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Title: More Than 30 Advertisers Drop Rush Limbaugh
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URL Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communi ... ke-advertisers-peter-gabriel/1
Published: Mar 7, 2012
Author: Catalina Camia
Post Date: 2012-03-07 10:48:54 by Brian S
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Views: 8330
Comments: 32
Rush Limbaugh has lost more than 30 national and local advertisers on his syndicated radio program since calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute." JC Penney and Capital One are now among the companies that aren't advertising on Limbaugh's program, according to story by Inside Radio. Media Matters, the liberal watchdog group, is keeping a list that says Limbaugh has lost 36 advertisers as of Tuesday. Limbaugh has apologized to Fluke on the air and in a written statement for his remarks last week, which were directed at her because she spoke out in favor of President Obama's birth control policy. While some Republicans have noted it was appropriate for the conservative icon to apologize, others such as Sarah Palin say Limbaugh has been subjected to a double standard. "I think the definition of hypocrisy is for Rush Limbaugh to have been called out, forced to apologize and retract what it is that he said in exercising his First Amendment rights," Palin told CNN on Tuesday night. "And never is ... the same applied to the leftist radicals who say such horrible things about the handicapped, about women, about the defenseless. So I think that's the definition of hypocrisy. And that's my two cents worth." One thing to note about the advertising: Some companies buy time directly on Limbaugh's show. Others instruct their ad agencies to buy what's known in the industry as run of schedule time, meaning their commercials run at different times of the day for several days -- so they could appear on a certain program one day and not the next. Two radio stations -- WBEC in Pittsfield, Mass., and KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii -- have dropped Limbaugh's program. And musician Peter Gabriel wants Limbaugh to stop using his hit song, Sledgehammer, on the radio program, according to CBS News.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
If Limpbaugh had any guts he would have gone on the air the first day this boycott nonsense started and told his followers to boycott any advertiser that dropped him because of leftist pressures. He's got the microphone,he's got the airwaves,and he's got the followers to pull this off. What's he's lacking is the courage to go for it.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
That's BS BS, 28 aren't buying airtime in the first place, they just say they don't want ads in his airtime. 28 out of 18,000, BFD. ;^)
He's got the microphone,he's got the airwaves,and he's got the followers to pull this off. What's he's lacking is the courage to go for it. LOL! That 'ol green eyed monster got ya stinky? YOU ain't got the balls, or the brains, to tell the world what you believe to be the truth three hours a day five days a week for decades. That, and the FACT that nobody gives a d@mn what YOU think about anything. YOU are a follower not a leader stinky. LOL! FUNNY sh!t!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Limbaugh's has a great shot at getting the Bubba’s Oyster and Seafood House account.
You know nothing about me. Or about having balls. I do think it is amusing a poser like you is in love with a poser like Limpbaugh,though. Hoping he will take you on one of his DR holidays to pick up Dominican boys and share his big bottle of Viagra with you? Or maybe he will take you out on his yacht so you can be shipmates? Maybe he will call you "my little buddy" and you can call him "skipper"? I'm betting you both would like that.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
LOL! Little "man" you really are a stoopid b!tch. LMAO!!!!! I only pointed out an OBVIOUS point. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I pop your wittle I HATE Rush balloon loser? ROTFLMAOAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do I have to HATE RUSH and be jealous of him like YOU are little "man" to defend a stranger from an obviously bull sh!t attack by a hater coward, (YOU little "man")? LMAO! REALLY little "man"? Your jealousy and envy of the man is obvious little "man". I admit that I REALLY like RUSH! I admit that what I REALLY LIKE MOST about RUSH is how he makes phony little b!tches like you whine and cry with jealousy and envy and tear stained ANGST! You piss yourself while you stamp your wittle footsies! LOL! Did wittle "man" miss "his" nappy poo? Does wittle "man" need a diaper change? You F ' ing CRACK me up little "man". LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Here is the list of confirmed companies who have officially pulled their advertisements from the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Service Magic home contractor Hadeed Carpets Accuquote Life Insurance Vitacost vitamin supplier Bonobos clothing company Sensa weight- loss program Thompson Creek Windows AOL Tax Resolution Services ProFlowers Legal Zoom online document creator Carbonite web security firm Citrix software maker Sleep Train Mattresses Sleep Number mattresses Quicken Loans Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington Cascades Dental Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Constant Contact email marketing firm Philadelphia Orchestra Reputation Rhino online reputation consulting firm St. Vincent's Medical Center Cunningham Security Regal Assets precious medal investment group Freedom Debt Relief Norway Savings Bank Portland Ovations performing arts center Stamps.com These companies say their ads were mistakenly run during Limbaugh's program and have contacted radio stations and media buyers to ensure their ads do not run during his program again. JCPenney Capital One Goodwill Geico Sears PolyCom web conferencing The following companies said they did not intentionally have their ads run during Limbaugh's show, but are also not specifically taking steps to remove the ads from his time slot. John Deere Bethesda Sedation Dentistry Amberen menopause medication Other news outlets have reported that the following companies have pulled their advertisements. ABC News is working to confirm. Downeast Energy Matrix Direct Netflix RSVP Discount Beverage (declined to comment to ABC whether they had pulled their ads)
What a hit piece. The writer likely knows how the radio industry and syndication works but they are relying on the fact that the public doesn't know. Notice the key phrase "more than 30 national and local advertisers". Now, the national advertisers (companies like Carbonite) do pay Limbaugh for the ads. But none of the local advertisers do; they pay the local radio stations. Also, we aren't told how many national advertisers were lost compared to local advertisers. So this is a big nothing.
