AAR fires Rhodes over Derogatory Clinton, Ferraro

Too bad for Rhodes, Clinton & Ferraro are demcrats because if they were 
republicans Air America wouldn't bat an eye at such mild invectives. Then 
again, hypocrisy is just the way of life for liberals.


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/air-america-host-suspended-for-clinton-remarks/

April 3, 2008,  2:20 pm
Air America Host Suspended for Clinton Remarks

By Brian Stelter
Randi Rhodes, an afternoon host for the progressive Air America radio 
network, was suspended Thursday after repeatedly insulting Senator Hillary

Rodham Clinton at an event last month.

Ms. Rhodes used vulgar language that likened Mrs. Clinton to a prostitute
at 
an event sponsored by KKGN, the Air America affiliate in the San Francisco

area, on March 22. A video of Ms. Rhodes' remarks was published to the 
video-sharing Web site YouTube on Tuesday, prompting condemnations by some

bloggers.

In a statement, Charlie Kireker, the chair of Air America, said the radio 
network "encourages strong opinions about public affairs but does not 
condone such abusive, ad hominem language by our hosts."

The network called Ms. Rhodes' suspension "indefinite" and did not
elaborate 
on the fate of her daily three-hour radio show. "The Randi Rhodes Show" is

normally broadcast from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Sam Seder, another Air
America 
host, was scheduled to fill in for Ms. Rhodes on Thursday.

On the video, Ms. Rhodes is also shown using derogatory language to
describe 
Geraldine A. Ferraro, a former congresswoman and a sup****ter of Mrs. 
Clinton. Ms. Ferraro resigned from a committee of Mrs. Clinton's campaign 
last month after making controversial remarks about Senator Barack Obama.

Earlier this year, David Shuster, a re****ter for MSNBC, was been suspended

because of comments he made about Chelsea Clinton. Mr. Shuster said Ms. 
Clinton had been "pimped out" to make calls to superdelegates on behalf of

her mother.