Let's organize against Limbaugh Advertisers

[SAXMAR]

It is posted here that Geico has cancelled advertising on Limbaugh's show.

We need to organize and let ALL Limbaugh's advertisers know we plan to boycott their product/services as long as they advertise on Limbaugh's show. Also we need to let the advertisers know that we will be spreading the word via many of the same the internet and email connections that worked to get many Democratic Party canidates elected in 2006 and 2008.

He is entitled to free speech. But we don't have to support those who pay for his forum.

Limbaugh loves the attention he is getting. We need to hit him in the pocket book.

Limbaugh gets good ratings because he is syndicated in thousands of small and big radio markets. That presents the problem of local sponsors as well as national sponsors.

Unfortunatly we will need to listen to his show and keep a log of sponsors local and national.

I live in the Phila., Pa market and could keep a log for his show on 1210am on the dial.

Any interest in this? Any ideas on where and how we can base our activities.

saxmar

[wndycty]

1. I am all for that

:kick:

[Xenotime]

2. Let's go after a few others as well..

Beck, Hannity, Ramsey, Bortz, Howard, Miller and others.

[hamsterjill]

3. I think that's a great idea.

After all, the Republicans have done this (generally) in the past with some success. Why can't we give it a try, especially when there are now more of "us" than "them"!

[SAXMAR]

7. What Limbaugh market are you in?

I guess we start ourselves and hope we can expand.

Oh crap, I guess I have to listen to Limbaugh to get his advetiser names.

saxmar

[SoFlaJet]

4. He's being set up-again

he is going to force dems to reinstitute The Fairness Doctorine and I. WILL. LMAO. when it happens

[Ioo]

5. I know "Lumber Liquidators" is an advertiser

[lonestarnot]

6. Just don't get Gieco in on that. They may have once used lardass, but not since 2004 or something

like that.

[groundloop]

8. Somebody's going to have to provide a list...

I'll definitely shoot off emails to his sponsors, but if I had to actually gather the information myself by listening to his show I'd be in the hospital with a stroke.

[SAXMAR]

9. Post Limbaugh Advertisers here!/Geico are good guys!

As people get the names of Limbaugh advertisers please post them here at DU General Discussions.

If the administrators here have a way to keep this a separate area please advise.

saxmar

[we can do it]

12. There Was A List Poted a Couple Days Ago

Geico was on it - but they told me not anymore when I emailed them.

[vssmith]

10. The best thing to do about RL is ignore him--pretend he doesn't exist

[Richard D]

14. Sorry . . .

. . . you can't ignore evil away. Been tried before.

[vssmith]

20. He craves you attention--positive or negative

[rurallib]

11. A previous thread on this really didn't produce a definitive list

of advertisers. There used to be a boycott Rush site, but I believe that is long gone.

[Donnachaidh]

13. try starting HERE --

http://blog-me-no-blogs.blogspot.com/2009/01/boycott-rush-limbaughs-advertisers.html

Blue Emu (one of the sponsors) are complete a-holes. They gave me the *advice* to *pray and stop listeining* when I contacted them about the ads.

[SAXMAR]

15. This is great! thanks

[1776Forever]

16. Here is a list from his website and more from the Gun Toting Liberal site that I found....

Carbonite

LifeLock

And a list from the Gun Toting Liberal Site from 2007 so I don't know how up to date this is now so I suggest you just say "If you are still advertising on Rush Limbaugh's show.....":

http://guntotingliberal.com/?p=1950

Bose Wave Radio 508-766-7781

Lending Tree [phone]

Life Quotes 1-800-670-5433

Select Comfort 763-551-7460

eharmony
300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111
Pasadena, CA 91101
[e-mail]
626.795.4814
FAX [phone]

Inverness Medical (maker of stresstabs)
51 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02021
1-800-899-7353 weekdays, 8 am. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Time.)

