Randi Rhodes' jab at Rachel Maddow.

[rusty quoin]

Randi was talking about Rand Paul and the Louiville Courier Journal's article about his views on the Civil Rights Act.

She only just mentioned Maddow's interview with Paul, and how Rachel "finally got around to reading the article eventhough it's been out since April."

[Kelvin Mace]

1. *sigh*

Jealously is an ugly thing...

[still_one]

2. That is exactly what it is. In addition, Randy is not the greatest critical thinker

especially compared to Madow

[Kelvin Mace]

17. She and Maddow were at Air America

and Maddow broke out into the "mainstream". Randi is good, but too shrill for the mainstream who will not tolerate a left-wing Limbaugh (although in fairness to Randi, she is more fact-based).

Rachel makes her point while not getting nasty. Randi has never mastered that trick.

[Horse with no Name]

37. Exactly.

I used to love to listen to Randi. She lost me a couple years ago with her attitude.

[WeDidIt]

38. Rhodes gets nasty even when people are agreeing with her and praising her!

That's why I stopped listening to her even before she was dumped by Air America.

[mucifer]

54. The same Randi who threatened to reveal negative things against Al Franken to the coleman campaign?

Curious about what she has to say about Senator Franken these days.

:)

[Kelvin Mace]

56. Hadn't heard that

Now I am sad.

[Donnachaidh]

3. bitter is Randi's middle name.

Boo hoo -- Rachel got a boost from her Air America gig. Must have something to do with Rachel not being shrill... :shrug:

[QC]

4. People still listen to Randi?

I didn't know she even still had a job. There was a time when I found her interesting, but then it seems she became more interested in attacking her callers and colleagues than the Right.

[rusty quoin]

16. She's still on. She has her old spot, on the right wing network.

She hasn't been insulting her callers lately. Her thing lately has been to try to pull together the regular working people, left and right. I don't think it is feasible, and sometimes she is insulting to us on the left more than the right. I still listen to her because I like talk radio.

[GentryDixon]

35. I no longer listen to her.

She lost me some time ago. I once enjoyed listening to her on KPOJ from the Portland feed, but she became so bitter and self serving over the years I finally tuned her out.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Randi's Archilles' heel.

She's incredibly petty and self-centered, and it hurt her in the end.

It's a shame, because she actually had a lot of talent and potential as a talk show host, but she totally blew it on her ego roughly around 2007 or so.

[malaise]

13. I think Randi's biggest problem is that she talks non-stop

and never listens.

[JuniperLea]

21. There's no filter...

Brain to lips, no stopping to think first. She's always too busy trying to think of what she is going to say next to listen to anyone else.

[Ishoutandscream2]

31. Bingo!

[dchill]

32. Well, yeah, that and her drinking...

and her jealousy.

[gmoney]

43. Randi's malapropisms drove me nuts

I still tune in once in a while, but besides being shrill and not a good listener, she would misuse words and couldn't pronounce simple words, like "subsidize."

Of course, I'm guessing that Rachel being younger and more telegenic doesn't sit well with Randi either.

[Ian David]

6. I bet Rachel reads a LOT more stuff than Randi does. n/t

[malaise]

36. Without doubt

Rachel is a trained academic.

[Webster Green]

7. That's pretty fucking lame.

I like Randi, but methinks she could be a little jealous perhaps?

Rachel Maddow is anything but uninformed. Jeezus!

[liberalmike27]

25. First, I Would Not Call it Much of a Slight

If they both got in a room, they'd be best buds, I guarantee you.

Second, I love them both, Randi Rhoades too, with all of her hyperbolic shrillness. I would listen to her, but she comes on at a time that it is inconvenient for me to listen.

I really like Stephanie Miller and the mooks better than either of these folks.

I don't think the MSM dislikes Randi because she's shrill and outspoken--I think it's because she says the things that are not allowed on the media. There are clearly filters, filters that don't exist as strongly on the radio.

