David B. Shemano wrote: > My memory is that, at its inception, Air America was intended as a left-wing > effort to avoid campaign-finance laws -- if you are wealthy and can't give > directly to whoever was running against George Bush, you could give to a > radio station to attack George Bush. <
maybe, but it sure sounded like a (poorly conceived) effort to simply counter the GOP political blitzkrieg of Limbaugh, Fox News, _et al_, which also avoided campaign-finance laws. > When Obama became Prez, Air America lost its purpose and there was no longer > reason to fund a money losing operation.< that's my impression, too. It was mostly an anti-Dubya outlet. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
