Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters "white trash"

by ryeland, Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:21:41 PM EST

I hope Nova M Radio is happy with their new talk show host, the Left's own Rush Limbaugh. Randi Rhodes is a disgrace and an embarrassment to Democrats, and I can't imagine why any organization (political campaign or business) would want to be associated with her hate-filled rhetoric.

In the first five minutes of her show today, Randi let this one go:

"The Clinton campaign describes Hillary's voters as older, white, and undereducated. Or as we called them in my neighborhood: white trash."

Randi followed this, without a hint of irony or self-awareness, with a screed about how Hillary is an elitist (in part, because she loaned her campaign $5 million). Tell us more about elitism, Randi. How do "white trash" fit into your analysis?

I don't know if Randi Rhodes is helping or hurting Barack Obama, but I do know that she's hurting the Democratic Party with this kind of divisive, classist language. White trash? That's how she chooses to describe the majority of Democrats who voted in this year's primaries? I wouldn't be surprised if Randi finds herself back on the unemployment line soon.




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Good riddance, Randi. (1.95 / 21)

All three of her listeners got a good laugh out of that one.


by Bob Johnson on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:23:18 PM EST

Re: Good riddance, Randi. (2.00 / 1)

i got a good laugh just reading about it.

there is something funny about a person with no filters between their brain and their mouth.

full disclosure; the old lady and banana peel bit gets me every time.


by citizendave on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:28:05 PM EST
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She is annoying in te same way that ... (2.00 / 7)

... Pauly Shore is annoying. And her career is following the same trajectory.


by Bob Johnson on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:42:52 PM EST
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Olbermann's catching up to Rhodes... (2.00 / 7)

...with his latest rants per tonight's comment: "Clinton is Bush."

Totally off the deep-end in Obama-ville.

I hope cooler heads prevail 'mongst Obamaniacs in coming hours and days.

Disaffecting fellow Dems is  totally counterproductive.

Heads are exploding over at the Big Orange tonight, as well.

Very uncool all around.


by bobswern on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:17:19 AM EST
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I really want to TR bobswern (2.00 / 1)

for use of the term "Obamaniac".  Bob, cripes, that's so last month.  
We are ow trying to heal our divisions and behave nice with each other.  

"Disaffecting fellow Dems is counterproductive".

Get it Bob?


Sexism is real.
by grassrootsorganizer on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:20:35 AM EST
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"Obamamaniac" is THEIR term... (1.80 / 5)

... at my county convention, the Obama delegates had home-made t-shirts and signs with "Obamamaniac" all over them.

So -

- let me get this straight:

It's TRable to call the Obama supporters a name that, they themselves, have endorsed?

Really, you make my head spin.....


by MyOwnClone on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:24:37 AM EST
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Re: "Obamamaniac" is THEIR term... (none / 0)

Traditionally self-identification has always allowed wider margins of expression than labeling-the-other.

E.g., don't use the d--- word if you're not a lesbian yourself, or the n----- word if you're not black.


by Aris Katsaris on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:47:52 PM EST
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Re: "Obamamaniac" is THEIR term... (none / 0)

Yeah well f___ that.

That's friggin Orwellian.


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 02:53:05 AM EST
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Re: "Obamamaniac" is THEIR term... (none / 0)

No, politeness vs rudeness has nothing to do with Orwell. Everything to do with proper-vs-improper familiarity.

Someone can't be polite/rude/offensive to him/herself. Another person can however be polite/rude/offensive to them.

Therefore I can be offended by words you say to me, even though I would not be offended if I said the same things about myself.

Is this now plain enough for you to understand?

Really, the concept of improper familiarity is hardly a new one.


by Aris Katsaris on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 10:43:10 AM EST
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What's your view of Taylor Marsh? (2.00 / 1)

She calls herself a "radio host," but she's not even broadcast on air anywhere. She can't get a gig. And she's inane as Randi Rhodes.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:24:49 PM EST
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Re: What's your view of Taylor Marsh? (none / 0)

I believe I read somewhere she did some "vanity radio" on some small station, where she paid to be let on the air.

So, I guess you can say she's an ex-radio-host for certain values of "radio host".

Other than that, she's an intellectually dishonest, inconsistent hack. Internet's full of 'em.

Unfortunately, both Rhodes and Marsh attract the type of following that either doesn't care so long as they're on the "right" side, or their respective audience are so emotionally involved and caught up in the race that they can't recognize these people for what they really are.

That'd be fine if it wasn't they're helping drive the wedge in between the two "sides" that really do need to unite at some point, or we all pay the price.


by Huck on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:21:27 PM EST
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Re: She is annoying in te same way that ... (2.00 / 3)

Bob, I'm in shock.


Never let the bullies win.
by SluggoJD on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:53:49 AM EST
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Why? (1.57 / 7)

She's as bad as Taylor Marsh. They are both hacks.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:02:33 AM EST
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So, Xeno X, who do you think is not a hack? (2.00 / 1)

Rhodes or Marsh?


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:16:16 AM EST
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don't be, it's a set up! (none / 0)

Classic bait and switch.  I think BJ just likes to have "fun"....


by 4justice on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:44:54 PM EST
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Re: Good riddance, Randi. (2.00 / 6)

Bob, that's twice in one week I've agreed with you and to top it, you made me laugh.  Knock that off!!


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety". Salvor Hardin
by Denny Crane on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:56:30 PM EST
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Re: Good riddance, Randi. (none / 0)

Alan Shore, that Commie Democrat best friend of mine made me eat raw vegetables.  But at least i didn't shoot anyone this week.  Or did I?  I haven't watched my own fabulous performance yet.


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety". Salvor Hardin
by Denny Crane on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:26:33 AM EST
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The creastive class shows (2.00 / 4)

its classism.

The Democratic Party is fissuring over class.

Barack Obama could move a long way toward represeenting the entire Party by condemning thees remarks.

No man or woman is trash.  

Ineed. "white trash" derives from the same system that oppressed African Americans in teh South.

