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Looks like the controversy is dead and the advertisers that grandstanded and left want to return.
“The rift between Sleep Train Mattress Centers and Rush Limbaugh apparently became permanent today after Limbaugh reportedly turned aside the Sacramento retailer’s attempt at a truce. Limbaugh rebuffed Sleep Train’s request that the controversial radio host resume his duties as a paid spokesman for the company.”
Limbaugh, through his spokesman Brian Glicklich, turned aside Sleep Train's attempts to resume advertising on the show.
"Unfortunately, your public comments were not well received by our audience, and did not accurately portray either Rush Limbaugh's character or the intent of his remarks. Thus, we regret to inform you that Rush will be unable to endorse Sleep Train in the Future."
Dale Carlsen, head of Sleep Train, issued a statement saying: "We confirm that Rush Limbaugh will no longer be one of Sleep Train's radio endorsers."
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/08/4323061/limbaugh-rebuffs-attempt-by-sleep.html
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Haters gonna hate
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You don't fuck with Rush in a presidential election year.
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The fact people still listen to this guy boggles my mind.
With Jerry Springer, Rush, The Bachelor, The Kardashians, etc I am sometimes ashamed of being American..
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Turning around and pissing on formerly staunch supporters/advertisers isn't the smartest thing to do, Rush. Oh, wait.
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The fact people still listen to this guy boggles my mind.
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You don't fuck with Rush in a presidential election year.
Please, Rush never "apologized", he rationalized why he said what he said, and then he turns it around and says that the sponsors who left "abandoned (the listeners)". Dude's ego is too big to admit that he is wrong.
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The fact people still listen to this guy boggles my mind.
With Jerry Springer, Rush, The Bachelor, The Kardashians, etc I am sometimes ashamed of being American..
Likewise, I can't see how anyone listens to Bill Maher.
see how that works....
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Please, Rush never "apologized", he rationalized why he said what he said, and then he turns it around and says that the sponsors who left "abandoned (the listeners)". Dude's ego is too big to admit that he is wrong.
Rush said he apologized....said it again about 20 minutes ago.
Said he was wrong. do you listen?
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The fact people still listen to this guy boggles my mind.
With Jerry Springer, Rush, The Bachelor, The Kardashians, etc I am sometimes ashamed of being American..
Having a community planner as the leader of the free world must concern you then ?
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Is this the Man who put that feminist bitch at her place ??
Hhahaa, Respect 8)
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Rush said he apologized....said it again about 20 minutes ago.
Said he was wrong. do you listen?
He "said" he apologized. But, if you listen to what he said, it was not an apology. He justifies what he said, passing it off as being humorous, etc. Then he goes off on a ego ridden tangent, about "what he does". An apology is this: "Im sorry, I was wrong. I am embarassed, I don't know the woman, I went overboard. It won't happen again."
but, nooo, it had to be him justifying his words...words that he rode for 3 days.
It's like a drunk who causes a collision and sends someone to the hospital, "I shouldn't have bee drinking, but I was trying to illustrate to the public the dangers of driving drunk, and this person happened to be at the red light. Why is this person at an empty intersection at 2 am?"
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Turning around and pissing on formerly staunch supporters/advertisers isn't the smartest thing to do, Rush. Oh, wait.
They pissed on themselves. He has the biggest conservative as well as liberal audience in the world. Sponsors would have to be retarded to not want apart of that for marketing. This is why business and liberalism don't go together. The left was boasting about how sponsors had left because of what he said and what they spun it to be. What they didn't consider is that business is business.
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Please, Rush never "apologized", he rationalized why he said what he said, and then he turns it around and says that the sponsors who left "abandoned (the listeners)". Dude's ego is too big to admit that he is wrong.
And Bill Maher?
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Obama should speak on this
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6zq1NgEJnN4/T1KPnKxy4dI/AAAAAAAAEKE/On9TeE4Qpq4/s1600/aObamaLaw.jpg)
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They pissed on themselves. He has the biggest conservative as well as liberal audience in the world. Sponsors would have to be retarded to not want apart of that for marketing. This is why business and liberalism don't go together. The left was boasting about how sponsors had left because of what he said and what they spun it to be. What they didn't consider is that business is business.
