Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer has a shocking story to tell. On her Air America radio show on Super Tuesday, Randi Rhodes ran a commercial parody in which Mitt Romney supporters suggest they're going to go on a "killing rampage" if John McCain wins. He has audio, and the transcript:
ANNOUNCER: The following is a paid advertisement from Republicans for Mitt Romney, or mass suicide. If John McCain is the Republican Presidential nominee, it will destroy the Republican Party. We’re Romney supporters and we know. Cause, if you vote for John McCain, we’re going to go on a killing rampage. Hey, better dead then moderate.
REPUBLICAN CHARACTER VOICE: "Look, I for one don’t want to die in a hail of gun fire from crazed Mitt Romney supporters, but it’s better then nominating a man who opposed the Bush tax cuts. Hell, John McCain spent years in a North Vietnamese prison. A prison? That doesn’t make him a hero. That makes him an ex-con.
ANNOUNCER: Exactly, and um, you know what men do in prison. You see if John McCain is President, he’ll make sodomy mandatory. Now, Mitt Romney, well, he believes all sex should be outlawed.
SECOND REPUBLICAN CHARACTER VOICE: As a true Republican, I’m prepared to poison my own children if John McCain is the nominee, but I do wish there was another way.
ANNOUNCER: There is. If Mitt Romney is the nominee, he’ll give everyone a free new car, made by people in Michigan, with company-paid health care and pensions just like 1955. If John McCain is the nominee, well, we are going to kill everybody, then turn the guns on ourselves. So choose wisely this election day. This has been a paid ad for Republicans for Mitt Romney, or (gun cocking sound effect) mass suicide.
Maloney followed up:
Though Rhodes "apologizes" after the skit, it's clear she knew what she was airing.
And even if she didn't, there's a cardinal rule in radio broadcasting: you can be forgiven for a gaffe that occurs during a live broadcast, but there's no excuse for running prerecorded bits you haven't first personally reviewed. Even if this is a case of her production team running amok, Rhodes is still ultimately responsible for her own broadcast.
Needless to say, your Radio Equalizer doubts that's the case based on her history.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center
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Crazed Romney Supporters?
February 7, 2008 - 20:12 ET by mustangsallyIf these boards are any indication of the general state of mind of Romney supporters - this parody is not that far off the mark. These are some flat-earth folks. Face it, if your candidate cannot beat McCreamPuff; then how on earth is he going to defeat HillObam?
lose with your principles
February 7, 2008 - 20:16 ET by TruthMongerlose with your principles intact and you still win:)
this concept does require intelligence - if you're having trouble getting it
If these boards are any
February 7, 2008 - 20:26 ET by bigtimerIf these boards are any indication of the general state of mind of Romney supporters - this parody is not that far off the mark.
Really cute sally, way to go here....I see you must still be earning your money.
Apparently Sally admires
February 7, 2008 - 21:01 ET by motherbeltApparently Sally admires people with no class, all a$$...
mustangsally, Just how much is the McClinton campaign paying
February 7, 2008 - 22:19 ET by R D HelmJust how much is the McClinton campaign paying you to come on this site and post brain-dead comments like that one?
I'd say you are about one post away from being nailed with the "troll" label.
Bad news, that would be.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
And one more thing, mustangsally,
February 7, 2008 - 22:38 ET by R D HelmYour boy Juan McClinton isn't exactly attracting the conservative vote, as many conservatives apparently stayed home:
Total votes cast in 21 GOP contests yesterday among McCain, Romney and Huckabee:
McCain: 43.1% (3,611,459)
Romney: 35.4% (2,961,834)
Huckabee: 21.5% (1,796,729)
For grand totals, vastly more Democrats than Republicans voted yesterday;
Democratic votes for Clinton and Obama: 14,622,822 (63.6%)
Republican votes for McCain, Romney and Huckabee: 8,370,022 (36.4%)
Put another way, the Clinton/Obama race drew 76% more voters than the McCain/Romney/Huckabee race.
You can read all about it here.
I think that, before this thing is over, we conservatives may have more of a say than you think.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
Where's your horse?
February 8, 2008 - 10:44 ET by mustangsallyOK, so you're a proud, chest-thumping conservative. Where's your candidate? If Romney, then he just went down in flames. He hardly made a splash. Sure, if you've got $50 million of your own loot to spend propping up your campaign (artificially), you can get some attention. But America is too smart to vote for another Massacheusetts waffler.
Say what you want about McCain and Huckabee but they haven't had a dime to spend but they were strong enough to stay in the headlines and get people to vote for them - without buying votes!
Hey, I like your man Romney. And I hope his "conversion" is true (most amazing thing since St. Paul on the road to Damascus) - but he's got no appeal and he can't win.
The way Obama is being inflated by the Media - I don't even think McCain can win in the Fall.