I don't hate him,and I'm not a loser. Do I have to HATE RUSH and be jealous of him like YOU are YOU are the one that is jealous of him,not me. I have no desire to hump little boys. The pharmaceutical industry should hire you as a poster boy for why drugs are necessary. You can serve as an example of what happens when distrubed people refuse to take their meds.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
Did I pop your wittle I HATE Rush balloon loser? I don't hate him,and I'm not a loser. Do I have to HATE RUSH and be jealous of him like YOU are YOU are the one that is jealous of him,not me. I have no desire to hump little boys. The pharmaceutical industry should hire you as a poster boy for why drugs are necessary. You can serve as an example of what happens when distrubed people refuse to take their meds. You CRACK me up little "man" you are so jealous and envious of the man that you are threatened by anybody who doesn't sign on to your let's HATE RUSH train! In fact your fragile little ego is shattered so badly that you go "you'se a faggot" all over the web LOL! Look at all of our exchanges over the years little "man", see who ALWAYS goes "you'se a faggot" as soon as the exchange goes badly for you little "man". LOL! As to "taking my meds" you just can't help yourself can you little "man"? Your ego is so fragile that any body calling you on your bullsh!t sets your self defense off, setting you to attacking the other as a faggot or off their meds or a drunk or drug addict ... LOL! You are WEAK little "man". But you still CRACK me up! LMAO!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
My apologies. I wasn't aware that you are queer for him.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
When did that ever happen? Anywhere other than in your alleged mind,that is.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
. "Dear" little "man" the colloquial english saying, "you CRACK me up!" means that you AMUSE me. That you make me LAUGH AT YOUR stupidity! It's always "you'se is a faggot" with you little "man" isn't it? That says alot more about YOU little "man" than it does about me. I have a hard time believing what a fragile and delicate thing your poor wittle ego is little "man". It doesn't take anything to threaten it. LOL! You CRACK me up little "man"!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
md; look at all of our exchanges over the years little "man", see who ALWAYS goes "you'se a faggot" as soon as the exchange goes badly for you little "man". little "man"; When did that ever happen? Anywhere other than in your alleged mind,that is. LOL! OMG! Can you really be that F'ing stooooooooopid? LMAO! How about your post before the one this is a reply to fool? ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about this thread little "man"? ROTFLMAOAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honest to God you are fence post stoopid. Gigggggggles! You DO what I have said that you do on THIS thread and in the reply to me moron. Guffaws and chortels. It's ALWAYS "you'se a faggot" from you whenever you get spanked with the truth moron. Which is really quite often. LOL! STOOOOOOOOOOOPID!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Well,you ARE a faggot.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
Did you ever Google Rush Limbaugh Gay? That >>queery<< comes up with a wealth of information. First, I want to get one thing straight. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't even mention Rush Limbaugh being gay. If it weren’t for the fact that he is a hateful, homophobic hypocrite, I would never mention it. I’m for gay rights, gay marriage, and gay everything. Conservatives run on “family values”, when they in fact do not live “family values.” Take serial cheater, Newt Gingrich and Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, both who talk about family values when trying to push their agendas on Americans. Between the two of them, there are seven marriages. Now, that’s family values, wouldn’t you say? The ironic thing is that Rush Limbaugh and many prominent conservative Republicans who egg them on are closeted homosexuals themselves, people who say things that aren’t true to their beliefs – people who don’t believe in what they say, but they say it for professional and financial gain because their political positioning allows them to prosper by saying them. They know how to appeal to the racist and homophobic sentiments that unfortunately linger in this country, and they have no shame in condoning these sentiments. They egg on middle-class evangelicals and other “social conservatives,” whom they care little about in reality. It’s a money game for people like Limbaugh. Is Rush Limbaugh Gay? Take a look at this kiss between Rush Limbaugh and the latest Mrs. Limbaugh. Have you ever seen a more fake kiss? Her lips are hard and closed. There’s not even a look of fondness in her eyes. Actually, it’s a look of “my God if this doesn’t stop, I’m going to vomit in her eyes. So this is the latest beard for Limbaugh, a woman who no doubt values wealth a great deal more than self-respect. So here’s all the “evidence,” rumors, what have you of Rush Limbaugh‘s gayness. Who cares if it’s the truth? Rush Limbaugh has gotten rich and made a career out of spreading lies and misinformation and more lies and misinformation. Rush Limbaugh was arrested for carrying Viagra without a prescription to the Dominican Republic, on a trip without his wife (a wife who never shared his bed but instead lived a few streets over and only got together with him for social engagements). Rush was detained for more than three hours at the Palm Beach International Airport after customs agents found a bottle of Viagra containing 29 “Blue Pills” prescribed to someone else in his luggage. The Dominican Republic has a reputation for being gay travel friendly with opportunities of discrete sex with local boys and men. Indeed, the Dominican Republic is one of the biggest sex tourism destinations in the world, thanks in part to Internet sites that extol the country as a “single man’s paradise.” ‘Bend Over And Touch Ankles’ — Is Rush Limbaugh A ‘Closet’ GAY FASCIST? It seems that our ole good buddy — and of course one of my favorite whipping boys — professional blowhard (I use the term advisedly–read on) fat-boy drug-addict draft-dodging chicken-hawk multi-millionaire and multi-married Rush Limbaugh was once fired from Pittsburgh radio station KQL, where he worked under the pseudonym of Jeff Christie, after soliciting … gay sex! One Pissed Off Veteran Rush Limbaugh’s Top Anti-Gay Quotes One of the items is whether Rush Limbaugh is gay. Here is a picture of him getting kissed by drag queen Elaine Lancaster, who is obviously out of drag in the photo. What do you think? Is Rush Limbaugh Gay? “America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”---Claire Wolfe LOL! You REALLY CRACK me up little "man"! First you deny that you ever go all "you'se is a faggot" whenever you get your fat azz handed to you rhetorically/logically/FACTUALLY. Then when confronted by the simple FACT that you did so in the post immediately before the one where you deny ever doing it you say well it's true! LOL! You really are the gift that keeps giving little "man". You are one stoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopid hypocritical phuck! LMAOAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Rush is a little bit too liberal for me- BUT I am going to listen to him! Just to stick to the liberals and the media. ;)
. LOL! You are a foul pitiful little piece of sh!t bilge. Why would you care about who has the same sexual preferences as YOU do bilge? Anyway, who F'ing cares what anybody else's sexuallity is creep? You libTURDS worship the anus shouldn't you be happy if, (and he isn't of course), Rush was queer? All that gibbering filth like you do is lie about people trying to harm them from the safety of the putative anonymity of the web. YOU are nothing but a COWARD, a CREEP, and a PUNK bilge. You wouldn't dare run your drama face to face with anybody. You are the one who thinks that child molesting is funny, aren't you trash? I REALLY wish that we could meet face to face some time you little b!tch COWARD. I'm old, stove in, and sick, but I promise you creep, you'd actually pay some of your debt. My dogs sh!t out better souls than you every day creep. The thing is bilge I couldn't figure out a more extreme punishment or penalty for you than allowing you to live as yourself. To sentence you to look into a mirror and see yourself for the rest of your pitiful little loser "life". LOL! YOU are nothing but a COWARD, a CREEP, and a PUNK bilge. Eat Sh!t and DIE. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
. Rush is just a guy. But he does have unique insights and is entertaining in his delivery. I admit that what I like most about Rush is the spit flecked HATE and RAGE that he generates in his enemies! He gets them spitting so hard that they CHOKE! LOL! FUNNY STUFF! I was just addressing a hater who claimed that Rush was a coward. I stated the OBVIOUS, that a COWARD could not/would not do three hours a day, five days a week, for DECADES of public speaking mainly about his personal politics. Rush may be alot of things but a coward is OBVIOUSLY not one of those things. BUT, in the so called "mind" of the haters, if you don't HATE the man you are queer for him! These people aren't thinkers. They are small minded bitter cud chewing herd members who know how to type.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
No, I think your sexual preferences are sick. Do you and yukon still explore each other's anal orifices?
“America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”---Claire Wolfe Yes he is just a guy. ;) I have never found a man to be more conservative than myself. :) And I <3 Ann Coulter for the same reason you like Rush- and YES- he just causes people to fall down in a rage. Which is only funny if they get back up having learned something. Too bad that is not always the case, is it? "These people aren't thinkers. They are small minded bitter cud chewing herd members who know how to type." Hehehehhehehehhe.. MD.. too true! ;) BUT if they can learn to type- can't they eventually learn to think? Where is the hope?
filth; No, I think your sexual preferences are sick. Do you and yukon still explore each other's anal orifices? . You ARE base FILTH. Lucky for you that you are a COWARD. I would really enjoy physically crippling you creep. Stone do you let posters call other people "child molesters and murderers" here at this site? Because this piece of sh!t thinks it's OK and "normal" to accuse others of what he dreams about doing. I left LP because Goldi let this piece of cr@p do it without even comment. Just tell me now STONE, because it's getting to be springtime I have other stuff to do, and I won't hang where that sort of outrageous sh!t is accepted.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
LOL! You can teach a monkey to type. Upon reflection, thinking like a monkey WOULD be a step up intellectually for these mewling cud chewers. So I guess that anything could happen. LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
:) true dat, MadDog. Once you have hope, anything is possible. I JUST read a definition of HOPE that I really like and I believe applies here: HOPE Believing that something good can come out of something bad. Can you really teach a monkey to type? Is that true?
