Randi May Not Have Been

[chitty]

Attacked.

I have heard that she may have just tripped and fell walking her dog resulting in more dental work.

Stay tuned...................................

[RebelOne]

1. New York Daily News reported she was not mugged.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

[negativenihil]

4. thanks n/t

[Gman]

6. First time I've seen a news story

about someone not being mugged.

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Oh twottle!! The NY Daily News?

Just another prawn of the all powerful KKKarl and his evil plot.

Randi was probably injected with some drug that made her forget everything. One of those "fergit about it" drugs.

:sarcasm:

[_testify_]

17. I heard the cement she fell on was laid by a Freeper.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Interesting ....

I bet there was a little chip in it and she tripped.

Probably also faulty shoes. A freeper saleswoman probably set one of those little timer thingies that made her shoes slip on the sidewalk. You know the 'auto shoe slip timers'? They were tested on President Ford in the 1970's.

[_testify_]

25. lol

I like the cut of your jib.

[Quantess]

43. Hey, that's from that early 1970's Disney boating movie.

Phil Silvers said that line.

Edit: "The Boatniks".

[tom_paine]

27. Oh, that's a productive comment

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[_testify_]

Oh the IRONY.

There's about six threads worth of unproductive comments waiting for your two thumbs down.

[tom_paine]

33. Sorry you feel singled out. I happen to agree with your comment that you are far from

the only one on either side of any given debate.

I saw your comment and I posted, as I sometimes do.

Hell, I imagine that, as a human being, I have made my share of unproductive comments on DU. However, I try hard to limit them to those who have struck at me first, as it were, with an "unproductive comment".

If someone speaks civilly to me, I try to return it in kind.

But I can't argue with your post, really. I don't know if I would call it ironic, but touche nonetheless.

[_testify_]

34. No hard feelings, believe me.

You call 'em as you see 'em, and I can respect that. I know it wasn't a productive comment, but I amused myself with it so I posted it. To be honest, there's been a boatload of times I've deleted a post halfway through through typing it because it would add nothing to the conversation.


And you're right, it would have been ironic if you were one of the posters making the silly comments on the other side of the discussion. Touche indeed.

[tom_paine]

36. Cool. Peace. And in the interest of full disclosure, in between my calls to wait for more info

I WAS one of the ones who allowed Elliot's and my own speculation to carry me away and I probably did make some "silly comments" while my anger had the best of me.

So maybe it was ironic, after all.

No hard feelings here, either. I enjoyed our discussion and I look forward to seeing your around to boards.

:hi:

[Cetacea]

19. Try the Miami Herald, Murdoch doesn't own it.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/273295.html


Randi Rhodes, the Air America radio host who began her talk-show career on South Florida's WIOD 610-AM, was injured Sunday night when she was assaulted near her apartment on Manhattan's East Side, according to other hosts, who discussed the incident Tuesday on their shows.

Rhodes, 48, was walking Simon, her Yorkshire terrier, when someone attacked her. She reportedly lost at least two teeth. It was unclear if Simon was injured.

Nicole Sandler of Miami's WINZ 940-AM and Stephanie Miller, whose Jones Radio Network show is carried by WINZ, reported that Rhodes was wearing sweats and wasn't wearing jewelry or carrying a purse.

[NYCGirl]

21. Murdoch doesn't own the NY Daily News, either.

He owns the Post.

[Cetacea]

23. My bad. I still prefer the Herald over the Daily news. n/t

[NYCGirl]

26. The Herald? What's that? NT

[Cetacea]

28. You know, multiple Pulitzer winner, like The Times. n/t

[NYCGirl]

29. The NY Herald-Tribune? That stopped publishing back in the 60's, I think. NT

[Cetacea]

30. You already responded to the Miami Herald post

You know, where Randi got her start.

[NYCGirl]

31. No, I did not post in that thread. NT

[Cetacea]

35. Argue much? n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

37. Yes.... you DID reply to "that post"...

Here:

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Artiechoke (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-16-07 01:50 PM
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19. Try the Miami Herald, Murdoch doesn't own it.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/273...


Randi Rhodes, the Air America radio host who began her talk-show career on South Florida's WIOD 610-AM, was injured Sunday night when she was assaulted near her apartment on Manhattan's East Side, according to other hosts, who discussed the incident Tuesday on their shows.

Rhodes, 48, was walking Simon, her Yorkshire terrier, when someone attacked her. She reportedly lost at least two teeth. It was unclear if Simon was injured.

