I was listening to The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio tonight and Al asked if they [Katherine's leaving the show on Friday!] had been to 'your' state yet in their 50 State Tour where each day, they speak to a politico in a particular state.
I checked to see if Pennsylvania had already been covered and they haven't! I quickly filled out the form for them to contact Chuck Pennacchio's team to get him on the show and if you believe in Chuck, I suggest you do the same. Getting the Doc on a show with some good national exposure would be pretty awesome. Chuck's base are people that would listen to AAR on a daily basis. I do and I am part of Chuck's base.
Chuck on the issues.
Chuck would be a great guest for several reasons. 1- He's going up against Rick Santorum, one of the most high profile Repugs there are. 2- The Democratic leaders don't want him in the race, that would be an interesting topic by itself. 3- Chuck and Casey differ so much on the issues with Chuck skewing Left and Casey skewing Right. 4- He's going up against Rick Santorum!
It just takes a sec to do it. So, do it.
plaintive wail begging them to come to PA and interview Chuck to keep the party as Democrats instead of selling us out by being Republocrats submitted :)
Posted by: ol cranky | October 05, 2005 at 07:22 PM
Great idea. Here's what I wrote:
www.chuck2006.com He's a solid progressive who is campaigning to run against RIck Santorum, in the what will be the MOST-watched election in the nation next year. He has solid experience helping other US Senators run winning campaigns. In many ways he is like Paul Wellstone. He's built a strong grassroots base, refuses to take PAC money and he has great policies-- the kinds that AirAmericaRadio listeners approve of. He must first beat the favorite of DLC leaders Ed Rendell and Charles Schumer, Bob Casey Jr., the son of a former PA governor who lost his last major race in the primary for governor to Ed Rendeall, even though he had a 17 point lead a week before the election. Casey DID win a race for PA treasurer, but it was a race with no visibiity, no exposure. Watch Casey's video www.bobcaseyforpa.com and see just how issue-less and deadly uncharismatic he is. I mean, you'd think he'd offer his best in a video. Pennacchio is so good that it is not uncommon for people at stump speeches to break into tears, because he touches their hearts and speaks a message they've been longing to hear. Bottom line is that Pennacchio who will be a leader in the US senate we will all be proud of and he will cream Santorum. He's the kind of guy who would make a great president.Now how many people are running for senate that you can say that about?
Posted by: Rob Kall | October 05, 2005 at 07:32 PM
Great idea Albert! Let's hope they listen to us.
Posted by: Dave | October 05, 2005 at 09:55 PM
Done. Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by: eRobin | October 05, 2005 at 10:50 PM
Sweet. Let's make this happen!
Posted by: albert | October 06, 2005 at 09:35 AM
I just sent one, too. I notice Air America has something about Camp Wellstone on their site. That has to be a good omen. Not that I'm superstitious or anything...
Posted by: Davey D | October 06, 2005 at 03:53 PM
I just heard on NPR this morning that Air America has stopped broadcasting in Philadelphia :( I can't believe it! Supposedly they were losing money and Philly didn't have as many listeners as most of the other cities. Its hard to imagine they have financial difficulties with all of the ads on that station. Oh well, we can still livestream.
Posted by: Davey D | October 07, 2005 at 02:57 PM
Yep, I posted on this over at Philly Future last week. Last Friday was their last day on the radio here. The signal was such shit on the radio, the stream is so much better. But still, I'm sad to see it go.
Posted by: albert | October 07, 2005 at 03:01 PM