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The Meltdown of Air America

The Left-Wing Hate Machine on Espresso



It all started innocently enough. An item in a blog about talk radio: Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack. The story? "Randi Rhodes was mugged on Sunday night on 39th Street and Park Ave, nearby her Manhattan apartment, while she was walking her dog Simon."

A sad story, but, hey - it's New York. Hundreds of people get mugged there every day.

But, if you follow the left in America, you knew that this was going to be the start of something very special. Fellow Air America pol Jon Elliot, on his Tuesday show, lit the match:

"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own? Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us [sic]?"

And the left-wing blogosphere threw on the gasoline.

First, these posts from Randi's program blog:

"What in god's name is this world coming to? If anyone thinks this was anything other than trying to SHUT HER UP then they are stupid. If it wasn't a basball [sic] bat then someone please tell me what it was that knocked out so many of her teeth."
        -fancypantselitist13

"Who would do this to her? Coulter?"
        -gabriel8888

"I don't think this was coulter [sic]. This was some crazed right winger though..."
        -fancypantselitist13

"It could be any one. Let's see, just this past week, Randi has unblinkingly applied pressure to Limbaugh, Coulter, Ghouliani, Blackwater - all thugs, mobsters, or whatever - hell, they're not kosher with the justice system."
        -egghead

"This is more than horrible. And I agree with the original poster, the message is clearly one of intimidation. Why else the concentration on her "mouth" area? These guys are thugs. No doubt. They use intimidation and even resort to beating up a woman. Guess they know they can't win on ethics, ideas or solid rational arguments so they stoop to this sort of thing."
        -gramsci

You can read all the nonsensical stuff on Randi's Blog.

Other bloggers picked up on the "news" right away. These, from "Think Progress," a site that calls itself "progressive" (code word for liberal):

"How much you wanna bet it was an O’Reilly listener(or a deranged idiot-there’s really not much difference..)"
        -whiteyfresh

"I really fear what is going to happen to our country when the Republicans are finally put in their place. I fear we are going to see a lot of violent incidents because these people are going to be looking for a way to vent their frustrations and with encouragement by the likes of Billo, Hannity and Malkin, it could get ugly."
        -bilbobaggins

"Rhodes was probably beaten up by some nutball in the Mallkin [sic] Mongoloid Mafia… thats the type of viscous [sic] rabid people they are.. Malkin herself has probably violated some RICO statutes with her campaign of stalking and intimidation…"
        -Chocolate Jesus

Read more of these precious rantings here.

Once more, from the Democrat Underground blog:

"it could, literally, end in an ideology war between conservatives and liberals, that will rip this country apart."
        -ldf

More here.

Now, the problem with all this Randi Rhodes mugging thing is IT NEVER HAPPENED!

Air America host Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged.

"A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging.

"Rhodes' lawyer Robert Gaulin told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog, but she wasn't sure exactly what happened."

So, what's really going on here?

Evidently, nothing. Except the fact that Jon Elliot and thousands of hate-spewing left-wing kooks got their panties all in a wad and started making yet another "Right-Wing Conspiracy" theory out of whole cloth. Sound familiar? It should.

Now, the interesting this is, if you go back and read these threads through, you will see that they either 1. do NOT acknowledge their error and apologize to those they have falsely accused, or 2. they continue with their conspiracy theories, regardless of reality.

A good assessment of the whole situation can be read here: Mugged by Unreality.

This should be a salient reminder of who the REAL haters in this country are: the left. I've mentioned this fact before on this blog, and these people continue to prove me correct every time they open their mouths.

This is an importent lesson - think the Main Stream Press will pick up this story?

Nah.



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posted by Tomás @ 10/17/2007 11:02:00 AM