No, Randi Rhodes was not attacked by a fanatical “Reich winger”
The liberal blog Talking Radio reported the following this morning:
Randi Rhodes was mugged on Sunday night on 39th Street and Park Ave, nearby her Manhattan apartment, while she was walking her dog Simon.
According to Air America Radio late night host Jon Elliott, Rhodes was beaten up pretty badly, losing several teeth and will probably be off the air for at least the rest of the week. At of late Monday night we have not able to locate any press accounts of the attack and nothing has been posted on the AAR website.
Several liberal blogs, including the Randi Rhodes Message Board and Democratic Underground have logged numerous posts on the Rhodes mugging with most of the posters expressing concern about the condition of the popular lib talker.
As you can imagine, the usual suspects lined up today to insinuate she was a victim of “Reich wing hate.” Air America host Jon Elliott himself deliberately fueled the fire with these comments:
“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?”
Problem is, no such “attack” happened:
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.
Rhodes’ lawyer told the Daily News 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. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a “hate crime.”
“Hate crime”?? So I guess liberals have officially added themselves to the list of groups who they believe should get special protections via hate crime laws? I thought that was only reserved for minority/”victim” groups?
I swear, you cannot parody these people sometimes.
Oh, and for those genius liberals who read this and think “bbbut, as a woman, she’s a minority who should be protected by hate crime laws,” remember, hate crimes involve being targeted specifically because you are part of a minority/”victim” group, not because you are a moronic liberal.
Hat tip: Blog For All
Read tons of blogger reax here.
More: James Taranto quips: “Liberal Not Mugged, Not by Reality.”