Air America

[David Tomm]

Why should AA back off on the "shrill rhetoric?"  Michael Savage's 
whole "schtick" is shrill rhetoric from the conservative viewpoint, and 
he's beating Brudnoy.  Heck, Limboob focused in on beating up on Bill 
Clinton every day from the time he emerged as a viable Democratic 
candidate back in 1991 right up until two years AFTER he left office!  
Just as Clinton is a polarizing personality among right wingers, George 
W. Bush fills the same role among liberals and progressives.  Right now 
Bush is the basis for liberal anger and Air America is tuned in to 
their constituency.  Unlike several years back, conservative talk has 
moved further and further to the right as it stays in step with the 
Republican party.  There is no "moderate" political talk anymore.  Air 
America is offering a strong, contrary point of view and it's building 
it's brand to progressives.  At this point, it shouldn't change a 
thing.

--Dave Tomm
"Mike Thomas"


On Nov 5, 2004, at 10:55 PM, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> I agree with the other posters.  AA has to move beyond being merely 
> the "Bush sucks" network, and develop itself into a network providing 
> entertaining talk hosts who just happen to see things a bit 
> differently than most current syndicated talk hosts do.  A one-trick 
> pony ain't gonna cut it.   If AA steps back, tones down the shrill 
> rhetoric a bit and develops a solid line-up of talk hosts (maybe even 
> cut back from trying to provide 18 hr/day temporarily) there's no 
> reason they can't succeed.