Who's Advertising On Rush Limbaugh?
March 05, 2012 5:14 pm ET by Media Matters staff
Media Matters has compiled new data on those companies advertising on The Rush Limbaugh Show across the country. Below is a brief list of companies with continuing and significant ad buys.
Amberen [Facebook] [@AmberenOnline] [website]
Grasshopper [Facebook] [@GrasshopperMowr] [website]
Law Offices of Robert L. Steinberg [website]
Updated on April 7, 2012.
Just like beck, limbaugh has a lot of tax scheme sponsors, along with a lot of credit management stuff too.
I guess their audiences love to max out their credit cards beyond their ability to pay, along with trying not to pay any taxes.
At least they have New York Lottery Powerball ads to listen to, so that they can dream the impossible dream, of being as rich as rush limbaugh someday.
Unless these companies have a terrible read on their target market, those would definitely be his demographics.
Tax Cheats and Deadbeats and Dullards, oh my!
They want out.
They also will learn you do not listen to him anyway, you all listen to radio that is leaning left and go off the air year in and year out. Rush has been around for 20 years, and will continue to be around for 20 more.
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Cheers,
It's about damned time.
Drop the Flop!
Drop the Flop!
Where do I start? How can he compare what Rush did to Ms. Fluke to what Bill Maher, unfunny as he may be at times, said about Palin & Bachman?
Then Levin said 'we all make mistakes, and when we do we apologize. But the left is ruining America, blah blah'. Again, where do I start?
The dishonesty lies in the fact that all those people you mentioned are in truth public figures, and as such they make their business in public and in the media, and have a public and media voice to respond to criticism or attack... Maher too, in addition to palin and bachmann and even hannity and levin, all public figures.
But the line that was crossed when a private citizen, who did nothing but testify before Congress (something which does not make one a public figure), when that young woman was viciously and maliciously attacked personally and by name on the radio, nationally from coast to coast and over several days, by rush limbaugh...
That's the difference, and these people they know that, but they think you and I are stupid, and they're dishonest anyway, so sure, they will try to lie their way out of this, that's what they do for a living anyway isn't it?
And as I pointed out elsewhere, Limbaugh justified what he said by saying he pointed out the absurd by using absurdity. Well, Maher is a comedian. If that excuse works for Limbaugh, then there is absolutely no way to argue that it doesn't work for Maher.
I had one troll on twitter ask me if law school is so hard why was Fluke in The View today? Followed by some lols and lots of exclamation points.
A quick check reveals that she is on spring break. I tweeted that back to him and he comes back calling me a liar and that the lefties of course just set this whole thing up and it is our fault Rush attacked her.
You can't make this stuff up.
b) This defense sounds like one that 6-year-olds offer: "But, Daddy/Mommy, Billy did it too!" My apologies to all 6-year-olds for comparing you to Rush.
Instead of Bill Maher (and I don't know anyone who watches his show, thinks he's funny or has any interest in him) a much better comparison would be Boss BlunderRush vs. Jon Stewart.
A list of all the "hateful" things Mr. Stewart has said:
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I let them know that I was not happy that they, and by proxy, I am funding limbaugh's hate speech.
The guy I talked to said that he himself has fielded numerous calls about this issue, and, while he can't do anything about the matter at hand, he CAN and will pass concerns along to those who can.
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Can't they request that their spots not air on his show?
Total bs. They pay for SPECIFIC time slots with their ad money.
This site is churlish and stupid. Oh, yes,and progressive.
If MMFA gets its way, there will be no room for progressive speech.
Freedom of speech is a precious God-given right. Those who would try to silence those they disagree with act stupidly in the near and far term. MMFA's agenda is a destructive blight upon our rights.
No one is saying that Limbaugh shouldn't be allowed to speak.
Please tell me how these are similar?
you ARE defending Rush, but like most right wingers, you refuse to be honest about it.
Its part of the overall pattern of dishonest hypocrisy that currently saturates the GOP so completely.
I mean, look at Gingrich on so called family values. Not only is he a compeltely dishonest hypocrit, the GOP gave him a STANDING OVATION just for being a hypocrite when he refused to acknowledge it.
