What is the deal with the Air America "scandal"?

[Pepperbelly]

I keep hearing the righties pissing and moaning about this yet a google search reveals little more than gopcon blogs and I do not want to give any of them a single hit. From what I glean, it seems to be something about loans and a charity.

Is there anything to this or is it false or is it somewhere in between?

[annabanana]

1. mucho BS and wishful thinking on their part..n/t

[Ian David]

2. Here's the scoop from Daily Kos

THE SOURCE for the "Air America stole from poor children" claim
by maha
Sat Jul 30th, 2005 at 09:43:15 PDT



It's fun to check in with Memeorandum now and then to see what the righties are linking to. Yesterday they were swarming like flies to a carcass to a story that appears to be phony.

I say "appears"; maybe it isn't. It's hard to tell, for reasons that I hope become apparent as you read this post. The point of this post is not to prove or disprove certain allegations, but to illustrate how, shall we say, uncritical reading and writing can create a lot of smoke without there necessarily being a fire.

So, here we go:

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/30/124315/828

[JHB]

3. Typical Rethug tactics...Shovel a big enough pile of elephant sh*t...

...on a Dem/liberal/Clinton, point to the rising cloud of steam, and 'innocently' suggest, "where there's smoke..."

[WillyT]

4. Just Goes To Show That The Right Sees AAR As A Threat To Their Power !!!

Keep on truckin' AAR!!!

:bounce:

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. It reminds me of

the story you heard from your neighbor that your cousin's brother in law's girlfriend is a thief so therefore, your cousin can't be trusted.