It's an opening for him.  He should take it.


by TomP on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:33:24 AM EST
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Give me a break, Tom. (2.00 / 1)

"Condemning these remarks?" She's an idiot with an audience of 5. Why does Barack Obama need to pay any attention whatsoever to Randi Rhodes? She's a jackass.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:23:17 PM EST
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Re: Give me a break, Tom. (none / 0)

I totally agree.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:59:34 PM EST
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Re: Give me a break, Tom. (none / 0)

As do I.

Obama can not and should not make any comment about these idiot remarks lest he then have to speak up every time some ignorant radio host says something stupid like these.


by AHunch on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:15:16 PM EST
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agreed, all but... (2.00 / 0)

"an audience of 5"...daily kos is a lot bigger than 5.  


by SoCalVet on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:06:17 PM EST
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Randi Rhodes is driving herself out of business. (2.00 / 1)

Soon, she will be "radio host" the same way Taylor Marsh is a "radio host." No stations, just a podcast.

Under those rules, we all can be "radio hosts."


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:09:44 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is driving herself out of busines (2.00 / 1)

Under Randi Rhodes rules, I am already a radio host.  And an astronaut and a belgian waffle.


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety". Salvor Hardin
by Denny Crane on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:27:56 AM EST
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think you must be the challenger to (2.00 / 1)

Rep Oberstar in MN-08

http://mnpublius.com/2008/04/be-afraid-o f-the-mystery-candidate/

I outted you!

Only you are missing the cowboy and millionaire part but still...


Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!
by Student Guy on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 01:51:54 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Bob, I am not demanding he do so. (2.00 / 0)

I'm saying it would be smart for him to do it.  It would be a way to get good press and appeal to those outside his base.

I don't know if you are just not very intelligent or that you assume everything is an attack on Obama.

I uusally try to ignore stupidity, but damn, think a littke next time.

There's a difference.  All you see is Obama and how to trash Clinton.

I could care less.  One wil win and then we need to defeat McCain.


by TomP on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:16:20 PM EST
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You're wrong. (none / 0)

It would be stupid of him to even bring it up. You have the political instincts of Mark Penn.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 09:10:51 PM EST
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Re: Give me a break, Tom. (2.00 / 1)

Actually, she outperforms Limbaugh and O'Reilly in a number of areas. Portland, for one, and Palm Beach, LA, etc.

She's a blowhard with Brooklyn Tourettes. If you can look past that, she's a good journalist and a solid liberal.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:50:10 PM EST
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I disaree - Ms. Rhodes is not a good journalist.. (none / 0)

I stopped listening to her quite awhile ago.
The reason? Her penchant to play lose and hard with the facts. (I'm being rather civil here.)
And have you ever heard her make a correction when she was factually wrong? I haven't. And God forbid that a caller takes her to task - even her most gentle, ardent supporters - they then receive an unhinged rant and are promptly hung up on.
by durendal on Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 07:07:27 PM EST
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Thees reemarks hurt my eeeeeears (none / 0)

Here we go with the asinine "hey get over here and condemn this or you suck" routine. As if Obama has to keep track of what every single idiot with a microphone says.

Give it a rest.


by edmandspath on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:02:28 PM EST
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Re: The creastive class shows (none / 0)

Except Randi grew up in Brooklyn in a working class home, never went to college, went into the Air Force, drove and big rig, etc. She's not "elite" by any means. She just has what I call "Brooklyn Tourettes." She's a blowhard. When she's calm, she's real smart.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:52:37 PM EST
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Re: Good riddance, Randi. (none / 0)

Hey shaddap I was one of them!

Seriously, I thought white trash voted GOP (unless they are Limbaugh Liberals.)

The old ladies voting Hillary are doing the pro-woman thing. That's not white trash.

The Catholic working class folks can't be called white trash (or at least, before the Clintons shipped off their jobs they couldn't). But those voters, at least all the ones I know (and I know quite a few) aren't too bright rewarding the folks that cost them their jobs. The reason, at least with the folks I know, is that they aren't usually keen voting for a black person.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:57:01 PM EST
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I listened to her for a while (none / 0)

and got really disappointed at the way she treated callers. long before the primaries. She is effectively a female Limpballs.
by zerosumgame on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:58:11 PM EST
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Re: I listened to her for a while (none / 0)

No, not Limbaugh, because ideologically she is solid. She's a true liberal who cares about the poor and vulnerable, justice, the Constitution, etc.

But I totally agree about being mean to callers. It always bothers me.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:47:48 PM EST
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Re: I listened to her for a while (none / 0)

Exactly.   Rhodes is actually very smart and informed, but she treats her callers like dirt unless they suck up to her.  God forbid someone should call in and disagree with her.. she gets really nasty and sarcastic with them.  I got tired of that very quickly and stopped listening a year ago when Al Franken left.


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety". Salvor Hardin
by Denny Crane on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:30:52 AM EST
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Re: Good riddance, Randi. (2.00 / 1)

Bob - you make me... randy. ;-)


Fight for Democrats in Congress.
by owl06 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:11:16 PM EST
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Re: (1.87 / 8)

RR is a BO supporter and smears HRC big time.  Ferraro is barely part of the HRC campaign.  But KO and BO campaign demands that HRC apologize about Ferraro's comments.  Still waiting for Bo to apologize for RR.  Dont hold you breath.

david


by giusd on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:24:40 PM EST

Okay gotta ask (2.00 / 4)

What is RR position in Obama's campaign other than unafiliated supporter?
chair, co-chair of what?
Just wonderin.

Because I wont trade humanity for patriotism!
by Drewid on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:27:41 PM EST
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Re: (2.00 / 3)

Well, based on that logic, I guess you'll be demanding an HRC apology for everything Rush Limbaugh says about Obama too -- after all, he has supported her campaign!


by Huck on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:49:37 PM EST
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Re: This is annoying (2.00 / 1)

Imagine the staff you'd need to peruse the papers and airwaves for the stupid things said by people who support your campaign in order to issue the appropriate statement of disdain, rejection and renouncement.  Doesn't make much sense, does it?

