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Created by dipity on Feb 16, 2009
Last updated: 10/17/10 at 01:31 AM
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Last week was quite a week. I left Cambridge, MA, after visiting my daughter for the weekend and enjoying a little family rivalry at the Harvard – Princeton football game.
After a meeting in New York, I found out the nationally syndicated Randi Rhodes
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Muckrack
http://bit.ly/1xFyAm
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...pay for their service. thanks for this, amanda… i posted this at C&L last evening – no bites… anyone here? a caller to randi rhodes [friday] was quite concerned with some FCC language concerning net neutrality… i only caught a part of his comment, the gist...
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/31/markey-net-neutrality/
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...audio available here] Towards the end of her report, the CNN correspondent played a sound bite from radical left-wing host Randi Rhodes, who speculated that "the reason they don't passionately listen to liberal talk radio is access" (Costello outrageously...
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Rantburg
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-10-20&ID=281389
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Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder:
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Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/19/cnn-asks-psychiatrist-why-do-people-listen-to-rush-limbaugh/
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COSTELLO: Psychiatrist Gail Saltz says Limbaugh’s style appeals to those who feel they have no voice.
CNN’s Carol Costello began a new series on political talk radio on Monday’s American Morning, suggesting it was unfairly dominated by
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2009/10/19/cnn-psychoanalyzes-talk-radio-listeners-cites-liberal-study-format
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Don't be surprised to soon see Keith Olbermann display a picture of Randi Rhodes on his "Worst Person In The World" segment while pompously intoning, "Have you no shame, madam?"
And what would be the cause for this "honor?" Well, yesterday Randi
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/10/09/randi-rhodes-goes-rampage-against-keith-olbermann
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Trish Nelson is a progressive activist in the Howard Dean tradition, with a particular interest in media reform.
Have you had enough of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dennis Miller, Michael Savage, Jan Mickelson, Steve Deace, Fred Thompson,
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Huffington Post
http://feeds.huffingtonpost.com/~r/HP/media/~3/w_ESWxBp0bM/demand-rational-radio_b_302417.html
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...of oil companies while the poor drown in their attics and their sons and daughters die in foreign deserts.” This is Randi Rhodes of Air America, talking about Bush: “I think somewhere deep down inside him he takes a lot of joy about losing people, if he thinks...
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The Corner
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTMwODVlMzgwOGI5Mzk3YjE3NjNjY2M4NjQ0OTViNDk=
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On Tuesday's Glenn Beck Program on FNC, host Beck picked up on P.J. Gladnick's recent NewsBusters posting which helped bring attention to President Obama's double standard in charging that Congress was "rushed" by the Bush administration into passing
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/07/29/beck-cites-newsbusters-obama-double-standard-rushing-bills-congress
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A heretofore "unknown" 2004 interview with Barack Obama by leftwing radio host Randi Rhodes has just emerged. And basically, as you shall hear, Obama is saying do as I say, not as I do. In this case he was referring to quickly forcing legislation
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/07/27/obama-2004-bush-rushed-legislationthrough-congress-without-allowing-ti
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Stupid, Foolish President Ramming Through Legislation, With One Brave Voice Opposing It
doubleplusundead —
Stupid, Foolish President Ramming Through Legislation, With One Brave Voice Opposing It Oh, wait. That was then, this is now. Yeah. I expect
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Beltway Blips
http://beltway.blips.com/video/shocking_hypocrisy_audio_found_obama_didnt_like_it/
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...of "The Italian Job" in 2003 when she was still stuck on a local radio station in West Palm Beach. The good news for Randi Rhodes is that she is about to be thrust back into the news for her highly critical on-air comments about Al Franken who was an Air...
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/07/10/mia-randi-rhodes-slams-al-franken
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Dear friends, family, loved ones, conservatives, Republicans, libertarians, my brother in law, Sam, and my cousin Joe: I am sorry and you were right.
These are not easy words for anyone to utter, much less a leftist from Berkeley, or a recovering
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Brutally Honest
http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2009/05/how-many-more-might-there-be-like-robin.html
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The all-new begins today after a 3-month hiatus during which Rhodes has changed syndicators from the now defunct Nova M to Premiere Radio Networks.
Premiere is owned by Clear Channel which makes this a fascinating leap for Rhodes. Without question,
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My 2 Bucks
http://my2bucks.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/the-randi-rhodes-show-is-back-on-the-air/
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Who Represents the Children?
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If the current recession leads to job losses in Oregon’s public schools, how
should the cuts be made? When it comes to unionized teachers, the answer
seems...
Good fences make good neighbors
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The Mexican swine flu
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NW Republican
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NWRepublican/~3/ZWvtIkCxBjk/union-news-week-in-review_25.html
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No need to publish milk cartons with the picture of Randi Rhodes on them. Call off the APB alerts. Randi Rhodes, who has been out of public view for several months, will reemerge on the radio airwaves May 11 following her mysterious departure from Nova
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Newsbusters
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/04/23/randi-rhodes-returns-radio-may-11-thanks-rightwing-network
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Randi Rhodes is finally coming back. Now that she's being delivered through the giant of radio syndication, Premiere, she'll hopefully be given the chance to straighten up and fly right. They'll market her right, and it'll be good to hear her again.
