Fuck You Larry Johnson! You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself!

[orleans]

his "no quarter" blog is raging with anti randi crap--they are bragging on how they "did it!" by posting the video of her on youtube and getting her off the air. they are calling for her to be fired.

larry fucking johnson.

the cia pal of valerie plame who randi had on her show at LEAST four times

the guy randi introduced on her show on april 30 2007 by saying:
"now i'm surrounded by men i love here--stephen stills and larry johnson." she also told him he looked "fine and wonderful to me."

http://wilem.com/rrs/interviews/rrs_20070430_larryjohnson.mp3
and larry says of randi and stephanie miller "you're my two favorite women--outside of my wife."

well, i guess his wife better be careful--if she isn't supporting hillary she can probably kiss her marriage goodbye.

september 20, 2006:
http://wilem.com/rrs/interviews/rrs_20060920_larryjohnson.mp3

june 16, 2006
http://wilem.com/rrs/interviews/rrs_20060616_larryjohnson.mp3

may 12, 2006
http://wilem.com/rrs/interviews/rrs_20060512_larryjohnson.mp3

"OF NOTE: It was here at No Quarter that people first saw the video that brought Randi Rhodes down for her disgusting behavior, thanks to our very own video expert C.S. putting the video up on YouTube."
FUCK YOU!
what a dirty piece of shit--if this is what he does to his allies then he certainly is nobodys friend.

[Bumblebee]

1. Please don't post these rants here. Go to GDP where supporting Clinton

or objecting to calling her a whole are capital crimes.

[orleans]

2. i'm talking about what larry johnson followers are doing to

a progressive talk radio show host.

[liberal1973]

29. I think that they are the same people

[EFerrari]

3. They're just trolls taking troll credit for trollish behavior. n/t

[saracat]

4. So you are suggesting he should defend Randi for her deplorable behavior?

Are you saying one always has to defend a friend even if that friend is wrong? I think this post is outrageous. One does not always have to march in lockstep with a friend. Some were using this argument to defend Richardson's endorsement of Obama but Larry Johnson gets pilloried for not supporting public demeaning of women? Unreal.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. CIA did this all over Latin America starting in 1956

one way to get opponents off the air is to use character assassination

You have no problem with those tactics being used in a national campaign?

Whether he is tied directly to the campaign or not, CUI BONO?

Given that Rhodes came hard after Clinton after the Clinton Bosnia Lie where she took a perfectly good operation and made it radioactive?

[saracat]

8. and character assassination of Clinton is acceptable? Randi Rhodes isn't important

enough for anyone to "silence". She is just an exceptionally crude and offensive woman who did not represent her employer with any class. Howard Stern has gotten repeatedly suspended for the same language and worse.I suppose you also think Imus was a CIA shakedown.Was he being "silenced" as well? Along with Howard Stern?

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Who is running for office?

Who benefits from removing critics from the Air? Especially critics who started exposing the dirty laundry that was not supposed to see the light of say after the Bosnia debacle?

1+1 is still two

I know this is acceptable to you... but it is far from acceptable to me. This brings a certain chilliness to the air

[Usrename]

30. Ever notice how the Walter Reed story ended when Imus was fired?

Imus had kept that story going for months, during which Bush's approval went from the thirties to the teens. He did that singlehanded.

I knew some folks who watched him every day, and believe me, the stuff they fired him for was pretty mild compared to his regular fare. And if you recall, he strongly supported Kerry against Bush. It's a weird bunch of folks that called for his firing. These same folks have never called for "Barack the Magic Negro" Rush Limbaugh to be sanctioned.

Maybe you can figure it out.

[dogday]

84. Why is everyone ignoring the fact she is under contract and

I bet you dollars to donuts her contract calls for her to be a representative of AAR when she is in public... Morals Clause? If that is the case she made her own bed in saying these things...

I like Randi, I would hate to see her lose her job, but she signed the contract, she has to live with the consequences of her actions... After all she is a grown-up...

This is not about freedom of speech, this is about her prominence as a Radio talk show host and how she is supposed to present herself....

[NashVegas]

9. This Was More Suicide Than Assassination

I find this whole thing pretty funny.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. That 's the way character assassins work

I'm sure they will use it to train agents in the theory and practice

And the inevitable slip towards fascism is far from funny to me.

I see this in the whole implications and chills me to the bone.

This is not about RR any more...

[NashVegas]

28. No One Forced RR to Get Onstage at an Obama Fundraiser and Call HC and GF "Fucking Whores"

What Randi Rhodes said on that stage was entirely inappropriate. If Rush Limbaugh had used similar language about McCain onstage at a Huckabee fundraiser (or vice-verse), he too, would be on the bench for a time-out.

