Comments on: The Randi Rhodes “attack’

By: Avedon

Avedon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:01:43 +0000

Maybe she was afraid she had a stroke or somethjing and was freaked out but didn’t want her bosses to think she had health issues?

By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:37:19 +0000

Here’s another theory a friend came up with: She was attacked by some right-wing goon but she doesn’t want the righties to know it got to her in any way, thinking it might encourage more attacks. She also, of course, doesn’t want to give the attacker any media play.

By: sammythecat

sammythecat — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:15:42 +0000

I get the same feeling I had with Dan Rather’s “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” story on how he got a black eye.

Both stories leave me suspicious that the truth might be embarrassing. Embarrassing, and also probably none of our business. Unless the embarrassing truth was something that would compromise their professional integrity, I’m content to let it be.

By: animaux

animaux — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:47:54 +0000

i’ve not been really following this story in detail (just the general news reports) but yes, something weird happened, i think. maybe ‘a date’ roughed her up?

By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:44:45 +0000

Newsday reported this “[Rhodes' attorney Robert] Gaulin confirmed that Rhodes was injured after she was floored by someone _ or something _ as she strolled the streets of Manhattan’s Murray Hill district around 8 p.m., but wasn’t sure herself what sent her tumbling to the pavement.”

I guess there’s not enough there to file a police report — “floored by someone or something” — but it’s still ighty strange, and, yep, you have to fall pretty hard to split your lip and need dental work. The alternative explanation is that she had a violent fight with a boy- or girlfriend and she didn’t want it to go public. Her refusal to mention the subject again bolsters that angle, in the view of a woman whose opinion I respect.

By: Joanne from WI

Joanne from WI — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:00:43 +0000

Watching football in an Irish pub is not, shall we say, for teetotalers. I don’t know anyone who would find him or herself face down on a steel sidewalk grate with broken teeth and a bleeding eye who would not proceed immediately to an emergency room for treatment. Even if a few drinks were involved, immediate treatment would be in order. Can’t help noticing that she never mentions how she got home. New York cabbies are notorious for refusing to pick up anyone who looks even slightly problematic, and a woman bleeding from the face fits the bill. So, the story is bizarre, as is her repeated insistence she doesn’t know how the story of her being attacked got started. For pete’s sake, SHE started it! You wouldn’t think a celeb like Randi would have to lie to the boss to get the day off. You’d think she could call up and say, look, I’d rather not come in today; feeling a bit under the weather; need a few days off so see you on Thursday or Friday. Period. End of discussion. But nooooo, she fired off an email shortly after arriving home with a shiner and busted up teeth. Hmmmm. And the email was a stupid lie. She doesn’t know what happened, but she KNOWS she wasn’t mugged? Well, I think she does know what happened, but she’s not telling. Do we have a right to expect more or better from Randi Rhodes? Well…apparently not. I’d have to be drunk on my ass to make sooooooo many bad decisions in the space of what? An hour? Wow. Please note that her list of medical personnel does not include a neurologist. If she still really doesn’t know how she ended up on her face, she should be worrying less about her teeth and more about her brain. And that’s the last time I’ll ever mention this.

By: greyhawk

greyhawk — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:46:12 +0000

It’s entirely possible the police are investigating this and asked her to keep quiet until they finish. Remember when Keith Olbermann got that white powder they asked him to keep quiet until an arrest was made.