It'
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Hoffmania! The Chronicle of the American Condition
http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2009/04/oh-yeah-i-wondered-what-happened-to-her.html
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Following almost a two month absence from the airwaves, Progressive radio talker Randi Rhodes is set to return, according to an announcement this afternoon from John Scott of San Francisco's Green960 (KKGN). She will be syndicated by Premiere Radio
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/randi-rhodes-to-return-to_n_190850.html
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Source: BRAD BLOG, Green960
San Franciso's Green960 announces 'Queen of Progressive Talk' to be syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, home to Limbaugh, Hannity and other rightwing talkers...
Following a nearly two month absence from the airwaves,
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Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3846405
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NO WORRIES! from.."but yours truly failed to take it seriously"
It may be an opinion,
BUT!
It WAS difficult to believe possibly a "Boyfriend"/"Legal Advisor"/"Daddy" can change things SO SO much!
SAD
BUT
POSSIBLY
TRUE
"Spin - Baby - Spin!"
Where
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The Radio Equalizer -Brian Maloney
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/nerh/~3/E1MXcc_adUw/randi-rhodes-returns-to-radio.html
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...Beth Archer, Tyler Beachy, Chris Carithers, Jason Depew, Kelly Engstrom, Samuel Fishburn, Lacey Howard, Jeffrey Moore, Randi Morris, Emily Ostlund, Nathan Pohl, Trent Rhodes, Erin Schmidt, Jerrod Shafer, Morgan Skomal, Paula Stucky, Megan Troyer; juniors,...
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HutchNews.com
http://www.hutchnews.com/Other/Havenhighschool
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Last Friday afternoon, WINZ 940 dropped its Progressive Talk lineup in favor of Fox Sports. They’ll be going by the name The Sports Animal 940 and will be broadcasting Fox Sports programming, the Florida Gators and the Miami Heat.
By switching its
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My 2 Bucks
http://my2bucks.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-sports-animal-replaces-progressive-talk/
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BRIAN LAMB: Go back to the meeting, how long were you there?
Many liberals claim that Rush Limbaugh was bought and paid for by the Republican party. Not true especially since they couldn't afford him.
However, what is true according to a source is
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/04/07/randi-rhodes-ed-schultz-received-startup-money-senate-democrats
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...compared to her. (i love olbermann but she is THAT much more extreme) i would stop my day to watch THAT show hahaha Randi Rhodes is tame compared to Mike Malloy. Have you ever heard him? I wish they'd put him on TV; the right wing talking heads would really...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/20/ed-schultz-msnbc-in-talks_n_177462.html
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Dennis Rafferty: Things have been a bit crazy lately. But you know what? I think progressive talk is in better shape nowadays, even with all the chaos. It is certainly a bit more established than it was five years ago. The problems affecting the format
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BuzzFlash
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/147
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... Too bad. It was truly one of the more entertaining progressive shows out there. We just went to her home base at WJNO in West Palm, and they moved Sean Hannity into her old spot. This used to be her profile page. So even at the local level, her show is no...
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Hoffmania! The Chronicle of the American Condition
http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2009/02/the-randi-rhodes-show-dont-hold-your-breath.html
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...and have been funding the business partly out of their own pockets. Compounding their troubles: Nova M's highest-profile host, Randi Rhodes, vanished from the airwaves earlier this month. Mrs. Drobny also said that her husband is currently hospitalized for...
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123500238535517781.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama
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Oops! Sorry. I accidentally channeled the movie "2010: Odyssey Two" but can you blame me? These bizarre radio events are happening so quickly that I almost feel like I am entering another space/time continuum.
So where in the world is Randi Rhodes?
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/02/18/leftwing-nova-m-radio-folds-randi-rhodes-mia
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It's tough enough to get clearance for your programming. But once you do get it, it's imperative that you do what you can to make your stations confident that you'll come through.
Air America was (and still is) unstable. Now Nova M (Mike Malloy and
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Hoffmania! The Chronicle of the American Condition
http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2009/02/progressive-radio-has-to-seriously-get-its-act-together.html
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Source: The Nielsen Company
The finger pointing between host Randi Rhodes and her network Nova M is over, and so is Nova M. Network GM Eric Reinert tells R&R that Nova M is no longer an entity and that a new company called On Second Thought LLC has
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Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3743639
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I'm
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BuzzFlash
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/node/7738
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...in Portland, Ore., soared with progressive talk from No. 23 in market ratings to No. 1. Nationwide, progressive talkers Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller have proven that, given a level playing field, they can more than hold their own in ratings...
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Green Mountain Daily
http://www.GreenMountainDaily.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4004
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Where talk radio and politics collide: influencing the debate since 2004. From longtime host / analyst / rabble-rouser Brian Maloney, seen on FOX (including a number of O'Reilly Factor appearances), CNN, Court TV and elsewhere.