[liberal1973]

33. Randi Rhodes suspension was wrong and unAmerican

[NashVegas]

47. Not So

When RR speaks in public, she's not only representing herself, she's representing Air America and all the radio stations she's on. That's the way it is in radio.

[otohara]

83. You Got That Right

and I know you know! :hi:

Now how hypocritical is it for RR to call of all people Geraldine Ferraro a BFW, after she refused to back down for her statements on Obama! You'd think she'd stand by Gerry for her stance on Free Speech.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. No he would not, the standards are different for the RW

or will you point to me when Rush was suspended after calling chelsea a dog?

As I said, this is exactly how character assassins work

If you approve of the tactics, the more power to you

For the record I have a problem with the language used (yes I watched the tape)

but at the moment I am having even more a problem with partisans that don't see the obvious pattern emerging Donahue, malloy, you do the math ok of who is getting removed from airwaves or at the very least sent to smaller markets

And in this case, given how this was done... it reeks of a political hit.. especially since she came out for Obama HARD three weeks ago

CUI BONO? ALWAYS ask that question

[chrispossible]

52. Obama fundraiser?

It's was a Green960 station event. It was a sold out audience of Randi Rhodes fans & they paid to attend. That money went to Green960.

[orleans]

65. crisco--where do you get your information from. it was no obama fundraiser. n/t

[40ozDonkey]

7. "One does not always have to march in lockstep with a friend."

Bill Richardson thanks you for his endorsement.

[saracat]

10. Just pointing out the argument works both ways.

[orleans]

71. saracat, this is the man who's blog is calling for a progressive

liberal radio voice (of which we have few voices) to be fired:

"On July 23, 2005, when Johnson spoke to the nation on behalf of Democrats in the party's weekly radio address, he said that he believes a letter of recommendation from Republican Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) helped to "open doors" for him at the CIA. A registered Republican who supported President Bush in 2000, in his Democratic Radio Address broadcast on July 23, 2005, Johnson criticized the Bush administration for their role in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_C._Johnson

do you really want this voice who has railed against the republican party and their crimes against the american people to be silenced?

[saracat]

73. Yes. She has become an embarrassment and obnoxious. She is the Limbaugh of the Left.

[orleans]

74. i think we needed a countervoice. we didn't have any. so...you liked it

that way? when we were all silenced??

good for you.

[saracat]

76. No but we have many classy Hosts.Maddow comes to mind.

Randi will convince no one with her rhetoric. Do you think it really makes indies and swing voters respect us or want to listen to us to have Randi calling one of our candidates a "whore"? What if she had called Obama the "N " word? How persuasive would that be? No doubt then some might call for her to be "silenced". Randi is not a good "countervoice".

[orleans]

77. well, i guess it all comes down to....? hell, i don't know.

you want the liberal voices to all be classy?

i loved hearing a liberal voice that was full of sound and fury--someone who spoke the rage that i felt.

so, diversity in the liberal media is a bad thing??

we're not all cool and collected, sara. some of us are angry. some of us feel the rage.

and it's okay when republicans like larry johnson do this bullshit attack on a raging liberal voice so long as he's doing it on a liberal who is not classy and who called someone a bad name.

you know--no. it's not okay.

and why are you drawing any sort of comparison with obama? what does that have to do with anything? you're assuming i support obama? or should i assume you support hillary? does the issue with randi have nothing to do with name calling and class and everything to do with hillary and obama for you? it doesn't for me.

[saracat]

79. I don't mean to imply anything about which candidate you support. The Randi event was advertised

and she was advertised as an "Obama " supporter. I do understand what you mean about the rage. I am so angry this election I will probably not vote except the downline, but I still wouldn't want to see folks express themselves in a way that brings contempt on the left. I have always felt a great distain for RW radio and its proponents. I think it is sad to see us reduce ourselves to that level.Many Talk show hosts can evidence "passion" and "rage" without vulgarity and sexism.

[pacalo]

16. I agree.

I can see why the OP writer approved of what Randi said. Choices of words are like windows into the mind.

[orleans]

49. well, guess what? you're WRONG! i don't "agree" with what randi

said.

HOWEVER

i think it is really shitty for people to want to have your job just because they don't fucking agree with what you said. like larry & his followers going after randi just because of what she said about another democratic candidate that HE doesn't support.

never assume--like you just did regarding my post (it makes an ASS out of U and ME)

[liberal1973]

32. That's not what's is going on here

That's as bad as the Clinton surrogate going on faux news "last night" again to compare this to Imus. She is either stupid or full of crap.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. This has a name, character assassination, and this is

classic CIA .

Sadly, this is now into a realm we have rarely seen in American politics and some folks are not seeing the danger of this.

