Because it is TIME........List of the Limbaugh Show Sponsors

[TWiley]

I posted this information in the O'Reilley / UPS thread in the Latest Breaking News Forum. I got a request from someone to make a new thread out of this. This is from an older thread that never gained any traction, and I cannot remember who compiled it and posted it the first time. I would love to see rush get a taste of his own medicine. He has been a scourage for far too long. I am not the author, but I do wish that I was.
Please enjoy, and distribute freely ....



(This is from a different DU Thread, I did not write it)

Hi. My name is ____________________. I recently found out that your company advertises on Rush Limbaugh's show.

In the past, I've found his show distasteful and regrettable, but after Mr. Limbaugh's recent remarks -- wherein he said he hoped our new President would fail -- well, my feelings have changed. Our country is at war. And facing an historic global economic crisis. And Mr. Limbaugh wants our leadership to fail?

I know you're running a business and likely won't change anything because of the comments of one customer, but it makes me feel better to let you know that I can no longer patronize your business. And I'm encouraging thousands of others -- via email and the internet -- to to do the same.

I think it's time decent people stand together as one and support our President as he tries to solve the nation's problems. We may not have all voted for him, but who in good conscience -- especially in these dire times -- could wish for him to fail, as Mr. Limbaugh has done?

The entire world is looking at America right now as a sign of hope and possibility. We must succeed. We must not shame ourselves in the international spotlight by showcasing bigotry, racism, or petty politics.

Thank you for your time.

And I look forward to when I can patronize your business again.

Sincerely,

_______________________

SPONSOR EMAIL ADDRESSES:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

OTHERS
Some sponsors can only be reached through their websites. Here are the links:
http://www.lumberliquidators.com/custserv/contactus.jsp
http://www.oreck.com/customer-service/contact-oreck.cfm ...
http://www.blue-emu.com/contact.html
http://www.eharmony.com/advertising/contact

MR. L:
And here are Mr. L.'s email address if you wanna cc him. That'd be great.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[fascisthunter]

1. kick (nt)

[MADem]

2. Local radio also has slots for sale. That list is by no means all-inclusive.

And frankly, a lot of the sponsors don't give a shit. They will give you the "free speech" argument.

Honestly, I look at that list of sponsors, and I have no use for any of the shit they sell. It would be disingenuous of me to pretend that I was no longer going to use their product, when their products hold no interest for me, anyway.

Best thing to do? Change the station.

[TWiley]

3. Well, it is a place to start, and I got some personal satisfaction from bitching

and, I cannot "change the channel" the limbot echo chamber is pervasive

[MADem]

22. I invite your attention to post twenty one. This has been attempted many times before. NT

[JanMichael]

4. wrong

local sponsors got Guy James kicked off the air in Florida. Conservatives hassled the businesses that advertised while his show was aired, and that was it.

[TWiley]

5. exactly ! The tweed-hat P.C. crowd needs to watch and learn for a bit.

[MADem]

21. This has been tried before, you know.

Check the archives.

Get a load of the date on THIS link: http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/01/27_Boycott.html

And this one, a scant year later: http://www.topplebush.com/boycott_rush.shtml

2007: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x805187

Guess what--he's still ON THE AIR.

And ya know what? By organizing a dramatic and CERTAIN TO FAIL, as they all do, boycott against the little shit (for what, the fifth, sixth, seventh time, now?) all you are doing is telling that miserable bastard that he's

Important.

If you change the channel, you tell him he's not.

So see, I'm not wrong. I've seen this happen before, over and over again. It's not a "new" or novel idea. And despite the initial enthusiasm, it doesn't work.

Give the guy something to cry "victim" about, if it makes you feel good. It won't work, though.

[geiger]

25. the tide is turning, and we should help it. eom.

[MADem]

27. That's what people said the last four or five times this crap was tried.

Good luck, and all that. I'll guess, though, that your effort will have little to no effect.

Don't mean to be unkind, just realistic.

[geiger]

29. why are you so interested in this post then?

find something else to do if you're not interested.

[MADem]

30. I'm interested--I'm interested in urging people to spend their time more productively.

Obama can use the support. Real support, from people who wish him well, that will make a difference.

This effort will not make a difference, and it won't work. I'm not trying to be mean, I'm simply providing you with evidence that it has been tried before, and it has fallen on its ass with a resounding thud. Examine those links--they prove my assertion.

Look, if you want nothing but cheerleading, go to cheerleading camp.

I provided salient information that applies to this topic. This shit just doesn't work. It's also thuggish and bullying to try to threaten sponsors to shut people up, even hateful people--it suggests that your team has no decent ideas in rebuttal.

Free speech, and all that. That's the American way.

The response to Limpball's stupid speech should be MORE speech--not bullying threats. That's what "they" do.

[geiger]

37. Changing hearts and minds....

I've never been one to be big on "so called" boycotts, but I think it's time for advertising to move into better, more positive markets. I realize that if companies think they have the data that says that their clientele includes a bunch of big, fat idiot supports, they are going to be tempted to go there. More circumspect, strategic marketing, however, should include an effort to align one's own mission and guiding principles with positive social and community building causes.

On top of that, people are not in a good mood. Rush Limbaugh is not funny anymore. It's not a joke when someone selfishly justifies his lusty claims for Presidential failure and challenges a legally elected President to an "intellectual" duel. It's sick and inciteful and damaging.

I agree that there are better ways to spend our time, and, I agree, Obama needs tangible support on a wide realm of issues. The bullying has got to be taken on, though, too, to move forward.

[JanMichael]

32. A little late on this but the stations' manager was a repuke.

And HE refused 100% cash payment for air-time and canceled Guy James. He may have been instructed to do so but he had been openly repulsed from day one so if he was instructed to do it he was a happy good German.

"Free press" my ass.

[MADem]

33. Odds are, the GOP indicated they'd pay more. They don't always play fair, you know.

But that doesn't mean we have to stoop to their level.

Their ideas aren't selling. They did a survey of attitudes across the nation last November, and we won!

[JanMichael]

44. Wrong again. They took on a piped, little to no cash, syndicated...

...canned pre-recorded show.

[MADem]

45. I am not "wrong." You didn't understand what I was saying.

Some salesman with GOP leanings likely persuaded them to take the canned show instead.

If the show they accepted was canned, syndicated and pre-recorded, it probably came with a national sponsor package, which means revenue for the station.

It's about the bottom line; that's the truth. These stations aren't charities. They need MONEY to survive. Occasionally, you may see a zealot (Albritton Communications, for example) with deep pockets, but they want ears tuned in and listening, by and large.

Unfortunately, a lot of "progressive" shows suck because they're not funny, they have no ability to 'outrage' because they're so busy being politically correct and fearful of offending anyone (you can't say "walks like a duck" because you don't want to offend ducks, that kind of shit) and they nanny and hector people ("....and he didn't even RECYCLE that plastic cup...the BASTARD!!!!"). Also, they start off strong, because people SAY they want another, more liberal view, but then, the audience tapers off--progressives/liberals and even moderate Democrats do not NEED to be told what to think, and that gets old after awhile--and that's the big difference.

The rightwingers are like a bunch of Mendacious Don Rickles types, they offend everyone and then claim that they were "only KEEEEEEEEDING!!!!!!" Some people listen and laugh behind their hands at the insults, others listen and get offended, annoyed, and outraged....but they listen, because they like the "drama" of it all--even if it's the drama that they love to hate. The little "how to think" lessons for the rightwing crew are sandwiched BETWEEN the insults and offenses and jokes in poor taste.

I really think the best formula for progressive and liberal arguments are "Versus" style shows. You take a witty conservative, pair him or her with a witty liberal, and see where they go. Not "Hannity and Colmes" because Colmes is too mild mannered. Someone with the sharp tongue of, say, Pat Buchanan, paired with someone with the fast retorts of someone like Al Franken--now, that would be a good mix. Of course, those two aren't available, but that "style" of show would be a hit for all sides. IMO.

[JanMichael]

49. No no no. The station manager did it to get Guy OFF.

They weren't trying to make a buck, or more bucks, they were silencing opposition in a 60% repuke market.

"Some salesman with GOP leanings likely persuaded them to take the canned show instead."

Wrong.

[MADem]

52. There had to be a pony in there somewhere. You're telling me they took a loss?

They were altruistic, from a GOP perspective, in their scheduling? Unless it was an ALBRITTON station, I have to say that I, er, look askance at that suggestion.

