Randi Rhodes mugged in New York

Update: Turns out this whole story was cooked up by some rumor monger.

Air America star, Randi Rhodes, was beaten up by a mugger on Sunday night near her New York Apartment it what may have been an attack by the right wing goons:

Randi Rhodes was mugged on Sunday night on 39th Street and Park Ave, nearby her Manhattan apartment, while she was walking her dog Simon.

According to Air America Radio late night host Jon Elliott, Rhodes was beaten up pretty badly, losing several teeth and will probably be off the air for at least the rest of the week. At of late Monday night we have not able to locate any press accounts of the attack and nothing has been posted on the AAR website.

…Elliott was extremely agitated when he reported on the incident. He opened his show by saying "it is with sadness that tonight I inform you that my Air America colleague Randi Rhodes was assaulted last night while walking her dog near her New York City home."

Pointing out that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and displayed no purse or jewelry, Elliott speculated that "this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging."

"Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own," he asked. "Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we're winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us."

While it's too early to tell whether this was an attack by the goons, it's certainly true to form for the neo-nazi con crowd. Their priestess, Ann Coulter, has repeatedly called for the killing of liberal judges.