Reply #41: I have to think some of her tirades are substance related.....

[LisaM]

It reminds me of when Michael Richards went out of control, and someone (can't remember who) said it sounded like the classic symptoms of somebody coming out of a drinking or drug binge.

This was described yesterday as "some standup routine" that she did, but apparently she was appearing on behalf of a station, so I think suspension is appropriate.

Of course, I'm sure that Obama supporters are going to relate it to the Shuster incident, and insist that the Clintons "had this done". Well, I think things have gone too far. I haven't listened to Randi Rhodes in seven or eight weeks, likewise Stephanie Miller, because I think they've lost all semblance of neutrality and see no good in Hillary and no bad in Obama. They are incapable of nuance right now.

I met Randi Rhodes at a station event once and she was charming - quiet, and cute, and really nice. She took tons of time with each individual. She was great! It was hard to rectify that with the person I've heard ranting on the radio the past couple of months.

The most aggravating thing is that some of these people are completely fragmenting their own audience, which could kill Air America. The lure of liberal talk was supposed to be that it listened to all viewpoints, not that it suddenly became lockstep, which it did.