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| A week with the Left |
| 2006-08-01 |
| How was your week? I spent mine with Randi Rhodes, Stephanie Miller, and Al Franken, and it was fabulous. No, really. I stumbled on the local “progressive talk” station last week, and the commentary left my jaw on the floorboard of my car so often, I couldn’t manage to turn the station. My jaw was actually in the way of the radio dial. Maybe that’s the business model. Pack the airwaves with enough crazy and listeners find themselves unable to escape. I learned many things this week. 1) Al Franken is sane. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Frank? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-01 18:12 |
| #5 hate to admit it, but they may be onto something with the whole "Mann Coulter"..Never understood what folks have found attractive about her. She comes across in whatever pics I've seen of her as a poorly dressed transvestite. Well to each his own. At the risk of sounding crude, I'd still hit that. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-01 16:02 |
| #4 hate to admit it, but they may be onto something with the whole "Mann Coulter"..Never understood what folks have found attractive about her. She comes across in whatever pics I've seen of her as a poorly dressed transvestite. At the very least, someone should offer her a sandwhich. |
| Posted by: NM 2006-08-01 15:07 |
| #3 That might explain why their “local-spots” sponsors in every market mainly consist of Head-shops, Used-record outlets, and Adult Book stores. Funny if you think about Adult book stores sponsering the far left while porn stars are running for office as Republicans. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-08-01 11:59 |
| #2 “Maybe that’s the business model. Pack the airwaves with enough crazy and listeners find themselves unable to escape.” Heh! The reason Howard Stern is successful is because their target audience enjoys weighty topics such as flatulation and Lesbian sex. Even high-profile sponsors are ambivalent to adolescent messages delivered in a vulgar format as long as it sells. Air America’s topics tend to attract their own unique demographic. That might explain why their “local-spots” sponsors in every market mainly consist of Head-shops, Used-record outlets, and Adult Book stores. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-08-01 09:58 |
| #1 I've read stuff by Mary Katherin Ham before, and she was sane, lucid, and quite logical. Now I'm worried about her, LOL. The article is very funny, but I think she's gonna need an industrial-grade scrub-down - steel wool I think - to bring her back to full functionality. You know you're in for a wild ride when Franken, who's now stumping for some Senate seat or something equally inane, is the realtive voice of reason. Sheesh, this was supposed to "make it" on the air? LOL. |
| Posted by: Thaque Ebbeth9552 2006-08-01 01:35 |