“America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”---Claire Wolfe What a whiny little bitch you are! You left LP because you are a fucking pathetic, whining little man, and finally got what you deserved. Why don't you finish up the sterno you're drinking, and go play with your yukon blow-up doll psychopath?
“America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”---Claire Wolfe She updated that a few years ago and said it may be time.
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
Because this piece of sh!t thinks it's OK and "normal" to accuse others of what he dreams about doing. Ane you now asking Stone to ban you for calling Berger a child molestor and murderer?
"It is impossible to talk reason with those who can only parrot Party Slogans." sneakypete Sept 2011 Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Steve Jobs,life-long Dim,and major Barry Soetoro supporter.
. I'd love to show you "whining" face to face you foul little cowardly b!tch. ANYTIME. FILTH.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
. Nice picture of you COWARDLY FILTH.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
. LOL! That certainly demonstrates the typical level of your "mental abilities", honesty, and honor little "man". It so figures that a pitiful little "man" such as you would side with low grade filth like bilge. You two should get a room. LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: sneakypete (#1)
If Limpbaugh had any guts he would have gone on the air the first day this boycott nonsense started and told his followers to boycott any advertiser that dropped him because of leftist pressures.
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
#5. To: Mad Dog (#3)
YOU ain't got the balls, or the brains, to tell the world what you believe to be the truth three hours a day five days a week for decades.
#6. To: sneakypete (#5)
#7. To: Brian S (#0)
#8. To: Brian S (#0)
Rush Limbaugh has lost more than 30 national and local advertisers on his syndicated radio program since calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute."
#9. To: Mad Dog (#6)
Did I pop your wittle I HATE Rush balloon loser?
#10. To: sneakypete (#9)
#11. To: Mad Dog (#10)
You CRACK me up little "man" you are so jealous and envious of the man that you are threatened by anybody who doesn't sign on to your let's HATE RUSH train!
#12. To: Mad Dog (#10)
ook at all of our exchanges over the years little "man", see who ALWAYS goes "you'se a faggot" as soon as the exchange goes badly for you little "man".
#13. To: sneakypete (#11)
#14. To: sneakypete (#12)
#15. To: Mad Dog (#14)
It's ALWAYS "you'se a faggot" from you whenever you get spanked with the truth moron.
#16. To: Mad Dog (#10)
Rush Limbaugh aka Jeff Christie
Here, in his “Jeff Christie” phase, Rush Limbaugh worked under an assumed identity, as do many self-loathing, closeted homosexuals. After being arrested for soliciting a gay man in Pittsburgh, Limbaugh was fired from KQV radio, according to numerous sources. Biography on Pssht
In mid-2004 Rush and his third wife, Marta Limbaugh, filed for divorce. A British source has recently learned that Marta agreed to avoid disclosing Rush’s closeted homosexuality, or penchantfor child pornography, in exchange for a hefty divorce settlement. Biography on Pssht
#17. To: sneakypete (#15)
It's ALWAYS "you'se a faggot" from you whenever you get spanked with the truth moron. Well,you ARE a faggot.
#18. To: Mad Dog (#3)
#19. To: Bill D Berger (#16)
#20. To: diva betsy ross (#18)
#21. To: Mad Dog (#19)
You are the one who thinks that child molesting is funny, aren't you trash?
#22. To: Mad Dog (#20)
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#23. To: Bill D Berger, AKA STONE (#21)
md; You are the one who thinks that child molesting is funny, aren't you trash?
#24. To: diva betsy ross (#22)
BUT if they can learn to type- can't they eventually learn to think?
#25. To: Mad Dog (#24)
#26. To: Mad Dog (#23)
I would really enjoy physically crippling you creep.
#27. To: Mad Dog (#23)
I left LP because Goldi let this piece of cr@p do it without even comment.
#28. To: Bill D Berger (#16)
“America is at that awkward stage; it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”---Claire Wolfe
#29. To: Mad Dog (#23)
Stone do you let posters call other people "child molesters and murderers" here at this site?
#30. To: Bill D Berger (#27)
#31. To: Bill D Berger (#26)
#32. To: sneakypete (#29)
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