Air America, circling the bowl

From The New York Times:

In its search for a new chief executive this past summer, Air America Radio interviewed seasoned media executives in an effort to revive the faltering network. One interview took a bizarre turn, however, when the executive got into a political argument with Randi Rhodes, one of the network’s on-air hosts.

“I laughed and said, ‘You sound like Republican talking points,’ ” Ms. Rhodes recalled.

At Air America, business and politics always mixed, and that was the problem, critics contend. Begun with an onslaught of publicity in spring 2004 as an alternative to right-wing talk radio, the network is given some of the credit by its supporters for having helped achieve the Democrats’ Congressional election victory in November.

Yeah right. That would be why the new congressional Democrats ran as conservative pro-gun, pro-life, tax-cutting fiscal hawks. That would also be why the high-profile left-wing Democrat leaders like Nancy Pelosi went dark during the weeks before the election so as not to remind the public what Democrats really stand for.

The truth is that the Democrats were able to win in spite of moonbats like Air America, The DailyKos and Democratic Underground - not because of them.

The truth can be seen in this:

In recent weeks, Air America, which has its headquarters in New York and reaches about 2.4 million listeners weekly, has suffered the defection of a handful of its more than 80 affiliated stations and soon faces the likely departure of its most visible host, Al Franken, even as it cobbles together a plan to emerge from Chapter 11.

You get the part about how they reach 2.4 million listeners per week? RUSH LIMBAUGH REACHES MORE THAN TWICE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN 5 MINUTES.