By Mike Dorning
Liberal talk radio hosts were in plenty of hot water this month..
First, there was Ed Schultz, who called John McCain a “warmonger” for the presumptive Republican nominee’s support for continuing U.S. involvement in the conflict in Iraq.
And then there was Randi Rhodes, who was suspended from the liberal talk radio network Air America last week after using profanities to describe Hillary Clinton in an off-air stand-up routine the previous month. On Thursday, Rhodes said she was leaving the radio network.
Schultz’s comments, made in introductory remarks for a Barack Obama appearance at a fundraising dinner for North Dakota Democrats, earned Schultz a rebuke from the Obama campaign.
Still, Schultz stuck by the comment when interviewed about it on CNN last Monday.
“I'm sorry, John, the label sticks. John McCain is a warmonger," Schultz said
"Labeling a candidate is not being disrespectful," Schultz told CNN host John Roberts. McCain's policies, Schultz said, "fit the description, there's no question about that. ... John McCain has no end game in Iraq. ... (He) is saber rattling with Iran. ... The man is a warmonger."
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Rhodes, a popular Air America host and no fan of Hillary Clinton, used a profanity describing prostitutes to refer to Clinton and former Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro in a stand-up act at a San Francisco night club sponsored by the local Air America affiliate. Rhodes also suggested Ferraro was racist, calling her “David Duke in drag."
On her March 31, Radio America program, Rhodes attacked Clinton for claims the former first lady made that she landed In Bosnia under sniper fire in 1996—an account Clinton has now admitted was erroneous. Referring to video aired of the landing, Rhodes called Clinton’s recounting of the episode a “big stinkin’ lie…Every single solitary airport landing I have ever had has been more traumatic than what I saw on the video in Tuzla.”
The Project for Excellence in Journalism's "Talk Show Index" also notes that conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh continued his "Project Chaos" last week, urging listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton as a way of prolonging the Democratic primary in the hope that that would weaken the party's eventual nominee.
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This is another judgment problem of the junior senator. (He likes to say he's younger than Hilary--and the blog entries from his supporters bash her in the most ageist manner possible).
Could he not predict that Schultz would say such a bone-headed thing?
The fundraisers' organizers surely seemed to have known that Rhandi would perform her third wave bashing of feminists on stage.
Time to bow out of the race. Will he?
NO! He's going to Israel next! Please leave Reverend Wright at home!
Posted by: golden oldie | April 12, 2008 10:36 AM
this post I found from MJ (pasting below) shows how stupide Shultz and Rhodes are about environmental issues and their messiah.
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Obama on the other hand, is all about "The Green"...cha-ching!
In November 2007, Obama came out against a bill that would have reformed the notorious Mining Law of 1872. Signed into law by Ulysses Grant, the current statute allows mining companies to pay as little as $2.50 an acre to mine for hardrock minerals like gold, silver, and copper without paying royalties. Yearly profits for mining hardrock on public lands is estimated to be in excess of $1 billion a year according to Earthworks, a group that monitors the industry. The industry spends freely when it comes to lobbying: an estimated $60 million between 1998-2004 according to The Center on Public Integrity.
The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 would have finally overhauled the law and allowed American taxpayers to reap part of the royalties (4 percent of gross revenue on existing mining operations and 8 percent on new ones). The bill provided a revenue source to cleanup abandoned hardrock mines, which is likely to cost taxpayers over $50 million, and addressed health and safety concerns in the 11 affected western states.
One of Obama's key advisors in Nevada is a Nevada-based lobbyist in the employ of various mining companies (CBS News "Obama's Position On Mining Law Questioned. Democrat Shares Position with Mining Executives Who Employ Lobbyist Advising Him," November 14, 2007).
Posted by: golden oldie | April 12, 2008 3:04 PM