Bingo....estimated at 15-20 million people a week. He swings the big stick, not some mattress company.
But I guess it is easier to focus on Rush, when Messiah Obama is caught dead to rights in a lie after hiring a lobbyist, exactly like he said he wouldn't.
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Romney could have stood up to Rush and won a TON of mainstream praise. Even santorum called him out for it.
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And Bill Maher?
This ain't about Bill---I don't follow him, he used to be good back in his "Politically Incorrect" days, but he is a closet racist, who hides behind his "liberalism" and celebrity.
(nor do I follow Rush either). There is the issue that He states that the sponsors who left are doing it to "hurt" his listeners, so he makes them out to be the bad guy. When in fact, had he not said what he said, they (the sponsors) would still be there.
The fact is, he needs to keep his ego in check, (and so does Bill), allow them to run off at the mouth again, they hinder themselves. It's like they have no "governors" on their mouths. Just because you think it, doesn't mean you should say it. They are like the idiot at the bar who runs off at the mouth and gets his ass handed to him...
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They pissed on themselves. He has the biggest conservative as well as liberal audience in the world. Sponsors would have to be retarded to not want apart of that for marketing. This is why business and liberalism don't go together. The left was boasting about how sponsors had left because of what he said and what they spun it to be. What they didn't consider is that business is business.
Believe it, or not, Coach, it's more than Left and Right. He's telling current, and prospective, advertisers that he doesn't give a shit about them, either.
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In the last few months there have been some great marketing lessons: Starbucks and Rush being great examples. The left is loud and active but they are a minority in this nation, and they tend to be useless eaters and not the producers and are less likely to spend money on 2K beds, internet storage and flowers.
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Believe it, or not, Coach, it's more than Left and Right. He's telling current, and prospective, advertisers that he doesn't give a shit about them, either.
But as businesses they give a shit about him whether they see eye to eye or not. They need him more than he needs them.
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Rush is un fucking stoppable! The best laugh is the last laugh
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He "said" he apologized. But, if you listen to what he said, it was not an apology. He justifies what he said, passing it off as being humorous, etc. Then he goes off on a ego ridden tangent, about "what he does". An apology is this: "Im sorry, I was wrong. I am embarassed, I don't know the woman, I went overboard. It won't happen again."
but, nooo, it had to be him justifying his words...words that he rode for 3 days.
It's like a drunk who causes a collision and sends someone to the hospital, "I shouldn't have bee drinking, but I was trying to illustrate to the public the dangers of driving drunk, and this person happened to be at the red light. Why is this person at an empty intersection at 2 am?"
Agree. It seems no one offers up a true apology these days. I love it when the apology notes hollow and false phrases like 'I'm sorry if any of you took offense at what I said.' >:(
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But as businesses they give a shit about him whether they see eye to eye or not. They need him more than he needs them.
Memo to Coach: Do not take up selling ad space. ;)
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Memo to Coach: Do not take up selling ad space. ;)
Don't worry.
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Agree. It seems no one offers up a true apology these days. I love it when the apology notes hollow and false phrases like 'I'm sorry if any of you took offense at what I said.' >:(
This
and this
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/06/my-take-rush-limbaughs-apology-fails-test-for-public-confession/ (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/06/my-take-rush-limbaughs-apology-fails-test-for-public-confession/)
My grandfather had a saying, "Words are like bullets, you can't take them back", some people need to take heed.
so...one can look at it like this, either you don't say things that you know will do damage, or when you do say something, make sure you have a full clip and do some damage.
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When Obama gets elected for his second term, his first order of business should be to get this clown off the airwaves. Freedom of speech does not entail the freedom to piss other people and cultures off, a judge has already addressed this issue.
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http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/06/my-take-rush-limbaughs-apology-fails-test-for-public-confession/ (http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/06/my-take-rush-limbaughs-apology-fails-test-for-public-confession/)
Interesting. Ego, eh? Well, if he wasn't gonna apologize for doctor shopping, the viagra and DR incident, and involving his maid in his oxycontin shenanigans, why would he apologize for this?
