Randi Rhodes Is No Goddess of Radio

Funny? Not really.
Informative? Rarely.
Entertaining? Hardly.
Annoying? Frequently.
Embarrassing to liberals? Certainly.
Makes you want to turn off your radio? Within seconds.

When this lady isn't telling the same bad joke over and over, she is busy ranting about issues which are hardly relevant to the American public. For the past two months she has spent her on air hours shouting down Hillary's campaign all the meanwhile giving Barack's a complete pass. She'd rather talk about how Hillary's dirty campaign tactics are destroying the Democratic party rather than what is really unraveling the party - the corporatist infestation.

In Barack and Hillary we have two corporatists who are abandoning core Democratic values in favor of Wall Street dollars. They've both voted in favor of legislation which infringes on our civil liberties. They've both voted to fund this war which appears to be nothing more than a corporate profiteering venture at this point. They both support a health care policy which benefits the insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and pharmaceutical giants. Neither are willing to hold this administration accountable for their atrocities against the Constitution or our civil liberties. Neither are willing to hold this administration accountable for lying us into an illegal war. Both are in violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Neither have stellar environmental records. Neither are the presidential candidate we deserve much less should be giving a pass to.

Randi has been touting Barack Obama as an excellent candidate since his campaign has caught fire within a delusional American public. If I were to meet with Randi, my questions to her would be as follows. Have you not been voicing outrage towards this war since its inception? Have you not been voicing your disgust with this administration's repeated violations of the Constitution and our civil liberties? Have you not been ashamed of this administration's environmental record? Have you not routinely pointed out the fraudulent behaviors of each and every member of this criminal administration? I believe you have. If I am correct - Why haven't you scrutinized these Democratic presidential candidates in the same fashion? After all, they have voted in favor of the White House's legislation which you have repelled time and time again.

While giving Barack a pass and shouting down Hillary, a candidate who nearly shares an identical voting record with the man - she has been trashing Ralph Nader and his supporters - just as she did in 2004.

Ralph Nader stands for values which the Democratic Party used to represent. Ralph Nader stands for the values most Americans cherish. Ralph Nader stands for the values and ideals Randi routinely puts forth on her own radio show. Yet somehow she hates this man. Her, like many other flawed thinkers on the left accuse Ralph of all the wrongdoing that has occurred in this country since Bush and his crony filled administration took office.

Randi needs to be honest with herself and her listeners. The Democratic Party has abandoned the liberal left. Since 2001, the Democratic Party has largely been accomplices of the Bush administration. In turn, the Democratic Party should not be entitled to each and every liberal American's vote. Those of us who are voting with our conscience are rightfully abandoning the party. Had the Democratic Party propelled a candidate like Dennis Kucinich to the forefront of the nomination, candidates such as Nader would not have entered the race. Nader is running simply to give liberals - not faux liberals - a voice.

If Randi truly was a goddess of radio, she would promote progressive candidates - not lumber on about those which represent a party that is slowly surrendering to Wall Street, just as the Republicans did in years past. The stigmata of party decay in terms of loyalty to its constituents is glaringly evident. Standing tall while in denial does not solve the problem - it perpetuates it. Randi, if you're reading this, do Ralph a favor and apologize. Blatantly criticizing him and his candidacy on the grounds that it may compromise the election for the Democratic Party couldn't be any further from godly - especially while supporting a candidate who doesn't even measure up on the issues you've shown extreme concern regarding.