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When it comes to calling for Bush Administration "executions", what's going on at Seattle's KIRO- AM? This onetime ratings leader, where your Radio Equalizer once worked as a host, is fast becoming a hotbed of extremism.

(Thanks to Orbusmax for the alert)

Call it talk radio for the truly unhinged.

Previously, we believed the loose cannon issue was mostly confined to one host, Mike Webb, who was fired in 2005 after his arrest on insurance fraud charges. In 2004, Webb called for President Bush's execution on "war crimes" charges during his evening program.

At the time, we noted his rhetoric was every bit as reckless as that of Air America's Randi Rhodes, who faced a great deal of fallout, including advertiser boycotts, when a recorded skit she aired suggested Bush be taken out in a mob hit.

With this level of fringe kookdom, lowever, couldn't these Seattle hosts be considered too extreme, even for Air America?


Now, a second KIRO host has kicked up the rhetoric several notches, going even further by posting such thoughts on the Internet. In two examples found at HorsesAss.com, David Goldstein (known as "Goldy") has called for Bush Administration executions.

Note that when called to account for his statements in the first example, "Goldy" hides behind the fact that he didn't specifically mention Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld by name:

Saddam Hussein hanged
by Goldy, 12/29/2006, 8:41 PM


Hmm. One war criminal down.







101 Comments to “Saddam Hussein hanged”

1. skagit says:

What hypocrites we are. When will we get around to hanging war criminal #2, Mr. Bush?
12/29/2006 at 8:42 pm

2. delbert says:

WE didn’t hang him, the Iraqis did. They tried him, found him guilty, and punished him.

We should finish the job in Iraq and then come home.
12/29/2006 at 8:53 pm

3. Roger Rabbit says:

Wonder who’s next from Rummy’s ever-shrinking circle of friends?
12/29/2006 at 8:59 pm

4. Roger Rabbit says:

@2 Is there still a mission in Iraq? I thought we invaded to rid the Iraqi people of an evil dictator. The dictator is dead. Why are we still there?
12/29/2006 at 9:00 pm

5. Roger Rabbit says:

@2 (continued) Are you kidding? The so-called “Iraqi government” doesn’t even breathe without U.S. permission.
12/29/2006 at 9:06 pm

6. skagit says:

It is a civil war. We should be out of it.
12/29/2006 at 9:09 pm

7. Roger Rabbit says:

http://tinyurl.com/ybst56
12/29/2006 at 9:16 pm

8. anti-liberal says:

You are an America hating f--ker, goldstien.
12/29/2006 at 9:23 pm

9. Chuck says:

I am so sorry to hear that the favored DMC presidential canidate has died. This must hurt you guys greatly!
12/29/2006 at 9:26 pm

10. skagit says:

DMC? You mean DMZ? Idiots! All Republicans are idiots!
12/29/2006 at 9:27 pm

11. Chuck says:

Roger Rabbit@4
Ever heard of Japan, Germany? Why did we and are still there?
12/29/2006 at 9:29 pm

12. Roger Rabbit says:

8 At least Goldy has a dick and pair of balls, which is mroe than any of you wingnut eunuchs have.
12/29/2006 at 9:29 pm

13. Goldy says:

Auntie Liberal @8,

You are an America hating f--ker, goldstien.

Huh? What did I say? All I did was post a picture of a dead dictator and comment “one war criminal down.”

If you’re reading something else into this post, well… that’s your own problem.
12/29/2006 at 9:35 pm

In the most recent example, however, Goldy went all the way:

Open thread

by Goldy, 01/15/2007, 4:41 PM

Whoops…

As Tikriti fell to the gallows, his head was taken off by the rope noose, and the body and the head fall to the floor while Bandar swings on the rope.

My only hope is that when Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney are held accountable for their war crimes, that they be punished more humanely.


99 Comments to “Open thread”

1. Thomas Trainwinder says:

Awful post. Please take it back.
01/15/2007 at 5:34 pm

2. Tahoma Activist says:

Yeah, Goldy, take it back! The President and Vice President deserve to receive the same high standard of justice they gave to Saddam Hussein (er, I mean that the Iraqi puppet government gave them, er I mean that the sovereign Iraqi justice system gave them)!
01/15/2007 at 6:23 pm

3. FormerExpat says:

Your comment is in very poor taste and might cause you a visit from the Secret Service - if we are lucky!
01/15/2007 at 6:28 pm

4. Mick says:

Wow , Goldy , you like to see how far you can go ..

So the difference between you and hate talk radio that a few days ago you brought to light ?
01/15/2007 at 6:39 pm

5. Tlazolteotl says:

I see reading comprehension is, as usual, lacking by the rightie commenters here.
01/15/2007 at 6:49 pm

6. BlueEyedBuddhist says:

Hey, right wingers… the point is that Goldy doesn’t WANT Bush and Cheney to have their heads torn off; while he does hope that they’re punished, he hopes it’s in a more humane manner.

In other words, even though he thinks they’re war criminals just the scumbags getting hung in Iraq, he thinks they deserve better treatment than we’re showing the scumbags.

The point is that we’re supposed to be the Good Guys, not the people ripping other people’s heads off. A distinction that is no doubt lost on you wingnuts.
01/15/2007 at 6:51 pm

7. christmasghost says:

goldy goldy goldy………good grief! when are you going to get a grip?
war criminals? you are so theatrical it’s wonder you haven’t won that oscar yet.
oh wait…no it’s not. to win an oscar you would have to actually be DOING something, not just bitching about others, right?
01/15/2007 at 6:59 pm

8. Will says:

Yikes
01/15/2007 at 6:59 pm

9. Dan Rather says:

Gassing 100s of thousands of Kurds is one thing but hanging war criminal is just downright unacceptable.
01/15/2007 at 6:59 pm

10. Dan Rather says:

Maybe we can deploy the same method that Seattle liberals use on pregnant Jewish woman, you know six bullets to the head.
01/15/2007 at 7:01 pm

It was Seattle's Orbusmax news site which first brought attention to Goldy's outbursts. These comments are currently featured there:

710 KIRO TALK SHOW HOST DISPLAYS BUSH- DERANGEMENT- SYNDROME ONCE AGAIN: "My only hope is that when Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney are held accountable for their war crimes, that they be punished more humanely..."

PREVIOUS GOLDSTEIN B.D.S, WITH PICTURE OF RUMSFELD AND SADDAM: "Hmm. One war criminal down..."

CAUGHT IN A FLIP-FLOP? (Goldy) "If you're reading something else into this post, well... that's your own problem... Of course, I was being intentionally provocative when I commented on Saddam Hussein’s hanging by posting a picture of Saddam shaking hands with Donald Rumsfeld, followed by the simple caption: 'Hmm. One war criminal down.' That so many readers chose to infer 'one to go...' is out of my control, though surely understandable given the historic context..."

Here's the big question: if lefty talk didn't pan out for Air America, why does KIRO believe going even further to the fringe extremes will fare any better?


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