Mark, Randi Rhodes is an ignorant slut.

I haven’t been impressed with her Long Island yenta schtick since I first heard her. The previous incident where she face planted in the street after a few too many adult beverages did nothing to endear her to me. And, from the few times I listened to her radio show, there was not a lot that impressed me with regards to her liberal credentials.*

The bucket of crabs strategery of the Democratic Party has not been one of my favorite shows of late, either. Not entirely unexpected, particularly considering the nature of the Democratic Party almost since its’ inception - but definitely not something I like or approve of. I don’t watch car crashes on the side of the road as I go by, either.**

But, just this once, let’s take a look at this particular car wreck:

Besides not being particularly funny, not having particularly good timing, and the whole performing while under the influence thing, why would an ostensibly Democratic radio host spend this much time bashing Democratic politicians? The riff about Eliot Spitzer and his escort didn’t do much for me either. It was like listening to an even more incoherent Ann Coulter as far as I’m concerned.

And I must take my fellow co-blogger, Mark Adams, to task. Earlier today, he wrote:

Purely from a free speech viewpoint, regardless of how obnoxious Randi can be, this reeks if you can get canned for something you said off the air even if it was at an Air America sponsored public event.

which I can agree with to a point. But, when you’re at a company sponsored event, and you are appearing on stage as a representative of your company, there will be repercussions when you put your foot in your mouth like this. My own company has stated, in writing, that any off-work activities a company member engages in which make the company look bad are considered grounds for termination. For the record, I personally don’t agree with this type of policy. But I don’t get to make the rules - I either follow them, or find somewhere else where I can tolerate them.

Mark also points out that any of the usual Republican’t shills in the mainstream media could have said the same thing about the eeeevul Clagina and/or Geraldine Ferraro without any job related issues arising from their statements. But this is not a fair comparison. Could any of the ignorant blowhards Mark mentions say similar things about Pickles Putsch or Cheney’s Stepford wife without consequence? How about if they talked about the cokespoon cowboy or GoCheneyYourself in this manner?

I won’t really make much mention of polite society or any of the other standard objections that Mark makes towards the end of his post. I didn’t really object to either Tina Fey or Tracy Morgan’s comments of a simliar nature because: a) I didn’t hear them until well after they had been made***; b)neither of them is being paid by a liberal radio network to promote liberal causes and/or politicians; and c)they didn’t seem (to me) to be nearly as spiteful and personally insulting as Randi’s tirade.

I have remained largely silent and watched as the Democratic Party has systematically enagaged in a policy of destroying themselves. The inter party bickering at a time when Democrats should be united in their efforts to bring down the Republican’ts is, quite frankly, a bit sickening to me. I certainly am no longer (if I ever was) a big fan of either of the two candidates left (or their organizations). And I find it hard to believe that either the Obama or the Clinton campaign considers the political destruction of their remaining Democratic opponent to be a wise and prudent stategy for uniting Democrats against the real opponents in November.

* - for the record, I have had similar complaints about Rush Limbaugh lite Ed Schultz ever since being (briefly) exposed to his brand of liberal thinking.

** - in fact, I get quite upset with those who slow down (and potentially cause even more accidents) in order to get a better look at someone who didn’t quite get that whole driving on the road thing down pat that day.

*** - why, yes, you would be correct in thinking that my teevee exposure is severely limited.