One of my regular readers here in Corpus Christi informed me that Air America is now on our radio dial. So, I listened for a bit today. Well, when I got the chance.
For a little while at work I heard some of Al Franken’s show. He had a segment about dittoheads, which is apparently a regular feature, where he plays a clip from Rush’s show, and has a conservative friend comment. All I got to hear was Rush saying something about the Democrats being the party of slavery and segregation. Al’s co-host was quick on the draw: “That’s a snapshot in time!” I didn’t get to hear the remainder of the segment to see how it all played out.
On the way home I listened to Randi Rhodes. Well, during my twenty minute trip she gabbed and played a clip of Hannity and Colmes which she previewed with, “Listen how Hannity pauses so you can hear the protesters behind him chanting. Either they are really close or Fox News put microphones on them!” Well, they were probably close, but certainly not wired. And Hannity never paused for us to hear them during the clip she ran.
I’ll try to listen again sometime. It was all really pretty boring. Even tedious. No wonder Air America doesn’t do well. Rhodes, in particular, repeats herself, and what she says becomes a litany. Beyond that, most of what I heard today were commercials. A lot of them. New York City commercials. I certainly intend to run right down and sign up with the natural gas company in New York!
We don’t have Air America which doesn’t exactly upset me. I used to be a regular caller on G Gordon but now he’s on satellite radio, so Im left to just be a listener.
Comment by Tish — March 25, 2005 @ 9:35 pm
Thanks for being curious and courageous enough to listen.
After three tries last week, hearing Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, and the Rev. Barry Lynn, I shall pound on my toes with a large framing hammer before trying it again.
Comment by Sandy — March 27, 2005 @ 1:45 pm