That said, I've find the term "white trash" offensive.  Aren't we trash or not trash?  White trash seems to assert that it might be somehow unusual for a white person to be considered trash, while not so unusual for non-whites.  Or is it just especially bad to be white and trash?


by niksder on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:50:23 AM EST
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Re: This is annoying (2.00 / 1)

I don't find the term offensive, it just wasn't accurate in this case. At least not as I've understood the term.

White trash won't vote for a woman.

Old ladies voting Hillary are NOT white trash.

Working class Catholics (even though they're damned dumb to reward the folks that cost them their jobs) aren't "white trash" either.

"White trash," at least in our area, are rednecks without jobs and meth labs in their trailers.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:01:29 PM EST
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Old ladies voting Hillary are NOT white trash (none / 0)

...just horribly misinformed.

(rimshot)


by edmandspath on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:04:20 PM EST
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Re: Old ladies voting Hillary are NOT white trash (none / 0)

ba-zing!


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:28:27 PM EST
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Umm....actually. (none / 0)

Ferraro was part of the Clinton Campaign and spoke as a Clinton surrogate.  She ended up resigning for her remarks but you can't argue that she was BARELY part of the campain.  She was a fundraising chair or some such.


by DawnG on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:00:50 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 1)

You both deserve each other.


by Shaun Appleby on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:27:02 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (1.75 / 8)

Really. She was one of the most listened too AA host and was totally pro BO.  Come on.  She was totally involved with the BO campaign. It is not beleivable to suggest otherwise.  

david


by giusd on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:34:30 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 1)

¿Que?


by Shaun Appleby on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:35:19 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

She isn't AA.


by Scotch on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:46:06 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 1)

He means AA as in Air America.
by sricki on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:51:35 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 2)

Oh. I thought he meant Alaska Airlines. My bad. ;-)


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:02:57 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 0)

Or possibly Alcoholics Anonymous.


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:14:14 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Well, if he knew that, it wouldn't really be anonymous!


Stop the racism. Fight the smears.
by CrazyDrumGuy on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:03:52 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 2)

Yes, good point. Joking about alcoholism is in bad taste anyway. I should have quit at Alaska Airlines, but other meanings of AA kept coming into my head.


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:20:06 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 2)

I think you meant to reply to a different comment, but here is the issue.  She doesn't work for the campaign, so he can't fire her (or have her step down).  I would fully support him hiring her just to fire her, as said, I thought she was terrible within a week of listening to her (I started right after the loss in 2004 and I gotta say that I didn't catch on how bad she was at first.... I blame the trauma of the loss)

However, an apology?  You are comparing it to the Ferraro issue, Clinton didn't apologize for that, and I wouldn't expect her to.


by labor nrrd on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:59:11 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 4)

I was litening to her before then. She was with Air America from the start, and she sucked from the start. Rude to guests, rude to callers, could never finish a coherent sentence without 15 digressions. Occasionally funny. I gave her a good long time to get better, but she only got worse. But some listeners really, really love her. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

But she got very sychophantic with "power" guests. OMG you should have heard her gushing over Bill Clinton when he called her show to plug for Kerry/Edwards. It was embarrasing. And I understand now suddenly this year she hates Bill Clinton. At least one of those two was an act.

Anyway, I agree that Obama does not have to apologize for her. That is Nova M's job now. They might think about hiring someone full time, as this is not the last time she will be shooting off her mouth.


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:13:29 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 0)

Wonder if Clinton's going to apologize for every Ann Coulter statement.  Ann supports her campaign.  So does Joe Scarborough.  This slope feel slippery to anyone else?


by niksder on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:52:41 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 2)

Just because someone on the other side made an asinine statement, is there really a need to follow it up with an equally asinine retort?


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:03:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Why did you post (none / 0)

this as a reply to my comment? I said "I agree that Obama does not have to apologize for her." (emphasis added)


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 02:30:39 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 2)

She has NO attachment to his campaign....she supports him.  Stop making up lies - and if you are not making this up, prove it...show me exactly what position she has in his campaign, how often she confers with him, all of it...show us.


by mariannie on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:29:35 AM EST
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Sounds like GOP-style excuses (none / 0)

No, Rush isn't part of the official GOP machine, but he is an able appendage, just as Ms. Rhodes is of the Obama campaign.  


by activatedbybush on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:05:47 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 1)

So basically anyone who says anything bad about Clinton or her supporters is Obama's fault?

Thats great logic. Thanks for filling me in.

We all know that Randi Rhodes is a dipshit that shouldn't be on the air. But to try to lay this at Obama's feet is nothing less than moronic.


Oh Mammy Dear, we're all mad over here livin' in America
by JDF on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 09:33:37 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 1)

As a Hillary, supporter, I totally agree with you, and I apoligize for those in my camp making such asinine comments.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:06:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Randi is quite brilliant, actually, which is why she has such a huge audience still. And she's honest, and comes down on the side of justice and peace in the world.

She is, however, afflicted with what I like to call "Brooklyn Tourettes." Do you know anyone, or have any relatives who are really good, mostly very decent honest people who just fly off at the mouth sometimes? She's like that. She loved Hillary and took crap for sticking up for her for years (in the cesspool of Bush Country, yet). She feels totally betrayed by Hillary's concessions to the right wing and low-road election tactics.

(Sometimes ex-lovers are way angrier than people who never liked you, ya know?)


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:35:28 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Evidence?

Oh right, I forgot you don't truck in that much.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:29:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: getting bitter? (none / 0)

Seemed appropriate, you are both equally uncivil.


by Shaun Appleby on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:32:28 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes calls Hillary (2.00 / 0)

When Air America first started, I gave her a try.  Never understood why she was on the air, always seemed crazy to me.  

It also annoys me how "white trash" is acceptable term.  But than again, I believe in class war, because the other side sure does.


by labor nrrd on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:29:03 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (2.00 / 4)

Randi Rhodes~ or is it "Rush" Rhodes, or maybe R'Ann'dy Coulter ~ whatever ~ she really is a left wing lunatic and hopefully enough people will see through her crap and she'll lose her little soapbox.


by Mags on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:36:16 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Randi is a great journalist with an out-of-control mouth sometimes.

