Libtalker Ed Schultz Says Al Franken Must 'Clear The Air'

AL'S REALITY CHECK

Libtalker Wants Truth, Franken Passes Buck To Accountants







While running for the US Senate, can Al Franken count on unquestioning support from liberal talk radio? Despite his own past ties to the medium, the answer is apparently no.

That was evident yesterday, as news broke of a new Frankenflap, this time related to the trouble he's facing in New York. There, state officials have fined Stuart's company $25,000 for failing to pay worker's compensation coverage. So much for looking out for working people!

While the left might be expected to uniformly back Franken as he faces yet another controversy, that didn't occur on yesterday's Ed Schultz Show, where the Fargo- based syndicated libtalker insisted he must "clear the air":





Meanwhile, Franken has agreed to pay the $25,000 fine, but is ready to pass the buck to his accountants, according to the Star- Tribune:

While his accountant investigates what happened, DFL Senate candidate Al Franken will pay a $25,000 penalty he owes New York state for failing to carry workers' compensation insurance for nearly three years for people who worked for his personal corporation.

"We decided to make the payment and the accountant can deal with the files," which promises to be a complicated and detailed process, said Jess McIntosh, a spokeswoman for the Franken campaign.

If it turns out that the New York Workers' Compensation Board was in error, Franken's corporation -- Alan Franken Inc. -- would likely receive a rebate on the penalty, she said. State officials assured Franken's accountant Wednesday that they weren't surrendering their rights by paying the fine now.

Interestingly, that's the same approach he took to disavowing any knowledge of Air America's sleazy taxpayer funds diversion, where $875,000 in taxpayer funds meant for a Bronx- based charity were "loaned" to the network. In Al's world, get into a jam, pass the buck to the accountants:

"I think [Cohen] was robbing Peter to pay Paul," Franken said, adding that the network's current owners, Piquant LLC, did some "forensic accounting" and learned about the defaulted loan.

Franken said Piquant didn't legally have to pay back the loan, "but we morally do, so they started to make arrangements to pay it back.

"I didn't know anything about this until last week," Franken claimed.

Perhaps we should all use this excuse: yes, officer, I'm not sure if I robbed that bank, let me check with my accountants. That should work like a charm.


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