Air America suspends Randi Rhodes. No Off-Topic Allowed.

[Janice]

This thread is only for discussion of Randi Rhodes' suspension at Air America. The other thread went south, but this one won't. Any off topic posts will be deleted. The other Randi Rhodes' thread is for off topic, not this one.
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The Democrats continue to implode and attack one another, as the suspension of Randi Rhodes shows how split the party is. and is becoming.

Randi Rhodes, who has spoken some of the most hateful things against Republicans and conservatives, was suspended from Air America for making fun of Hillary Clinton, while using the same tactics and language she used against the Republicans.

Some of her liberal detractors were quick to jump on the situation and connect Barack Obama with Rhodes, and Rhodes with Jeremiah Wright.

Like mentioned here, this is an attempt by Hillary Clinton supporters to now use this and other events to make her look like moderate, in contrast to the radical liberal she is. If she and her followers can make Obama look like a guy way out there, people will start to consider her as looking normal, even with the highly socialist policies she embraces.

Talk about hypocritical with liberals though. Rhodes can speak evil of people of a certain political persuasion and get away with it, but speak against Hillary Clinton and it's off to media Siberia.

I think we're seeing the Clinton strategy here, as she attempts to paint Barack Obama as a radical, fringe person, while making herself look like middle America. While a lot of us know better, many that don't understand these tactics will probably be persuaded. At least those reading this now know what's going on.

http://www.bizofshowbiz.com/2008/04/...andi.html#more

[Stuck In The '70's]

Great article Janice and a great idea to keep this thread on the subject. Hillary's followers are doing what they always have.... lie, lie, lie. She lies about herself and she lies about her opponent. Nothing ever changes.

[Janice]

My opinion is that I'm glad they suspended her, as she crossed a line, calling Clinton a F***** whore. Still, I wonder if she called McCain or even Obama, equally offensive names, if she'd get a time-out. The Clintons do seem to have extra protection.

[TJL]

Originally Posted by Janice

My opinion is that I'm glad they suspended her, as she crossed a line, calling Clinton a F***** whore. Still, I wonder if she called McCain or even Obama, equally offensive names, if she'd get a time-out. The Clintons do seem to have extra protection.

Saying those things is just stupid. You're supposed to be a professional, not some idiot an an open mic night.

[Dean Winchester]

to stay on topic, I am sure someone would get fired from Fox News if they spoke against Bush, while it's open season on the Democrats there

[Family Fan]

Originally Posted by Dean Winchester

to stay on topic, I am sure someone would get fired from Fox News if they spoke against Bush, while it's open season on the Democrats there

Not to get OFF TOPIC.. But, I see people on FOX News all the time speaking against Bush, including Hannity and O'Reilly. Face it, it's the Left that walks in lockstep. FOX News is mildly against the Left. Now,f I ran a stations, you may have an argument.

[Janice]

ON TOPIC, please. What does it take? This thread is about Randi Rhodes and her suspension from Air America.

[Family Fan]

Originally Posted by Janice

ON TOPIC, please. What does it take? This thread is about Randi Rhodes and her suspension from Air America.

Sorry, OK. I know someone who dated her in Queens, NYC, showed me an old picture with her at some club. Anyway, he says she never talked about politics, and he went out with her for a year. He said it's all an act, and she's a phony. This could be an attempt to appeal to the far-left, which now has a death grip on the DNC, by showing her as attacking 'establishment' liberals like Billary, suspending her, getting 'free' publicity, and re-instating her again.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Family Fan

Sorry, OK. I know someone who dated her in Queens, NYC, showed me an old picture with her at some club. Anyway, he says she never talked about politics, and he went out with her for a year. He said it's all an act, and she's a phony. This could be an attempt to appeal to the far-left, which now has a death grip on the DNC, by showing her as attacking 'establishment' liberals like Billary, suspending her, getting 'free' publicity, and re-instating her again.

Thank you. Let me take this opportunity to go way off topic and tell you that I love your avatar. Who is that?

[Family Fan]

Originally Posted by Janice

Thank you. Let me take this opportunity to go way off topic and tell you that I love your avatar. Who is that?

You're welcome. As for my avatar..


