Air America Stiffs Al Franken

radaronline.com ^ | September 14, 2006 | Radaronlline.com

[libstripper]

THAT'S AL, FOLKS Franken wants a paycheckIs Air America Radio going belly up? The troubled left-leaning network is dismissing yesterday's report by Think Progress that it plans to file for bankruptcy on Friday. But you know things must be bad when even your top star can't get paid. "I don't know if that's true or not," Al Franken told Radar late Wednesday, when asked about the bankruptcy report. "We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven't been paid in a while. Like, there's no cash flowing to me."

It's not the first time Franken has gone without a salary. Air America ran out of money promptly after it launched in 2004, after disgraced former chairman Evan Cohen inflated the amount of money he had raised to fund the network.

[MinuteGal]

I thought liberalism was all about peace, love and Kumbayah.

Being paid, indeed!

How crass and capitalistic.

Where's the altruism, the volunteerism, the dedication to The Cause?

I thought being a dedicated commy-comic means never having to say "Show me the money."

Leni

[EricT.]

Not only are conservatives better armed, we're funnier and more interesting, too.

And we have hotter women!

[freedomlover]

The funny thing is that the DUmmies think he is too conservative.

Al must be feeling much of the love right now. (boo f hoo)

[sgtbono2002]

******I am sure then, Al Franken is getting paid what he is worth.

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You got that right.

[boughtwithaprice]

"We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven't been paid in a while. Like, there's no cash flowing to me."

How sad. The tears are flowing now. /s

[BadAndy]

"Air America needed a Rush or Sean Hannity to be a success. Franken and Randi Rhodes were the best they could do. Goes to show. Not only are conservatives better armed, we're funnier and more interesting, too."

Al and Randi have talent on loan from Tiny Tim.

[MinuteGal]

"Al and Randi have talent on loan from Tiny Tim."

Crackin' up here!

Leni

[sam_paine]

Air America needed a Rush or Sean Hannity to be a success.

As if! And Soviet Communism just needed an Edison or Henry Ford to be a success.

[paulcissa]

Who's going to win the pool? Anyone have a rool-up of the dates? Many FReepers were tossing there hat in the ring since ERRAMERIKA went on the air. Anyone....anyone? Bueller?

[Pharmboy]

What happened? Did they run out of childrens' charities to loot?

[Pharmboy]

Almost everybody graduates Harvard cum laude. He was also on the wrestling team which partly explains why he's a physical as well as verbal bully.

[CoolPapaBoze]

Further proof that markets are in fact efficient.

[arthurus]

The left failed because ...they think it is all a matter of getting on enough stations that everyone will hear you. They do not understand that listen and hear are not actually synonyms. They still believe that corporate fatcats bought Rush's airtime and subsidize him to keep The People hearing him. The whole concept of advertising is simply not comprehensible.

[Rocko]

I guess this isn't the Al Franken decade.

[robertpaulsen]

"They've been making bad decisions since the day I got there," Garofalo says. The network's staff, Garofalo says, is tireless and committed to the cause of progressive radio. "And then you have a handful of business people with no politics whatsoever. I can't fathom the decisions they make."

Business people without politics??? How do they function???

[robertpaulsen]

"It actually was a Rovian plot to take Leftist money and flush it down the toilet."

The best thing that could happen is if they find additional funding. That's money that won't be spent where it could actually do the liberals some good.

[blackie]

[AZConser]

This dead fish begins to stink in the sun.

Just listening to Frankenfraud to see if he would address the issue. He says when it was reported yesterday it was not true. He also comments "Hey I am still flying on United". What is that supposed to mean - United is not currently in bankruptcy??? Morons every last one of them - please get off the air NOW. Let them live in their little fantasy world, BUT THEY MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE FEDEAL GOVERNMENT.

[sauropod]

The flies be a circlin'

[brwnsuga]

He chose the losing side. Like attracts like.