(Meanwhile, your party is working hard to fight the right of gay people to be in families.)
Look at Romney on Baine capitol.
Look at Romney on Detroit (as he said, let Detroit fail... vrs Romney on the Wall Street bailout.) Compare Romney on letting Detroit fail, to Romney campaigning in Detroit.
Hell, look at Romney on Healthcare reform! He and his supporters call for the presidents reform plan to be repealed, even though that plan is modeled on Romneys.
(And I am sorry, but Romneys attempt to play it off as the difference between state and federal law is as shifty as his beady little eyes.)
Look at Michele Bacchman and the Iowa GOP caucus on history.
Not only have they made homophobia a major priority on their list, they bolster that homophobia by embedding it in painfully racist rhetoric about how good slaves had it.
Look at Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, or serial predator James Okeefe... I mean, you guys turn to some real low-life scum for your leadership.
Even if that scum is dressed in Armani, and are being bankrolled by Silicon Valley conservatives, it is pure scum that the GOP currently looks to for leadership.
I could go on and on, but returning at your attempt to compare Bill Maher to Rush Limbaugh, you should consider that at the crux of your critique lies a very telling omission.
And that omission is that Rush Limbaugh is one of the most powerful and influenctial forces in the national Republican Party.
He is so tied up, he even managed to oust Chairman Steele right as the later was addressing the very RNC he was supposedly chairing.
Remember?
Bill Maher doesnt have that kind of pull... he is an HBO comedian. If he attempted to oust the DNC chair, the way Rush ousted chairman Steele, he would be kicked out of the convention, rather than roused to applause by an audience as meat-headed as Rushs.
Rush can could only oust steele by being a much greater political power in his party.
(Thats how the Bohemian Grovers work..., just ask Ron Paul!)
Furthermore, you might be too young to know this, but this isnt the first time Rush has pulled this nonsense.
Limbaugh has had a lifetime of barfing our politically charged bigotry and fometing violent hate speechfor 3 decades. This isnt the first time this has happened.
He knows better, but like the rest of the party, he lets a combo of high cholesterol, a bad diet, too many pills and a confused, angry, hysterical, hypocritical, self destructive political agenda to dictate his idiotic actions.
Wow,... you guys have a great role model in that fat, drug addled, disgusting hypocritical bigot.
Aim high, champ!
MMFA is implicitly trying to silence Limbaugh by intimidating his advertisers. They aren't interested in a open and honest debate, they are interested in silencing those who disagree with them (Re. their 'war' against Fox)
You say that MM is attempting to silence Rush, while at the same time deriding a private petition effort to give voice to the public.
Rush absolutely has the right to freely speak his views, but you can not silence the public who speak to corporations via their wallet. Freedom of speech is not absolute, nor can one expect it to be without ramifications.
Lastly, your open and honest debate in the war on Fox requires that Fox start from an open and honest position. If MM is not being open and honest I would love to see your case.
Limbaugh offered no fact based disagreement with Ms. Fluke from an opposing point of view. His three day rant against her character focused on ugly presumptions he had made about her sex life--a subject that was not a part of her testimony
How often did we hear him underscore his slander with, "She said it!" during those attacks? Take a quick cruise into the right wing corners of the Internet and you'll find scores of others parroting Limbaugh's attack offering their own, "She said it!" as a "point." How many of them are willing to watch or read the actual testimony versus those who absolutely refuse to do so figuring Limbaugh's words are all the "proof" they need? Has he not, at least where his audience is concerned, silenced Ms. Fluke?
I would hope you're not going to attempt a "his show/his rules" on this. Offering that after we have just heard him celebrate his "personal responsibility and accountability" would be a particularly weak dodge; all the more so given that we heard him say he had not seen Ms. Fluke's entire testimony and that he had not, on his own, or through his staff, even bothered to call Georgetown University to verify what she had said about the health insurance coverage they offer to their students.
If you consider yourself to be a conservative, ed, I would think you, and those who share your ideas, would want to see a steel reinforced muzzled placed on Limbaugh. For decades he has placed his ego ahead of your interests and has damaged the arguments you have for the causes you support.
The national debate on topics of interest will continue to be crippled so long as half the candidates feel obligated to first run their messages through a Rush-friendly filter.
Get a grip hon.
Come on, Rush lost his advertisers all by his lonesome... by being a disgusting misogynist bigot. For as much as the GOP PRETENDS to value personal responsibility, cant you guys just come to terms with that uncomfortable truth?
Again, this isnt the first time this has happened. There was a Rush Limbaugh, and there were boyocts of Rush Limbaugh Show (even on tv), long before there was an internet on which to host MMFA.
So lets break it down for ya with an easy illustration,
You know that Army of God that Limbaugh loves so much? It wasnt anyone but Rush that decided to publicly defend them..., okay?
And yes, he made an absolute joke of himself by defending them. It was MMFA that informed Rush as to what he was really defending.
In fact, Rush OWES MMFA for cluing him into what he was talking so foolishly about, before he went too far with it. If MMFA didnt explain to Rush that he was supporting a raping, murdering, fanatical force, Rush wuld STILL be defending them.
It was MMFA that brought the truth about the Army of God to Rushs fat, greasy ears.
Rush owes MMFA BIG time over that one.
"Point 3: Limbaugh's place in American public life is in no way comparable to that of David Letterman, Bill Maher or Ed Schultz.
Letterman is not a political figure at all; and while Maher and Schultz strongly identify as liberals, neither qualifies as anything like a powerbroker in the Democratic Party. I'm sure the Barack Obama re-election effort is happy to have Maher's million-dollar gift, but I sincerely doubt there is a Democratic congressman who worries much whether Maher criticizes him. A word of criticism from Limbaugh, by contrast, will reduce almost any member of the Republican caucus to abject groveling. See, for example: GINGREY, PHIL.
Among TV and radio talkers and entertainers, there is none who commands anything like the deference that Limbaugh commands from Republicans: not Rachel Maddow, not Jon Stewart, not Michael Moore, not Keith Olbermann at his zenith. Democratic politicians may wish for favorable comment from their talkers, but they are not terrified of negative comment from them in the way that Republican politicians live in fear of a negative word from Limbaugh...
That is why no one asks Democratic politicians to repudiate the latest strident statement from an Olbermann or a Moore. There's no sport in it. It's too easy for them to say, "Sure." For Republicans, it's tough.""
Says the person freely saying what they think.
The current argument is a laughable non-starter (Fluke doesn't have a national audience), but the general issue causes so much stupid confusion that it's best to sidestep it and leave concerns about who the nicest person is to the children. Instead, let's line up how often Limbaugh and Maher are wrong and kick out the one who dominates.
MMFA squealed with delight when Beck went off the air on Fox. I see they changed their 'Drop Fox Now' banner to advertise a book bashing the network. Such heroes of political courage!
Free speech is not a toy to be used when it suits one's agenda. MMFA's agenda is churlish and stupid.
He has the right to say what he wants, and everyone else has the right to hold him accountable for his speech!
He should know better, and would know better if he were a decent human being, than to say these kinds of things. He shouldn't say these kinds of disgusting things, but no one is saying that he can't say these things - we're only saying that he can't say these kinds of things and get away with it! We're going to hold him responsible for what he's choosing to say, what he's free to say.
The hacks, as you call them, at MMFA are not conducting in Hate and Harassment speech. Rush is. Why are you blind to the difference?
Do you honestly think it is churlish and stupid to not stand idly by and allow a man to insult and harass a young female college student who wanted to express her views and experiences? If Sandra was my daughter, I would be banging on Rush's door demanding satisfaction.
It is safe to say that over 95% of fathers love their daughters, even the Rush listeners, so why are you suggesting that Sandra does not deserve the same rights as a female not prescribed birth control/feminine issues control medication?
As for this, here is a Ha Ha.