The late, great Reta Shaw. Born in South Paris, Maine, the daughter of a New England orchestra leader. Educated in the arts, Shaw debuted in the play, It Takes Two, a 1946 dud. She went on to character roles in such Broadway musicals as Annie Get Your Gun and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She created the part of Mabel when the musical 'The Pajama Game' opened on Broadway in 1954, a role she reprised in the film version. Shaw was one of the few members of the original Broadway cast of Picnic to be invited to appear in the 1956 film version. She appeared in numerous supporting film roles throughout her career including perhaps most noticeably in Mary Poppins, Pollyanna, Meet Me in St. Louis, and The Ghost and Mr Chicken. She also appeared in scores of televisions series including as Martha the housekeeper in the 1968-1970 series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Her last film was Escape to Witch Mountain in 1975. She died in Encino, California at the age of 69.

Most male actors can get 'away' with any looks, but, it was harder for women who were not, to put it gently, 'sexy.' But, Reta never cared about those things and was a treat ,whenever she was in any movie or TV show, for me. She reminded me of the strong women I grew up with in my neighborhood. As she said when she played Ms. 'Frosty', the maid in an ODD COUPLE episode, 'I wield an Iron Mop.' She was a real feminist, long before it was fashionable. My faves are as the seance leader of a group in 'the Ghost and Mr. Chicken' and as the kindly 'Aunt Clara' in one of my fave shows of all time 'Lost In Space.' But, no matter what she was in, you knew she was there, a presence. So, three cheers for one of my favorite unsung female actors from my youth. The late, great Reta Shaw. I know, no matter where she is in heaven, she's in charge.

A list of appearances

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) .... Mrs. Grindley
"The ABC Afternoon Playbreak" .... Mrs. Tusher (1 episode, 1974)
... aka ABC Matinee Today (USA)
- Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby... (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Tusher
"Happy Days" .... Mrs. McCarthy (1 episode, 1974)
... aka Happy Days Again (USA: syndication title)
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. McCarthy
The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974) (TV) .... Miss Markin
"Cannon" (1 episode, 1973)
- Arena of Fear (1973) TV episode
"The Odd Couple" .... Ms. Frost (1 episode, 1973)
- Maid for Each Other (1973) TV episode .... Ms. Foster
Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1973) (TV) .... Mrs. Guzmando
... aka Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
"Emergency!" .... Ozella Peterson (1 episode, 1973)
... aka Emergencia (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Emergency One (USA: syndication title)
- Snakebite (1973) TV episode .... Ozella Peterson
"Here's Lucy" .... Mabel Ryker / ... (3 episodes, 1968-1973)
- Lucy's Tenant (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Witherspoon
- Lucy and the Group Encounter (1972) TV episode .... Rita Forrester
- Lucy, the Process Server (1968) TV episode .... Mabel Ryker
"Barnaby Jones" .... Flo (1 episode, 1973)
- Death Leap (1973) TV episode .... Flo
The Toy Game (1973) .... Adelle
Call Holme (1972) (TV) .... Woman
"Bewitched" .... Aunt Hagatha / ... (4 episodes, 1964-1972)
- Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse (1972) TV episode .... Aunt Hagatha
- Witches and Warlocks Are My Favourite Things (1966) TV episode .... Aunt Hagatha
- There's No Witch Like an Old Witch (1965) TV episode .... Bertha
- The Witches Are Out (1964) TV episode .... Bertha
"The New Dick Van Dyke Show" .... Nurse (2 episodes, 1972)
- The Birth (1972) TV episode .... Nurse
- Annie Get Your Bike (1972) TV episode .... Nurse
Murder Once Removed (1971) (TV) .... Nurse Regis
... aka The Obsessive Doctor
"Matt Lincoln" .... Mrs. Tweed (2 episodes, 1970)
- Lia (1970) TV episode
- Angie (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Tweed
"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" .... Martha Grant (13 episodes, 1968-1970)
- Wedding Day (1970) TV episode .... Martha Grant
- Curious Cousin (1970) TV episode .... Martha Grant
- Amateur Night (1970) TV episode .... Martha Grant
- Martha Meets the Captain (1970) TV episode .... Martha Grant
- Today I Am a Ghost (1969) TV episode .... Martha Grant
(8 more)


