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I have had the recent misfortune, er, opportunity I mean, to listen to Franken here in the liberal Mecca of Amherst/Northampton, MA due to a programming change in a local radio station (I guess the figure if it can't fly here, it can't fly anywhere). Natually, they have no email address for commentary by listeners (cowardly liberals!).

Out of a sense of fairness and curiosity, I have listened regularly for the past 2.5 weeks, and have come to one conclusion:

Rush and Sean have little to fear.

The "O'Franken Factor" (which, oddly enough, follows O'Reilly on the same station) is vapid, smarmy, insipid, and just plain not funny, entertaining or informative.

Franken, unlike Rush and Sean, actually "Michael Moores" the stories he and his bimbo sidekick read, *then* comment on it. They hack the story, then comment on how "dirty" the Republicans are. It is so bad I can't even get mad. I just shake my head. His daily "Oi, oi, oi!" segments are nearly as pathetic as his Stuart Smalley sketches that died on SNL. Even the most amateur of political buffs could point out his mistakes (okay, lies), deliberate omissions, and fabrications.

Franken tries to copy O'Reilly, and goes so far to take cuts from his show and criticize them. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but you almost feel sorry for Franken because he is so woefully inept as the host of this show, and he can't even steal techniques from successful shows. The pity ends quickly with the vitriol that spews out of his mouth.

Franken is not, and never will be, the next Rush, Sean, Oliver or Bill. The ratings are proving it. He should be getting better, more comfortable etc. in his role, but he is simply becoming more and more sad and desperate.

If his show was a horse, someone would shoot it to put it out of its misery.

Franken tries to copy O'Reilly, and goes so far to take cuts from his show and criticize them.

And O'Reilly has FINALLY caught on to Franken's plan of yanking his chain repeatedly to get him to go off on Franken. Bill's just ignoring him now, and won't even speak his name. I heard Al admit recently, when it was announced that he was going to change the name of his show back to the "Al Franken Show" since he had "tried everything to get Bill O'Reilly to sue him" but wasn't successful. Ignoring is a very useful tool, that is mostly underused...

"Out of a sense of fairness and curiosity, I have listened regularly for the past 2.5 weeks, "

My hats off to you, you lasted 2.5 weeks! amazing! I really did try to give the local station here in Portland, the o'l college try I lasted 2.5 days. and it was a painful experience.
They do a daily devotion which starts out by taking the Lords name and then spewing garbage all over it, when they started with this it was over as far as I was concerned.

What I took away is that they are not serious about anything and joke and make fun of everything it is really pitiful

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