In the event you have been on the Moon and missed the mess, America’s No. 1 radio talk show host created a firestorm last week when he suggested that the Georgetown law school student was perhaps a “slut” for suggesting that third parties (either health insurance companies or taxpayer funded programs) be forced to pick up the tab for birth control pills for women.
Limbaugh, in a crude and admittedly misguided attempt to be funny, went on to imply that paying such a tab would perhaps give the benefactors the privilege of watching the young woman in action or, at the very least, getting it on video.
Shizzle meet fan.
Not going to qualify or excuse what he said. Can’t and won’t. Shouldn’t and wouldn’t. It was stupid with a capital STU.
And for that, he is paying a price. A number of his sponsors have pulled, but not as many as the mainstream media would have you believe. For some odd reason, they are including rotating network sponsors, companies who buy huge packages of commercials that run all over the place (within Rush’s parent company network), aimed at all kinds of audiences.
Sears, for instance, would be one of these. No doubt some offended soul heard a Sears spot in a Limbaugh show, and promptly called corporate headquarters, where they know they are not “official” Limbaugh sponsors. Nonetheless, Sears then makes an announcement that they are pulling their commercials from the program. What in fact they have done is pull their spots from a huge pool of other commercials that rotate through the show and, in the process, get to look all socially concerned and stuff.
One “genuine” sponsor that has vamoosed is Carbonite. The internet data storage company had been personally endorsed by Limbaugh, who was often heard singing their praises himself.
Carbonite President David Friend issued the following statement: “No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.”
Two things occur to me as I read that.
First, apparently everything Limbaugh has espoused over the years that Carbonite has been a sponsor has been okay… until now.
Second, David Friend is rightly concerned about civil discourse, and his desire for Fluke, and his own two daughters, to be protected from unreasonable personal attacks and indecency. That is admirable. Peachy, even.
But really… with all this sex talk… you have to wonder what Sandra Fluke would look like, engaged in an all female “menage a trois” with the Friend sisters. I bet that would be hot… real hot. Maybe we could get three studs in here for them and have a real party. What do you think?
(Dear God… and Mom… forgive me for that)
Wow… that was pretty gross, wasn’t it? Pretty horrific. What the hell was I thinking?
Before you call the Metro Spirit offices, or the minister of First Baptist Church to protest, I just had to demonstrate the sincerity of David Friend and I would wager most of the folks who have bailed on old Rush.
You see Friend’s company Carbonite, and other departing sponsors such as Citrix (gotomeeting.com) and legalzoom.com, can still be heard loud and proud on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the Howard Stern Show. The commercials are even read by Howard himself.
This guy is so concerned about decency he pays the filthiest broadcaster to ever introduce a drunk dwarf to a circus freak in heat top dollar to do his commercials for him. Some concern there, Bucko. With a “Friend” like that, who needs an enema? No idea, but Howard has one coming up for you on tomorrow’s show. An enema, that is.
Plenty has been said about the collection of left-wing media mercenaries who have called conservative women much worse, and on many more occasions, than what Limbaugh spewed. But as my grandmother used to always say, “…you can’t expect manners from monkeys.”
The world expects the Bill Mahers, Keith Olbermanns, Ed Schultzs and Randi Rhodes of the world to say outrageous and inexcusable things, but we expect conservative pundits to be better than that. Because we are better than that.
Two thoughts to leave with you.
First, corporate weenies are going to take the path of least resistance every time, and they will lie through their teeth while doing it.
Finally, the left and all their allies (mainstream media, NOW, the Hollywood Elite, and all the Dems) have been trying to get rid of Rush for years, and now they think they see their big chance. It is the modern day version of book burning. They can’t beat the message, so they will destroy the vessel.
Let’s see how the fire turns out.
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by Austin Rhodes
I am adopting a new theory on this whole Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke mess. But first, a few important words from our sponsor…
In the event you have been on the Moon and missed the mess, America’s No. 1 radio talk show host created a firestorm last week when he suggested that the Georgetown law school student was perhaps a “slut” for suggesting that third parties (either health insurance companies or taxpayer funded programs) be forced to pick up the tab for birth control pills for women.
Limbaugh, in a crude and admittedly misguided attempt to be funny, went on to imply that paying such a tab would perhaps give the benefactors the privilege of watching the young woman in action or, at the very least, getting it on video.
Shizzle meet fan.
Not going to qualify or excuse what he said. Can’t and won’t. Shouldn’t and wouldn’t. It was stupid with a capital STU.
And for that, he is paying a price. A number of his sponsors have pulled, but not as many as the mainstream media would have you believe. For some odd reason, they are including rotating network sponsors, companies who buy huge packages of commercials that run all over the place (within Rush’s parent company network), aimed at all kinds of audiences.
Sears, for instance, would be one of these. No doubt some offended soul heard a Sears spot in a Limbaugh show, and promptly called corporate headquarters, where they know they are not “official” Limbaugh sponsors. Nonetheless, Sears then makes an announcement that they are pulling their commercials from the program. What in fact they have done is pull their spots from a huge pool of other commercials that rotate through the show and, in the process, get to look all socially concerned and stuff.
One “genuine” sponsor that has vamoosed is Carbonite. The internet data storage company had been personally endorsed by Limbaugh, who was often heard singing their praises himself.
Carbonite President David Friend issued the following statement: “No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.”
Two things occur to me as I read that.
First, apparently everything Limbaugh has espoused over the years that Carbonite has been a sponsor has been okay… until now.
Second, David Friend is rightly concerned about civil discourse, and his desire for Fluke, and his own two daughters, to be protected from unreasonable personal attacks and indecency. That is admirable. Peachy, even.