Most of her listeners tune in for the journalism and tune out the bluster.

Also, she used to really love Hillary, and she's taken serious hits for defending Hillary all these years. She thinks Hillary is fighting dirty now, and feels betrayed by her.

So Randi's tone is all full of the "woman scorned" kind of rage. Most of her listeners pay it no mind.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:12:24 PM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Sorry, but a "great" journalist wouldn't play fast and loose with facts the way that Randi has always done ~ and I've been listening to her for quite a while now ~ I used to wince a little when I would hear something that I knew was not true, but since it was the Bush administration she was going after, I let it slide.  When she goes after a Democrat in the same way, using half truths and blatant lies to make her points and spewing her vitriol ~ I may as well listen to Rush.  What the hell does she think she's doing?  And Hillary is dividing the party?  The blinders that people wear in the name of advocacy is alarming.


by Mags on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:44:42 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Play it again, Randi. Hillary thanks you. (2.00 / 2)

(So do I!)


by CoyoteCreek on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:37:59 PM EST

RR goes over the edge again (2.00 / 6)

Seems like she may be looking for another job again.  Maybe she can go on one of the other hate-filled right-wing stations.  I turned off her radio show months ago---hate is hate no matter what side of the "hate" spectrum one is on.


truthseeker2
by truthseeker2 on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:44:08 PM EST

Re: Randi calls Hillary voters by her own name (2.00 / 3)

Yeah Randi, but look who the one is without a job.  Aren't you bitter?  She must have been drunk again.  She is just plain trash, white, blue or red. Pick your color.


by Scotch on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:45:05 PM EST

Funny how hacks like her and Taylor Marsh (1.75 / 4)

... always manage to talk themselves out of jobs on talk radio.

On the other hand, asshats like Hannity and Limbaugh and their smaller market brethren play on.

That's where the real ignorant listeners are.


by Bob Johnson on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:58:47 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Funny how hacks like her and Taylor Marsh (2.00 / 0)

I totally believe Randi could do right wing radio. She could just have an epiphany, realize that Democrats are scum, and drop right into the lineup. She already has the spittle-flecked rant thing down pat, just change the names and a few details.


Your attempt to change the subject to "the issues" is irrelevant.
by itsthemedia on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:20:23 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Funny how hacks like her and Taylor Marsh (none / 0)

I'd like to think it's because we on the lefty side hold ourselves (and our talking heads) up to a higher standard than the rethugs do. I can't even fathom being on the same side of the aisle as Limbaugh, Hannity and the most noisome of them all, Glenn Beck.


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety". Salvor Hardin
by Denny Crane on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:37:51 AM EST
[ Parent ]

She has a better job. (2.00 / 1)

She landed a new job within a second of quitting Air America. She's nationally syndicated via Nova M. How do you think the diarist heard her?


Your old role is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand, for the times they are a changing.
by Travis Stark on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:01:44 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi calls Hillary voters by her own name (none / 0)

Did NovaM fire her? I know they snapped her up within seconds after she resigned from AA.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:14:00 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters white trash (2.00 / 4)

At the risk of sounding like the kids I babysit:

It takes one to know one


by AnnC on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:50:58 PM EST

Keep digging that hole, Randi. (2.00 / 1)

She needs to double her dosage and shut her mouth, for her own good.
by sricki on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:54:05 PM EST

Re: Keep digging that hole, Randi. (2.00 / 1)

Actually, I think she's doing what she was hired to do. Sadly, there's a market for the outrageous.


by Huck on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:01:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Keep digging that hole, Randi. (none / 0)

I wonder why? Can that ever be changed?


by bently2 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:43:47 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Keep digging that hole, Randi. (none / 0)

Nah. I'm not worried about her rants. She's just pathetic.
by sricki on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:59:54 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Please publish contact info (none / 0)

if you find it.  We (one "white trash" PhD scientist and one "white trash" degreed systems engineer, both supporters of "white trash" three star vice admiral Rep. Sestak) are outraged and looking to contact NovaM.  The only info I've found is the following, none of which is feedback type contact information.

http://www.novamradio.com/live/contact.p hp


Affiliate Relations: affiliates@novamradio.com
Tel: 602-257-1351
Fax: 602-386-4873

Sales: sales@novamradio.com
Tel: 602-257-1351
Fax: 602-386-4873

Founder's Club: system@novamradio.com

Mailing Address:
824 E Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034



by joanneleon on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:09:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Keep digging that hole, Randi. (none / 0)

Actually... I think she's more just a troll.

Complaining about her might actually be feeding the troll.

A lot of talk radio thrives on outrage and anger.

Whomever you support, do something positive for them instead with the time you'd spend complaining.

That's my way of looking at it, anyway :)


by Huck on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:12:04 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Screw her! (2.00 / 2)

She is a noisy, pain in the ass that I've never really liked (I mean Randi Rhodes, of course)


John McCain wants you to be poor!
by nklein on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:25:10 AM EST

hahhahahaha (2.00 / 3)

WOW she's ridiculous, its like she'll do anything for attention. Someday, she'll be older, she'll still be white, and i doubt she'll be any more educated, so thus she'll meet her own definition of "white trash"


"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States
by DiamondJay on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:28:39 AM EST

Re: hahhahahaha (2.00 / 0)

Ain't it the truth.  Furthermore, as long as we're stereotyping, she's not doing justice to white trash.  "Old"?  Hey, what about the 25-year-old mullet-hairdo'd guy with a full sleeve, hanging out smoking ciggies while leaning against his beat-up, Confederate flagged Ford truck parked at the QwikStop, giving the evil eye to suspiciously undocumented-looking beaners waiting on the corner to get a day job on the down low?


by Montague on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:22:28 AM EST
[ Parent ]

And at the current trajectory of her career... (2.00 / 2)

... she may end up living in a trailer.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:30:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Not defending her but calling someone an elitist (2.00 / 1)

is classist language as well. And she's not a candidate so she's doing less harm...