And yes, you know who they are

[saracat]

12. Gee with all the misogynist BS filling the air waves and the fact that

almost all reportage is biased against women and especially the female candidate, it doesn't appear the CIA is very good at this if that is their intent!And if all they can do if take out someone of the little importantance of randi Rhodes, why is Chris Matthews still on the air or Keith Olberman?

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Go to the site, they have others they mentioned as targets

and I hardly think this is the CIA... just a former operative familiar with the playbook

What you think they clean your mind when you leave the agency?

Naive

And her little importance... you are right... usually they start with relatively small fry.

[Elspeth]

13. I think Randi has been scaring TPTB for quite some time

I didn't watch the video, but wasn't it something she did off the air?

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Yep, in a semi private event during a comedy routine

I don't approve of the language, but this is right out of McCarthy tactics

[Elspeth]

21. Agreed.

Limbaugh was downing oxycontin and called Chelsea Clinton the white house dog, but no one fired his ass.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. He wasn't even suspended

so the double standards are just astounding, aren't they

Imus should have been suspended, the station fined and him brought back after a couple of weeks

And yes... the students should have gone forth with the lawsuit

Howie Stern is now on Satellite for obvious reasons...

But Imus and Howie are not part of the pattern

The pattern that I am seeing is to silence critics of the Powers that Be

It started with Donahue and Malloy and it is just accelerating

What chills me is that absolute partisans don't see a problem with it

[Elspeth]

27. People want to believe the best about their government, their intelligence services

even when it is clear that the best is NOT the truth.

I miss Malloy a lot too.

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. I stream

Malloy AAR, you mention it, but when my subscription to AAR comes for renewal, I an't renewing and will go for NOVA M now.

Yep, will miss Hartman on the podcast, oh well

[Elspeth]

40. Gotta figure out the NOVA M thing.

I just haven't the time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Well I stream using Itunes,

but they have a regular stream

And you can catch the stream through their site

[libnnc]

53. thanks for reminding me that they are on iTunes

I forgot about that.

[liberal1973]

37. Yep it's the Clinton extremist that's over the line

[lukasahero]

11. Ok, seriously, some of you people are scaring me

I think the new DU motto should be "Got hate?"

[chixydix]

20. The insanity from GDP is spilling over here.

Can't get away from these crazy fuckwits...

[orleans]

50. who are you calling a "crazy fuckwit?"

just becaue it pisses me off that supposed liberals have to silence/destroy another liberal because they don't agree 100 percent with her politics/position on a candidate. (yeah--that's the real american way lately, isn't it?)

if you think that's being a crazy fuckwit--well, what can i say? (and not get kicked off this board)

[chixydix]

57. If the shoe fits.

I've been called a racist because I don't suck Obama's cock every hour on the hour around here.

[orleans]

58. new in town?

[chixydix]

59. No.

Not even.

[orleans]

67. ha!

[librechik]

38. I have been most distressed with the tone of Larry's blog for months

used to be a regular vistor; no more.

[mopinko]

19. i'm not even going to repeat the crap he is spreading

about obama. i'll just say that he is attempting to link him to a few people whose character is also being smeared.
i guess when your back is to the wall you do what you know, huh larry. very sad to see. certainly casts a shadow over the other things that he has put before the public eye.

[durrrty libby]

22. Rhodes is an offensive ignorant drunk. Fuck that nasty imbecile

:nuke: her so-called career

[OwnedByFerrets]

25. She is anything but ignorant.....

she is No Thom Hartman, but she damn sure knows her stuff when it comes to politics.

[durrrty libby]

68. Her suspension is a wonderful thing. It makes me happy to see such

an awful person get called to the carpet

[liberal1973]

35. She is not repub

You should go back and listen to hannity.

[SalviaBlue]

44. Oh give me a fucking break.

That is every bit as offensive as calling Hillary and GF fucking whores.


Hate much?

[durrrty libby]

69. Her demise is a wonderful blessing for humanity

Let us pray that it is permanent


:bounce: :toast: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[orleans]

72. i guess if i said the same thing about rush limbaugh you'd get

offended.

you certainly don't sound like you're a fan of someone who has taken republicans to task and has worked for liberal and democratic causes

[SeattleGirl]

60. She is not ignorant, and I'd like some solid proof from you that she

is "a drunk".

I think you name fits you quite well, btw.

[durrrty libby]

70. She is a vile person. Let us pray her suspension is forever

"I think you name fits you quite well, btw." heh ... :dunce:

[OwnedByFerrets]

23. I agree with you.....

and said it a couple of months ago when he came out with some evil rants.

[elehhhhna]

26. This is a free country. One is free to say really stupid, boorish, ugly things and

on the flip side, others are free to shun, fire, or otherwise punish them as they see fit.

