Comments on: No Joke: Al Franken's Running For Senate

Comedian Says He'll Seek Democratic Nomination For Seat In Minnesota

[aa36042]

Yes I do feel that way, at least with a republican you can disagree but you generally feel a topic is being discussed in an intelligently dignified way. Libs cater to common denominator bush haters without offering any new ideas..i.e. we are in Iraq now that discussion is over, how best to we handle things now. The general dem cant have this conversation because they only have one line, and that is hatred for one man..they only offer over stuffed social programs that do nothing for anyone (see where most black males are now since they were "blessed" with civil rights legislation in the 60s (and that%u2019s the best thing you could point to)..i just find that I cant have an honest conversation with dems about policy, because they have no ideas, just nonsense and re-direction..and then you put people like sharpton, jackson and now this worm out there..its just madness. I hope one day I can meet one of you tools that actually provides some insight not just cater to the lowest common denominator.

[diverinnl]

scott4261, your right on target but we need to put bar up to stop that leftward swing. (just a jab) LOL:)

Anyway, gotta go, have a good one.

[scott4261]

In case you haven't noticed, the Republicans can no longer claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility without being laughed out of the room. Because of George W. Bush's myopic and incompetent leadership, the GOP will lose the presidency as well as more congressional and senate seats in 2008. At that point, the Democrats will have two out the three branches of government. The judicial branch will conservative for years to come, Bush has seen to that.

American politics goes in cycles. The pendulum swung to the left in the 60's, peaking in the '70s (Civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate). It swung to the right in the '80s (Reagan) and then sort of centered in the '90s after peaking to the left in '94 (Clinton/Republican congress). Since 2001, we have been in the far right ditch. Now we are going to take a shift to the left before we settle in the middle again sometime in the next decade.

Al Frankin will be the U.S. Senator from Minnesota, reclaiming the late, great Paul Wellstone's seat. A Democrat will be president. And then you conservatives will get too greedy again and the pendulum will start its swing back to the right.

And so it goes...

[lieberman181]

Another stooge and bozo in more ways than one joining his neo-fascist moveon.org friends.

maybe franken-stein wants to go over to gaza next and break bread with hamas. he'll be lucky if they don't chop off his ignoramus head instead.

Remember HIS immortal words:

"I'm dumb enough, I'm weak enough, and doggone it people **** on me".

[scott4261]

think sharpton should be the next pres and this whiney little mouse should be his vp..then all of the libs pryaers would go answered..arnt any of you ever ashamed at the mornons that represnt your party, supply no new ideas, just current policy hatred and social programs? uugh
Posted by aa36042 at 06:18 PM

aa,
Do you really believe your own BS? The Democrats have accomplished more in the last month than the Republicans did in the last 12 years.

[aa36042]

i think sharpton should be the next pres and this whiney little mouse should be his vp..then all of the libs pryaers would go answered..arnt any of you ever ashamed at the mornons that represnt your party, supply no new ideas, just current policy hatred and social programs? uugh

[book54552134]

Frankin is wrong on some issues (abortion, staying the course in Iraq) but in comparison to the 2 Right-wing extremists Minnesota presently has in the Senate, Frankin would be a 100% improvement.

[aa36042]

Who could stand that whinney little clown? oh wait libs can. im sure the tool will win too..god that guys sucks,

[diverinnl]

husker, I didn't say "insignificant", I said "narrow". If you were as insightful as you prop yourself up to be, you would know the difference. To assume that all conservatives are ignorant, redneck dolts that only drive taxis or big rigs is laughable and a great insight into the liberal mind.

[scott4261]

Actually motherjones, Rush Limbaugh signed on in '88 or '89, but was on the air for more than 5 years before he had a significant audience (Bill Clinton had to become president, so he could have a liberal to rail against and galvanize his audience. Same thing is happening w/George W. Bush and Air America). AA seems to be gaining more momentum in less time.

