[GianniV]

Who is running against Robert Byrd?

[Fido969]

Who is running against Robert Byrd?

Right now, I think only his record. And right now, it looks like he is way behind.

[Fido969]

But mysteriously much of the money wound up being diverted to the coffers of Air America, the liberal talk-radio network whose ratings are yet another example of "deferred success." The needs of disadvantaged Al Franken and his pals apparently outweigh those of Bronx welfare recipients. Perhaps Janeane Garofalo is the coatless girl John Edwards was talking about all those months. Air America looks like the broadcast version of the U.N. Oil-for-Food program, whereby money earmarked to save starving moppets somehow winds up in the bank accounts of bloated self-described do-gooders with political connections.

" Mommy, why can't I go to camp this summer?"

I'm sorry, sweetheart. Yono Ono and Tim Robbins drank your summer camp money:

March 2004:

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Inside Air America's Troubles: Optimism and Shaky Finances

The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 21, 2004 | JULIA ANGWIN and SARAH MCBRIDE

Posted on 06/21/2004 3:36:36 AM PDT by visagoth

On March 30, the night before Air America went on the air, the liberal radio network threw itself a $70,000 party at Manhattan's hip Maritime Hotel. More than 1,000 guests, including Yoko Ono and Tim Robbins, drank red, white and blue vodka cocktails as they toasted the network's bid to challenge the dominance of conservative talk radio.