Did you just hear that? I'm amazed. John Laesch just got himself a HUGE endorsement in Randi Rhodes, LIVE, on her show!
Here's the skinny:
Randi's show "theme" today was, as usual, republi-con corruption, scandal, and sexual perversion / deviency. Of course, during the discussions, the Foley scandal(s) came up as did Denny-boy Hastert.
Suddenly, a woman FROM Denny's district called in. She was griping about what a loser Denny is and all that. Randi asked if there was a Democratic challenger to Denny and the woman didn't know (nor did Randi)!!!
By the end of their discussion, Randi's peeps had looked up the website of John Laesch and Randi gave glowing remarks about him (though she couldn't pronounce his name). She basically LOVED the title: If you came to this website you know it's time (or something like that). She proceeds to tell that woman to vote for John, sight unseen, since he's a Democrat challenging Hastert. It is, after all, time for Checks & Balances.
Next thing, a stream of callers in support of John Laesch! One guy called and said that Hastert has some $900k and Laesch only had $14k! Randi advised her listeners to help out financially.
Another guy called in to give more of John's bio (fighting dem and all that). Randi perks up some more...
Commercial break ends, and Randi opens her final segment by announcing that John Laesch was on the PHONE! She basically meets him, asks how to pronounce his name, and comes out and says, "Okay, John, I endorse you. I don't know if it's going to help you or hurt you, but I support you. How much can I give to you? He says, $2100. She says, "Okay. Done. I commit $2100 to you today."
It was amazing!
HOORAY JOHN!!!
I know that Randi isn't everyone's favorite AAR personality, but I give her major props for this!
Not only did she endorse John on her show which is Coast to Coast, but she proceeded to ask him on her show Monday (cuz he called at the end of her show), and then, when she asked how much money he had (he said they were up to 80k and were busy working on getting advertisements out), Randi said: "My ex husband has a tv company (or something like that), and I think he would be happy to donate some airtime to you."!!
They said their farewells, or "Until Monday's", and Randi said, "I'm going to put you on hold so we can give you my 'personal email' and we can talk some more about how we can help get you elected this fall."
All I know is that this CANNOT HURT Mr. John Laesch. He not only got onto Hardball, but NOW he's on RANDI'S RADAR!
WAHOO!!!!!!!