Listen to Schultz on the radio, then listen to him on supposedly liberal, MSNBC--you'll find him way more liberal on his radio show. I do.

You just can't talk about a few things on the tube, spending less on defense, or being against the war, or ascribing oil, or geography next to Iran, or pipeline routes as the real reason for wars. You aren't allowed to talk drug war, or negatively asparage the drug war to any real degree on the tube. You can't really disagree with the wars, to any real degree. They don't allow much talk of how corporations are controlling every f*cking thing on the tube.

Then there are Chomsky's filters, some the same as above. Can't talk about advertisers, Pentagon experts, flak...Radio, well that's allowed just a bit more latitude.

Oh yea, you WILL NOT talk about free trade being a bad thing, or unions being a good thing, or globalization actually being the direct cause of the huge recession we're in right now.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Randi, get the fuck over yourself!

:eyes:

[WahooJunkie]

9. No Secret

It's not a secret that Randi is not too fond of Rachel. She is constantly taking jabs at her.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Unfortunately, Randi's not too fond of anyone who isn't Randi.

Like I said, it's a shame. Back at the height of the Bush administration, she was on top of her game. Then she changed.

[JuniperLea]

23. Agreed...

I was a huge Randi fan... massively huge. Now it's all about her, not the cause... pity, that.

[liberalmike27]

27. She's a bit like a Female Mike Malloy

Honestly I find Malloy at times hard to listen to, but it doesn't mean I don't welcome most of the stuff he says as refreshingly honest.

We're all caught in this mainstream construct, and both Malloy and Rhodes I think come way closer to revealing the ugly truth about the U.S. and its government, and who the government actually serves.

I think it is the ugliness we are shown, through them, that some of us object to, rather a shooting of the messenger, by our insults. They deserve to be lauded for their honesty in the face of all the delusion.

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. I can't even listen to her anymore

Like many before her, something went really wrong in her head once she moved "inside the beltway".

[LaydeeBug]

14. she lives in DC now? nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. Moved there after the Nova M network meltdown, I believe.

I've also heard that her boyfriend (whom she mentions often) is some sort of DLC tool, so that probably has a negative effect on her opinion as well.

I pretty much gave up on her several months ago when she wasted an entire show bitching about Keith Olbermann's show on the despicable state of "health care" in this country, most of which came from his own experiences dealing with his father's illness.

[graywarrior]

11. I have only heard her a few times and from what I heard, she is unlistenable.

[Karenina]

44. So sorry about that... Faure, anyone?

But did you see the duck in the hands in the "Scenes of Spring" photo thread?

I offer this piece to you, played by the composer. Don't know why it came to mind, MY stuff to be sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUsGh2xYYQg&feature=related

I looked long and hard for an orchestral version with a righteous horn player, but alas Sony has it sewn up... Not available from my address.

What do we allow/ permit/ dare/ challenge ourselves to hear?

:shrug:

[graywarrior]

48. That duck rocked the house!

[Karenina]

49. Hmmm... It occurs to me that I may have misread your reference.

That you found Rachel unlistenable. I believe I may have erred in my understanding of your post. In any and all cases, I do so hope Faure brought beautiful images (w/o video) into your space!

[graywarrior]

50. You are so "ducked"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Rachel rocks, BTW.

[Karenina]

52. Duck ME!!!

:blush::rofl::blush:

Girlfriend DOES HER HOMEWORK!!! It's been rough as I've tried to turn people on to her and been called all sorts of names. GW, I be getting old, tired and sometimes missing shit... Had it been a tiger I'd have been eaten. Fortunately it was a duck. I LOVE ducks except when they do their gang bang thing which justifies my EATING them! :evilgrin:

On edit: My boss is from 'bama. When I got to the office today he was staring at his computer screen nearly in tears. I couldn't watch the clip, being overwhelmed by that same feeling one gets seeing another person seriously injured on the autobahn. While I couldn't find a righteous horn on the Faure, do allow me to offer one in this piece by Ravel (Pavane) that really expresses the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKkeDqJBlK8&feature=related

[LaydeeBug]

12. She lost me the day she called Hillary Clinton a whore.

and I've not missed her one bit

[avaistheone1]

46. I am not a Clinton fan

but Randi lost me the day she viciously attacked both Clinton and Ferraro.

