I'm happy to report that Randi has found a new home at NovaM Radio; and has been able to move back to her beloved home in Florida.
Sam is the only reason to go to AAR for many after they were craven enough to fire Mike Malloy; both of these real champions of the people are happy at NovaM. They are free at last!

Plus: spontaneity, fun, catharsis, human expression and joy.

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Everyone, everyone . . .shhh . . .shhh... It's okay for ANYONE to call ANY PUBLIC FIGURE a whore at a COMEDY show.

You're ruining both America and Liberalism.

Oh, and comedy.

Socialist Pig: you are deliberately mis-characterizing the "whores" comment. Whore in this instance was being used a metaphor for the way Hillary and Ferraro have put their own self-interest at the top of their agenda at the expensive of a fair and responsible democratic process. take your concern-trolling elsewhere.

Sorry Jake there is no contest here; you happen to be wrong and I seek no common ground with sexists who defend calling women whores and are also posing as progressives. You've been exposed.

No one is more anti-Wal-Mart or pro-labor union than I; sorry I don't choose to drink your elitist koo-aid.

As much as I'd like to continue our "biggest asshole" contest, I must admit I wonder if there is common ground here... we seem to be at odds at each issue.

Let me educate you because obviously you need the facts spelled out for you. The suspension of Randi was and still is the wrong thing to do. and divisive anti-union, wal-mart supported, socialist pig rhetoric doesn't cut it. Take your Utopian socialism theories and apply them to shutting the F**** up.

Randi Rhodes quit Air America and is going to work for a station in San Francisco. I'm happy to keep educating you. I know you reactionary anti-women sexists don't read much.

Bring Randi back! She shouldn't have been suspended.

The relationship between men and feminism has been complex. Men have taken part in significant responses to feminism in each 'wave' of the movement. There have been positive and negative reactions and responses, depending on the individual man and the social context of the time.[140] These responses have varied from pro-feminism to masculism[141][142][143] to anti-feminism. In the twenty-first century new reactions to feminist ideologies have emerged including a generation of male scholars involved in gender studies,[144][145] and also men's rights activists who promote of male equality (rights to equal treatment in family, divorce and anti-discrimination law).[45] --from wikipedia--

Curious, you made my day thanks! I'll wear your words like a badge of honor!

YOU SAID: Don't call women whores got it?

Not even the ones that sell it on the street? I mean come on, they're whores and damned proud of it.

We all have price, even a socialist pig like you. That makes you a whore too. Whore.

Typical that you totally ignored my point and resorted to superfluous psycho-babble which in the words of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, "doesn't mean shit to a tree". Who is we by the way? Don't speak for others, you are certainly not progressive.

You just basically said that Randi Rhodes was courageous and was speaking the truth when she called Clinton and Ferraro whores. You disgust me; I would put you in the same class as Limbaugh calling liberal women feminazis; you are no different. Nouveaux, elitest psuedo progressives, make me ill.

Don't call women whores got it?

To clarify, I do not blindly follow any sociological theory even if the basic essence of egalitarianism is the wonderful. The issue is not my personal belief. It is the fact that we are for something progressive. If we threw everyone under the bus that has the courage to stand up and speak the truth when large media companies are lying, who would come next. There is no replacement for Randi. Were you part of the crowd the threw the Clintons under the bus in the nineties? I was there(only fifteen) and knew even then, that this blow job was not as important as it ended up being. It distracted the country and costed us an election because of this Politically Correct way of thinking you possess. It is one of the average american conservative's biggest complaint word police like yourself and it will keep happening unless you learn to let a few things slide.

Feminist doesn't mean you like women and agree with women, or that you burn bra's and hate men. It is an actual egalitarian philosophy and sociological theory. True feminists should be supporting the supposed "illegal aliens" and the "Islamo-fascists" according to the strict sociological perspective. Any person or persons that can be openly discriminated against by the public and the government should take priority.

