April 28, 2005 -- ALL-liberal Air America and talker Randi Rhodes apologized yesterday for a "bad taste" comedy bit in which President Bush was shot.The Secret Sevice said yesterday it was looking into the incident to see if it constituted a threat to the president.
Rhodes opened her Monday afternoon radio show with an announcer blasting the president for his Social Security plan:
"A spoiled child [Bush] is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he's gonna fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [sound of three shotgun blasts].
"The AAARP — the American Association of Armed Retired People [sound of rifle being cocked]. Just try it, you little bastard."
"It was a bit. It was bad. I apologize a thousand times," Rhodes told listeners yesterday on WLIB (1190 AM), adding: "I'm not in charge of the bits."
"Our normal vetting process failed . . . and we regret it," Air America's Jon Sinton told The Post.
Normal vetting process failed? One has to wonder just what IS the normal vetting process at an organization whose only purpose is to spread hatred and destroy the President. And I'm always amused when I see the word "regret" used as some sort of apology. What Jon Sinton regrets is that people reacted badly at the thought of our president being assassinated -- even as part of a sick joke. As for Randi Rhodes telling listeners, "I'm not in charge of the bits" that's just a flat-out lie. I worked in radio for a number of years and NOTHING got on my shows unless I heard it first. I even listened to the commercials, although I didn't have approval power over those. There are a lot of pranksters in the radio biz and I didn't punch a button until I knew what the consequences would be. Randi Rhodes is not only a vicious left-wing hate monger, but a liar and a coward. Or else she's just a lousy broadcaster. But you know how bad I am at giving liberals the benefit of the doubt. Expect the worst and you'll never be surprised.
