Air America: Striving to Be Above Pathetic

But not quite making it. Witnesseth:

If Al Franken speaks on the radio, and no one is tuned in to hear him, does he make a sound? And what would it be? -- the sound of money and coke flushed down a toilet? Getting a little jowly these days, Al? Age catching up with the disappointment, sir?

That could be the question being asked these days in the nation's capital, where Franken's liberal network, Air America, has no measurable audience according to the Arbitron rating service.

It only gets better:

The Washington Post reports the dismal ratings are in for the summer seasonal ARB "book":

Air America, the liberal talk network carried on WWRC-AM (1260), went from bad to nonexistent. After WWRC recorded a mere fraction of a rating point in the spring with syndicated shows from the likes of lefty talkers Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo and Stephanie Miller, Arbitron couldn't detect a measurable listenership for the station this time around. Notes Chris Field of the conservative publication Human Events, "Static would fare about as well."

And static most definitely describes Air America.