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Randi Rhodes at it again: calls Clinton voters “white trash”
She and Ann Coulter should go on the road together.
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This is what I’m talking about:
“The Clinton campaign describes Hillary’s voters as older, white, and undereducated. Or as we called them in my neighborhood: white trash.”
–Randi RhodesHow can this kind of s**t from those in the tank for Obama possibly be good for the Democratic party?
[asterisks added by me]
See here for my previous rant against Randi Rhodes.
See also MyDD on Rhodes’ latest.
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17 Responses to “Randi Rhodes at it again: calls Clinton voters “white trash””
So what we have: Randi Rhodes believes that “white trash” characterizes the older, less educated Clinton supporters, while Gov. Ed Rendell believes that “kool-aid drinkers” characterizes the younger, more educated Obama supporters.
This isn't coming from “those in the tank for Obama,” it's coming from a woman named Randi Rhodes. Likewise, don't presume that Rendell's comments speak for all of “those in the tank for Clinton.”
I wouldn't presume that about Rendell but I'm also not following him or what he has been saying. I agree with you about not generalizing about anything he has or will say – and not listening to him makes that really easy.
As for Rhodes, I don't listen to her either, but I do get the RSS for Blue Ohioan so that's how it came to may attention.
Randi Rhodes lost a lot of listeners over a year ago when she was still on Air America. I stopped listening to Rhodes because she was bombastic, self-centered, interrupted callers, hung up on them, made fun of callers, was rude and crude and unfunny. I saw the so-called “stand up” routine she was doing when she called Clinton and Ferraro whores. Anyone notice that she kept looking down and referring to her notes while doing “comedy”? By the way, I posted on my blog that Ann Coulter was a good deal funnier than Randi Rhodes but would never be as good as Limbaugh.
I think Rhodes has marginalized herself greatly. There are many places to listen to trash. Her world is very small in the vast and trashy talk radio world.
I think Rhodes is one of the main reasons for Air America's basic failure to develop a wider audience. She doesn't provide an alternative to Limbaugh and his ilk, she merely repackages their worst qualities and puts a leftward spin on it. I don't think most liberal listeners are interested in partisan trash. Partisan sure – just not the trash.
Thanks Kate – in all seriousness, do you think trash talk radio is meant to be serious, humor – what? Whatever we hear it as? This always confuses me.
Mike P – agree – partisan is not the same as trash. Well – we hope not!
[...] And the hard Left wonders why they lose elections. It’s not because they’re misunderstood. It’s because we understand their hatred all too well. I’m just hoping that Nova-M keeps her on the air, because she’s so useful for anthropological study of the extreme liberal elite. (via TMV) [...]
Jill, I sometimes find Stephanie Miller and her crew on Air America funny. I say sometimes bec. she is on in the morning and is often too frenetic for my tired self. Or, maybe its her sound effects. And I laughed at Joy Behar the other day. Too bad she isn't too up on world affairs but she can be funny.
And Mike P is right. I love progressive/liberal discussions. Tom Hartmann, Rachel Maddow, Laura Flanders all provides that on Air America. But they had Rhodes in drive time! What a mistake. So many people I know stopped listening.
Agreed re: Stephanie Miller – my first time listening to her was when she was subbing after Imus got booted – I thought she was hysterical – I really, really enjoyed her.
And I just started to follow Maddow a couple of months ago – she is sharp!
Your comment helps. See – I definitely see that there is a distinction – we do see it. And it seems like only when these personalities cross lines that draw ire that they then say, oh it's just humor and they tell us we don't know humor.
That's wrong – we know humor – and they aren't humorous.
Well – that's my take anyway.
Thanks.
“I stopped listening to Rhodes because she was bombastic, self-centered, interrupted callers, hung up on them, made fun of callers, was rude and crude and unfunny.”
Stephanie Miller is dippy with poor humor she laughs at herself too readily (she's kind of an irritating NPR smarm queen of either sex who decided to try to be more of a comedienne), but Miller has 50-100 IQ points, to mention a decency surplus, over bizarre, scummy Rhodes.
DLS – you mean, she is more self-deprecating than you like? I can imagine some people might not like that but I do. I love Ellen Degeneres because of that style. But that's one of the styles I like. I know it's not everyone's.
“DLS – you mean, she is more self-deprecating than you like?”
No. I mean, she engages in humor that is juvenile and often failed, and doesn't seem to laugh at herself but actually behave as if she's funny no matter how badly the jokes fall flat. It's as if she actually thinks she's succeeding at being funny.
But at least she, and for that matter Coulter (who is deliberately offensive to provoke controversy and sell herself thereby), are both sane, while Rhodes, or at least her style, is not.
When I lived in upstate NY, not only did I often go to a place with live music whose owner took the stage to bash Bush before the start of performances and at each break, but the place was doing so poorly they even had Air America on AM radio, so I got to hear both Miller and Rhodes as well as Al Franken and Garofalo with her making-Limbaugh-quiet-by-comparison male co-host.
(I also listen to NPR, too, as my accurate remark about smarm queens of both sexes on it demonstrates. I could add other remarks about it or the unprofessional, tacky things many people on NPR do, but they're not the subject here.)
Hmm – Miller as NPR anything? Is that right – did she used to do commentaries for them? Interesting.
“doesn't seem to laugh at herself but actually behave as if she's funny no matter how badly the jokes fall flat. It's as if she actually thinks she's succeeding at being funny.”
Ok – well, I don't know if I hear it that way but I really have only heard her a very few times.
Be nice if we could start all over again. Anyone watch CurrentTV? Do they do any comedy (on purpose that is)?
I think Fox News should host a debate between Rhodes and Limbaigh.
The ratings would go through the ceiling.
Then FOX would be fined for excessive use of foul language.
I would stock up on popcorn to watch that show!
LOL thanks for the outloud laugh. lol but you know? I STILL wouldn't watch them?
“Hmm – Miller as NPR anything?”
No. The point is, I was able to hear not only NPR (which features smarmy people with irritating diction, but who are higher-class and more sane than Rhodes) but also all kinds of left-wing shows, the latter on the same AM station featuring not only Limbaugh and Hannity (?) but some other fourth- or fifth-tier righty shouters. Miller was on in the morning, Franken and Rhodes in the afternoon, and Garafalo in the evening.
The only way someone pathological like Rhodes would make it on NPR would be on Fresh Air with Terry Gross (who brings a lot of obscure dregs onto her show).
And no, Gross didn't deserve to be treated the way she was by Gene Simmons.
AH – okay. lol sorry – one dimensional internet and all.
I love Terry Gross. Terry Gross and David Gergen. And Tracey Ullman. I love her too.