"The F.B.I." .... Shoe Store Customer (1 episode, 1968)
- The Hero (1968) TV episode .... Shoe Store Customer
"I Dream of Jeannie" .... Annie / ... (2 episodes, 1968)
- Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks (1968) TV episode .... Col. Finch
- Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie? (1968) TV episode .... Annie
Mad Mad Scientist (1968) (TV) .... Phoebe
... aka Guess What I Did Today? (USA: alternative title)
"The Danny Thomas Hour" .... Receptionist (1 episode, 1967)
- The Zero Man (1967) TV episode .... Receptionist
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." .... Mrs. Sedley (1 episode, 1967)
- The Fountain of Youth Affair (1967) TV episode .... Mrs. Sedley
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" .... Mrs. Newhall / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
- The Officer of the Court (1967) TV episode .... Mrs. Swanson
- The Pied Piper of Ridgemont (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Newhall
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Miss Witherspoon (1 episode, 1967)
- The Suburbia Affair (1967) TV episode .... Miss Witherspoon
"The Monkees" .... Mrs. Badderly (1 episode, 1966)
- Too Many Girls (1966) TV episode (as Rita Shaw) .... Mrs. Badderly
"That Girl" .... Saleslady (1 episode, 1966)
- Phantom of the Horse Opera (1966) TV episode .... Saleslady
"I Spy" .... Bessie McGiveney (1 episode, 1966)
- Lisa (1966) TV episode .... Bessie McGiveney
"Love on a Rooftop" .... Lillian (1 episode, 1966)
- Dave's Night Out (1966) TV episode .... Lillian
Meet Me in St. Louis (1966) (TV) .... Katie
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" .... Mrs. Bradley (1 episode, 1966)
... aka Ozzie and Harriet
- Dave's Other Office (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Bradley
Made in Paris (1966) .... American Bar Singer
"The Lucy Show" .... Dora Dunbar (3 episodes, 1962-1966)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere (1966) TV episode
- Lucy Misplaces $2,000 (1962) TV episode
- My Fair Lucy (????) TV episode .... Dora Dunbar
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) .... Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" .... Dawn McCracken (1 episode, 1965)
... aka The Dick Van Dyke Daytime Show (USA: rerun title)
- Fifty-Two Forty-Five or Work (1965) TV episode .... Dawn McCracken
"Lost in Space" .... Aunt Clara (1 episode, 1965)
- Return from Outer Space (1965) TV episode .... Aunt Clara
The Loved One (1965) .... Manager of The Zomba Cafe
Marriage on the Rocks (1965) .... Saleslady at Saks
That Funny Feeling (1965) .... Woman at Phone Booth
"Valentine's Day" (1 episode, 1965)
- I'll Cry at My Wedding (1965) TV episode
"Wagon Train" .... Tenny (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Richard Bloodgood Story (1964) TV episode .... Tenny
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... Head Nurse (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- Think Pretty (1964) TV episode .... Head Nurse
"The Cara Williams Show" (1964) TV series .... Mrs. Martha Burkhardt #2 (unknown episodes)
Mary Poppins (1964) .... Mrs. Brill
"Vacation Playhouse" .... Aunt Josie / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Hey, Teacher (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Foley
- Come a-Runnin' (1963) TV episode .... Aunt Josie
"The Andy Griffith Show" .... Big Maude Tyler / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1964)
... aka Andy of Mayberry (USA: rerun title)
- The Song Festers (1964) TV episode .... Eleanora Poultice
- Convicts-at-Large (1962) TV episode .... Big Maude Tyler
A Global Affair (1964) .... Nurse Argyle
"Alcoa Premiere" .... Nurse (1 episode, 1963)
- Million Dollar Hospital (1963) TV episode .... Nurse
"The Lloyd Bridges Show" .... Mrs. Ardmore (1 episode, 1963)
- Tyrees of Capitol Hill (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Ardmore
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" .... Mrs. Ellingboe / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
- Bachelor Father... and Son (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Finchley
- That's Show Biz (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Ellingboe
"Thriller" .... Celia Hooper (1 episode, 1962)
... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
- 'Til Death Do Us Part (1962) TV episode .... Celia Hooper
"Oh, Those Bells" (1962) TV series .... Mrs. Stanfield
"Follow the Sun" .... Bertha Bullfinch (1 episode, 1962)
- The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch (1962) TV episode .... Bertha Bullfinch
"Outlaws" (1 episode, 1962)
- The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid (1962) TV episode
Bachelor in Paradise (1961) .... Mrs. Brown
"Pete and Gladys" .... Cora (1 episode, 1961)
- Uncle Paul's New Wife (1961) TV episode .... Cora
"Ichabod and Me" (1961) TV series .... Aunt Lavinia (unknown episodes)
Sanctuary (1961) .... Miss Reba
"Checkmate" .... Nora Flannery (1 episode, 1961)
- Don't Believe a Word She Says (1961) TV episode .... Nora Flannery
"The Tab Hunter Show" .... Thelma (10 episodes, 1960)
- Hot and Cold (1960) TV episode .... Thelma
- The Doll in the Bathtub (1960) TV episode .... Thelma
- Double Trouble (1960) TV episode .... Thelma
- I Love a Marine (1960) TV episode .... Thelma
- The Matchmaker (1960) TV episode .... Thelma
(5 more)
Pollyanna (1960) .... Mrs. Tillie Lagerlof


Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) (TV) .... Katie
"The Ann Sothern Show" (1958) TV series .... Florence McCauley (unknown episodes, 1958-1959)
"The Millionaire" .... Mrs. Dubrock (1 episode, 1958)
... aka If You Had a Million
- The Johanna Judson Story (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Dubrock
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) .... Nurse Kennedy
... aka A Game Called Love (USA)
... aka Lion in the Sky (USA)
... aka Wild and Wonderful (USA)
"Date with the Angels" .... Mrs. Lyons (1 episode, 1958)
- Double Trouble (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Lyons
"The Real McCoys" .... Eunice Webster (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The McCoys
- It's a Woman's World (1957) TV episode .... Eunice Webster
All Mine to Give (1957) .... Mrs. Runyon
... aka The Day They Gave Babies Away (UK)
Annie Get Your Gun (1957) (TV) .... Dolly Tate
The Pajama Game (1957) .... Mabel
Man Afraid (1957) .... Nurse Willis
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Martha Stone (1 episode, 1956)
- The Creeper (1956) TV episode .... Martha Stone
Picnic (1955) .... Irma Kronkite
"Mister Peepers" (1952) TV series .... Aunt Lil (unknown episodes, 1954)
"Johnny Jupiter" .... Mrs. Clandish (2 episodes, 1953)
- The Surprise Birthday Party (1953) TV episode .... Mrs. Clandish
- Duckweather and the Professor (1953) TV episode .... Mrs. Clandish
"The Red Skelton Show" (1 episode)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 8 April 1969 (????) TV episode

Soundtrack:
1960s
1950s
"Mickie Finn's" (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #1.10 (1966) TV episode (performer: "I'll Never Be Jealous Again")


The Pajama Game (1957) (performer: "I'll Never Be Jealous Again")

Self:
1960s
1950s
"The Red Skelton Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- John Wayne's 40th Anniversary (1968) TV episode .... Herself
"Mickie Finn's" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #1.10 (1966) TV episode .... Herself


"The Betty White Show" (1958) TV series .... Herself (regular performer) (unknown episodes)

Archive Footage:
"Disneyland"
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1980) TV episode .... Mrs. Grindley
- Pollyanna: Part 3 (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Tilly Langerlof
- Pollyanna: Part 2 (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Tilly Langerlof
- Pollyanna: Part 1 (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Tilly Langerlof

[Dean Winchester]

to be on topic. How much Obama bashing happens on Air America? If the hosts can get away with bashing Obama, but not Hilary, then I do think it's a double standard. I think Hilary is just popular for bringing controversy wherever she goes, so that is why this is newsworthy. Even amongst the most left liberals, she has always been a polarizing figure, ever since 1992, and will probably remain so until her death. And this incident shows just that.

to FamilyFan. All this time I thought that was Aunt Bee on your avatar

[Family Fan]

Originally Posted by Dean Winchester

to be on topic. How much Obama bashing happens on Air America? If the hosts can get away with bashing Obama, but not Hilary, then I do think it's a double standard. I think Hilary is just popular for bringing controversy wherever she goes, so that is why this is newsworthy.

to FamilyFan. All this time I thought that was Aunt Bee on your avatar

Frances Bavier (Aunt Bea) was great, she had a great bit role as the suspicious boarding house owner where Patricia Neal lived in the Day The Earth Stood Still.

There is no question Obama has gotten a free ride. If it wasn't for 5 guys on radio and FOX news, you would have never heard about it in the print media or much of TV. I'm in NYC, and you heard more about what a 'cad' Guiliani was for leaving his Journalist wife, than you heard about Obama's preacher, commie buddies and general shady back ground.

[KissMyGrits]

Randi Rhodes has always been raunchy. She started in South Florida and was on right before Howard Stern. When I was young and didn't know any better, I would listen to her radio show every day. She was actually good when she first started, but quickly went downhill after that.

I think it's good that they suspended her.

[Child_of_the_80s]

Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood Fan

Great article Janice and a great idea to keep this thread on the subject. Hillary's followers are doing what they always have.... lie, lie, lie. She lies about herself and she lies about her opponent. Nothing ever changes.

Totally!

[TJL]

According to some new reports, Miss Rhodes is resigning from Air America.