I think we progressives should buy some ad time on Rush Limbaugh and here's why

[LynneSin]

First - we'd probably get the airtime cheap.

Second - half the listeners to Rush Limbaugh are progressives monitoring what he says - so we've got a great target audience.

Third - it would drive away what few right-wing nut jobs that still listen to his show. Could you imagine if Planned Parenthood or the NCAAP was running ads during the Rush Limbaugh show? HAHAHAHA

[LaydeeBug]

1. Ashley Madison offered to buy his ad space, and he turned them down

I can't imagine he wouldn't do the same...

[ProSense]

2. Don't agree. Still

"Second - half the listeners to Rush Limbaugh are progressives monitoring what he says - so we've got a great target

...where is this statistic coming from?

[LynneSin]

5. well the fact that we know everything that is happening with that show and all the sponsers

There are alot of progressives listening to the show. Personally, I think you remove the progressive listeners you'll see his audience shrink immensely! But that's just my 2 cents!

[ProSense]

8. Most

...people are hearing this via video clips and reports by organizations like Media Matters and Think Progress.

I have never once listened to Limbaugh's program. I doubt he has a significant progressive following. In fact, I doubt his audience is a big as claimed. He is being propped up by the Republican establishment.

[LynneSin]

10. Please remember this is an opinion piece that is meant to have some humor to it

Thank you!

[2pooped2pop]

12. I sense the anger rising in this country

everywhere I go. People aren't happy anymore. It is even spilling into DU. People are being angry and crappy it seems to me. Much more than before. Don't cha think?
(I have no stats on this)

I know it is in me, too.

[iscooterliberally]

3. As long as one of the ads we place is a 30 second cowbell solo, I'm all for it.

[tridim]

4. Pssst.. Colbert SuperPAC.

[LynneSin]

6. OMFG - GENIUS I do say just pure GENIUS

Colbert would have a field day putting ads on the Limbaugh show!

[gratuitous]

7. It's not a bad idea

But I prefer to let the Free Market deal with this. If carrying that vile human being's radio program remains a money-losing proposition, stations will cast about for other programming that will make money for them. If we buy up ad time on that vile human being's program, that might allow him to remain on our public airwaves, even if our ads directly contradict what that vile human being just said.

That vile human being is perfectly entitled to hold whatever opinions he wants to hold, and express them out loud to anyone within earshot. I'm just interested in reducing earshot range from the whole country and AFN to whatever wing of his mansion that vile human being is in at any time.

Perhaps then, popular media figures who consider themselves to be decent people would at long last disassociate themselves from this vile human being.

[LynneSin]

9. True but it will only be a 'money losing' proposition if the stations lose local advertisers

The reason these stations carry shows like Rush Limbaugh is that they practically give these shows away to the stations. The owner of the show (in this case Clear Channel) pays the host thru national advertising, much of which is done by package deals to the advertisers (which is why some advertisers had no clue their ads ended up on the Rush show). The local stations make their money thru the local advertisers and sponsers since each station is allocated so many minutes per hour for local ads along with weather/news/traffic.

Since we know that Clear Channel is owned by people who lean hard to the right they could probably carry Rush Limbaugh even if they have very few people who want to advertise on his show. Those 70+ advertisers who asked to not have their ads air during Rush's show - they are just having their ads relocated to another less offensive Clear Channel program. So Clear Channel is not being hurt by this boycott.

But if local stations can get anyone to buy their allotted time during the show they they may reason that they are not making money during the show and drop Rush - which is what we want!

[nenagh]

13. Imagine Rush crowing about anyone wanting to advertise on his show...now..

Gives me heartburn.

[proudlibgal24]

11. yuck

who would want their company associated with him? yuck!