The only leftie in recent history who “spoke truth to power” was the President of Columbia and look at the flack he took. Randi Rhodes is just another deceived “intellectual” who believes she knows better how to run our lives that we do. With this news of her alcoholism that is obviously untrue. – Lorica

I stand corrected.

Why do you think she wanted this hushed up??

A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging. Cops from Manhattan’s 17th Precinct called her attorney, who told them Rhodes was not a victim of a crime, the source said.

Seems to me that she doesn’t want people to know she is an alcoholic. Which if she is explains her constant hatred. I have never been able to listen to this woman for more than 2 minutes and after trying a few times I couldn’t see a reason to continue to torture myself. This doesn’t come as a surprise to me in all honesty. People who hate this much are usually hooked to some sort of crutch to see them thru life. – Lorica

Or: does that pub water the drinks?

Here is a joke… Ted Kennedy walks out of an Irish bar.

There is, however, something bigger going on here, encapsulated in the determination of Rhodes’ fans, against all facts to the contrary, to hold-tight to the pipe dream of right-wing fanatics hiring Blackwater agents to beat her as she walked her dog: They so wish it were true. As with global warming alarmism, these sorts of messianic martyr fantasies about neo-Nazi conspirators aligned against liberals’ salvation program for the masses are delusions designed to assure people clearly desperate for meaning in their lives that they are historically significant figures living in historically significant times. History, sadly, is not made within the virtual walls of online echo chambers.

It’s too bad the woman fell and hurt herself, if she did break out some teeth that has to hurt like the dickens. And I’m not going to fault her too much if she did fall after a drunken bout at an Irish pub, having been known to leave a similar local establishment in fine form from time to time in my youth. But damn people, step away from the bong and look at the facts before you start with the VRWC stuff, it makes you look as nutty as you undoubtedly are.

I guess there’s no such thing as a “bad ad” as long as people are talking about your product in some way.

She was abusive to the barstaff and generally gross, crass, loud, and pretentious.

In other words, just like when she’s on the air.

So what are you going to believe? The truth, or the narrative? If you’re a lefty there’s no question – the former is just a construct of the patriarchy, but in the latter, Amerikkka is still a hatefilled misogynistic theocratic dictatorship, in which the Duke lacrosse players are STILL GUILTY!!!! Oh, and Bush stole the 2000 election. And, uh, he went to war in Iraq either for the oil or to resolve his daddy issues. Plus, he wanted to serve plastic turkey to the racist baby killing neanderthal thug troops, whom we support. Plus, the media leans right and Al Gore is a saint, that is he would be if religion had any meaning.