Onstar
1-800-947-AUTO

Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
333 Market Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
[e-mail]
1-877-HOTWIRE (468-9473)
415-343-8400

Sleep Number Bed
1-800-438-2233

The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road ..107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
1-800-289-5888

Smart & Final
Customer Relations
PO Box 512377
Los Angeles, CA 91001-0377
(Heard on KFI 640 in Los Angeles)

Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone [phone]
(web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)

AutoZone Inc.
P.O. Box 2198
Memphis, TN 38101
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail] m

UPDATED - Citracal - Mission Pharmacal
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager
Mission Pharmacal
P.O. Box 786099
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099
Phone:[phone]

Blue-Emu
1-800-432-9334
Link

Red Lobster
Write to:
P.O. Box 593330
Orlando, FL 32859-3330
Guest Relations Hotline
1-800-LOBSTER (1-800-562-7837)

Lumber Liquidators
Toll Free: 877-645-5347
Contact list: Link

Avacor (hair loss treatment)
(customer comments email)
[e-mail]

Lazerguide® (golf instruction tool)
PO Box 807
New Hudson Michigan 48165
1-877-266-6430 (toll free)

Mission Pharmacal Company
10999 IH-10 West Suite 1000
San Antonio, TX 78230
Telephone: [phone]

General Steel Metal Buildings
1075 South Yukon, Ste. 250
Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Toll Free: 1-888-98-STEEL
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Life Quotes, Inc.
32045 Castle Court
Evergreen, CO 80439
1-800-670-5433
[e-mail]

Select Comfort Corporation
6105 Trenton Lane N
Minneapolis, MN 55442
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
investorrelations@selectcomfor t.com

Scottrade Inc
12855 Flushing Meadows Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63131
1-800-619-SAVE
[e-mail]

RegionalHelpWanted.com, Inc.
1 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 506
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
800-365-8630
845-471-5200
[e-mail] m

The Swap Shop
3291 East Sunrise
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
[e-mail]
Phone - 954.791.$WAP

Pfizer Inc
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
212-733-2323

[HillWilliam]

17. I still clearly remember what happened to Sinclair

when the nascent blogosphere organized against them.

We're bigger, more organized, and more powerful now. It just takes more than just "want to" and DU. It'll take a lot of Facebooking, HuffPo, Kos, anywhere and everywhere that anyone can contact other progressives to write and call. It has to be more than DU or it'll be one tiny warm fart in a huge blizzard of cold wind.

Organize, then go forward. Just sayin'. That's what made the Sinclair campaign a success.

[newtothegame]

18. No doubt; let's get all the opposition off the airwaves and out of the conversation!! n/t

[KharmaTrain]

19. Radio...Just like Politics...Advertising Is Local...

Nothing wrong with going after the national advertisers. Right now radio is facing desperate times. Advertising revenues have fallen on average 20% each year for the past 5 years...falling behind cable TV and the internet. The economic collapse has all but dried up many of the traditional radio advertisers and those that are still buying are very discriminating about where those dollars are going...and they're not headed radio's way. The stock values of the major radio companies have collapsed...it's not a pretty picture at all.

Thus, if there was ever a time to strike, now's a good time...but here's the take of an old radio programmer and manager...a way that could be more effective in getting results. A visit or call to a local sponsor has a lot of weight. Nothing gets a station manager's attention faster than an unhappy sponsor. It'll get a lot faster response than a dozen phone calls or a hundred emails.

I would suggest listening to your local hate station...and note the local advertisers. Then, either drop by or give a phone call. Be polite and say how you had happen to hear their commercial on station WXXX as a sponsor of the Rushbo Show...then point out that you find this programming offensive and that by sponsoring this show, you're also encouraging hate to spill from the radio.

In some cases, you'll find out the advertiser who didn't know their commercials are running there. Many of these stations sell on bulk...the advertiser wants to get commercials on the Top 40 station and has to also buy the hate station...or buys a cheap schedule (usually done through an agency) with little knowledge or say on when and where their commercials air. You may be surprised in how cooperative they become once they're aware of where their advertising dollars are being spent. Of course you'll run into a few that will say "so what"...but then that will tell you a lot about that business and where not to spend your dollars.

While I don't advocate censoring or censorship...this is using a marketplace solution.

Cheers...

[alfredo]

21. No. Rush is the voice of the party. What he says is the policy of the party,

no matter how wrong, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and misogynistic. When Reps vote against a bill, they are doing it on the orders of El Rushbo.