Sears Drops Rush Limbaugh

[kpete]

Sears Holdings Corporation, parent of the Sears Roebuck and Co chain of department stores, announced on September 4 via Twitter that it is dropping its advertising from the Rush Limbaugh Show in response to consumer input about Limbaugh's bigotry.




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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/04/1127684/-Sears-Drops-Rush-Limbaugh

[nolabear]

1. w00t!

[Control-Z]

2. Nice. n/t

[Faygo Kid]

3. Great news. Will make a point of shopping there this weekend.

Take down the clown.

[freshwest]

24. +1

[Kurovski]

25. In related news, Chick fil A continues to drop...

This past Wednesday, Chick-Fil-A had a 39 score compared to the Top National QSR Sector average score of 43.

It is also the first time Chick-Fil-A has sunk below the fast food consumer perception average of the top QSR restaurant chains.


Read more http://politicalgroove.com/2012/08/chick-fil-as-brandindex-drops-40-percent.html

[HappyMe]

4. Lol!

Aaw..poor Rushie!

[Stuart G]

5. K and R..nt

[panader0]

6. Excellent

Does anyone have a list of advertisers that have dropped rush?

[TlalocW]

7. To show my appreciation

I'm going to order some dry goods and a bolt of calico fabric from the Sears and Roebuck this week.

TlalocW

[louis-t]

13. You used to be able to buy an actual house from the catalog.

There are a few I know of that still exist.

[_Liann_]

8. It only took them 30 years to find him offensive????

[randome]

15. It took 30 years to rid ourselves of the GOP lock on society.

This is another sign that the tide is turning against Conservatives.

[progressoid]

16. No kidding.

It's about time.

[BlueStreak]

26. When will companies learn this basic rule of business?

It is never smart to piss off half of your potential customers. And it is particularly stupid to do this when you are a retailer losing market share left and right, with no clue how to stabilize your business.

I haven't been in a Sears for probably 15 years. Along the way, they cemented that idea when their Land's End unit forced employees to endure right-wing hate speech by Guiliani. Up to that time, I probably spent $500/year with Land's End. But I quickly found out there were other places to get goods of comparable quality without supporting an enterprise that invites right-wing hate speech.

[spanone]

9. Great

[lady lib]

10. That is really good news.

You can't get anymore apple pie than Sears.

[horseshoecrab]

11. Wonderful!!! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

12. K&R!!!!

[WinstonSmith4740]

14. Wow.

Just freakin' wow.

[randome]

17. It's become 'fashionable' to turn away from the Conservative hatred.

Just as it's become 'fashionable' to support gay rights.

Companies the size of Sears do not make these decisions lightly.

This is another sign that the tide is turning.

[clydefrand]

18. Great

Hope even many more will let him go too. He has no business being on air.

[Tom Ripley]

19. Pretty bad when Sears recognizes that your days are dwindling

[RoccoR5955]

20. +1^100! n.t.

[kalli007]

21. Just went and purchased

HE washer and dryer set. They really did have the best deal, and this sold me on it.

[reformist2]

22. This is great, but didn't they break any ties with Rush six months ago?

[Kurovski]

23. *SPLAT*