Jake are you for real? You defend calling women whores and then rail against someone for sarcasm on a blog? Imagine that, calling yourself a progressive and you accuse others of hypocrisy? You a supporter of feminism Jake like I am? Hmmm?

Socialist Pig, You insist on moral superiority yet you start each blog insulting everyone. You are the essence of hypocrisy, as your screen name, so blatantly, implies... You live in a world where words speak louder than actions.

Unfortunately uninsightful and narcissistic Jake is deluded into thinking he is able to tell bloggers enough. Sorry flakey jakey; go try to intimidate someone who gives a damn about your petulant, childish and vulgar rhetoric.

Randi Rhodes is a radio personality with whom I agree with politicially 99% of the time. That doesn't give her the right when speaking in public to call women whores and Air America has the right to say to her, sorry, that does not reflect well on our network; you are suspended.

You remind me of the parent who refuses to hold her "saintly" child to account for a fight in school . . . or George Bush saying "you are either with us or against us".

Unreal, that so called "progressives" (which you are not) would stoop so low as to countenance calling Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro whores. You are an embarrasment to all Democrats.

That is ENOUGH! To SocialistPig:
Whores are feminist too. You've missed that whole point...It is people like Congressman Vitter, Pastor Hagee and Rev. Ted Hagggart who crusade against all things sinful, and turn around and actually behave badly themselves and often, DESTROY OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES! Randi Rhodes is a saint and dedicates all her time to helping other people and being a voice of truth when it may not be lucrative, but it sure is the right thing to do. She was reprimanded for speaking her mind freely. Socialist Pig would rather just have a tea party with Rupert Murdoch and ask him nicely to stop his propaganda machine.

Nuff' said. Maybe it was the Louisiana swamp gas I breathed in when growing up that gave me such clarity. Ha! Peace love and bell bottoms and out.

Erikka. "Nor is it Randi Rhodes fault". Surely you jest? I always thought what comes out of our mouths was our responsibility; foolish me. give your opinion,

By the way you didn't "correct me". How smug and arrogant of you to say that. What you did is "give your opinion" that Hillary Clinton is not a progressive or a liberal. I disagree and so do millions of other Democrats.

The fractured Democratic party is very much the fault of people like you and Zoey. You can deny it until hell freezes over but it's true.

Gee that's intelligent; yes it's America. I suppose you can call anyone anything, Nazi, bitch, asshole whatever by that stunning logic. No one is justifying anything that the right-wing says. But for progressives to dive into those waters is disgusting and light years from what progressive used to mean.

Zoey you are an example of that . . . you are an vulgar embarassment and I am ashamed there are people like you on the left.

It's America You can call someone else a whore if you want, while some might be offended it;s your right. I mean the right wing get away with saying a lot of more heinous type of statements. as a women I really only get upset at hearing whore if it's used in a sexual connotations normally by men. women being catty and calling a girl whore is stupid too, but a woman calling hillary a whore in an act, not offensive. whats funny to me is how much truly disgusting bullshit right wing hosts can spew and they don't get suspended unless they are stupid enough to make an ethnic slur towards the Rutgers basketball team. Besides all politicians are whores, selling themselves, their positions for money, but hillary is an "fucking" whore and to me it's because she was the victim of the same kinda tactics that she's now using and that sick and bad. Stolkhom syndrome or something, or annakin skywalker going to the dark side, which one I don't know.