One mans squeal of delight is another man’s sigh of satisfaction in knowing a job was well done. Judging by your posts, edrossinoelwein9669, your idea of a job well done is to be up front in the cannon fodder line. Keep up the good work and obey the Rush. He surely will not lead You astray like he did the millions before.
I cannot imagine defending someone who lied to me every time they opened their mouth.
But then, I am not a Republican.
Stop trying to silence us.
I don't have a national show. Should I go to court?
How can someone be able to tie their shoes and be confused by this at the same time?
In fact, NONE of us has a constitutional right to comment on a privately-owned website. Yet MMFA allows you guys on the right to repeat the lies programmed into you by the hateful right to your heart's content. Of course, then we commenters "infringe on your rights" by rebutting your idiocy with actual facts.
What limbaugh does NOT have any constitutionally guaranteed right to is the ability to broadcast his lies and vitriol nationwide using FCC licensed airwaves. Neither do you, neither do I.
Who told you that he did?
And I appreciate that MMFA, I'm always up for a good laugh.
EXACTLY like it.
Wake up. You can't possibly be that stupid.
And really? Maher was relentless? I missed it. But then, he isn't broadcasting nationwide on FCC licensed airwaves, is he?
That's because you're not terribly bright, edrossinoelwein9669. Bill Maher's show airs on HBO, a premium cable channel with no commercials.
Bill Maher's history of incendiary comments about public women in no way comes close to the three day rant of Limbaugh against a private citizen. If anyone is guilty of trying to get Limbaugh off the air, it's Limbaugh himself.
So, you learned a new word from your word-a-day calendar, and thought you'd try it out. How nice. By the way, if MMfA IS vapid, then they ARE laughable.
MMfA is not trying to deny ANYONE their 1st Amendment rights, edrossinoelwein9669. But, you should be aware that the 1st Amendment doesn't protect you from criticism, and it doesn't guarantee you a radio or TV show. Just ask Glenn Beck.
No, no it's not. It's a right granted by the people of America to the people of America through the Constitution.
Again, NOBODY'S rights are being infringed upon. Limbaugh doesn't have a RIGHT to a radio show.
Typical and juvenile "he does it too" response.
We are currently discussing Limbo's vile and disgusting comments about a young woman HE didn't even know.
IF you and the rest of the loony right wanted to attack Maher's "twit" comment you had plenty of opportunities to do so. But it obviously wasn't a big deal then nor is it now.
NO ONE is trying to stop Limbo's "freedom of speech", HE has the right to keep on making an a** of himself. And WE, the public, have a right to call him on it!!
"Those who would try to silence those they disagree with act stupidly in the near and far term."--edrossinoelwein9669
How would Joseph Goebbels fit into your outlook?
This has been another episode of "Simple Answers to Stupid Questions."
If conservatives hear something they don't like spewing out of Bill Maher's mouth, then I would suggest waging a boycott against him. This site monitors conservative lies and misbehavior. If you want to complain about Maher, go to Bozo's website Media Research Center.
By the way, the constitution protects us from the government silencing our freedom of speech, not citizens trying to silence speech that is contrary to the ethics of society.
Next stupid question?Because (see the answer above), Maher isn't on the air. He's on pay-cable TV.
Next stupid comment?You already are. Your lack of understanding is very funny.
Next stupid comment?And I'll bet you routinely hold your breath until you turn blue if people don't take you seriously. I'm not taking you seriously. You may begin holding your breath now.
Next stupid comment?You really can't be that stupid, can you? I didn't think it was possible to feed yourself without leaving fork marks in your forehead if you really believed this stuff that you post.
Next stupid comment?Yes, and God also said that one should not bear false witness against his neighbor. Talk to Rush about that, will you?
Next stupid comment?Rush violated the slander laws. That is not covered by freedom of speech. If we merely disagreed with Rush (as MMfA has done countless times without calling for boycotts), there wouldn't be a problem. But you are defending slander, and as such, you are no better than Rush.
Have fun.
If you had any sense, you'd want the kind of vile garbage that Limbaugh spews off the public airwaves. The air would be much better off.