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When Obama gets elected for his second term, his first order of business should be to get this clown off the airwaves. Freedom of speech does not entail the freedom to piss other people and cultures off, a judge has already addressed this issue.
TELL BILL MAHER THAT....
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TELL BILL MAHER THAT....
He's an embarrassment, too. Self importance + unfunny = :-X
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Interesting. Ego, eh? Well, if he wasn't gonna apologize for doctor shopping, the viagra and DR incident, and involving his maid in his oxycontin shenanigans, why would he apologize for this?
And that is his biggest flaw/test. You start to see him for what he is. He justifies his actions, because he is allowed to get away with it, and like the big fat kid that he is, one day that cookie that he gets caught stealing, will kill him. You can only allow your ego to go unchecked for so long, before something happens.
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When Obama gets elected for his second term, his first order of business should be to get this clown off the airwaves. Freedom of speech does not entail the freedom to piss other people and cultures off, a judge has already addressed this issue.
yeah, great. Obama needs to sit down with a list of radio & news commentators and decide who should and should not be able to speak.
And you'll have to live with the knowledge that you helped this happen.
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And that is his biggest flaw/test. You start to see him for what he is. He justifies his actions, because he is allowed to get away with it, and like the big fat kid that he is, one day that cookie that he gets caught stealing, will kill him. You can only allow your ego to go unchecked for so long, before something happens.
In a lot of instances, Rush is the only person willing to speak the truth, and with sarcasm and humor.
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In a lot of instances, Rush is the only person willing to speak the truth, and with sarcasm and humor.
Its not necessarily the truth---because his own truth hasn't been spoken, he is a walking contradiction...
He does say stuff that sheds light, but he reminds me of that fat dude in Pee Wee's Big Adventure that had to have Pee Wee's bike, a fatty who wants to spoil everybody's fun, because deep down, he knows that he is a lonely fuck up, who must self-medicate himself and fly down to DR to sleep with "prostitutes" aka "sluts", that he so self righteously calls Ms. Fluke.
It's just that people who hold his mean spirited vitriol up like the goose that laid the golden egg, and don't realize that the eggs are rotten and our painted golden---there is hardly anything good that comes from him. Or Maher for that matter, both are polarizing, both are ratings-whores, both are miserable due to their egos weighing more than they do. And both see women the same way....
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Likewise, I can't see how anyone listens to Bill Maher.
see how that works....
I'm with ya on that
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yeah, great. Obama needs to sit down with a list of radio & news commentators and decide who should and should not be able to speak.
And you'll have to live with the knowledge that you helped this happen.
Don't buy into reppingfor20's bullshit. He's just trolling.
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Please, Rush never "apologized", he rationalized why he said what he said, and then he turns it around and says that the sponsors who left "abandoned (the listeners)". Dude's ego is too big to admit that he is wrong.
He wasn't wrong.
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have never listened to one minute of this guy, but have to respect a man who tells someone who ditched him when things got hot - then came crawling back - to go to hell, bad business or no.
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He wasn't wrong.
So she is a "slut" and a "prostitute"? And he knows this how?
He personally attack someone he didn't know, never met, never had dealings with...he was in the wrong.
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So she is a "slut" and a "prostitute"? And he knows this how?
He personally attack someone he didn't know, never met, never had dealings with...he was in the wrong.
We'll tone it down and.just assume she's easy. Seriously, how dare her come and dupe a Catholic school knowing her full intentions then going before congress lobbying for tax payers.to pay for.her birth control. She can pay for.it.herself or ask the dude she's screwing to shell out a few bucks for.rubber. Fuck her.
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We'll tone it down and.just assume she's easy. Seriously, how dare her come and dupe a Catholic school knowing her full intentions then going before congress lobbying for tax payers.to pay for.her birth control. She can pay for.it.herself or ask the dude she's screwing to shell out a few bucks for.rubber. Fuck her.
Then we can assume that you are stupid? We cannot go into assumptions...slippery slope.
She maybe allergic to latex (yes I know that there are alternatives), she may want the pill, diaphragm, the female condom, etc, who knows. The thing is, is that we are not talking about some woman who wants to get knocked up, nor are we talking about a woman who is not willing to reveiw all options on contraception---or a woman is not thinking about her body...
