Franken: Lib Network will Take Bush Out

Newsmax ^ | 3-11-04 | Carl Limbacher

[truthandlife]

Republican-hating humorist Al Franken promised yesterday that he'll be bashing President Bush relentlessly when the liberal radio network he's headlining gets underway at the end of this month.

"We're going to put it to Bush," Franken told reporters on Wednesday. "Bush is going down in November."

After his radio network - bankrolled by Democratic Party fat cats - supposedly drives Bush from power, the frothing-at-the-mouth funnyman said he plans to "put it to the right-wing media."

In a dig at his nemesis Bill O'Reilly, Franken said he was calling his show "The O'Franken Factor" and promised, "We're going to be baiting him as much as we can."

The Democrat Party's official radio network will also feature Iraq war critic-comedienne Janeane Garofalo, who explained last year that she never protested any of President Clinton's military actions because "it wasn't hip."

Billing itself as "Air America," the network will begin airing the Democratic party line on March 31, hitting the airwaves on New York's WLIB, KBLA in Los Angeles and WNTD in Chicago.

But so far the effort doesn't exactly have radio conservatives quaking in their boots.

"They're hoping - they're praying - that they can take us out," number two national talker Sean Hannity told his audience yesterday, in quotes picked up by the New York Post's John Mainelli. "And [the liberal media] is going to do everything they can to help them."

But Hannity predicted that audiences would soon tire of radio broadcasts that sound too much like bought-and-paid-for party propaganda. "How could I be as intellectually honest as I am on this program -- criticizing Republicans when they're wrong -- if the Republicans funded my show?" he posited.

"Already it's not truth in advertising," GOP consultant Kellyanne Conway told Mainelli, adding, "I guess the name 'hot air radio' is already taken."

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Billing itself as "Air America," the network will begin airing the Democratic party line on March 31, hitting the airwaves on New York's WLIB, KBLA in Los Angeles and WNTD in Chicago.

Shouldn't it be billed as "Err America"?

[kevkrom]

"We're going to put it to Bush," Franken told reporters on Wednesday. "Bush is going down in November."

With this stated goal -- would any and all air time be considered an in-kind contribution to the Kerry campaign by the FEC?

[I still care]

...Franken said he was calling his show "The O'Franken Factor" Do libs ever have an original thought?

I know. And do you suppose the spin will stop there?

[1Old Pro]

In a dig at his nemesis Bill O'Reilly, Franken said he was calling his show "The O'Franken Factor" and promised, "We're going to be baiting him as much as we can."

...and nobody will notice

[Not A Snowbird]

They're preaching to their own choir.

[Brian Allen]

<< "I guess the name 'hot air radio' is already taken." >>

How about "Cold Hatred Radio?" That fits those fascists and is still up for grabs??

Or PsychoPathé?

[wingster]

One word: "Substance"

Where will the beef be!

"Republican-hating humorist Al Franken promised yesterday that he'll be bashing President Bush relentlessly when the liberal radio network he's headlining gets underway at the end of this month."

That will be new and refreshing... :rolleyes:

Here are two other names for the show:

Inanity and Drones

...or...

The Drivel Factor

[afz400]

The Democrats know that ridicule is a powerful weapon. Why can't the Republicans find a well known comedian to ridicule Kerry? It seems to only be done on the internet.

[ladtx]

I looked up dork in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary and here's what I found. OK, so I added the picture but the rest is as I found it, plus I had to do a little censoring.

One entry found for dork.

Main Entry: dork
Pronunciation: 'dork
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps alteration of di*k
slang : NERD; also : JERK 4

[wingster]

I'm sure Dennis Miller will.

[Peter J. Huss]

Oh rubbish! You have no power here! Begone!

[Ronaldus Magnus Reagan]

George W. Bush is the very first President with a Harvard MBA. Just ask Al Frankin how valuable and smart Harvard researchers are! His book touts them a lot. Someone please call in and ask him about that.

[moodyskeptic]

Liberals have exhibitted NO sense of humor in forty years, they are so caught up in saving us from ourselves. Detached cynicism and metropolitan condescension control the liberal funny bone.

Humor fuels talk radio, and the Left has no humor.

End of story.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Why can't the Republicans find a well known comedian to ridicule Kerry?

The Republicans have Dennis Miller and a few others, however most well-known comedians are part of the Liberal entertainment establishment (or they're to afraid to offend it.)

[international american]

Preaching to the choir wont make a bit of difference......not one vote:)

[lasereye]

I'm not familiar with Randi Rhodes and Chuck D. Where are they from?

[bayourod]

What is a "radio network"? Is he talking about a three hour syndicated program, or ownership of a number of broadcast stations that bash Bush 24/7?

We don't need them in Houston, we already have a Radio Pacifica station.

[DarthVader]

It won't last two months because nobody will be listening.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Notice how Franken says NOTHING about actual issues, opting rather to just call Republicans names. Rush Limbaugh actually TALKS about stuff like abortion, gay marraige, tax cuts etc. It just shows that even they know that most of their issues are huge losers.

[RandallFlagg]

Actually, folks...

This could be a blessing for us, in a way. Frankin believes that the majority of the population thinks like he and his ilk. He's going to attract listeners of all political tastes. Rush, Hannity and the others will talk about him (Although I think Rush will do a better job of quoting his idiocy) during their shows, drawing more attention.

And America will be driven away from liberalistic insanity. Listeners will run screaming from it like the plague.

I can't wait for Rush to do a parody of it, though. (Remember, "The Tom Daschle Hour?")