AIR AMERICA SCRAMBLES

Michelle Malkin ^ | September 08, 2005 | Michelle Malkin

[John Lenin]

If Franken wants to continue arguing he was a fool who passed the buck to his lawyer, Minnesota Republicans won't stop him. And neither will we ....

[pcottraux]

"Al Franken does not have and never had any responsibility for this loan...His role at Air America was then and remains today as on-air talent."

Well, no wonder they're going down the tubes.

"Welcome to the Al Franken show. Today, we're going to whine like babies about George W. Bush, and I'm going to talk obsessively about my book 'Lying Liars' because I can't get over how great I am. But first a word from our sponsors..."

(Static)

"Still no advertisers? Okay. Call Hillary and tell her we need more funding."

[John Lenin]

Franken was thinking of running for office, this may put him over the top with RAT voters.

[Deb]

What "negative publicity" is she talking about since no one is covering the story.

[pcottraux]

His official key platform issue will be "I REALLY HATE THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL!!!"

It's not as catchy as "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," but you get the idea.

[M1911A1]

I listen to "Air America" on occasion. It is good to be reminded of how far out there the opposition is.

There is a steady stream of PSAs on the Seattle outlet. There are some paid ads, but the amount of time they dedicate to public service announcements is staggering.

I'll sort of miss it, in a sick sort of way, when it goes under.

[blake6900]

What's Air America? Airline?

[FlingWingFlyer]

What did Franken know and when did he know it?

[p23185]

wasn't that the airline the CIA ran during Viet Nam conflict?

[ladyinred]

His role at Air America was then and remains today as on-air talent."

ROTFL! Talent????

[blake6900]

wasn't that the airline the CIA ran during Viet Nam conflict?

Yeah, that's right. Mel Gibson worked there...and that drug addict.

[pcottraux]

Hey, I remember you from a thread a long, long time ago, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.

I'm great with names, terrible with faces.

Oh, and the only talent Al Franken has is that he's really good at getting on my nerves.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Cougar66]

the first thing they need to do is stop calling their hosts 'on-air talent'

[KingNo155]

PSA's are a money laundering scam

[newzjunkey]

They still on the air? Why?

[John Lenin]

Just read these three paragraphs and try not to fall on the floor laughing. hehe

The network's star -- former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Al Franken -- was feted by the New York Times as Air America's "big gun in the noon-to-3-p.m. slot going up against his old nemesis, Rush Limbaugh."

Now, nearly 18 months later, the network's ratings remain low. AAR's former boss has been accused of swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a social service agency for poor children. And a lawsuit seeking more than a quarter-million dollars charges that AAR perpetrated a "sham" to defraud the network's creditors.

One of the nation's largest minority-owned broadcasting companies is suing the parent company of AAR. Multicultural Radio says it is owed $255,000 and that AAR's change of ownership last year was a "sham" meant to cheat creditors.

[pcottraux]

I tried, but it was awful hard.

The funny thing is that whenever Franken talks publicly, he brags about how great his ratings are. He always says, "I'm killing Bill O'Reilly ratings-wise" and "Limbaugh is narrowly ahead of me." I already knew he was full of it, but that just gives undeniable proof.

[jim-x]

I thought Air America was broke!! Where did the $825K come from? Follow the money...

[John Lenin]

The have managed to defraud some of their biggest constituents. Even Hollywood couldn't write this script.