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Viagra, Cialis covered under insurance? And yet there is no female version....
**Now, I am not saying that there wasn't an agenda, I knew it when I saw her---the cut off hair, terse lips, and facial features, the cold look in her eyes, and the way she stood. If anything, I'd say the opposite that Rush had said. At least that was my impression, but I do not know.
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Rush is a lousy golfer. :-\
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Who gives a fuck! Fuck those sponsors - people think because they give you money they can dictate to you how to act! I'd rather die poor being me than sucking on some sponsors cock!
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They pissed on themselves. He has the biggest conservative as well as liberal audience in the world. Sponsors would have to be retarded to not want apart of that for marketing. This is why business and liberalism don't go together. The left was boasting about how sponsors had left because of what he said and what they spun it to be. What they didn't consider is that business is business.
Yes Coach because unless you advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show you will be out of a job in no time! ::)
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Interesting. Ego, eh? Well, if he wasn't gonna apologize for doctor shopping, the viagra and DR incident, and involving his maid in his oxycontin shenanigans, why would he apologize for this?
good post, this is how most republicans act though. They are the definition of hypocrisy.
Rush will eventually have a huge crash and fall, he will not ride off into the sunset. It is only a matter of time with the overweight, opiate using, and hatred that ages him inside like crazy that will due him in, or his own mouth saying dumb shit, he already did himself in with this remark about this young lady, he has no credibility.
and btw, there is no proof any of the advertisers want to come back with him, he is just making bullshit up like he does on a daily basis.
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good post, this is how most republicans act though. They are the definition of hypocrisy.
Rush will eventually have a huge crash and fall, he will not ride off into the sunset. It is only a matter of time with the overweight, opiate using, and hatred that ages him inside like crazy that will due him in, or his own mouth saying dumb shit, he already did himself in with this remark about this young lady, he has no credibility.
and btw, there is no proof any of the advertisers want to come back with him, he is just making bullshit up like he does on a daily basis.
He only has no credibility with Arseholes, what he said is true, the only women I know who want someone else to pay for their contraception work in brothels.
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Yes Coach because unless you advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show you will be out of a job in no time! ::)
Your lack of business sense is scary. You must Be a liberal.
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So she is a "slut" and a "prostitute"? And he knows this how?
He personally attack someone he didn't know, never met, never had dealings with...he was in the wrong.
He wasn't wrong.
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Likewise, I can't see how anyone listens to Bill Maher.
see how that works....
I listen to Maher because he's funny, his politics are up his ass just like any blatantly partisan personality
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When Obama gets elected for his second term, his first order of business should be to get this clown off the airwaves. Freedom of speech does not entail the freedom to piss other people and cultures off, a judge has already addressed this issue.
Dude, you don't like it, don't follow him. The fact of the matter is that it is a business, and those who listen and the amount that listen are what drives the revenue stream from advertisers. That's the beauty of this country, if you don't like it, don't listen, and in fact, you can rally other people to not listen. If enough people agree, then he goes away. Why you would want the president to step in and stop him is beyond me.
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You need someone like Rush to balance the universe
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I listen to Maher because he's funny, his politics are up his ass just like any blatantly partisan personality
Shows how different people think, I find this Maher guy nausiating and Michael Savage hilarious.
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Shows how different people think, I find this Maher guy nausiating and Michael Savage hilarious.
I often find that people who think Mike Savage is hilarious, tend to be brainwashed.
Everybody I have met who think so, are warped. Including my dad.
Turn that shit off, Rush, Maher, Savage...they are partially responsible for the warped sarcastic, flagrantly stupid, partisan, political dialogue amongst the general public.
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You need someone like Rush to balance the universe
This
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I often find that people who think Mike Savage is hilarious, tend to be brainwashed.
Everybody I have met who think so, are warped. Including my dad.
Turn that shit off, Rush, Maher, Savage...they are partially responsible for the warped sarcastic, flagrantly stupid, partisan, political dialogue amongst the general public.
I don't agree with Savages far right views on Palestian, the Middle East and building up the military, but his views on sissifying American males, minorities being put in management positions based on race, white men being persecuted by this looney liberal media...yes agree 100%.