She's not exactly been dissappeared or being tortured in a gulag so please, let's calibrate the rhetoric and face the facts -- she's responsible for what comes out of her mouth, especially in public. Her judgement skills failed her. I'm shocked that one of "our own" would make such a crude remark.

[rinsd]

31. Justified or not, the suspension had little to do with Larry Johnson.

What a self glorified a-hole....

[liberal1973]

39. Justified or not? Your a joke.

Thanks for having a Clinton avatar ,for I would have never have guessed your one of the clinton supporters.

[rinsd]

42. Yet another troll who can't spell.

:eyes:

My point was to not argue about the suspension but about Larry Johnson's credit or lack thereof.

[chixydix]

45. Are you an apostrophobe?

:eyes: :silly:

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Who released this to you tube?

thanks for playing.

[rinsd]

48. By all means give the self glorified undue credit....

while screaming about the CIA.

:eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. So he was never in the CIA, hence never learned the tactics used

by CIA abroad, (and in the country during contrielpro?)

Okie dokie

I think Larry will be shocked to know he was never an agent ok

By the way it wasn't the CIA, just a former employee of CIA using the tactics he learned while at CIA

I know connecting dots is hard for people at times

[americanstranger]

46. Actually, No Quarter pushed to get her suspended, and they did it.

Now they want her fired. If you go look at his blog, they're calling on their readers to pressure AAR to fire Randi (and hire Taylor Marsh in her place). And they've also got a guy named Roland Martin in their sites.

Whatever you think of Randi or Johnson, that's just vile. We're supposed to be on the same side here, aren't we?

- as

[madmom]

54. I have no problem with RR position on Clinton's political campaign,

it's her choice of words I have a problem with. She could have chose different ones that meant what everyone is saying she was supposed to have meant.I object to any woman being called a "fucking whore" just as much as any of you ( and me as well) would object to limbaugh or coulter or even RR calling Obama a "Fucking N"

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. You know I object to the language

but I most object to the tactic.

Removing critics from the air is truly unamerican.

Oh and it is not if Rush has used the N word, since he has.

Kindly point to me when he was suspended for it? Or was he suspended for calling Chelsea a dog ON the air no less?

Thank you for playing

[madmom]

56. Well let's see limbaugh works for clear channel not AA , they have a different set

of rules, republicans always do.That's not the point tho, the point is everyone would be extremely upset for any of them using those particular words. I don't think RR should be fired, some kind of discipline, yes, but not fired.

Oh BTW I did write a LTTE about what limbaugh said about Chelsea back when it happened it was published. Thank YOU for playing!

[orleans]

61. i thought randi still worked for clear channel. she was owned by them

when she started at aar.

found this:

"At an appearance on behalf of the network and Clear Channel talk KKGN (960 AM) in San Francisco, Rhodes used aggressive language "

so--clear channel is still hooked up somehow, if not still owning her.

now...what were you saying about limbaugh?

[madmom]

62. As I stated before republicans always have a different set of rules,

where have you been the last 6 or so years? Dems have to apologize for some stupid made-up slight, repugs don't, dems resign when caught in something as tame as an affair repugs don't,dems get blasted when caught in a lie or even an imagined lie, repugs always say " well what I meant to say was" and always get away with it. As I said a different set of rules. Besides I would hope we are better than them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

64. And that is part of the problem

thanks for expressing this well

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. And I am still waiting for the FCC fine since he said that ON THE AIR

she didn't major difference

Anyhow it is becoming clearer that this country has failed, so whatever

Time to consider Naomi's Wolf's words and shut up... for the sake of survival... as the boot WILL come down

[Fountain79]

66. I thought you meant the chief's running back....

and I would have agreed with you on that one.....nevermind thought.

[spuds]

75. where supporting clinton?

you must be talking for some im not and never will if she's a nominee i'll drop the dem party and be a no-vote

[ElkHunter]

78. One of the reasons I am a Democrat...

...is because I believe in free speech - and that includes speech that I disagree agree with. The fact that Democrats would call for the suspension or firing of a fellow Democrat for something she said off air frankly turns my stomach. What makes matters even worse is that some are calling for Randi Rhodes' head for POLITICAL speech, which is at the very core of a principle we should always defend. A few years ago the Bush administration came up with the idea of creating so-called "free speech zones". The intent, of course, was to contain and limit speech and dissent. But as absurd as this idea was, there are apparently some in our own ranks who would do Bush and his minions one better by saying there are no free speech zones for a liberal radio talk show host.

I am truly ashamed at what I am seeing and hearing.

[spanone]

80. bu$h* criminals have no shame

[brentspeak]

82. Who's the "Bush criminal"?

[krkaufman]

81. You might enjoy my post on the subject, over here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5392593&mesg_id=5392593

[orleans]

85. wow--thanks for showing me that link. i loved your post. i recommended

and i'll kick it in a minute.