I'm grappling with whether or not to continue this, but you made some presumptions about me and my opinions and motives that are untrue, so I'll say my peace and let this be the last. You said I despise Clinton. I don't know Senator Clinton to be able to despise her, that's a pretty strong word. I disagree with her and find some of her tactics misguided, but I'd be hard pressed to find a politician in D.C. that I wouldn't say that about. Including Senator Obama.
There is a difference between being a moderate or progressive Democrat. Does it matter right now? Maybe not - but clearly it mattered to you or you wouldn't have used that language in your post when referring to Ferraro and Clinton. I was simply correcting the language you chose to use.
Your vitriol is understandable. We do have a very fractured party, but it isn't my fault or the fault of people who feel as I do. Nor is it Randi Rhodes fault. Personally I think her joke was unfunny, stupid, and not in the least bit smart. But you asked me if I was offended. I wasn't. I also wasn't offended when the MSNBC guy said the Clintons were pimping out Chelsea, and I wasn't offended when O'Reilly said he didn't want to send a lynching party after Michelle Obama. Overt stupidity and hatred doesn't offend me. Subversive incitement of hatred and fear does.
As to the nominees - may the candidate of the people be the victor and may the party come out of this unscathed and soon. We can't count on McCain to continue to make blunders about Iraq, or for the rest of the US to care forever.

Progressive, liberal, moderate. Seems like you are hung up on poorly defined terms that are entirely subjective and dependent upon who you are asking. Pretty unimportant isn't it?

Why are you not more offended by what Randi Rhodes said? I know why; it's because you despise Clinton that's why and so you have a double standard. I can only imagine your reaction if oh, let's say someone called Michelle Obama a whore or Obama a pimp. Katie bar the door the shit would be hitting the fan.
The question in the post was whether Air America should have disciplined one of their on air personalities for calling a presidential candidate and a Democratic party stateswoman whores; not whether you don't care or whether Clinton and Ferraro know they are not whores.

As to your last point, yes all of what you said is going on . . . some people can multi-task and deal with many issues at the same time. If it wasn't important then why was this post written and why are the blogs and shoes all over it. Why? It is important that's why. It showcases the elitism and fractured Democratic party; where moderate has become a bad word and if you like Clinton you are not a "good progressive Democrat".

I have news for you and others, keep this shit up and you can watch John McCain being sworn in January 2009. Do you know that Obama only has a 10% lead in California over McCain? And that he is losing in most battleground states?

That's why this is important.

Clinton isn't a liberal Democrat either. She's a moderate Democrat. Will I support her if she wins the nomination, absolutely. As for the whore comment; as a woman I'm not offended by someone being called a whore. Whores exist. I know I'm not one and I assume those women know they aren't as well.
More importantly aren't there kids dying somewhere? Isn't there a horrible illegal war going on? Aren't there schools without enough books for their students? Is this really worth all the energy you're putting into it?

And I also asume as a woman you probably are really upset at what Randi Rhodes said and thinks she should be punished for what she said correct?

OK if you insist on semantic tit for tat; she's a liberal Democrat then. I assume you are an Obama supporter from your comments; will you support Hillary Clinton vigorously should Obama not win the nomination?

Sorry Socialist Pig, I should have said this:

While not a whore, Hillary Clinton is also no progressive.

Oh, ok Hillary Clinton is not a progressive . . . then it's ok to call a "non-progressive", liberal woman a whore is that right?

Hillary Clinton is not a progressive.

. . . and you know why Thom Hartmann is a far more powerful progressive voice? Because he doesn't scream or curse and he debates those with opposing points-of-view respectfully and in doing so . . . actually retains a chance to change someone's opinion.

It's very relevent in showing the hypocrisy and elitism of many so called progressives. A woman calling two progressive, liberal women whores??? Since when did supposed feminists countenance calling women whores?

I love Air America and it gained more credibility in doing what it did. Whether Randi Rhodes has a progressive voice or not; what she did should not be implicitly endorsed by allowing it to go unpunished. And by the way; Thom Hartmann is a far more powerful and progressive voice than Randi Rhodes is.

that's hardly relevant to the fact that Air America has lost any credibility it may have once had by sanctioning their best advocate for progressive values like free speech for speaking freely. Janeane is 100 percent right on the mark in her criticism of the network for being so gutless.

How pathetic that progressive women seem to feel obligated to defend other progressive women who cal l other progressive women whores. And we wonder why McCain is leading in the polls.