My candidate lost fair and square. So did yours. Get over it and let's kick McSame's ass!
by RLMcCauley on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:34:25 AM EST

Just curious (2.00 / 0)

Is she saying these voters are white trash because they're older and less educated? If so, that's disgusting. Most people that generation had no chance to go to college.  They are FDR Democrats.

To be sure, however, there are "white trash" elements of the Democratic Party that we like to deny exist. 13% of white voters said race was very important and 75% voted for Hillary Clinton. Those voters would qualify as "white trash" regardless of their education level because they are racists. I'll say the same thing for the 8% of voters who said gender was very important and voted for Obama; they are male chauvinist pigs (and possibly white trash too).


by elrod on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:51:36 AM EST

Re: Just curious (1.00 / 0)

Uh, isn't a good plan to call anyone white trash anymore than to call people any other biased term. You sound like you might be either over-educated or just stupid.


by bently2 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:38:50 AM EST
[ Parent ]

I would never give (2.00 / 0)

these people the satisfaction of receiving my vote for their candidate.

She is really just reflecting Obama's previous Penn. statement.


by SoCalVet on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:12:42 AM EST

Re: I would never give (2.00 / 2)

She is really just reflecting Obama's previous Penn. statement.

It couldn't possibly be that she's just an a-hole, right?

I've repeatedly been called an elitist on just this site alone eventhough no one knows anything about me or my situation.

Clinton's campaign referred to my state as a boutique state, said I sipped lattes.

And after all of the crap I've heard and read, I'd still vote for Hillary in GE.  But to each his/her own.


John McCain smells like mothballs.
by asherrem on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:34:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I would never give (none / 0)

I live in a boutique state and sip lattes. Kinda fun, isn't it? Nothing to take offence about anyway.


by bently2 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:36:53 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I would never give (2.00 / 0)

Obama wasn't talking about Clinton's supporters, and he was commenting on people's voting habits. This is not a reflection of anything Obama has said. If you're gonna smear, smear smart.


by Okamifujutsu on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:39:16 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters white trash (none / 0)

And she should.  She didn't disclose her real agenda apparently.


by LindaSFNM on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:36:02 AM EST

Re: R calls Hillary voters "white trash (2.00 / 0)

Amazing.


...just a red meat eatin' Democratic Dawg at PolCampaign
by BigDog on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:47:26 AM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes (1.66 / 3)

"White Trash" according to Randi Rhodes: Voters over 45, latino voters, women, working class americans....and Democrats.


"I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell." Harry S Truman
by Tennessean on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:15:23 AM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes calls Pennsylvania White Trash (1.00 / 0)

ABC:

Clinton Wins Lackawanna With Only 74 Percent

April 23, 2008 6:53 AM

It really was a veritable stomping.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, pummelled Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, with keystone.

ABC News Political Director David Chalian reports that Obama only won seven of the state's 67 counties -- Philly, Delaware, Dauphin, Chester, Lancaster, Centre and Union.

He lost two key suburban Philadelphia counties he needed to win. Clinton won Montgomery County 51% to 49%; she won Bucks County 63% to 37%.

Clinton won Lackawanna County, the home of Obama-backing Sen. Bob Casey, with 74% to Obama's 26%.

Pretty pathetic.


"I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell." Harry S Truman
by Tennessean on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:24:28 AM EST

Proud to be "white trash" and voting (2.00 / 2)

with a Master's degree, a comfy income, a passport full of interesting destinations, green and diversity-focused with a positive attitude. I like winners and Hillary is a winner. GIT-R-DONE Hill!


by grlpatriot on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:54:18 AM EST

Re: Proud to be "white trash" and voting (none / 0)

I hate to get off topic but that post reminded me sooooooo much of the site whatwhitepeoplelike it made my laugh out loud.


Tony Romo for Secretary of Awesome
by kasjogren on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:13:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi Rhodes spouts class hatred (2.00 / 1)

I just glanced through the 7 pages of the exit polls for PA and what I saw showed not much difference on the income or education between the two.  From what I saw, true, Hillary had the less educated/lower income, but also did well among the more educated/higher income.  Compared to Obama, who is only doing well among a couple of distinct demographics.  Now, who are those of us Hillary supporters with advanced degrees and 6 figure incomes to judge all this.  We should leave it to the pro-Obama media spinmasters like former sportscasters and newsmodels and fired foul mouthed Air America hosts.


by Larissa on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:55:43 AM EST

Scum (2.00 / 0)

Randi Rhodes is the scum of this earth.


by optimisticBoy on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:03:11 AM EST

reality check (2.00 / 1)

I'll get offended about Rhodes calling Hillary's supporters white trash when Hillary supporters get offended about how often Obama supporters are portrayed as clueless stoners.


by Rumproast on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:04:25 AM EST

I don't think ... (1.00 / 1)

"Obama supporters are portrayed as clueless stoners."  

I DO think many of them are effete snobs.  Not all of them, but a goodly number.  


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:16:07 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I don't think ... (2.00 / 0)

And the Hillary supporters on this blog aren't?  Man, that's rich!


Sean Robertson
by Sean Robertson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:28:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]

That's probably true as well. (1.00 / 0)

But then you can't really have it both ways - are Hillary supporters "white trash" or are they effete snobs?  The media's going to pick one.  

And here's the bad news:  Once the general starts the media is going to depict whomever the Democratic candidate is as an effete snob.  Just like John Kerry and Al Gore.  We know this going in and STILL we serve up candidates who lend themselves to the portrayal.


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:44:21 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I don't think ... (2.00 / 0)

That's nice.. I thought it was bad enough when Republicans were trying to round up the intelligentsia and send them to gitmo... now, there are democrats who want to do it, too...

Nice to feel so loved in our own party... where are the educated people supposed to go, now that both the Republicans and half the democrats hate them for... well... going to college? Isn't that what we encourage our kids to do?

Hey, we're part of the base, too... I'd appreciate you not insulting us and throwing us away just yet... Someday, when the "new dealers" are dead nad gone, you're going to need the "horrible" creative class types to take their place...  or, maybe no one cares about the party's future anymore...


