I don’t understand these guys
I actually like Lionel. But it’s a very peculiar and very strange selection for Air America Radio. Once upon a time, he tended to praise George W Bush, and I recall a promo for his show, oddly enough on 620 AM two and a half formats ago, which went roughly: “I listen to what the conservatives have to say. Then I listen to what the liberals have to say. Then I say, BOMB SAUDI ARABIA!” He was for a time hawkish and very much a supporter for the Iraq War. He’s come against it as new information has come in and the war obviously doesn’t look particularly good anymore, but understand here too something about Lionel: when the Democrats won the midterm elections, he made it clear that this was GREAT because of the sole reason that it was a referendum on the war and on the neoconservatives — and here he could care less about other issues. Also understand that he had the unfortunate tendency to say “we” as to the conversion of his position in a manner that suggested how absurd being against the war looked in 2003.
I’m tapping my fingers at the Air America honchos, pondering the cancellation of the only particularly innovative program they aired — that which evolved into Appointment Radio, Morning Sedition. They canned the hyper-kinetic Mike Malloy, who is a riot. And they have now canned Sam Seder — who isn’t quite up to par with the others and truth be told his flaws glare out (notice his tendency to not be able to digest some news items, which forces him to read entire articles instead of summarizing them)– but on a network that is… a little dry at times, as it advocates and advocates… he was consistent. So, Air America has three strikes against them here. Rachel Maddow is a definite plus, but KPOJ forced her to the midnight slot so what good is that?
I noticed a while ago that KPAM picked Lionel up, sort of just barely. But they seem to have replaced him, even as I note that his strange spot on Saturday morning was still there last weekend. I don’t know if KPOJ is going to slide him right into the slot they have for Sam Sedar right now, or what they plan on doing. (Hey! Rebroadcast Thom Hartmann! Because, you know, I might have missed that 6 hour block of Thom Hartmann they started airing!) Ah well. I’ve heard an advertisement from a Bankruptcy Attorney on KPOJ, which considering the network is pretty darned hilarious.