Franken got his...
Posted on 08/09/2005 8:11:21 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
Liberal yakker Al Franken blasted the man who founded his Air America radio network as "a crook" on Monday - even as he laughed off the financial scandal that continues to dog his broadcast.
After weeks of on-air silence about an $875,000 loan that Air America finagled from a Bronx community group that serves poor kids and Alzheimers patients, Franken was finally forced to discuss the scandal when a caller asked him to explain.
"Here's the deal," the Air America host said. "The first guy who was chairman of the board of Air America - Evan Cohen - was a crook, it turns out. I mean, I guess that's the only way to put it."
Explaining Cohen's role in ripping off the kids' club, Franken suddenly turned giddy.
"He borrowed $875,000," he said, erupting in laughter. "I don't know why they did it and I don't know where the money went."
Franken said he "imagines" that the funds earmarked for childrens' programs were instead "used for operations" at Air America, which was strapped for cash at the time.
"[Cohen] was robbing Peter to pay Paul," he explained.
Franken got his...
Franken got paid . .
This sounds like the most excitement Al has ever had on his show.
When even the DUmmies are calling it (his show) boring, you know it's boring.
Has this story been covered at all by the MSM yet?
Kids didn't eat because the limo-libs (aka franken) are 'high maintenance'
ping
Does anyone have a link to the Bromx Charity that got their money stollen ?
Where did you hear the clip?
Franken got his . . .
Franken has 'needs' . . .
**"a crook"**
Tell us something we don't know about most dimocrats!
Go here:
http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/faq.shtml
And send email (topic: HBO Documentaries), asking for a followup on their program "Left of the Dial".
They need to expose the funding of Air America.
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/leftofthedial/synopsis.html
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/leftofthedial/index.html
Sorry kids, there is just enough for Al's latte.
I'm sure he'd laugh it off if a conservative talk show had been caught doing the same thing. /sarc
IF they were smart,( which they have proved over and over they are not) they would close down air america from a PR point of view. They will not be able to recover from this damage.
Na na na na na, Al got all the money, no bingo for you!
I thought HBO's doc was pretty even-handed. When it was on ONDemand, I watched it 5-6 times. I thought it was great. The only AAR cheerleading I thought it did was when, at the very end of the film, they talked about how many stations they had grown to as if it was some impressive number. Otherwise, I think they called a spade a spade.
So you knowingly went to work for a crook just to keep your Chaka-lookin' face in Twinkies?
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