along with Michael Moore.
DAILY EXPRESS
All Talk
by Jason Zengerle
Only at TNR Online | Post date 04.01.04
It probably doesn't bode well for a purportedly entertaining radio show when its most entertaining segment is one featuring Al Gore. But that was the case on the maiden voyage of "The O'Franken Factor," the much ballyhooed liberal talk radio show, hosted by Al Franken, which, along with the much ballyhooed liberal talk radio network Air America, debuted on Wednesday. About two-and-a-half hours into the three-hour show Franken was talking with his in-studio guest Michael Moore when the former vice president called in to congratulate Franken on his new radio career. Franken, seizing the opportunity of having Moore and Gore on the show at the same time, quickly turned the conversation to the filmmaker's support of Ralph Nader in 2000. "Is there something you'd like to say to the vice president?" Franken asked Moore, clearly inviting him to apologize to Gore. But Moore declined, first telling Gore how sorry he was, not about backing Nader, but about the Supreme Court's decision--and then launching into a long, convoluted tale about how Nader had promised not to campaign in swing states and once Nader broke that promise Moore himself went to Florida and urged Floridians to vote for Gore even though Moore told them he still planned to vote for Nader in New York. When Franken pointed out that this wasn't much of an apology, Moore asked Gore, "How do you feel about what I'm saying?" Gore replied with exasperation, "What are you saying?" ...
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