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The Radio Equalizer -Brian Maloney
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nerh/~3/532924342/libtalker-randi-rhodes-exits-show-at.html
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... Just wondering but, this past week has seen a near record tumble in the stock market and I would think that Obama, being the Answer To Everything, would have stepped up at some point and made reassuring noises to calm the hyperventilating panic of investo...
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Say Anything
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayAnything/~3/FYWyWHBg2TI/
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...the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to LOL! Love you Randi. Did you fax this to the transition team's shiny new office? :) Neither do Westies. However, I am sure there is a dog in a shelter...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-rhodes/10-things-obama-can-do-as_b_141764.html
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...lack of polling places. This happened at least 4 times. The man in front of me heard me talking and slipped me a note, "Are you Randi Rhodes"? I nodded and said "Yes". I asked him what he was reading. "Sci Fi" he said, I read all the Harry Potter books to...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-rhodes/american-superhero_b_140666.html
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...Honor System contributions keep this site humming along. Thanks! Technorati tags: talk radio fringe obama supporters randi rhodes liberal gloating liberals gloat over election results al sharpton liberal talk radio air america radio socialists obama ...
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The Radio Equalizer -Brian Maloney
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nerh/~3/439491679/libtalker-randi-rhodes-joins-others-in.html
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National progressive bloggers and radio commentators (Randi Rhodes) have begun to decry what they call "racist voter suppression" in New Mexico. In Randi's words, Republicans are targeting "people with Hispanic names" for harassment and intimidation
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Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60125-voter-suppression-in-new-mexico
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Based on her performance with Katie Couric, it’s no surprise that the McCain campaign has kept Sarah Palin off MSNBC news shows where she wouldn’t get the Hannity kid glove treatment. But the campaign has also quite studiously ensured that no
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Crooks and Liars
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/10/04/the-rachel-maddow-show-nancy-pfotenhauer-fillibusters-first-appearance/
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Conservative radio talker Michael Savage always says that "liberalism is a mental disorder." And in the continued attacks on Sarah Palin, it's obvious that the mental disorder that liberals suffer from is of a sociopathic nature.
Jeff Jacoby at the
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Red County
http://www.redcounty.com/eastwashington/2008/09/an-outrageous-dirty-trick-coul/
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Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to "the real question becomes: what will trends be over the next 48 days in the
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/campaign-momentum-shifts_n_127338.html
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... Liberal radio host Randi Rhodes made some terribly odd assumptions about GOP vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin on September 12(my emphasis added throughout): She's the woman that shows up at the kids' birthday party and starts opining about everything...
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kerry-picket/2008/09/14/randi-rhodes-palin-shes-friends-teenage-boys
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I'm trying to figure out why this woman still has a career. Why??
First of all, given Randi Rhodes' line of work, isn't criticizing a woman for being too opinionated a bit hypocritical? I surely don't begrudge anyone that. I'm opinionated and I know it.
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Wizbang
http://feeds.wizbangblog.com/~r/WizbangFullFeed/~3/391690528/disgusting-smear-of-the-day-sarah-palin-molests-teenage-boys.php
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At this point she's been accused of sex with everyone but her husband.
Allow me to rhemindh Miss Rhodhes: Apparently it doesn't interfere with her job performance. She can compartmentalize her executive duties from her teenage boy activities. This is
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Ace of Spades HQ
http://minx.cc/?post=273370
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...her worn-out vibrator………… Okay, a joke to amuse everyone: What is the difference between a pygmy political strategist and Randi Rhodes in the NY Marathon? The former is a cunning runt… Nicely done, CJ. Nicely done. You have class, whereas yours truly is a...
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Hot Air
Related Topics
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/13/the-latest-sarah-palin-smear-from-the-left-teen-molester/
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Sounds like Rhodes has a really bad case of Palinoia.
Palinoia: noun. a type of mental disturbance in which the person afflicted harbors deep-seated, profound but unfounded concerns that the election of Sarah Palin as vice president ensures various
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The Radio Equalizer -Brian Maloney
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nerh/~3/391631665/libtalker-sarah-palin-has-unhealthy.html
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...heroism in Vietnam will be remembered by the very same future generation that will respond with a puzzled look when asked who Randi Rhodes was. I’m already saying “Who is Randi Rhodes?” No. Seriously. Who is Randi Rhodes? We should really use that Buzz Up...
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Hot Air
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http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/11/newly-discovered-video-pows-handed-over-to-us-military-in-hanoi/
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...him the Prince. He was well treated actually. Via The Radio Equalizer, here's how Air America klaxon and avid Obama supporter Randi Rhodes describes the years of torture John McCain endured at the hands of Vietnamese communists because he wouldn't accept release...
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Moonbattery
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/09/randi_rhodes_mc.html
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Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder:
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Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/09/video-red-state-update-on-obamas-muslim-gaffe/
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...to fresh lows with that smear strategy, it's now clear they haven't even scratched the surface. Enter syndicated libtalker Randi Rhodes, known for her previous unhinged skits, public spills, obscene rants and wild accusations. Known as a particularly strident...
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The Radio Equalizer -Brian Maloney
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nerh/~3/387046360/randi-rhodes-launches-disturbing-attack.html
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