Nicole Sandler of Miami's WINZ 940-AM and Stephanie Miller, whose Jones Radio Network show is carried by WINZ, reported that Rhodes was wearing sweats and wasn't wearing jewelry or carrying a purse.
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21. Murdoch doesn't own the NY Daily News, either.
He owns the Post.

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Artiechoke (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-16-07 01:55 PM
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23. My bad. I still prefer the Herald over the Daily news. n/t
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26. The Herald? What's that? NT

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29. The NY Herald-Tribune? That stopped publishing back in the 60's, I think. NT

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Artiechoke (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-16-07 02:12 PM
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You know, where Randi got her start.
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-16-07 02:15 PM
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Now quit arguing and admit you were wrong.

[NYCGirl]

39. THIS is the Miami Herald Post started by Artiechoke — I did not respond to:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2059619&mesg_id=2059619

We were discussing the difference between the NEW YORK Post (owned by Murdoch) and the NEW YORK Daily News (not owned by Murdoch), so I was confused by "The Herald". OK?

[ronnykmarshall]

24. That's what he WANTS us to believe!

:tinfoilhat: :evilgrin:

[Kajsa]

38. Here's the link from Air America.

it states she fell, was not mugged.

http://www.airamerica.com/node/5528#comment

[negativenihil]

2. source plz

...or it didn't happen.

[chitty]

5. I know people

that are close to her as well as knowing her myself.

I just got a phone call.

[soothsayer]

13. how about the air america site?

http://www.airamerica.com/
October 16-NEW YORK-On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday.

[LSK]

40. here

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

[Gman]

3. Amazing how rumors progress

something obviously happened to Randi. I just wish there was more information.

[liberalla]

10. This info was posted on the AAR blog

Randi Rhodes
By Nancy Scola on October 16, 2007 - 11:38am
(Bumped. -- Nancy)

Here's what I have on Randi, from AAR:

October 16-NEW YORK-On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday.

http://www.airamerica.com/node/5528

unfortunate incident?

At least she'll be back on Thursday.

[lonestarnot]

7. Here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2055525&mesg_id=2057381

[NightWatcher]

8. will she release a statement?

this is crazy that we, myself included, are ready to charge the RW'ers with hate crimes when this story came out. I need to take a breath and wait for the story.

what the hell is going on?

[tridim]

12. Nobody is charging a hate crime

But I don't blame people for speculating.

Speculation and accusing are two different things.

[TornadoTN]

9. "BBBBUTTTTT IT'S A ROVIAN ATTACK!"

Now we get to hear this thrown back at us for accusing the "poor little right-wingers" (who definitely are capable of pulling off something like this notwithstanding) that they were out to silence Randi. But instead of waiting for a definitive word, everyone was out spouting conspiracy theories and rattling about an "attack" that no one could confirm.

Best wishes, Ms. Rhodes, to a speedy recovery.

[negativenihil]

11. so who started this attack rumor to begin with?

this won't end up looking so good for the left... :(

[Lance_Boyle]

14. this guy:

edit - my bad, I was deceived by teh googles.

To make up for the transgression, here is a better photo of Mr. Bender:

[smokey nj]

16. That's David Bender, not Jon Elliot.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

18. Is that Jon Elliott?

He was the first person to report on it, last night at the top of his AAR show.

[NYCGirl]

20. That's David Bender, not Jon Elliot. NT

[never_get_over_it]

32. Well you know this whole thing started from John Eliott

who I have to say I think is an ass - anyway several weeks ago Billy Graham was in the hospital - and John was saying he was DEAD - I actually had to go look it up because I thought I missed something - well Billy wasn't DEAD and maybe Randi wasn't mugged

[Canuckistanian]

41. Then where did the "baseball bat" story come from?

Somebody said a baseball bat was involved. I'll check the archives.

[SteppingRazor]

42. Also reported by Newsday, and it quotes Rhodes' own lawyer:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--people-randirhode1016oct16,0,7372381.story


Gaulin confirmed that Rhodes was injured after she was floored by someone _ or something _ as she strolled the streets of Manhattan's Murray Hill district around 8 p.m., but wasn't sure herself what sent her tumbling to the pavement.

"She hit her head on the street and was disoriented," Gaulin said. "She's not sure what happened. She didn't see anything." He added that she never reported the incident to police.

[Stephanie]

44. My bet's on the Chinese delivery guy.

They ride their bikes on the sidewalk.