Randi Rhodes: Conservatives Would Oppose Shakespeare...and 'Want to Shoot Congressmen and Poets'
You might think most rappers aren’t exactly Shakespeare, but left-wing radio talker Randi Rhodes was implying that connection on Wednesday when it came to the rapper Common’s "poetry" at the Obama White House. "He’s brilliant, he’s absolutely brilliant," she asserted. And conservatives would oppose Shakespeare, too:
Look, the conservatives, if Shakespeare were alive, and he went to the White House to get, you know, some sort of a reading, they would be outraged about him -- talking about killing his brother, and the father had to go, and a mother he slept with -- They'd be out of their fricking minds with this. They don't understand culture! Or literature!
Rhodes also asserted on Wednesday that it was somehow a Tea Party member that shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, despite ample evidence to the contrary.
She played old audio of Judson Phillips being verbally abused by Chris Matthews about why anyone would bring a firearm to a political rally. Rhodes added:
And then sometimes they actually use it to shoot a Congressmember in the face! Ya know, sometimes they actually do that.
It didn't matter to Rhodes that Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter of Giffords and the killer of a federal judge and several others, seemed to hate President Bush as much as Giffords. Then, for a couple of minutes, Rhodes praised MSNBC’s Martin Bashir for suggesting to former Rep. Tom Tancredo that perhaps he wanted President Obama dead, since he declared him a greater threat to America than Osama bin Laden. (Ouch. Tancredo's declaration that the president is a more urgent danger glaringly ignored that Obama never killed more than 3,000 Americans and so loses hands down in a more-evil contest.)
In that interview, Tancredo insisted that if President Bush had been at the helm when Obama was shot, it would have been protested by the Left as an assassination, just as they tolerate continued incarceration of terror suspects under Obama (but it was an American "gulag" under Bush.) Rhodes somehow mangled that into Tancredo opposed the Osama takedown, and repeated the Giffords crack:
They're not trying to make a political threat, and oops, my gun went off in your face! Well, oops a gun went off in Osama's face and we're like wrong. They want to shoot Congressmen and poets but not Bin Laden or anyone from al-Qaeda? They are so confusing!
Rhodes is confused all right, but you can’t blame the conservatives for that.
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Republicans wanted someone to
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 7:48am.
Republicans wanted someone to shoot Rep. Giffords???????
Who are the poets they want to shoot?
It's positively outrageous that Rhodes is allowed to slander people like this, unchallenged.
"Oops"? Did Jared Loughner
Submitted by ant on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 7:49am.
"Oops"? Did Jared Loughner not intend to pull the trigger? Did the gun go off all by it's little-bity self? This woman is another example that liberalism is a seriouys mental disorder, she could be Schultzie's little sister.
Sorry Randi, you proved President Reagan right again
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 7:56am.
"Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Wilson Reagan
"It is not that conservatives dislike art, is that liberals think that trash is art. Here are lyrics from one of his least offensive songs, "We the People". Great title, right?
This is street ra-dio, for unsung heroes
Ridin in they regal, tryin to stay legal
My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo
Yeah you know how we do, we do it for the people
From Englewood to a single hood in Botswana
I see the I in We my nigga, yours is my drama
Standin in front of the judge with no honor
Barack stick, knight the people like Obama
The karma of the streets is needs and takes
Sometimes we find peace in beats and breaks
Put the bang in the back so the seats can shake
Rebel Cadillac music for the people sake
The People
Anybody out there think that this guy is even close to a Shakespeare, or that this is even close to art?
Regarding shooting Congresspersons by conservatives, grow up Randi. Nancy Pelosi is still alive as are Barney Fwank and even your was and wannabe friend Alan Grayson. The unhinged person that shot a Congresswoman was NOT a conservative, and if you read (you can read, right?) his rantings, you will come to the conclusion that he is no conservative either.
Again, Randi at her best; knowing nothing, but yelling it at the top of her voice.
Dennis Prager
That ain't art
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:58am.
Reading that 'song' makes me realize that Dr Seuss was more of a poet and artist than this 'rapper' or whatever he calls himself.
Go have another drink Randi.
Submitted by forest on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:06am.
Go have another drink Randi.
Or three.
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:30am.
Or three.
Is she still on the air?
Submitted by jdripper on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:23am.
Who is paying her money to talk? Who sponsors this tramp's program?
Jack
I Think She Is on the Air
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:27am.
At 3:00 AM Sunday mornings, sponsored by the Mexican Drug Pushers Association.
Randi Rhodes in a book store.
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:45am.
Randi Rhodes in a book store. " Do you have Shakespeare in English?"
"Behind those eyes your ignorance lies." The Redneck Poet
First, I had to point this out...
Submitted by ScoopPC11 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:53am.
In that interview, Tancredo insisted that if President Bush had been at the helm when Obama was shot, it would have been protested by the Left as an assassination.
Probably want to correct that...