Go post facts. IF you get approved to post, once it is discovered that you are using bona fide facts in opposition to their accepted viewpoint, you will never be allowed to post again.
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The link works as written, which is pretty strong evidence that the spelling is correct despite your opinion. Surely it hasn't escaped your attention that companies sometimes use "creative" spelling in their trade marks?
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I will send you an email as well, but just in case you are listening here, I noticed you continued to advertise on the Rush Limbaugh Show today, even after a great many of other advertisers rightly withdrew their advertising dollars. Make no mistake, if TurboTax continues to advertise on the bigoted, misogynist's show, I will cancel my long-standing subscription and work actively to try and persuade others to do the same. I hope you take this opportunity to put your conscience before your pocketbook.
Also, the Rush Limbaugh App is still in the iTunes store (free.) Don't his three rants violate the Terms of Service?
Just kidding. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Besides, listening and noting the advertisers would involve thinking for oneself, which is contrary to the dittohead way.
But do feel free to support Save the Children, US Department of Health and Human Services, and the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Oh, and the Ad Council. Cheers.
I have been concerned about misogyny since observing a sitting president humiliate a naive young woman who worked in his office. To find out that he had mistreated state employees while a governor was very disturbing. I have lived on Cape Cod where the Kennedys treatment towards women is legendary.
Why do we tolerate this?
I'm tired of being told that I have to swallow this!
No one here wants to admit what you've posted is true. So they'll ignore you, well except for those down thumbs. I rarely give thumbs but I'm gonna give you an up one.
BTW, I live in Ma., & it's widely known that the Kennedy boys/men have always treated women like sl(u)ts, but nobody here cares about that because treating women like scum is not as bad as calling them names. Ha! ::eye roll::
And I really don't see how there is any comparison. Not only is Fluke not a national figure who has not put herself in the limelight, but there is absolutely NO connection between what she said and Rush's attacks. There was no basis for him calling her promiscuous (not to mention doubling down on that nasty attack for three days straight).
This is not like saying Sarah Palin acts like a beauty queen, or that Hillary seems very ambitious. Because those things are based in some perceivable reality. This was not based on anything Fluke said or did. It was reprehensible, disgusting, and BASED ON ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
If you read any of my posts on the subject of Limbaugh & Fluke you'd know I found what he said disgusting.
So kindly stop putting words in my mouth.
If you read byondpolitics's post again, maybe you'll figure mine out.
Misogyny when practiced by anyone shouldn't be tolerated. Whether it's in word or deed.
He didn't bring up Maher, but others have and I don't know what he was referring to when he brought Olbermann et al since he provided no examples of their alleged misogyny - and neither have you.
Why bring the Kennedys up? If their partners are willing, it's not misogyny to sleep around. So, again, what other misogyny are you talking about?
There are TONS of misogynist statements made against conservative women that has been completely ignored by sites like this and the mainstream press. Wake up.
Then it should be easy for you to point out one that a Kennedy or Clinton said.
Jeter seems to saying everything you posted is true! I am not! I infact think you are strecthing the truth particularly concerning the OWS rapes but that is not what is troubling me about your post. Ms. Flock was called those nmaes after what she said had nothing to do about sex. What she said essentially had to do with providing women coverage for their healthcare needs as many men are covered today for vasectomies,Viagra and Cialis with no names or outrage. This is not soley about name calling. Ha! eye roll, but about womens equality.
"The surreal cautionary tale of Tonya McDowell, 34, a single homeless Connecticut mother convicted of "stealing" $15,000 of education by enrolling her son in a good school he wasn't supposed to go to, and later convicted of selling drugs to undercover officers who started to investigate her after the school charge - ie: convicted of being the wrong color, class, gender in the wrong place. Last week, she was sentenced to five years in prison.
“You shouldn’t be arrested for stealing a free education. It's just wrong."†- McDowell
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There were NO rapes committed by Occupy protestors. In many cases an OWS member was the victim, not the perp. In the other cases, neither party was part of OWS.
If you're so concerned about misogyny, why are you blaming rape victims for the attacks?
Or in reality, had consensual sex with a willing participant.
Juanita Broderick lied.
Is that what the boys in the Dominican republic say to Rush?
Rush, on the other hand, humiliated a woman by refusing to read what she actually said, and bring up sordid accounts of her "life" (in quotes because it was in no way part of her life, he had no way of knowing that based solely upon what she said before Congress). He spent three days lying about her and maligning her relentlessly.
Why do you tolerate that?
I'm tired of being told I have to tolerate slander.
1. it discounts the extent of Limbaugh’s lengthy attack against Sandra Fluke,
2. it ignores the fact that Fluke was testifying as a private citizen, and
3. it fails to account for Limbaugh’s decades-long pattern of misogyny.
http://polentical.com/2012/03/08/the-bogus-rush-limbaugh-bill-maher-comparison/
So, you can appreciate being here in an "unfriendly" environment where you're welcome to offer your thoughts, to make your points, even to toss in a bit of snark. No one and nothing outside of the board rules, which we're all asked to follow, and the curious behavior of Nanny the Language Filter is keeping you from expressing yourself.
But can you appreciate the irony? You might no be here offering your comment had Issa offered the same courtesy to Ms. Fluke. His desire to control the message struck a smoldering spark that eventually found it's way to an oversized tub of crude oil called Rush Limbaugh. From there--boom.
Nevertheless, welcome to MMFA, Rocky. Have fun.
Rush was also trying to silence all woman from expressing their opinions, through intimidation and the fear that they too would be humiliated nation wide.
The same idiots that scream about their constitutional rights and free speech, are the very ones criticizing a young woman for exercising hers.
They detest the right to free speech when it comes to anyone criticizing something Beck or Limbaugh spew.
17 and Liberal, I have to tell you, I've enjoyed your comments and respect your maturity and opinions. Wise beyond....indeed!
Because that's what the ad companies are doing.
Our company, Concentra Medical Centers, places no national broadcast advertising, and is not affiliated or connected to any national radio programs, radio advertising campaigns, or radio personalities. As confirmed by station WABC, the advertisement that you heard was created for a company marketing a drug named "Concentra.” We are not affiliated with this company or this product in any way. We apologize for any confusion created by this event, but assure you that this advertising is not from our company.
"I apologize for any confusion regarding our marketing.
In 2004 when Rush Limbaugh’s program also carried remarks that were inappropriate, we ceased all advertising on his show. We do not advertise there to this day.
On occasion, a local station may mistakenly run a GEICO ad in the wrong time slot. We are directing our ad buyers to make sure that does not happen.
We do appreciate hearing from you on this matter."
It looked like the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man on a trampoline.
I'm eager to read this list of sponsors and have a clear impression of what companies are in partnership with rush limbaugh, and just as eager to regularly check it in the days to come, but as I type this the list is way too unwieldy and hard to comprehend.
"It seems After I that the Olivet grad school bought a block of generic time on WLS Radio in Chicago. Evidently the station did air one or more of those ads during the show. That was never our intention and we were surprised to learn of it. We will take care of this."
Here's the text of an email from John McConnell, "Becoming China's Bitch":
"I hope you are aware that the book advertisement was NEVER on the Rush Limbaugh Program, but mistakenly and without our permission, appeared on a Rush affiliate web site. That was never our intent and now have received apologies from those who made the mistake."
Thank you for expressing your concern regarding the recent ads that Constant Contact ran during the Rush Limbaugh programming and we truly do value your direct feedback. I just wanted to reply back informing you of a recent statement that was released by Constant Contact regarding this particlar topic below:
"Constant Contact is committed to upholding the highest standards of honest, ethical conduct - across all of our business activities. We believe that Rush Limbaugh’s recent statements about law student Sandra Fluke were both inappropriate and disrespectful, and we decided to pull our advertising on his program."
With this stated, we apologize upfront for not responding sooner to your inquiry but like always, we take the voice of our customers very seriously and thank you again for voicing your opinion.
Regards,
Constant Contact Customer Care
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CEO should be fired for making such a stupid rash decision.
If not, then I can state that the american economy went on the upsurge because I ate an ice cream simply because it happened right after I ate one.
Do you wish to present yesterday's $0.80 per share drop as "proof" of what happens to a company after they stop advertising with Limbaugh? Fine. Then I can offer the very same kind of "proof" that shows Carbonite's association with Rush's show has been poison to them over the last year.
I think we'd both look like morons if we tried to make that argument.
This is the reply I got.
Thank you for contacting Ford Motor Company. My name is Julie and I'm from Ford's Customer Service Department.
I understand you're requesting to withdraw our advertisement on the Rush Limbaugh Show.
We believe that one of the most effective ways to connect with customers and generate mass awareness of our products and services is through advertising. The purchase of commercial time is not making a judgment on the specific content of the show but simply attempting to reach out to customers.
We value the opinions of our customers worldwide and will continue to place advertising on programs that reach and appeal to our diverse customer base.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address this matter and I appreciate the time you have taken to write us.
Sincerely,
Julie
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It has come to our attention that a handful of local radio stations may have played jcpenney radio spots adjacent to or during The Rush Limbaugh Show. To be clear, jcpenney is not a national advertiser of this show. We have a strict “No Run” policy in place specifically regarding The Rush Limbaugh Show. After jcpenney confirms the facts, we will contact any local radio station that is in violation of our radio advertising parameters to ensure that our “No Run” policy is adhered to regarding this program.
Ms. Fluke is a private citizen who only spoke of facts before a congressional hearing. Bachman overdrive and Palin, the car show model, were public figures running for political office who were out there, on a daily basis, spreading propaganda, false information, idiocy and LIES. They attacked EVERYONE in their misguided path - vicious, ignorant, ill-informed embarrassments on the public stage, insulting me, as a woman, with every embarrassing, ridiculous statement that came out of their poisoned, lipsticked mouths.
Now - although I'm angry at Bill for HIS apology, I have always found him funny. I have had issue's with him in the past, when I felt him to be "political correct but a misogynist. I think with maturity, he's grown - sincerely (and not for sponsor endorsements - he does not need to kowtow to anyone). I was not insulted personally when he attacked those bimbo's (which is what they are) and he has had some many words for men who behave badly and stupidly equally. Bill's apology, I believe to be true, because unlike mr. hypocrite's, Bill truly believes in keeping the lines of free speech open and owning up to his own when he feels he's crossed a boundary.
But Lim-berger - 4 wives, no offspring - did he marry s__t's or is he in fact, shooting "blanks"? A drug addict who pops viagra like oxy's and goes on sex tours in South America - this pillar of christian morality. We are comparing apples and oranges and the apple has proven himself worthy - even though I'm angry at him for doing so!
Voice your opinion here;
http://www.lowes.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContactUsCategoryFAQPageView?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&faqId=51
Now, I've been an Apple fan since the mid '80s. Anybody got an email address or phone number for Apple's P.R. department? I won't purchase another Apple product while they advertise on his program.
Does he still take a "obscene profit break?"
"Hate Talk" 560 AM dropped him a month or so ago so I can't even occasionally tune in.
"RightSize Health & Nutrition RightSize Health & Nutrition did not intentionally advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show. We are looking into this matter further to see when the spots potentially aired. We appreciate our RS fans. Thank you for your business."
There definitely DOES seem to be a pattern where Premiere Networks has placed adverts on Rush Limbaugh despite agreements with "block advertising" clients to NOT advertise on Rush--couldn't this technically be considered breach of contract? (Geico at least seems to be treating it as much--reportedly they're threatening to pull their entire marketing from Clear Channel and Premiere Networks if the adverts on Rush don't stop)
https://twitter.com/#!/aplaceformom/status/176880386897489921
RightSize Health tweets noting their advert placement on Rush was unauthorised and--similarly to Geico, JC Penney, and APlaceForMom--were part of "block advert" buys that were placed on Rush Limbaugh without their knowledge:
https://twitter.com/#!/RightSize/status/177096151332438016
https://twitter.com/#!/RightSize/status/177087760782467072
https://twitter.com/#!/RightSize/status/177085779045134336
WAVE Home Solutions claims they do not agree with ad placement, but also claim they are in a restrictive contract--please encourage them to "flush Rush" even if it means ditching Premiere Networks:
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=267164243359246&id=100269446715394
Basically, the advertisers with the lowest rates/worst contracts are what's going to show up on Limbaugh's show because any advertiser who paid for the right to specify ad placement has already opted out of his show.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/03/netflix-no-we-dont-advertise-w.php
Eventually, the ads will be played again during the Limbaugh radio program (you watch - give it about 3 or 4 weeks). These sponsors need to put their money where their mouths are - pull ALL advertising from the stations that broadcast Rush Limbaugh! Limbaugh is still getting money from the radio stations!!
But hey.. the sponsors are just trying not to get their customers mad.. people forget (and forgive), don't they?
So much for posturing....
-liberale
Ace Hardware
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Georgia Pacific
Allstate (which pulled out of the Limbaugh Show)
JC Penney
Lexus
Old Navy
Coldwell Banker Realtors
Chili's Restaurants
Hulu.com (partly owned by Disney ABC)
Progressive Insurance
Johnson & Johnson (advertised BenGay)
Kellogg Company
Subaru
Verizon Wireless
Universal Pictures (owned by rival NBC through Comcast)
Perdue Farms
Arby's Restaurants
Additionally, local spots for Carson Pirie Scott and the Hoosier Lottery were aired in the Indianapolis market during "The Middle" on WRTV-6.
Hope this ends up with lardasses resignation and departure from the public airwaves.
Obama/Biden 2012
Gentlemen:
As one enrolled in your Constitution 101 course, I could not help but be astonished by the inexplicable disconnect between the lofty virtues your professors extol in their lectures, and the baser vices you lend succor to. Specifically, I am speaking of your failure to immediately disassociate your institution from the execrable Rush Limbaugh. That any institution of higher learning would knowingly associate itself with a man with so little of it visits great shame upon you. You are known by the company you keep.
Rush Limbaugh's repulsive comments regarding Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke demonstrated not only an abundance of ignorance, but a Neanderthal-level of misogyny, as further evidenced by his four marriages. As the women who have taken oral contraceptives and the husbands who love them know, you only take one pill per day, regardless if you are a lady of the evening or celibate as a nun. As medical professionals know, oral contraceptives are often prescribed for conditions which have nothing to do with contraception, and any imputation to the contrary is risible. Unlike Viagra, which Limbaugh is known to taken with him to the child-sex capital of the Americas, it doesn't affect your libido or desire to perform. "Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless." Jas. 1:26 (NIV).
Limbaugh's written public apology merely compounds the problem; it was about as sincere as North Korean grief over the death of Kim Jong-il, and every bit as hollow. Rather, it was more of a weak justification of his miscreant behavior than an act of contrition. Zacchaeus, he is most certainly not! When you can't win over Don Imus, it speaks for itself.
Limbaugh -- a college drop-out who could really use a scholarship, btw -- doesn't appear to have the requisite intellect to express himself in civil and decorous terms. Asking that young woman to produce "sex tapes" is so far beyond the pale that if you fail to condemn them, you abandon all pretext of maintaining the moral high ground. Experience has taught me that the short definition of a Christian is one whose word is meant for preaching, not keeping. While I fully expect you to vindicate me again, I can only challenge you to prove me wrong. Will you show us your faith by what you do? Jas. 2:18.
My wife of over three decades -- a medical professional and with me, an active Republican -- was particularly furious, which is why I have put our names on every boycott list I can find. If Ms. Fluke were our daughter, we would be beaming with pride ... but if Mr. Limbaugh were our son, we would be ashen with shame.
I won't repeat Limbaugh's slander on grounds of decorum. However, I would respectfully point out that Quicken Loans, LegalZoom, ProFlowers, and Carbonite, and even AOL demonstrated good corporate citizenship by acting swiftly and decisively. And now, the onus falls on you. The cock has crowed three times. What say you, our modern Peters?