[Dookus]

46. Yes she is

arrogant and frequently rude. That's exactly why I love her.

HEZBOLLAH!!!

[funkybutt]

44. I LOVE RANDI!! n/t

[ocean girl]

50. I'm a long time listener from Florida and I love Randi.

As a fellow power-blonde, I've found that many people are threatened by strong women. I've certainly paid consequences in the business world for my 'no bullshit' approach.

Long live Randi and all strong women!!

Peace.

[0rganism]

47. I thought she was from Florida, no?

She definitely has the NE Jewish accent going, so maybe she's got Palm Beach roots?

[ocean girl]

53. I believe she grew up in Brooklyn. n/t

[Dookus]

56. Oh she's pure NY

but lived in Florida for years... which makes her even MORE of a New Yorker :)

[Zen Democrat]

48. RANDI ROCKS and I'm from Texas

[redqueen]

51. I've only been listenting on and off this week

but so far I like her just fine.

I liked her handling of the 'HEZBOLLAH!' caller as well.

[SiouxJ]

52. Not me. I love her.

Thank gawd she's on our side! We need more "take no prisoners" talk show hosts like her.

[proud patriot]

57. I love Randi

:loveya: