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Here's my e-mail that i just fired off to ProFlowers (wecare@customercare.ProFlowers.com):

Dear ProFlowers,

I became a regular ProFlowers customer when I first heard your ads on Rush Limbaugh’s show a few years ago. I, like the other 20 million weekly listeners to his show value what he says, and what he recommends. I’m not sure how much business Rush has brought your company, but I’ll guess it’s substantial. This being the case, I was beyond disappointed that ProFlowers decided to be politically correct and drop their sponsorship to Rush’s show simply because Rush expressed a valid opinion about this fraud…Ms. Fluke.

Just as you have made a decision that will impact Mr. Limbaugh, many more of us are also making a decision that will indeed impact you. I purchased flowers from you this past Valentine’s Day; this will indeed be my LAST purchase from ProFlowers. I’m certainly not alone in my disgust for the gutless, politically motivated decision you have made to drop sponsorship of Rush’s show. You might want to take a look around the blogosphere this day; outrage at your decision will have the opposite effect you had intended. Do you really think that dropping sponsorship to Rush’s show in such a politically motivated way will not have financial consequences for your business.

I’m ashamed to say that was a ProFlowers customer!

Former Customer,

Artcore

Here is the email I got from ProFlowers and my response. Anyone who does business with these ProFlower fools enables this DNC nonsense against conservative media to escalate.
From: Proflowers Customer Care To:
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 7:39 PM
Subject: RE: unsubscribe me
Dear .....,
Thank you for contacting ProFlowers. We appreciate your email and thank you for openly expressing your concerns regarding the current situation.
At ProFlowers, our mission is to delight our customers with fresh and long lasting flowers, and that is our singular focus each and every day. We do not base our advertising decisions to align with any particular political view or opinion as our employees and customers are as diverse as the USA. Mr. Limbaugh?s recent comments went beyond political discourse to a personal attack and do not reflect our values as a company.
As such, ProFlowers has suspended advertising on The Rush Limbaugh radio program.
Your email address has been removed from our list, but this change may not be reflected for one to two weeks.

My response:
Thank You for your response. The woman in question lied about her identity before Congress and lied about other matters too, is a 30 year old lobbyist who entered a Catholic University for the purpose of challenging Catholic doctrine, and further made herself absurd in a public forum.
Limbaugh, a pundit, used a vulgar term in pointing out the absurdity of her logic. HE HAS APOLOGIZED. I guess your "company values" do not accept apologies either.
I will be curous to see what medium "ProFlowers" uses for advertising where "personal attack" is not part of the lexicon. Bill Maher show perhaps? Howard Stern? The View? How about the David Letterman Show! I remember he had some choice vulgar comments to make about teenager Bristol Palin, Governor Palin, and her other family and children, as did many other talk show hosts. I don't remember Letterman et al or their networks losing any sponsors over their vulgar humor.
Good luck to your company. No, not really.
Now off to spam!
Sincerely