[motherjones-2009]

It took the right wing 30 years to take over talk radio. Rush Limbaugh's show has been on the air for 15 years. Air America has only existed for two-three years. Radio, like all media, is owned by huge corporations. Air America tried to make it without corporate backing. Clear Channel refused to syndicate liberal talk host, Randi Rhodes even though her ratings have been consistently higher than Limbaugh's. Why? They want to control the message, even if they lose money doing it.

[scott4261]

huskerarmy, Did you take your name from the '80s punk band Husker Du (led by the great Bob Mould)? Just curious....

[huskerarmy]

"Only the looney left could ever take him seriously.
Posted by One_American"
Let's be honest here. If frat boy George W. can be taken seriously, anybody can.

[huskerarmy]

"Their market segment, although liberals refuse to believe it, is extremely narrow and most large companies dropped their advertising dollars in conservative talk radio. They simply can't seem to pull in the sponsors."

Hummm. corporate america doesn't want to sponser liberal radio... go figure. Perhaps the liberal "market segment" has something to do with the fact that liberals tend to sit at computers or behind desks during the day rather than drivin' taxis or them thar big rigs like so many red neck...ur um... red state voters do. To suggest that liberals are an insignificant segment of the population... well just keep telling yourself that for the next several elections.

[dallison7]

"No Joke"?

Yes it is.

It's the funniest one Franken has ever told.

Only the looney left could ever take him seriously.
Posted by One_American

The joke's on you 'Scooter, Jr.', he's going to win!!

[scott4261]

diverinnl, Some investors overstated their available capital at the beginning and Air America has been in the hole ever since. In fact, 2 weeks in, Al Frankin and Jeaneane Garofalo hasd to forgo their pay so the rest of AA's staff could get paid! It hasn't been easy for these guys, but I believe they are finally on the way to financial stability. Any fledgling business has a hard time and AA is less than 3 years old...

[diverinnl]

Healthy competition is good, both for ratings and for a healthy dialogue
Posted by scott4261 at 05:09 PM : Feb 14, 2007

I couldn't have said it better myself. The question remains however, how did Air America get to be in such financial shambles to begin with?

Their market segment, although liberals refuse to believe it, is extremely narrow and most large companies dropped their advertising dollars in conservative talk radio. They simply can't seem to pull in the sponsors.

[one_american]

"No Joke"?

Yes it is.

It's the funniest one Franken has ever told.

Only the looney left could ever take him seriously.

[scott4261]

diverinnl, The sale to SL Green was the topic of the Rachael Maddow Show recently. Now I may have used the wrong wording by saying that they are solvent, but Air America is not going anywhere.

And you conservatives had better hope it stays around. Since talk radio has been dominated by the right wing since the early to mid-'90s, our discourse has been increasingly lopsided. Air America and Jones Radio (the network which carries Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller)have provided a healthy shot in the arm to talk radio, which had become stagnant as a right-witng echo chamber.

Of course, I'm old enough to remember when WABC in New York and WLS in Chicago had hosts from the left and the right (H e l l , I'm old enough to remember when both of those stations were the giants of Top 40 music radio!). In the age of niche broadcasting, all of that has changed.

Healthy competition is good, both for ratings and for a healthy dialogue

[diverinnl]

scott4261, sorry bud but Air America is currently undergoing an auction to payoff it's debt. It is far from solvent.

Auction Is Set for Air America
By DOW JONES/AP
Published: February 13, 2007
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Dow Jones/AP) %u2014 Air America Radio, the liberal news and talk radio network, has won bankruptcy court approval to sell its assets at an auction Friday, starting with a $4.25 million bid from a consortium of purchasers formed by Stephen L. Green, the chairman of SL Green Realty of New York.

Judge Robert D. Drain of Federal Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan said on Friday that the consortium could receive a $150,000 breakup fee if its offer was topped at the auction.

Competing bids, which must start at $4.6 million, are due by Thursday with a 10 percent deposit. Bidding will increase in increments of at least $50,000. A sale hearing will be held immediately after the auction.

The proposed sale, the filing said, will enable the company to keep broadcasting.

Air America has been struggling to find a buyer since it filed for Chapter 11 protection on Oct. 13, listing assets of $7.8 million and debts of $19.8 million.