And secondly, I don't claim to be an expert on Shakespeare, but...WAS there a story where someone slept with their mother? Or is Rhodes mixing this up with the story of Oedipus, which is NOT a Shakespearean story?
The take her quote literaly
Submitted by Blix America on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:24am.
If we take her quote literally she is stating that The Bard himself slept with his own mother. But yes... I think the woman is mixing up her stories. Clearly she's a cultured person.
"Give thy thoughts no tongue."
Submitted by Turn Right on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:17am.
If Randi is so supportive of Shakespeare, I sure wish she'd take his advice.
Ummm... Unless I missed
Submitted by Blix America on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:19am.
Ummm... Unless I missed something Obama hasn't been shot. Now you see what FOX spells Usama with a "U".
What's up with Fox and the Usama?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:41am.
They have been doing that for a long time.
Right, it makes the type-O a
Submitted by Blix America on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:51am.
Right, it makes the type-O a little less embarrassing
Midnight at the oasis
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:33am.
His name is in many Moooselum circles Usama.
Post Olbermann
Submitted by Caringwhiteguy on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:49am.
Seems like since the departure of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC that NB has been running several bogeymen/women up the flagpole to see how we'll react. So far none have really gotten our juices flowing. Randi seems to be one of those.
I remember when she was the
Submitted by Blix America on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:53am.
I remember when she was the afternoon rock DJ in Ft Laud FL. I guess that makes her an expert on all matters.
Keith Olbermann?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:29am.
Gee, I haven't missed him in a long time.
Nonesense, We Are Inspired by Him!
Submitted by JustAl on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:57am.
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene II
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Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:32am.
Chivas Regal.
Rhodes has a pygmy body AND a
Submitted by JC2000 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 10:46am.
Rhodes has a pygmy body AND a pygmy brain
There are reason's why her former colleagues at Air America like Rachel Maddow, and Ed Shultz will never have her on their shows. They know she is a liar, a fraud who just can't stand other liberals in the media who take the spotlight off her. It's always about Randi. She used to accuse Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann of stealing comedy bits from her. But the truth is she would hack from Stewart -play the montages from his show, then she would outright lie on the air and tell her ignorant listeners she spent all day putting together this montage. She even tried to start a rumor about Al Franklin. Check out youtube-"AL FRANKLIN WILL NOT MAKE HONEST SENATOR" He knew she was an an embarrassment to liberals and Air America. After the 2004 election she just would not stop spewing that the Republicans stole that election. And she continued to accuse Bush of being behind the anthrax attacks, and letting 911 happen. Franklin wanted her to stop spewing her endless nonsense. She lied on her resume- said she was a 6 year Air Force veteran/Air Craft mechanic. Who was voted-Most outstanding woman in the Air Force- ALL LIES! She went AWOL after 1 year
. Rhodes is no liberal. Most liberals are fair and stand for the truth. Randi Rhodes is a lying egocentric little worm.
Check out article-"My life as co host with shock jock Perry Stone" very telling story about skanky backstabbing Randi Rhodes.
Everyone you name in this post,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 11:39am.
Except Bush,
Is cut from the very same cloth. Their inter-libtard squabbles are as pathetic as they are! I have wasted to much thought on them already, with-out going and reading their gibberish also.
Do tell, what color is the sky in your world??
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:20pm.
Most liberals are fair and stand for the truth.
You don't really believe that garbage, do you?
Ah, I get it now
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:22pm.
You're a pathetic little spammer with a chub for randi. Go away.
Chub for Randi Rhodes? That
Submitted by JC2000 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 3:03pm.
Chub for Randi Rhodes? That barf producing worm? I will now need about a gallon of ginger ale, to lessen the feeling of queasiness.
Not only is she an embarrassment to liberals she is a loony hypocrite. Just last week she spent 2 hours ranting like a patient in a paddded cell that Bush knew about bin Laden's location, and he was the one who was protecting him.
She falls down drunk outside a bar, calls her boss- Marc Green- and lies- tells him she was beaten up and mugged. Which led to to the rumor all over the media-that a group of right wing loons beat her up. Sicko Rhodes loved the attention she got from that rumor she started.
Check out -"World Net Daily" search-" Randi Rhodes President Bush should be shot Fredo"
Rhodes is a LUNATIC with a radio show-what else is new- not a liberal.
JC2000
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 4:00pm.
First: "They (Maddow, Schultz) know she is a liar, a fraud...."
You've been around NB long enough to know that Maddow and Schultz both have been proven to be liars and frauds themselves. It's disingenuous to say or believe they avoid Rhodes because of her lack of scruples. Birds of a feather, etc. Perhaps the other members of the whack pack avoid her because they don't want to share the spotlight. Who knows?
Second: "Most liberals are fair and stand for the truth."
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!
You can't be serious.
So sick of these hyperbole libtards
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 11:30am.