"This was never part of our arrangement, Specter" "I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!" "This deal keeps getting worse all the time!"
by LordMike on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:00:46 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Get over yourself (2.00 / 1)

My wife and I have five degrees between us.  We both work on a university campus.  We're both dedicated Democrats.  We ARE the creative class, just like you apparently are.  And WE don't particularly like being called white trash.


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:06:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Get over yourself (2.00 / 0)

Well, she certainly isn't pandering to us "creative class" types is she... I mean, if she wanted to go on drinking binges, maybe a beer bong could have gotten some of Obama's voters... ;-)

It won't matter.... if she manages to somehow take the nomination, she will be painted as an elitist like all Democrats are... no amount of boilermakers she drinks will prevent that from sticking, either...  she hasn't lived a middle class lifestyle in 30+ years, and the Republicans will use that against her in a big way...

So, then you can join us "elitists" at the Starbucks... I don't even drink coffee, BTW... nor do I drive a Volvo (I drive American cars)... or have opera tickets (couldn't afford them... most "creative class" types are poor, BTW)... am pretty middle class, and live in a working class neighborhood... just so you know...


"This was never part of our arrangement, Specter" "I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!" "This deal keeps getting worse all the time!"
by LordMike on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:28:41 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Get over yourself (none / 0)

Who called you white trash?


by interestedbystander on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 04:31:48 AM EST
[ Parent ]

There are plenty of jackasses among supporters of (2.00 / 0)

... both candidates, primarily because there is no shortage of jackasses in the United States and Randi Ehodes' comments and your comment prove.


by Bob Johnson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:27:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I don't mind being called a jackass (none / 0)

I DO mind being called a Clinton supporter.  I'm not.  I'm also not an Obama supporter.  I'll pull the lever for the dem nominee in November, but I'll have to do it with all the enthusiasm I used for Dukakis and a variety of our other nominees.  I'm beyond frustrated with the choices available.  


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:51:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: reality check (none / 0)

It's not a question about being offended. It's about the use of racial language, which continue the racist situation in our nation. It's about fighting the existence of racism, which Barack Obama's candidacy is to an extent about?


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:14:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: reality check (2.00 / 1)

Great - can we expect you to pop up in TexasDarlin's diary and castigate her for calling Obama "uppity", because we all know what that means don't we?


by interestedbystander on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 04:35:24 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

I am a top 5% income earner and I still call myself white trash from my trailer park upbringing.  What is wrong with the term white trash?  I love it.


Tony Romo for Secretary of Awesome
by kasjogren on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:11:36 AM EST

What's wrong with it? (2.00 / 0)

Come on, you know this.  It means, traditionally, "yeah, they're pretty sorry, but at least they're white people."

Which is something mighty reprehensible that I'd really like us all to get past.


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:18:38 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

What's wrong with it is that it justifies the use of racist language. And, as such, it helps continue the practise of racism in this country. Now that may not sound like a big problem to you, but for millions of people, it is their biggest problem.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:54:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

Well I have never heard it used it as a racist term.  Honkey maybe yes, but white trash is just what we called ourselves.  Maybe trailer trash was just played out.


Tony Romo for Secretary of Awesome
by kasjogren on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:10:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

You can't possibly be that naive, can you?


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:26:07 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

Did you grow up in rural southern trailer park country?  If not, then don't presume to speak with authority about what my friends/neighbors/family called ourselves and why.  Hell the last time my mom came to visit we drove by a garage sale and had to stop cause my mom was having a "white trash" moment.  I guess we were just being racists?

Oh wait, that makes no sense, it just fits better with the narrative you want to put out there.


Tony Romo for Secretary of Awesome
by kasjogren on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:02:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

I guess you are that naive.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:34:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing wrong with that. (none / 0)

Thanks for the name calling.  I am bald too if you wanted to insult me about that.


Tony Romo for Secretary of Awesome
by kasjogren on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 01:09:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]

What I know about Randi Rhodes ... (2.00 / 0)

and what I know about "white trash" tells me that Randi Rhodes IS "white trash."


by Thirsty Gator on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:13:45 AM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters "white (2.00 / 0)

Any voter who only votes Hillary because Obama is black frankly is white trash in my opinion.  And yes, sadly, there were a few of those in PA.  Granted, not the majority, but there were certainly quite a few.


Sean Robertson
by Sean Robertson on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:26:52 AM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters "white (2.00 / 1)

And what would you call people who only vote for any candidate based on their color or ethnicity.  Or do you think only one demographic ever engages in identity politics.  Whether you choose to believe it or not, there are blacks whose choice is Obama because he is black; there are women whose choice is Hillary because of gender.  And guess what there were in 1959, a HUGE amount of people who voted either before or against Kennedy because of his catholicism.  

Identity politics is not confined to only whites.    Anyone who thinks so is either  ignorant or a fool or both.


by Jjc2008 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:20:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters "white (2.00 / 1)

Do you feel the same about people who only vote for Obama because he is black? Do you consider them some kind of trash as well?


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:56:36 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Randi Rhodes calls Hillary voters "white (2.00 / 1)

So by your logic then all the blacks voting for Obama because he's black are what? Black racist,Black Trash!


by tpagy on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:22:38 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re:Hillary voters "white trash" (2.00 / 2)

I hate to break it to Ms.Rhodes, but I'm an older white woman, and I guess high school is undereducated?  Married with children and grandchildren to a veteran of VN,Beirut and Gulf War 1.  We have a really good "clean" life.

Now I know what those young Rutgers ladies felt like when Imus called them nappy headed hos.

I hope Obamas supporters are as outraged as I am, it's clearly a smear for chuckles and ratings.


by catchawave on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:04:48 AM EST

Re:Hillary voters "white trash" (none / 0)

Randi has no college, drove a big rig, was in the Air Force, raised in Brooklyn.

Not sure how serious her comment was.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:24:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

The woman who asked the Flag pin question (2.00 / 0)

is the kind of white trash idiot Hillary targeted with her flag burning bill.


