When Al Franken is on vacation...

[Eric J in MN]

Poll question: When Al Franken is on vacation...

[NYCGirl]

1. Didn't we go through all this yesterday? NT

[Eric J in MN]

3. There wasn't a poll yesterday, as far as I know (nt)

nt

[JRob]

2. There's not enough progressive coverage for AA to be absentee...

[MamaBear]

4. And not just Franken, either.

This goes for the Marks, Springer, Rhodes, the Majority Report and Malloy. They had subs for Laura Flanders when whe was on vac and it was fine -- different people, different points of view, but NEW CONTENT.

Current event shows need to be current.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Franken is just so much more.... listenable... then the rest of AAR.

Conason would not be bad. But more likely they'll replace him with a Randi Rhodes-style ( or worse: a Mike Malloy-style... "LIAR, LIAR, LIAR") fire breather.

And that gets tedious as hell after 30 minutes or so.

[Eric J in MN]

6. Joe Conason has guest-hosted at least once for Al Franken.

Was it for one week?

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. I will listen to Conason....

but he lacks Franken's biting wit.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Idea: Recruit lawyer and talk-show host Ron Kuby....

from ABC. He's funny as hell and sharp as a KNIFE.

There might be contractual issues with his RW home station, the infamous WABC.

[RobertSeattle]

9. These repeats SUCK

I mean they are good shows, but repeats suck. We need to develop a whole generation of progressive talk show hosts - you can't do that if you don't let other get some "stick time".

[Beelzebud]

10. Franken

So what is the format now? Is he doing one week on, one week off now?

Seriously. This is just dumb.

GET A SUB HOST! AL, YOU ARE NOT IRREPLACEABLE.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. They have a guest host in Los Angeles and he's pretty good

Johnny Wendell, who used to be just about the only lefty in town before Air America, with a show on KFI.