If the station didn't make up the costs during that hour, they got padded receipts for other hours, so it would all even up in the wash.

There had to be a quid pro quo in that pile somewhere. They weren't "silencing opposition" out of a sense of civic duty. They either got money, or something else--access. A luncheon at the White House, an invitation to some fancy backstage thingy, a pic with the Dubster?

So, I'm not wrong. They did what they did because they received a benefit for doing it.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

9. I disagree. The guy is the face / head / leader of the GOP. He spews racist & sexist

speech. He mocks gays and calls for our President to fail. He insinuates to his listeners that they should make sure this administration fails.

No, I disagree. We shouldn't change the station. We must listen and pay attention to what this dangerous man, the head of the GOP, has to say. He is a man that high ranking GOP members kowtow and apologize to.

[zeemike]

13. Absolutely do not ignore him

it is best for at least some of us to keep an eye on these hate mongers...and refuse to do business with anyone that does business with them.

[geiger]

16. current irony being that R's in leadership are squirmching over Steele

and Rush has claimed he's the one that's been carrying water, backed off, and now wants to be the figurative head, at least while it makes him lots of money.

[geiger]

17. K& r'd.

[MADem]

20. I tell you what--you listen and tell us what he said. I'd rather spend my time

productively, proactively and doing something that might help a fellow human.

Anyone who has the time to listen to that fucking gasbag has too much free time, IMO...

[geiger]

24. I cant stand to listen to him either, but lots of willfully ignorant people do.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

41. Ignoring a cancer only makes it get worse & no, I don't have too much free time. nt

[MADem]

47. He's not a cancer. He's a fool. If you get mad at him, and talk about him,

and cry over him, you're the one who is "spreading" his fame.

You know, a few decades ago there was an asshole named Morton Downey, Junior. He was "the mouth that roared." He had a late-night TV show that was famous beyond famous.

He was a complete and total shithead to his guests and the audience, he used to smoke constantly and blow the smoke in the faces of the audience members and guests with whom he disagreed, and he popularized using the "bleep" because he swore all the time.

Now, in that era, which was pretty much before B.C., (before cable--or at least a massive array of PREMIUM cable), EVERYONE talked about this guy. EVERYONE watched his show. EVERYONE was "outraged." He had incredible ratings, because a) The concept of a screamingly rude prick on TV was new; b) He always managed to stir up some controversial shit. He particularly loved to insult people on the left.

After a while, though, the schtick got old, his insults ("Why, you pablum puking liberal") got old, people were tired of staying up late to listen to his stupid, abusive shit, and he got "too stupid AND too rude." In an effort to keep his market share, he went a bit too far over the top.

In the end, though, his sky-high ratings took a nosedive. His show was CANCELLED.

Why? Because people simply CHANGED THE CHANNEL.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

42. Rush & his supporters would love it if we "turned him off". They hate people who disagree..

If he can't screen them out, he hangs up on them. And if they outsmart him, and play him for a fool, he gets flustered.

[MADem]

46. Naaah--they like it MUCH better if we whine and complain about him.

Really.

It's impossible to poke an absent adversary....these clowns want to hear their "enemies" wailing and shrieking in pain.

I say don't give them that little joy.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

43. Suggested action: Listen, note time/day of inflammatory remark, report to FCC - that's what I do.

[MADem]

48. You're allowed to be "inflammatory" on the radio. It's not a crime to be an asshole.

Ask Howard Stern about that.

The FCC probably has you on their "woo woo" list if you're doing that all the time....just sayin'....

[dem629]

26. Agreed. Fight objectionable speech with more speech.

This movement toward bullying people into silence (no matter which side it's coming from) is just as dangerous as any of the speech anyone is opposed to.

It's actually a sign of weakness when you aim to silence someone rather than move people toward your point of view.

I for one haven't heard his show in years and that's working out fine for me.

[MADem]

28. Your points are all valid, particularly the point about weakness. And we're not that these days! nt

[rateyes]

6. Hey, Rush and Jesus Christ have the same middle initial.

Wonder if that means anything??

[TWiley]

8. jebus Hundson crisp ...... LOL

[Dinger]

7. K & R

Definitely.

[Donnachaidh]

10. lumber liquidators are xtian assholes

Already tried them.

