News of the Weird
Randi Rhodes, the Air America host who has "jokingly" advocated the assassination of President Bush, had an accident Sunday night. The details are still unclear, but her fellow leftists jumped to the conclusion that she had been mugged by right-wingers:
Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy."Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"
Liberal bloggers chimed in:
"What the %$#$ is WRONG with you people?? Are you that SICK in the head that just because you don’t agree with someone’s political views you believe that they deserve to be mugged? Are you on the right that DEMENTED??," a blogger called neddlenosehanty posted on watchingthewatchers.org.
It turned out to be just a misunderstanding. Rhodes' lawyer says that she wasn't mugged, she "was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain."
Well, that could happen, of course. Walking your dog can be hazardous. One can only marvel at the level of dementia that would cause a liberal host to speculate, on the air, that Rhodes' dog-walking accident must have been the result of a right-wing conspiracy.