Does anyone know anyone who believed this crap on the Right. I am not talking about on-air personalities, I am talking about regular folks. This witch, and the Mahre's and Mathews, of the world should be confronted directly with every accusation they make.These folks are not worth any respect at all, only ridicule.
I personally know dozens if not hundreds of Tea Party members and patriots. I have never heard any of them utter anything like these twisted cretins claim we say or believe.
Sick of it!
Hey, how about that! Rhodes
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 11:41am.
Hey, how about that! Rhodes got one right! I hate Shakespear. And I don't want to kill Congressmen. Not all of them. As for poets, I haven't heard of any poets trying to destroy our country, but when I do............
A Stupid Joke
Submitted by rammingspeed on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 12:46pm.
This is so painfully stupid it just can't be taken seriously. Unless you're a liberal - no way you'd want this cheese brain to be speaking for your side.
I think it's merely a classic
Submitted by Ponsonby Britt on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 12:47pm.
I think it's merely a classic case of projection. Usually when libs talk about their enemies wanting to shoot or kill whoever, its they themselves who would prove themselves far too eager to pull the trigger.
classic herion junkie
Submitted by scarletandgold on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:06pm.
she has all the signs of a classic herion addict,,,and a drunkard..she clearly isnt well at all..im sure up close she has the shakes,smells of urine and feces,,,very main stream progressive,,,a total pig!
Shoot Who?
Submitted by stanmo42 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:18pm.
Conservatives have never advocated shooting artists and poets. Ignorant talk show hosts maybe.
Randi Rhodes and her ilk
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:33pm.
are the only people in this country who fantacize about politicians getting killed for their own sick, perverted political gain. I have never heard a Republican call for outright violence against the opposing party. As a conservative, I think it is morally reprehensible for ANYONE, republican and democrat, to do do any harm to politicians with whom we disagree with. That is what we have debates for: to argue the issues in an arena and let common sense win. By the way, I was firmly disgusted watching those protesting muslims in the UK call for the assasination of President Obama for the disposal of Bin Laden. I never heard one of Randi's ilk publicly denounce the death threats against George W. Bush.
Libtards have no use
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 1:58pm.
For a debate of idea's. They havent any, just lies and deceit.
The travesty here is that
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 2:10pm.
The travesty here is that someone is actually paying her for her stupidity.
Bangs
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 3:05pm.
I still say the bangs over her forehead hide the scar from where her brain was removed.
No No No...No
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 4:47pm.
Leftist journalistas will be the first to go.
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Stumblin down Randi Roads
Submitted by Mistah Bitterman on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 6:12pm.
NPR host Randi Rhodes is in the news again. Many of our viewers will remember back in 2008 when she had an “incident” When the story first broke the blogs were lit ablaze with stories of how Ms. Rhodes was mugged and assaulted and that it was the fault of right wingers. Those allegations were proven false. Turns out that she was mugged all right but it was only a beer mug at an Irish pub. So we dug up a clip from our archives. This is poet laureate Ric Bitterman with this commentary …
Stumblin’ Down Randi Rhodes
Rick Bitterman 2008©
Despite the global warming
It’s a nice day for a walk
I just love this time of year
Lying on the streets of old New Yawk
I ain’t been trippin
Since back in the USSR
Raise my glass with leftie friends
Toast Obamma our commissar
Drinkin Vodka with my comrades
Aint that what commies do?
Step outside to walk my dog
Puke upon my shoes
I’m stumbling down Randi Rhodes
I tripped over the leash
Disorderly Drunk aren’t what I be
So I don’t call police
Now I’m sailing like a cosmonaut
Tumble-ing through space
I trip over the curbing
Falling flat upon my face
I’m stumblin’ down Randi Rhodes
From a Ketel Vodka overload
I’ve busted up my teef, it’s my sincere belief
That my face upon this sidewalk feels so cold
I’m not a common drunk
I’m a special one you see
Cause I stand up when I piss & moan
But I sit down to pee
I’m stumbling down Randi Rhodes
Walking’s not for me
Next time I leave an Irish pub
I’ll ride with Kennedy
Last time I checked it was lefty perfessers dissing Shakespeare
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 8:35pm.
As he was white and European, after all, and there is nothing worse than that in the eyes of most lefties.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Randi is desperate
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 9:05pm.
Randi Rhodes is so desperate to be somehing, including a shrieking harpie, that she will say just about anything. She and Bill Maher are so far past being irrelevant that they have to resort to the outrageous. Rhodes and Maher should get together, they deserve each other.
"In that interview, Tancredo
Submitted by rogaineguy on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 11:28pm.
"In that interview, Tancredo insisted that if President Bush had been at the helm when Obama was shot, it would have been protested by the Left as an assassination..."
Obama got shot? Must have missed the story.
career going down by the stern...
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 12:12pm.
blub, blub, blub
Hey Randi, maybe if you had sex with a goat on real time TV someone might watch your show. Then again...
Not so sure.
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 1:15pm.
It would have to be one hell of a good lookin' goat. There's no fixin' Randi's ugly.