[Best_man23]

11. Good luck trying to get eHarmony to drop Oxyrush

Its run by some RW handjob that, on a men's forum I'm subscribed, its considered a badge of honor to have been rejected by eHarmony.

[TWiley]

14. Maybe they can find him wife #5?

[geiger]

15. Here's the email I sent to eHarmony earlier today

...eHarmony is respected because it is about love and hope. I wish you wouldn't advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show. Rush Limbaugh is spewing political and personal venom at a time when our country and our people are hurting. Those seeking solace at eharmony shouldn't have to be poisoned by his hate. Please consider not advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. How many of your clients have pets? Maybe you would do well by switching your advertising to animal shows or help save wildlife in Yellowstone. eHarmony is not about entertainment or acting irresponsibly. It is about changing and helping lives and looking for the best in each other.


I had to scroll through multiple pages to get to where one can actually leave a comment, however.

https://help-singles.eharmony.com/cgi-bin/eharmony_sing...

[Name removed]

12. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[geiger]

18. Stay tuned for more pro-active action on another post in maybe an hour or two.

I am simply fed up with all the perversion and twisted bullying going on. We need to figure out new ways on moving our country forward. Unfortunately that includes fighting big, fat ugly idiot pigs.

[geiger]

19. I wish we didnt have to look at his big fat ugly pix here, but it does look like a mug shot....

[DainBramaged]

23. Other than Geico, shitty sponsors.

[mwooldri]

31. Oreck sponsor almost anything.

I've heard them on left wing as well as right wing. If it's got a pulse and will buy their product, they'll advertise there.

Mark.

[Hekate]

34. Good job. Kick.

:kick:

[Political Heretic]

35. I don't like the "our country is at war" bullshit line.

But other than that, woot.

[KharmaTrain]

36. You Want To Get Rid Of A Gift Horse???

I agree with Maddem...I've long asked when was the last time an advertising boycott in American media worked? National advertising means little to Rushbo or Premier...his syndicator. It's the local money that primes the pump here...and it's local advertisers who are always the key. If you want a successful boycott, you'd have to do it one station at a time...and that's several hundred.

That said, Rushbo has been doing Democrats a tremendous favor over the past couple years. His diatribes helped drive the moderates out of the GOOP and cost them two elections. His attack on Michael J. Fox all but won Claire McCaskill her Senate seat and his "operation chaos" sure did a lot to help the GOOP last year. On top of that, he couldn't even get his buddy, Fred Thompson, the GOOP nomination. The last candidate he wanted, McCain, was the one who won.

Rushbo's 15 minutes long since past. He's a known commodity and a poisonious one. Eliminating him off the airwaves won't eliminate the hate. There are plenty of other Rushbo wannabes out there that sit in front of microphones. It's all about control and access to the airwaves. Reregulate radio, force the breakups of the large conglomerates and require them to produce more local programming and Rushbo's influence will wane.

So if you want to really do something to make a change, then there needs to be a push to either repeal or revise Telcom '96...the first step in Americans taking back their airwaves.

[geiger]

38. Limbaugh is not funny; he's not a joke anymore, but remind us in a nutshell what Telcom 96 is.

Thanks.

[KharmaTrain]

39. Wiki Is Your Friend...

In a nutshell...it gave corporations like Clear Channel, who owns Premier, who syndicates Rushbo carte blanche to buy up radio stations and dominate radio markets across the coutry...buying out, then locking out much local ownership and competition. Plenty more here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

Rushbo IS a joke. When the GOOP turns itself inside out to stay in his good graces, it shows what a parody that party has become and why they represent a shrinking minority in this country. The more he's seen as the face of that corrupt party, the lower their polls go.

[geiger]

40. OK, I remember now. It mirrors Congress going along with the banking and credit industry

on the federal bankrupty law override.

Chilling stuff, and the D's aren't admitting their part in it.

They always think they have to go along to get along, and the R's never reciprocate. Now we're all in trouble, and the only one out front seems to be Obama....

Thanks for the mental jog.

[cliffordu]

50. Kicked. This OP needs to be permanently pinned on the front page.

:headbang:

[CBHagman]

51. Oh, the irony.

Eharmony is a Limbaugh sponsor! :eyes:

[Stuart G]

53. I sent emails to GEICO..first time ever..

Am considering leaving my current insurance...sent emails to GEICO just now. First time ever..