If I was a congressman who was asked to be a guest on Randi Rhodes

[burythehatchet]

I would say hello, then I would the telephone down, go make a sandwich, watch a little telly, have a smoke, come back to the phone after 6 or 7 minutes, say goodbye and you're welcome, and hang up.

Why does she even bother to have people on the phone? :shrug:

I never learn. I got all excited that Waxman was going to be on..and then...10 minutes of Randi reciting everything she knows about everything. Who else is on during the 3 to 7 time slot?

[MuseRider]

1. LOL

the stream was down and I was very pissed off but then I figured it would be like that.

Love Randi but damn.

[burythehatchet]

Is it insecurity? Wouldn't seem that way

but I simply cannot figure it out.

[Jigarotta]

12. I love her too, but... (hee hee)

cannot Stand her on radio. when she has callers all I have running through my head is STFU RANDI, STFU RANDI.

but she is Really good on TV - AS A GUEST. I want to hug and squish her in the nicest way.

[Bluzmann57]

2. Yeah she sure likes to hear herself talk

I know this may be an unpopular opinion around here, but it's true. And I know this is unpopular around here too, but Ed Schultz is on at the same time as Randi and he does let callers have their say.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. Guy James lets callers have their say too...

...and actually engages in a conversation with them. He's also on during Randi's time block.

Unpopular opinion, c'est la vie. We yell at the freepers all the time for having a lemming mentality and blindly listening to Rush and Hannity. Do we want to be like them?

Randi's not my cup of tea. People want to listen to her, great. People don't, that's great too.

:patriot:

[debbierlus]

14. Her guests should call her on it

[marmar]

3. I love Randi but I agree with you...

she'd be better off not having guests. Even Mike Malloy, who is definitely at his best doing a show completely solo, listens and lets his guests speak on the rare occasion he has an interview.

[bunkerbuster1]

11. I was surprised, the one time I heard Malloy interview a guest

He was incredibly polite, and let the guy (who's running for a GA congressional seat) speak at least 50% of the time.

[Gato Moteado]

4. hey, at least she wasn't singing over a CD was she?

gotta love randi....but she needs to not sing.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. OMFG! Randi is on FIRE today! OMFG!

:rofl:

That's my favorite subject line on DU...usually followed by no message whatsoever and a bunch of people lining up to say "could you be more specific?"

:rofl:

"10 minutes of Randi reciting everything she knows about everything..."

That's basically Randi in a nutshell, and yet...defying all logic...for many on DU that translates to "OMFG! Randi is ON FIRE!"

:evilgrin:

:patriot:

[burythehatchet]

9. When she's being funny and goofy I love to listen to her

But when she gets angry she simply cannot stop talking long enough to take a breath. I'm not bashing her, I simply will not attack any liberal radio personality, but man she makes it hard to listen sometimes.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. I've listened to her on occasion...

...and she does have moments of brilliance. Moments.

I feel the same way about the rest of Air America's hosts. But for me they all lack consistency...they tend to run hot or cold...so on most days I'm not thinking "I must tune in now for some brilliance."

I tend to get my progressive talk radio fix from folks like Guy James, Bernie Ward and Ray Taliaferro...they are consistent.

:patriot:

[tridim]

6. She's been that way forever

and she's probably not going to change. I'll forgive her because 99% of the time I enjoy listening to her talk. It's really not a big deal at all.

[The Wielding Truth]

7. Hey, she's not perfect but she's our 's. Speak on, Randi!

[burythehatchet]

10. 100% in agreement - see post 9

[debbierlus]

13. She better cut it out, it will affect her ratings

I used to listen to Randi. But, I don't anymore. I couldn't take her blathering over her guests. She does it to her callers, as well.

Plus, I called to let her know during the Alito hearings in the Senate, Hiliary wasn't going to support Kerry in filibustering. (She did eventually, but this was ONLY after severe pressure from her base, it was a completely politically calculated move. I had called and talked to the staff to find out what she was going to do, and they told me that she didn't the support the filibuster!) Anyway, I called Randi to try to get the word out to pressure Hiliary to filibuster. I was put on hold for two hours. I finally hung up when the show was about to end. I later found out that she will not tolerate anyone bashing Hilary since she loves her so much. Her staff must have known this - I have a feeling I was kept on hold that long on purpose!

I have actually come to dislike Randi. She is egotistical and inconsiderate.

I only like Sam Seder on Air America.

[Peace Patriot]

15. Yup, it's VERY ANNOYING when Randi talks over someone like Waxman,

who has a fund of knowledge, who has been gathering indictment/impeachment evidence on the Bush junta, methodically and carefully, for several years, and whose opinions of many matters I would like to hear.

On the other hand, Randi's own fund of knowledge and her REFUSAL TO BE SHUT UP are her glory as a leftist (i.e., majority) talk radio host in these dark times--with a war profiteering corporate news monopoly "Iron Curtain" over the real news. She is extremely knowledgeable--and is able to cite chapter and verse of the Bush junta crimes. She is invaluable--a precious resource for restoration of democracy.

I think she grew impatient with Waxman when he expressed support for Bush spying within Iran. She was making the point that it's not just spying, it's "special ops" military disrupters. We have "boots on the ground" in Iran--we're already there. (And what are those "special ops" DOING in Iran, if not trying to cook up some "Gulf of Tonkin" excuse to go to war? --was the implication.) Further, she quickly pointed out that these hypocrites OUTED Valerie Plame and the CIA's Brewster-Jennings counter-proliferation network, who were WORKING ON Iran WMD intelligence (it has just been revealed).

Waxman gave Dem party line--not so quick to war, but nevertheless maintaining BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in military boondoggle, just in case. That's not how he put it, but that's what I infer from his position. And this is where Randi's interruptions can reduce her effectiveness. She asked him how we stop this Bush madness against Iran, and didn't let him fully answer (because of her impatience with the above). I would like to have heard his full answer--for one thing, to find out if it at all differed from the War Dems' position of "we can do a more efficient Mideast war." Waxman is a very intelligent guy--I would certainly rather have him in charge than the Bush criminals. But I would like to know what the chances really are of the U.S. 'white hat' military/intelligence establishment--of which most established Dems like Waxman are a part--of preventing war with Iran. It's all fine and good to TALK ABOUT diplomacy--but if you ignore the fact that we are already sending military troops into Iran, and won't acknowledge the significance of that, how sincere are you? I'm not saying Waxman is insincere. I'm just saying I don't know--and I would like to have heard him out, under Randi's tough questioning.

Randi has an agenda--true enough--an agenda I mostly agree with, and she is also better informed than probably ANY journalist in America. But sometimes she fails to elicit important information because she talks too much--she's bursting with it, she can't contain herself. And she lacks a nuanced feel for how long people can listen to her voice alone.

It's a forgivable flaw--all things being considered.

[LSK]

16. Shes been doing a good job of freaking me out about Iran

OMG is that Kucinich putting Bolton to the fire??? What an awesome job!!!

:scared: