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Offline Carl

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A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« on: February 01, 2009, 05:50:19 AM »
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MannyGoldstein  (1000+ posts)          Sat Jan-31-09 12:17 PM
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Poll question: Would You Boycott Rush Limbaugh's Sponsors?
   Edited on Sat Jan-31-09 12:29 PM by MannyGoldstein
CitizenPatriot and I are tossing around the idea of initiating a boycott against Limbaugh's Oxycontin-fueled hatefest. We figure that cutting station revenue is the best way to reduce the number of stations that carry his garbage.

If we provided a handy listing of sponsors, would you make a serious effort to boycott those companies?

(If you think this is a *really important* thing to try, then please recommend this thread!)
Poll result (206 votes)
Yes.    (190 votes, 92%)   Vote
No, it's futile.    (4 votes, 2%)   Vote
No, sponsorship of Limbaugh is not an important consideration for me.    (8 votes, 4%)   Vote
No, other (please post below).    (4 votes, 2%)   Vote

Sounds like they are going to take action and really stick it to Rush!!

NOT. :lmao: :lmao:

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GCP  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 12:22 PM
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3. If anyone has a list, I'd be glad to boycott them n/t

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sakabatou  (1000+ posts)          Sat Jan-31-09 12:24 PM
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5. Yes
   If I had a list.

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RJ Connors (270 posts)          Sat Jan-31-09 12:25 PM
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6. Is there already a list of his sponsers floating around somewhere
   that is available so I don't have too look all of them up? I would like to start sending out E-mails this weekend.

Thanks

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MADem  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 12:28 PM
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11. No. I would have to LISTEN to him to even know who sponsors him, and I have better things to do
   with my time.

Also, I'm not much of a consumer these days.

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GCP  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 12:36 PM
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16. There's no list
   There's no point in contacting them saying you're going to boycott them, if you don't know who they are in the first place.

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Kookaburra  (653 posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 12:47 PM
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21. Not me.
   I'm not going to that vile, hateful site.

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rurallib  (1000+ posts)          Sat Jan-31-09 01:29 PM
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28. I have tried to listen and record local advertisers for both Limpy and the manity
   but I can't do it. I can't stay with them. About 5 minutes and their condescending smirky assholishness comes through. And I want to pick up my radio and toss it. Volunteers would need fortitude.

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appleannie1 (719 posts)       Sat Jan-31-09 03:31 PM
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39. The companies need to know why their sales are down. Just boycotting them is not enough.

You clowns can`t even start without someone spoonfeeding the information to you and you think you will affect sales??  :rotf: :rotf:

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ZombieHorde  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 04:22 PM
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41. I am interested, make a list and keep it bumped.

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old mark  (1000+ posts)        Sat Jan-31-09 04:50 PM
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42. I probably already do, but if there were a list somewhere, I'd gladly
   check it to make sure I got them all.
There should also be some sore of notice to his advertisers - so many people are boycotting the fat ******* and your company.

Make the air cleaner - dump Rush.

mark

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BlooInBloo  (1000+ posts)          Sun Feb-01-09 01:46 AM
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46. Why don't you just give us the ******* list, and not ask us to declare allegiance?

I bet Rush is trembling in fear of this onslaught.
They will never stop being useless,lazy parasites even when it is there common goals involved.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 07:04:32 AM »
Can one buy stock in Rush? .....I believe it's fix'n to skyrocket.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 07:13:40 AM »
Michelle Malkin has a few words to say on this . . .

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THE RUSH REVIVAL

DERANGED DEMS' OBSESSION WITH LIMBAUGH WILL BE THEIR UNDOING

Last updated: 2:50 pm
January 31, 2009
Posted: 12:55 pm
January 31, 2009

President Obama is throwing a bipartisan Super Bowl party Sunday at the White House. But one leading conservative football fan won't be in attendance: Rush Limbaugh. The much-heralded new era of outreach and cooperation in Washington does not extend to the Right's most powerful voice on talk radio. With his explicit attack on Limbaugh during a Capitol Hill meeting last week, Obama has signaled the end of Bush Derangement Syndrome - the defining mental illness of the Democrats for eight years - and ushered in the age of Rush Derangement Syndrome.

You would think that victories in the presidential race and Congress would be enough for the Left. But no. Like Captain Ahab, Sen. Lindsay Graham still bristles at the "loud folks" in conservative talk radio. Democrats even drafted a petition denouncing Limbaugh last week, showing that trying to save the economy doesn't wait for petty personal attacks.

Too bad Obama hasn't learned the lessons of his predecessors. Limbaugh not only has survived countless protests, boycotts, media smears and political attempts to kick him off the airwaves. He has emerged each time with a higher profile, greater influence, and a strengthened hand.

In a repeat of anti-Rush history (see "vast right wing conspiracy," et al), the White House broadside backfired - disseminating his biting critiques of the trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill to a wider audience. Rather than dividing the GOP, it united them. Not a single Republican voted for the Obama plan after unprecedented wooing, courting, and cajoling. The Rush Effect is incontestable.

Which begs the question: Why did Obama - who told House GOP leaders "you can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done" - even bring him up?

The rest is at:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_rush_revival_152941.htm

Liberalism really is a mental disorder.  They keep trying to bring him down, expecting a different result from the last time they tried this.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 07:49:23 AM »
I find it entertaining that instead of directing anger at foreign leaders who have nothing but the worst intentions for the United States and it allies, or even a prominent conservative politician, that Obama and now his minions are directing their energy at a radio host.

Do the moonbats not realize that all this is going to do is drive Limbaugh's rating up ?

The way they are going, Rush will have a TV show again like he did during the Clinton administration.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 08:13:15 AM »
Do you mean "lessen in futility" as in a smaller quantity of futility or a "lesson in futility" as in a thing learned?

Because I don't think the DUmmies will ever learn just how futile they really are.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2009, 08:57:13 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 01, 2009, 08:13:15 AM
Do you mean "lessen in futility" as in a smaller quantity of futility or a "lesson in futility" as in a thing learned?

Because I don't think the DUmmies will ever learn just how futile they really are.

 :thatsright:

Guess it was too early in the morning. :p
I will petition someone to fix it.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 08:58:19 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 01, 2009, 08:13:15 AM
Do you mean "lessen in futility" as in a smaller quantity of futility or a "lesson in futility" as in a thing learned?

Because I don't think the DUmmies will ever learn just how futile they really are.

Reeducation is futile......pass it on.
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 09:04:05 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on February 01, 2009, 07:13:40 AM
Michelle Malkin has a few words to say on this . . .

The rest is at:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_rush_revival_152941.htm

Liberalism really is a mental disorder.  They keep trying to bring him down, expecting a different result from the last time they tried this.


I hereby extend my hand to Michelle Malkin....


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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2009, 09:04:18 AM »
We can still send them to the camps for other things though can`t we? :hyper:
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Re: A lessen in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2009, 09:10:10 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 01, 2009, 09:04:05 AM
I hereby extend my hand to Michelle Malkin....



You extend the hand.

I'll extend at least half a foot.
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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2009, 09:45:06 AM »
Rush would have a good laugh over that thread. Unfortunately I think he is going on vacation next week.
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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2009, 10:09:03 AM »
Their attempts to boycott advertisers of Rush Limbaugh and other people they disagree with have been a joke.  Why do these dummies think they have so much influence in this country?

Those advertisers don't advertise on Rush Limbaugh's show to be nice and they may even disagree with his political views but advertising there brings in business. 

The dummies just don't understand this free market concept.   
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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2009, 12:32:54 PM »
Boycott????   :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

273 people, out of a total of 295 respondants...and they think their boycott will be noticed by ANY company?  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2009, 12:37:30 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on February 01, 2009, 12:32:54 PM
Boycott????   :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

273 people, out of a total of 295 respondants...and they think their boycott will be noticed by ANY company?  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Not only that, but just how much did Rush's latest contract give him a year?  And how much more than that amount does he make for ClearChannel--and, by extension, his sponsors?
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Re: A lesson in futility at the DUmp
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2009, 12:42:21 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on February 01, 2009, 12:37:30 PM
Not only that, but just how much did Rush's latest contract give him a year?  And how much more than that amount does he make for ClearChannel--and, by extension, his sponsors?
I would also hasten to add that many of the advertisers are herbal remedies, debt relief and PSA's...of the same sort that advertise on Err America.

So while any dip in Rush's revenue would be negligible the effect on Err America might be so drastic as to force them to start ripping-off children's charities again.
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