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Air America Radio in tentative deal to be sold; Al Franken to depart
Star Tribune & AP ^ | January 29, 2007

Posted on 01/29/2007 9:59:10 AM PST by presidio9

Edited on 01/29/2007 10:20:46 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Air America Radio, a liberal talk radio network, said Monday that it had reached a tentative agreement to be sold to the founder of a New York area real estate company.


(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airamericaradio; alfranken; nananaheyheygoodbye; schadenfreude; talkradio
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1 posted on 01/29/2007 9:59:14 AM PST by presidio9
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What? Franken is still on their payroll even though they are bankrupt? You gotta be kidding.


2 posted on 01/29/2007 10:01:03 AM PST by Brilliant
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This deal ought to be very carefully scrutinized...

Who's paying off Franken? And with what money?


3 posted on 01/29/2007 10:01:59 AM PST by IncPen (When Al Gore Finished the Internet, he invented Global Warming)
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4 posted on 01/29/2007 10:02:00 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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"Green is the brother of Mark Green, a longtime New York politician who has also appeared frequently as a guest on Air America Radio."



Sounds like an insider deal to me.


5 posted on 01/29/2007 10:02:04 AM PST by Brilliant
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I hope the new owner has buckets full of cash, or hw will be in BK soon. NO LISTENERS FOR HATE


6 posted on 01/29/2007 10:02:16 AM PST by mmyers
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To: Brilliant

schadenfreude alert...


7 posted on 01/29/2007 10:03:30 AM PST by presidio9 (There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
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Stephen Green's brother, Mark Green is a perennial losing canddiate for the mayoralty of New York City.

I believe Stephen Green is currently involved in a palimony suit with his estranged lover, a young man thirty years his junior.

8 posted on 01/29/2007 10:03:44 AM PST by wideawake
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And this was the network that was gonna wipe out Conservative talk radio.

*SNORT*
9 posted on 01/29/2007 10:04:04 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
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Too bad. It would be more fun if more rich lefties kept Air America propped up for a while. We'll miss having Air America to kick around.


10 posted on 01/29/2007 10:04:37 AM PST by smoothsailing
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Sorry, I'm too overcome worrying about what is to become of the careers of Janine Garafalo and Randi Rhodes to spend one second thinking about Stephen Green and his cabanna boy.


11 posted on 01/29/2007 10:07:28 AM PST by presidio9 (There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
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did they ever pay back the millions of taxpayer dollars they stole?


12 posted on 01/29/2007 10:07:38 AM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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http://www.slgreen.com/


13 posted on 01/29/2007 10:09:57 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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Al Franken Weighing Possible Senate Run

Asserting that “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!” left-wing talk-show host and former comedian, Al Franken contacted Democratic lawmakers from Minnesota seeking their advice on a possible Senate run against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman next year.

Franken said he’s very concerned with what he calls “America’s selfishness.” “Everywhere I look I see people grubbing for money, feeding their families, and looking out for number one,” Franken complained. “Where’s the concern for one’s fellow man?”

“I say it’s time for Americans to ask not what their country can do for them, but what they can do for me, Al Franken,” he said. “I think America needs to hear this message and take appropriate action before it’s too late.”

Franken said he was concerned about how people will respond to a former comedian running for the Senate. “I haven’t said or done anything funny in years,” Franken pointed out. “But some people might remember me from my ‘Saturday Night Live’ days and assume that since I was on an allegedly funny show that I can’t be taken seriously now.”

Franken said he hopes to make a decision in the next few weeks. Last year, he moved his radio show from New York City to Minneapolis to get away from what he labeled New City’s “right-wing ambience.”

read more...

http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm


14 posted on 01/29/2007 10:12:04 AM PST by John Semmens
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It is a relative of Mark Green!!! On my. Mark Green came really really close to almost beating Grampa Munster in an election, I think.

Wasn't Frankin sueing Air America even while he still worked for them??? Yet even now he is on the payroll?? Something really doesn't smell right about this whole thing.


15 posted on 01/29/2007 10:13:04 AM PST by rod1
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You mean it is not " dearly departed"? ah, shucks.


16 posted on 01/29/2007 10:13:49 AM PST by dforest (Liberals love crisis, create crisis and then dwell on them.)
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He wasn't good enough, he wasn't smart enough, and doggone it, people didn't like him.


17 posted on 01/29/2007 10:13:53 AM PST by jpl
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To: John Semmens

Would Al Franken sueing Air America be in the category of selfishly "Grubbing for Money". One wonders.


18 posted on 01/29/2007 10:14:32 AM PST by rod1
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To: John Semmens
Last year, he moved his radio show from New York City to Minneapolis to get away from what he labeled New York City's "right-wing ambience."

ROFL!!

19 posted on 01/29/2007 10:15:14 AM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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Well gee,...I'm deeply, DEEPLY saddened.

I guess that they wern't good enough, they wern't smart enough to cut it in the real world.


20 posted on 01/29/2007 10:22:23 AM PST by garyhope
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