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. Randi played AUDIO from Maddow's show.

You progressive host bashers are all the same. Never tell the whole story. Return with a transcript or begone.

[JuniperLea]

20. So the fuck what?

Limbaugh would do the same, as would Beck... play the audio, and bash the host. This is what Randi did, right? Can you tell me how it's different when Randi does it and when Limbaugh or Beck does it?

There's just one "progressive" host being bashed here, and she begged it upon herself... nobody's fault but her own.

[Gold Metal Flake]

22. Didn't happen.

Let the OP prove it. Stop being so gullible.

[Stevenmarc]

18. Randi who?

[sufrommich]

24. Randi Rhodes is a petty drunk. Who cares what she thinks. nt

[undeterred]

28. What time is Randi's tv show on?

[racaulk]

30. Nice!

:rofl:

[racaulk]

29. Green does not look good on Randi.

What a cheap and petty shot. :thumbsdown:

[KonaKane]

33. Randi who?

I used to listen to her, but that star has faded. I like Rachel much better. And hell hath no fury like a former radio star watching the fame bypass them.

Pathetic.

[tkmorris]

34. The self-proclaimed "Goddess" is bitter again?

Now there's a shock.

I tried and tried to like Randi, or at least cut her some slack, but that business at Air America and how she handled the aftermath was just ugly. Excessive narcissism is a turn-off for me.

[faceit]

39. Randi is bitter. I am sure she thought SHE would be the one to be the rising star of Air America

I really used to like Randi. But, she has let her ego ruin her.

Rachel is a stronger commentator, more likeable, and more articulate.

I do have concerns that she sells out from time to time to play corporate mainstream ball, but overall, she is the best MSM reporter going.

[Stuart G]

40. I listened to her, then there was an arguemnt, she was off, Thom Hartman was on.

The Chicago market had a chance to compare Randi with Thom. In terms of academic background, interst in guests, ability to listen and over all content of show, Thom wins. Randi almost never allowed oppposing ideas to be presented, while Thom always does. Randi, you got the impression, never lestened to opponents, Thom almost always does. Randi is shrill, and well neither Thom or Rachel is. There is much more, but that is enough

[Zen Democrat]

41. Is that woman still slamming Al Franken? And now Rachel Maddow?

Makes me really glad that I turned her off about two years ago for her rudeness, and for not listening to her callers, and for kissing the asses of her "friends" etc. etc. ad nauseum.

[Lex]

42. Who?

God, she's tiresome.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

45. We don't even know what her real name is.

She named herself after Randy Rhoads who was Ozzy's extremely competent guitarist.

I always wondered why the break in Crazy Train was a bunch of complicated figures.

The reason? Randy Rhoads studied Bach on the guitar, that's why.

[KonaKane]

53. Her real name is Randi Buten.

Which admittedly, doesn't roll off the tongue like "Rhandi Rhodes".

[marmar]

47. Randi's problem is that she thinks she knows everything.....

..... Whereas Rachel really does know everything, almost anyway.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

51. They both are smart women

and the progressive side needs all the voices we can get.

So stop it... :)

[Canuckistanian]

55. I heard the show this afternoon. I didn't notice that she was criticizing Maddow

She may have said that once, but I didn't get the impression she was obsessed with attacking Rachel.

Her main point was that the media in general have been ignoring Rand's views on Civil Rights, becuase he's mentioned it two times since the Louisville article.

[DefenseLawyer]

57. Randi is a disc jockey.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. But anyone who listens to her for more than a few minutes realizes that she is in the business she is in because she has a good radio voice and the gift of gab, not because she is exceptionally bright.