In short, stop whinning - your boy lost - fair and square ...
mustangsally,
February 8, 2008 - 21:54 ET by R D HelmAnd without the support of conservatives, McCain is going to lose, too.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
its just sad really the
February 7, 2008 - 20:15 ET by TruthMongerits just sad really
the people that wrote this skit sound like junior high detention kids
yet they are adults, probably married and raising children
the core of the DNC base - i feel pity, they're in really bad shape - i wish i could help them insult us
hey randi i am available if you need some decent anti-conservative jokes
Since Air AmeriKKKa supports
February 7, 2008 - 20:16 ET by Warner Todd HustonSince Air AmeriKKKa supports abortion so much, I;d say it is they, rather, who supports mass murder!
very true - these people
February 7, 2008 - 20:18 ET by TruthMongervery true - these people off 3000 kids a day
40 million since roe
would that qualify as mass murder, warner...?
Absolutely appalling....
February 7, 2008 - 20:21 ET by bigtimerAbsolutely appalling.... leave it to the likes of Rhodes and AirdeadAmerika.
"Hell, John McCain spent
February 7, 2008 - 20:32 ET by Carl Kolchak"Hell, John McCain spent years in a North Vietnamese prison. A prison? That doesn’t make him a hero. That makes him an ex-con."
Air America Listener Voice: We're Air America listeners and we think we're real smart and know a lot about Vietnam because our tenured left wing college professor told us the Americans, the Australians, the South Vietnamese and the rest who opposed the VC and the NVA were bad. We throw around My Lai and act like human rights activists, but don't ever tell us about Dak Son, Duc Duc or the Hue Massacre, because our tenured left wing college professor told us we couldn't get an A if we ever let it be known the Communists killed S. Vietnamese civilians, and under no circumstances should the re-education camps that the S. Vietnamese were forced to go to ever be taught or spoken about. Those people just weren't smart enough to be Communists and who cares if the N. Vietnamese used force or killed any of them resisiting them. And also there should be a General Giap holiday in the US because our tenured left wing college professor gave us extra credit for saying that.
these are the fine folks
February 7, 2008 - 21:04 ET by TruthMongerthese are the fine folks that spit on soldiers coming home from viet nam
called them baby-killers
as if they give a GD about McCain's POW experience
Yup ...
February 7, 2008 - 20:38 ET by Dave PierreFile this under the ever-growing file of "What If a Conservative Had Said This."
This would be on the network news tonight under the banner of "The hate of conservative talk radio" if a Limbaugh or Hannity had aired anything even remotely like this. Instead, the MSM will conveniently ignore this story.
Frankenlies.com: The truth about the lies of Al Franken; Al debunked ...
Dave P. You have hit
February 7, 2008 - 20:42 ET by bigtimerDave P.
You have hit the nail right on the head!
Just more proof that there
February 7, 2008 - 21:04 ET by motherbeltJust more proof that there is no such thing as liberal comedy. Even in liberal land, I can't believe anyone thought that funny.
Their idea of humor is spew their usual venom and then say "Ha ha!! Just kidding!!
That makes is funny. (insert eyeroll)...
The Progressive method is to publish lies
February 7, 2008 - 21:38 ET by kg"Though Rhodes "apologizes" after the skit, it's clear she knew what she was airing."
The Progressive method is to publish lies, distortions, disinformation and fairy tales. Later after damage is done comes the apology in fine print and then call that fair and balanced.
isn't this the dingbat who
February 7, 2008 - 20:52 ET by jezebelleisn't this the dingbat who was "mugged" by the "right wing hate machine"???
and she is still on air????
I would laugh in the sardonic "you've got to be kidding" way if it didn't frighten me so much.
and, yes I am the "quotation" queen today!
Yeah, she broke her fall
February 7, 2008 - 21:06 ET by motherbeltYeah, she broke her fall with her forehead....
Apparently she didn't hit the ground hard enough...her face is still there......
HAHAHAHA!! I just made a liberal joke!!!
mb,
February 7, 2008 - 23:44 ET by R D HelmLOL-Well, I sure hope they charged her to cover the cost of the repair of the dent her head put in the pavement.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
Randi
February 7, 2008 - 21:16 ET by drillanwrHere's a hint ... Just put on a CD ... rap, punk, hip-hop, Sesame Street's Greatest Hits ... I don't care ... Just "spin some records" for cripe sakes! And go smoke a joint ...
We all know she's already
February 7, 2008 - 22:02 ET by rbosqueWe all know she's already 'disturbed'.
She's just projecting her own hatred of Conservatives.
"A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best
intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds."
---David
Horowitz
Ex-Con. Now, that's some
February 7, 2008 - 22:26 ET by ConservativeRexEx-Con. Now, that's some funny stuff!
Can you imagine what would
February 7, 2008 - 23:36 ET by mostlymoderateCan you imagine what would happen if a conservative like Rush Limbaugh made a video claiming that all Obama supporters would riot and loot America's cities if Clinton won??? Politically incorrect? YES. But so is the video by Randy Rhodes. Rhodes knows what she is doing and is equating conservatism with extremism.
go easy on Randi
February 7, 2008 - 23:40 ET by botgthis is an obvious attempt to discredit her by the same perp who drugged her and threw her to the sidewalk outside the nightclub a couple months ago.
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Didn't Randi know? Mitt
February 8, 2008 - 00:21 ET by fitzfongDidn't Randi know? Mitt Romney's campaign fired the first shot in the "killing rampage" weeks ago by getting her to down a few shots of Bushmills before falling over her dog.