It's time to restore balance and fairness to our economy,... It's time to stop giving tax cuts to corporations that ship jobs overseas... - Barack Obama
by Lefty Coaster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:09:47 AM EST

Re: The woman who asked the Flag pin question (none / 0)

I have a lot of family members that hold some of the same beliefs from which "flag-pin" type questions emanate.

I think it might be acceptable to call their attitudes ignorant. Instead of posting snarky little message board comments, I've had the courage to do it to their faces.

However, I would never call them "trash".  

If we really want to turn this country around we need a good chunk of these folks to help and throwing them away by calling them "trash" isn't the way to do it.

I found your comment disgusting.


by emptythreatsfarm on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 02:21:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The woman who asked the Flag pin question (none / 0)

Not all ignorant, prejudiced people are white trash.

I always thought "white trash" specifically meant no-job violent rednecks who beat their wives, exploit the system and make meth in their bathtubs.

We have hundreds if not thousands of them in the rural areas around here, unfortunately.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:22:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The woman who asked the Flag pin question (none / 0)

Two points:

1.  As someone stated earlier, the term "white trash" is inherently racist because it hints that all or most non-whites are trash or that somehow "white trash" are perceived to be acting like darker people and not like proper white people.

That is the main reason I think it should be avoided.

2.  You are correct, I suppose, that the definition of "white trash" is in the eye of the beholder and that some may only use it in reference to the type of people you brought up.  The woman from the flag-pin question did not appear to be a violent, abusive, meth cooker, but I could be wrong.

However, I think some people, especially some of the urbanite creative class, think "white trash" refers to anyone who lives in a trailer, drinks canned bear, burns wood for heat and hunts for meat.  Since this describes a number of people I am close to, I reserve the right to take offense.


by emptythreatsfarm on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:53:01 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The woman who asked the Flag pin question (none / 0)

"term "white trash" is inherently racist because it hints that all or most non-whites are trash or that somehow "white trash" are perceived to be acting like darker people and not like proper white people."

You're right on this score. I spose I'll have to stick with "boogin' or "redneck." Works for me. ;)


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:16:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

All about publicity (2.00 / 2)

Can we just let this hag dissapear in obscurity already. It's clear why she said this: she wants attension. You know her listener base right now  ain't what it used to be. I don't care for her at all, never have, but as a Clinton supporter I'm not really even angry. It's just the deserate attempt for a washed up hack to try to stir up Democrats and get more to listen to her. Some here hope it make news, I hope it doesn't because that's exactly what she wants.

On a related note I'm not sure why the term "white trash" is deemed exceptable but so many in society. I've heard Jay Leno tell jokes with that term. Calling a human being trash is just about as bad as you call anyone short of using the N word or C word. No one would stand for terms like black trash, or female trash, so why is white trash acceptable?


by Christopher Lib on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:40:26 AM EST

the N word (none / 0)

Well, I hear the N word about a hundred times a day on the radio.


Until recently I was selling drugs, and now I'm selling Obama T-shirts.
by switching sides on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:05:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: All about publicity (none / 0)

Violent rednecks without jobs who have meth labs in their trailers are white trash.

They deserve the term.

Old ladies who vote Hillary don't.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:20:22 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: All about publicity (none / 0)

"It's clear why she said this: she wants attension"

Randi's always been this way. Y'all are the ones giving her attention now, all of a sudden. The question is, why?


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:17:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

race language (2.00 / 3)

When you use terms like "white trash," it says the use of racial language is ok, and we know where most of the racial language is directed. I'm sorry that I ever thought that Randi Rhodes was a good democrat.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:47:42 PM EST

Obama fans need to get their stories straight (1.00 / 0)

They insist that Obama is mathematically inevitable even as they alienate voters he'll need in the fall.  It makes no sense.


by Upstate Dem on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 12:58:56 PM EST

Re: Obama fans need to get their stories straight (none / 0)

Obama won't get the "white trash" vote regardless. :)


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:18:27 PM EST
[ Parent ]

O/T (none / 0)

What's with all the ratings in this thread that are 2.00/0 or 1.00/0 - how does that happen?


by interestedbystander on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 04:40:34 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Randi needs help (none / 0)

Randi needs to register for "Anger Management" classes.


by JoeySky18 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 01:59:47 PM EST

Randi is a crackpot. (none / 0)

I remember the last time I listened to her program... a couple of months ago. She was saying the WJC was deliberately damaging his wife's campaign because he wants a divorce. And of course if she were to become president, he couldn't get one. Also Randi said that WJC wouldn't be able to get as much girlie action with the spotlight on him as "First Lady".

Randi is a crackpot. I wouldn't waste my time on her.


by HairyTrueMan on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 03:57:49 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes is a (none / 0)

Nah, she's a no-college, ex-Air Force, ex-big-rig truck driving half-Jewish Brooklyn chick from a working class family who raised her sister's daughter after she died (a death accelerated from having bad health insurance).

And she was silly to say old ladies voting Hillary are "white trash."

Your doing the false stereotyping thing also (especially the tired one the GOP has been using since Carter) is hardly a rebuttal.


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:09:16 PM EST

Can we whine about this some more? (2.00 / 1)

Sheesh, I thought it was already established that nobody on this blog cares what Randi thinks.

Or is it just one more opportunity to play victim?


by rhetoricus on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 04:17:43 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes (none / 0)

I used to listen to Stephanie Miller 3 hours a day, Thom Hartmann for few hours and Rachel Maddow. Right now, I don't listen to Air America at all because of the overwhelmingly pro-Obama propaganda but I will most likely tune in again to those 3 AFTER the election.

I tried Randi an Schulz and could not listen for more than a few minutes because both of their voices unnerved me. Not only that, but I have heard Randi be down right rude to callers even when they agree with her. She is arrogant and cuts people off and dismisses them. She never had me to begin with.

So it does not surprise me that she, along with many Obama supporters, resort to using the stereotype that anyone who does not support Obama and who is white must be stupid and racist.

Now that is the the most racist attitude of all. Obama should just cut through the bull and adopt this as his knew campaign motto:

ANYBODY WHO IS WHITE AND DOESN'T VOTE FOR ME IS BOTH STUPID AND RACIST. (I am Barack Obama and I approve this message....)

