A conservative is a liberal who got mugged.....Let's See what happens...Air America Host Randi Rhodes Attacked!

The validity of the following story should still be called into question, as we are still getting conflicting accounts. A colleague (of Rhodes) on air intimated her recent accosting being a right wing conspiracy and yet her attorney is denying the existence of such an attack. And they say conservatives twist stories. Although I wear the conservative label, I do listen to radio programs of varying political persuasions-The Randi Rhodes Show notwithstanding. So please do not take the title of this entry as a sign of a lack of empathy. Anyone familiar with Rhodes' show should be keenly aware that she definitely holds her own in a broadcast world where conservative talkfests reign supreme. I would also grant her props for being an informed host, albeit I do not agree with everything she spouts off based on her political positioning. The question remains however, will her brutal attack in NYC serve as a testament to the folly of liberal excuse making-it's usually personal incidents like this that can change a person from....dare I say it...progressive to conservative. Only time will tell. Check out the latest on the Rhodes attack, courtesy of the Village Voice:

Air America's Randi Rhodes Attacked: Report
posted: 11:53 AM, October 16, 2007 by Michael Clancy


The Talking Radio blog reported on Tuesday that liberal talk radio host Randi Rhodes was mugged and brutally attacked while walking her dog near 39th Street and Park Avenue, but the NYPD can't confirm the report.

From the blog:

According to Air America Radio late night host Jon Elliott, Rhodes was beaten up pretty badly, losing several teeth and will probably be off the air for at least the rest of the week. At of late Monday night we have not able to locate any press accounts of the attack and nothing has been posted on the AAR website....Elliott was extremely agitated when he reported on the incident. He opened his show by saying "it is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home."
Pointing out that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and displayed no purse or jewelry, Elliott speculated that "this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging."


But according to Det. Cavitolo, an NYPD spokesman, "Nothing has been filed with us. We have no reports of an incident."

We are awaiting a callback from Air America. Stay tuned.