Who didn't already know what kind of talk-show asshole Rush Limbaugh is?

[pseudomanitou]

These sponsors knew damn well who Rush was and the dangers of advertising with his show. Rush's crossing the line and calling Sandra Fluke, who is not a politician or public figure, a 'slut' and worse -- is NOT the worst, or even most hypocritical thing Rush has done. (Hell, even after apologizing, he's still on his tirade against "single, white,

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[spiffystuff]

LOL, even when I used to think I was "republican" I still hated listening to rush. ... though I was often still forced to since my dad liked listening to him in the car.

On top of all the jerkish things he does, and times when he is flat-out wrong (most particularly I remember him pounding the desk and proclaiming "the minimum wage was never supposed to be a living wage!" - uh, high school american history much??), over 50% of his show is him talking about what people are saying about him. Really the last thing I care about in any program.

edit - word heh

[pseudomanitou]

Yeah... the ONE and ONLY time I listened to him on the radio, he proclaimed that if the polar ice caps melted, the water in the ocean would not rise because ice in water doesn't affect the level of water...

Next thing I knew I was screaming at the radio that Antarctica was a land mass with ice ON it, like every other glacier that is melting away. And then I knew the fat bastard couldn't hear me, so I shut it off.

I tried to be open minded...

[pseudomanitou]

You should be able to google that information easily -- though, right now, it's kind of complicated because the sponsors are coming and going very quickly. Old sponsors are dropping out, and the people who are after Rush are taking note of what new sponsors advertise on his program the next day. I believe Rush has lost over 30 so far...

...but again, so long as Clear Channel distributes his program, and armed forces radio shells out too, he has a venue that can continue looking for other sponsors. Some companies out there, really don't give a damn if they know their target market is NOT anyone politically moderate, let alone left-wing.

[pseudomanitou]

You'd think the GOP would let him die off so they wouldn't be under his ignorant boot.

But hell, what am I thinking here -- seeing how the GOP, after burning up every other invented issue and social scapegoat, has decided to make the 2012 election year a massive assault on 51% of the voting population -- I doubt there are any political strategists left except Limbaugh.