This is the message I am now hearing from his campaign and his supporters. Well I've got news for Obama fans everywhere: If you want to convince people to support your candidate, this is not the way to do it.


by ladywalker68 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 05:22:03 PM EST

Nothing new at MyDD today (none / 0)

I come over to MyDD once a day to see what Hillary's fans are up to.  Huh. Today is no different than usual.  

I'm an unwavering Obama fan.  I also don't pay attention to Randi Rhodes any more than I do to Rush Limbaugh, who had been stumping for Hillary for weeks now.  That does not mean that Hillary endorses what Rush has to say, and it shows how low you are willing to sink that you try to equate Randi Rhodes statements to Barack Obama by stating in your post:

"Now that is the the most racist attitude of all. Obama should just cut through the bull and adopt this as his knew campaign motto:

ANYBODY WHO IS WHITE AND DOESN'T VOTE FOR ME IS BOTH STUPID AND RACIST. (I am Barack Obama and I approve this message....)

This is the message I am now hearing from his campaign and his supporters. Well I've got news for Obama fans everywhere: If you want to convince people to support your candidate, this is not the way to do it."

What I do think is that your rhetoric is very telling.


Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~Thomas A. Edison
by mattjfogarty on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:32:21 PM EST

Re: Nothing new at MyDD today (none / 0)

What's wrong folks, truth got your tongues?


Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~Thomas A. Edison
by mattjfogarty on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:46:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Nothing new at MyDD today (none / 0)

Matt,
Thank you for being a rational voice in this  absurdity we call an election. Thank you for speaking out against those who seek to destroy the possibility of Dems winning in Nov. I agree with you.  The bash Clinton rhetoric does not gel with the message of unity and hope.  The more we are civil to one another, more likely we won't lose votes to the GOP.  Obama's campaign needs to "inspire" his high profile supporters to buy into the his new style politics or publicly distance the campaign from them.  I don't believe in censorship but persuasion goes a long way.
by JSiobhan on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 01:20:30 AM EST
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Re: Randi Rhodes (none / 0)

Please email them -

comments@1480kphx.com

They need to hear from "the trash".


by Jillian on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:09:50 PM EST

Re: Randi Rhodes--Contact Nova M Radio (none / 0)

My advice is to slam Nova M radio with complaints -- they are the ones who hired Rhodes when even Air America was sick of her.

http://www.novamradio.com/live/

Email complaints to:

system@novamradio.com

Sales

Email
Tel: 602-257-1351
Fax: 602-386-4873

And tell their advertisers you won't support them as long as this big-mouth is on the air slamming the female candidate with hate speech and insulting her supporters!


by shellius on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 12:05:06 AM EST
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How about this horrible HATEFUL remark from kos: (none / 0)

Can't Put Away Someone... (0+ / 0-)
... who can't be put away. HRC is something of a force of nature that transcends her own party and can make her own rules. While you are blaming Obama might as well blame Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi for not stopping this thing after Wisconsin.

And for the rest of your thesis... Do you really want Barack Obama to turn into HRC just to win? Drag out Vince Foster and White Water maybe? I don't. He shouldn't have to either.

I'm tired and frustrated mainly because for the second election cycle running the Democratic Party cannot get its shit together. After Super Tuesday and Wisconsin a candidate on par with JFK emerged  and he should now be running unopposed to a nomination and ten points up in the polls. Instead they've let Hillary persist when she cannot win, and in doing so she's basically uncorked her tampon and showered the entire Democratic Primary process in filth.

I'm tired and frustrated too. I'm tired of the Democratic Party and the complete lack of will to stop this mess. So here is the deal Dems. If you can put the bitch out of her misery and get to Denver unified behind Barack Obama you will have my full and tireless support. However, if you let this mess spiral out of control and destroy a great man in the process, screw it. You don't deserve to win and this country deserve whatever hell the Republicans bring with them.

Obama '08 or Else

by Larry Madill on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 07:18:33 AM PDT

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'Nuf said.


by observer5 on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 10:58:48 PM EST

Umm... (none / 0)

...Kos didn't say that.  Some jerk named Larry said that.

They have wingnuts at dailykos just like they have wingnuts here.  Rather than fixate on them or hold them up as representitive of the entire community you could get some perpsective by reading some of the GOOD comments and GOOD diaries.

Better to judge a community by their best members than their worst.  The worst should be marginalized and ignored.  This kind of behavior just draws attention to them.


by DawnG on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:56:54 PM EST
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Boycott Nova M Radio (none / 0)

Randi Rhodes has lost all logic, and all she has left is a fuming ball of hate that replaces her brain.

Too bad. I'm cancelling my Nova M subscription because of her. (I encourage everyone else to cancel Nova M subscriptions too, if you have one. Otherwise, you are funding outright hate and misgoyny.  Yes, women can hate themselves so much they are misogynists themselves.  Nova M made a big mistake in picking up a big hate monger like her. She's a faux liberal and a conspiracy theorist too.  I think she does the work of Fox News very well.

What these talk show jerks don't realize is that Hillary has cross-over appeal and appeals to people all across the spectrum.

Also, people like Randi think the country is filled with highly educated snobs?  She mistakes an education with intelligence.  They are not the same thing.

Hit Nova M where it hurts -- contact their advertisers and complain about the hate speech and the insults.  Contact Nova M directly and complain about Randi.   If they lose advertisers, they might get rid of her.  That whole radio network hates Hillary Clinton and they wear it like a badge of honor.  They are the white trash, IMO.


by shellius on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 11:14:59 PM EST

Randi Rhodes (none / 0)

Real "classy" Randi.

She's not as smart as she tells people she is over and over and over.... She's always been over into irritation territory when she starts talking about herself. She's also of that "one of the boys" crowd. Bashed women a lot and pandered and gushed all over guys. It was very rare to hear her say anything nice about any woman.

Comparing her to Coulter is rather apt, they are very similar in behavior. It's rather ironic that Rhodes so often mocked Coulter... Olbermann is the same about O'Reilly- much more alike than he'd ever admit.


by K1966 on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 01:48:04 AM EST


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