But really… with all this sex talk… you have to wonder what Sandra Fluke would look like, engaged in an all female “menage a trois” with the Friend sisters. I bet that would be hot… real hot. Maybe we could get three studs in here for them and have a real party. What do you think?
(Dear God… and Mom… forgive me for that)
Wow… that was pretty gross, wasn’t it? Pretty horrific. What the hell was I thinking?
Before you call the Metro Spirit offices, or the minister of First Baptist Church to protest, I just had to demonstrate the sincerity of David Friend and I would wager most of the folks who have bailed on old Rush.
You see Friend’s company Carbonite, and other departing sponsors such as Citrix (gotomeeting.com) and legalzoom.com, can still be heard loud and proud on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the Howard Stern Show. The commercials are even read by Howard himself.
This guy is so concerned about decency he pays the filthiest broadcaster to ever introduce a drunk dwarf to a circus freak in heat top dollar to do his commercials for him. Some concern there, Bucko. With a “Friend” like that, who needs an enema? No idea, but Howard has one coming up for you on tomorrow’s show. An enema, that is.
Plenty has been said about the collection of left-wing media mercenaries who have called conservative women much worse, and on many more occasions, than what Limbaugh spewed. But as my grandmother used to always say, “…you can’t expect manners from monkeys.”
The world expects the Bill Mahers, Keith Olbermanns, Ed Schultzs and Randi Rhodes of the world to say outrageous and inexcusable things, but we expect conservative pundits to be better than that. Because we are better than that.
Two thoughts to leave with you.
First, corporate weenies are going to take the path of least resistance every time, and they will lie through their teeth while doing it.
Finally, the left and all their allies (mainstream media, NOW, the Hollywood Elite, and all the Dems) have been trying to get rid of Rush for years, and now they think they see their big chance. It is the modern day version of book burning. They can’t beat the message, so they will destroy the vessel.
Let’s see how the fire turns out.
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In the event you have been on the Moon and missed the mess, America’s No. 1 radio talk show host created a firestorm last week when he suggested that the Georgetown law school student was perhaps a “slut” for suggesting that third parties (either health insurance companies or taxpayer funded programs) be forced to pick up the tab for birth control pills for women.
Limbaugh, in a crude and admittedly misguided attempt to be funny, went on to imply that paying such a tab would perhaps give the benefactors the privilege of watching the young woman in action or, at the very least, getting it on video.
Shizzle meet fan.
Not going to qualify or excuse what he said. Can’t and won’t. Shouldn’t and wouldn’t. It was stupid with a capital STU.
And for that, he is paying a price. A number of his sponsors have pulled, but not as many as the mainstream media would have you believe. For some odd reason, they are including rotating network sponsors, companies who buy huge packages of commercials that run all over the place (within Rush’s parent company network), aimed at all kinds of audiences.
Sears, for instance, would be one of these. No doubt some offended soul heard a Sears spot in a Limbaugh show, and promptly called corporate headquarters, where they know they are not “official” Limbaugh sponsors. Nonetheless, Sears then makes an announcement that they are pulling their commercials from the program. What in fact they have done is pull their spots from a huge pool of other commercials that rotate through the show and, in the process, get to look all socially concerned and stuff.
One “genuine” sponsor that has vamoosed is Carbonite. The internet data storage company had been personally endorsed by Limbaugh, who was often heard singing their praises himself.
Carbonite President David Friend issued the following statement: “No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.”
Two things occur to me as I read that.
First, apparently everything Limbaugh has espoused over the years that Carbonite has been a sponsor has been okay… until now.
Second, David Friend is rightly concerned about civil discourse, and his desire for Fluke, and his own two daughters, to be protected from unreasonable personal attacks and indecency. That is admirable. Peachy, even.
But really… with all this sex talk… you have to wonder what Sandra Fluke would look like, engaged in an all female “menage a trois” with the Friend sisters. I bet that would be hot… real hot. Maybe we could get three studs in here for them and have a real party. What do you think?
(Dear God… and Mom… forgive me for that)
Wow… that was pretty gross, wasn’t it? Pretty horrific. What the hell was I thinking?
Before you call the Metro Spirit offices, or the minister of First Baptist Church to protest, I just had to demonstrate the sincerity of David Friend and I would wager most of the folks who have bailed on old Rush.
You see Friend’s company Carbonite, and other departing sponsors such as Citrix (gotomeeting.com) and legalzoom.com, can still be heard loud and proud on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the Howard Stern Show. The commercials are even read by Howard himself.
This guy is so concerned about decency he pays the filthiest broadcaster to ever introduce a drunk dwarf to a circus freak in heat top dollar to do his commercials for him. Some concern there, Bucko. With a “Friend” like that, who needs an enema? No idea, but Howard has one coming up for you on tomorrow’s show. An enema, that is.
Plenty has been said about the collection of left-wing media mercenaries who have called conservative women much worse, and on many more occasions, than what Limbaugh spewed. But as my grandmother used to always say, “…you can’t expect manners from monkeys.”
The world expects the Bill Mahers, Keith Olbermanns, Ed Schultzs and Randi Rhodes of the world to say outrageous and inexcusable things, but we expect conservative pundits to be better than that. Because we are better than that.
Two thoughts to leave with you.
First, corporate weenies are going to take the path of least resistance every time, and they will lie through their teeth while doing it.
Finally, the left and all their allies (mainstream media, NOW, the Hollywood Elite, and all the Dems) have been trying to get rid of Rush for years, and now they think they see their big chance. It is the modern day version of book burning. They can’t beat the message, so they will destroy the vessel.
Let’s see how the fire turns out.
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