Al Franken's show is so much better WITHOUT AL FRANKEN!

[propagandafreegal]

I'm listening to archives and am really enjoying it!

[Nikepallas]

1. To each his/her own. I find it kind of dull.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

8. i agree, Al is much more fun. eom.

[NYCGirl]

12. I like Joe Conason, but I miss Al! NT

[Alisa]

14. I am really enjoying Katherine and Joe - I think they are intelligent

and each is giving the other opportunity to talk, & interview.

I haven't been listening to Air America for long - I really like it, it is my favorite station now. I only catch Al and Katherine late at night, I haven't been impressed by Al but Katherine really knows her stuff. I have to admit I am a fan of hers, she had a very good show on MPR (MN Public Radio) for years that I enjoyed. She does her homework. Knowing in depth the issues to be discussed at the time of an interview - isn't that what is wanted?

[NYCGirl]

15. Yeah, but Joe Conason is not nearly as FUNNY as Al.

I like to get a few laughs with my info.

[burythehatchet]

39. I think all 3 should be regulars

[Skink]

I haven't tuned in in months since I went on days...

but he is running for offfice right...?

[Prodemsouth]

4. No he is on a USO tour for Iraq. OP probably has beef about that.

n/t

[robbedvoter]

24. Yup. The entire show is a stump speech now - as approved by DNC

"W won, we lost gosh darn it, but we'll accomplish it even bigger next time"
Can't stand him anymore.

[Prodemsouth]

2. I don't agree the host they had subbing.. His voice nearly put me to sleep

at the wheel. Coanson (sp) he needs to stick to writing he is better at that than radio.

[Chicago Democrat]

3. Katherine annoys me occassionally...she's not as much of a Democrat

as Al is. But you know, neither am I nowadays.

[redstateblues]

7. I like Al- Katherine is always annoying- Is she a republican?

Her Devil's advocate thing is irritating

[NYCGirl]

11. A Republican? Lord, no. She was on public radio in Minnesota

for many years.

[w4rma]

21. That doesn't prove anything. (nt)

[NYCGirl]

27. Perhaps not. But the fact she works on Air America does. NT

[Chicago Democrat]

16. I was thinking disallusioned Democrat, like most of us

on the left side.

[blondeatlast]

29. Holy heck no--why would anyone imagine that?

She clearly LOATHES the "dittohead" segment and gets audibly annoyed with both of them.

[senseandsensibility]

5. Joe Conason

is so well informed and intelligent. I really enjoy him, although he is not nearly radical enough for me. He is keenly perceptive and dryly funny. Now if we could just get him to take election fraud seriously. But Al doesn't take it seriously either.:-(

[kamqute]

6. Al is the 'respectable' face of AAR

That's why he doesn't do anything about it. If you listen to his commercial on the subject for the Ohio Democratic Party, he sounds significantly more in step with us.

[femme.democratique]

9. Al is going to have egg on his face...

...for sure when the fraud is revealed and proven! Let him be a fool in front of millions, he's only hurting himself. He's the only AAR host that doesn't take it seriously.

[Chicago Democrat]

18. I hope so!

and Al will be the first person to admit he's wrong.

Al was for the war, just like Kerry cause he believed the lies. I think lefties simply have better lie detector brains than others.

[Kahuna]

22. "Egg on his face?" I doubt that. Only an immature fool would..

be embarrassed because he was wrong about something. Al doesn't strike me as that sort. He was wrong about the Iraq invasion that he once supported. He admits frequently that he was wrong. That's life. You win some and lose some. No reason to have a cow about it.

[femme.democratique]

35. "Egg on his face" because....

I used to listen to him every day since the summer....he really has been condescending about this whole vote fraud thing. He honestly thought we "believers" were nuts! He wanted nothing to do with any post-election activity! Until the DNC paid him to do a commercial, that is! He *should* be embarrassed about that.

[Chicago Democrat]

17. Love him, now there is a moderate

that I can live with..

[missouri dem 2]

10. I respect Joe Conason alot. Wish that AAR would give him his own

show.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Me, too.

I think he'd be great. He is a truly wise man. He's completely unflappable.

[zulchzulu]

19. It's just a different show. Conason is serious and a little stiff...

...but good as well.

I know some people her at DU don't like Al becuase he's not screaming like a banshee about the election fraud. I think he's waiting until all the evidence is in as well as looking at not being seen as a tinfoil hatter when he runs in 2008.

Al has been on the show via SatPhone anyway...

[buddysmellgood]

20. Al's material wears thin on a daily grind. He needs to retool more

often. Three hours a day is a big grind, but Stuart Smalley can't last forever. He needs to hire some more Onion staffers.

[TroglodyteScholar]

23. Conason...

...should definitely get his own show at some point. He's very eloquent and persuasive.

I like the bit they did this week with the dittohead when Joe was talking about Rush vacationing in Paris and smoking Communist cigars whilst laughing at all the little people. Classic...

[blondeatlast]

30. That was the best "dittohead" ever. I wish everyone could see

that article; my husband is a Cigar Aficianado subscriber (and a damn good LW indie, okay?!) and I read it when it cam out.

Talk to dittoheads about it and they really do begin to have doubts.

[robbedvoter]

25. Conason is more informed, a journalist rather than a politician

and much funnier than "Clinton heart attack jokes" Franken.

[theangrydem]

26. Al Franken Yes!, Randi Rhoades No!

The Al Franken show is the best Air America show, the Randi Rhoades show the worst. I would like to have some data on their ratings....I undersatnd Al's show has the strongest ratings.

[wyldwolf]

32. unfortunately, the ratings of air personalities aren't usually made public

...unless an Arbitron subscribing station makes them so. Typically the station's overall ratings are what is released to the press.

That being said, Al's show has gotten the most attention for obvious reasons and he has beaten the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity in various markets.

Rhodes, on the other hand, has a loooong history of slaughtering the competition.

[TroglodyteScholar]

33. No to Randi Rhodes???

She's great! Also a bit grating, but still! She's smart, she cares, and she's going to say what's on her mind. I love Franken, but he seems more concerned with making cheesy jokes than anything else.

[theangrydem]

37. Love her but...

Her show is grating, not good talk radio IMO.

[madfloridian]

36. Randi is outstanding. We love her show.

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

28. Love Joe, like Al.

There's one on AAR I could do without for both of them to have a show.

[wyldwolf]

31. Joe's a much better writer...

...and he sounds like he's reading on the air.

It takes more to be an entertaining on-air personality than a vast knowledge of the issues - much more. Which is why he is a writer.

[orpupilofnature57]

34. who the fuck are you narcissistic bastards buying into,sound like a bunch

of ingrates, this man was rocked by the farce of an election.

[high density]

38. I think they just signed Al Franken for a few more years

So don't listen if you don't like it.