Posted on 03/06/2012 5:04:08 AM PST by Zakeet
Can conservative talk show host Rush Limbaughs program survive the firestorm of criticism thats been leveled at him since he labeled Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute because the law school student argued before the Congress that her schools health insurance should cover contraception for female students?
Experts say Limbaugh is so powerful that hes likely to weather this latest controversy. The Rush Limbaugh Show is the top-rated radio show in the country, reaching an estimated 15 million listeners on nearly 600 stations. So far, only two stations WBEC in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii have dropped his program because of his comments.
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And at least nine advertisers, among them AOL, ProFlowers and Quicken Loans, have pulled their advertising, even as there are growing calls for a listener boycott and for Limbaugh to be fired.
Asked about how she feels about the pressure that Limbaugh is facing now, Fluke told ABC News Dan Harris: I dont think its going to be a bad thing for the women of America if we dont hear this type of rhetoric again.
But thats unlikely. Even those advertisers whove pulled their sponsorship will likely come back, experts said.
Weve seen this many times in the past, Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine, which covers the talk radio industry, told Forbes magazine. Some of the advertisers that left will come back, and some will be replaced. Life will go on.
Some experts believe this latest controversy could actually benefit Limbaugh by bringing him more publicity.
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Fluke said she doesnt want to hear from Limbaugh personally.
I dont think theres any way to put those words back in the bottle, she said. The damage to my reputation is done.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
And I guarantee that yesterday (and the rest of this week) will prove to be among his highest ratings.
Take down Fluke? Apparently she goes down ... easy.....often.
You’re on the money about public figures....
Publicity whores are best left ignored.
I agree, LD. She operates from a place of desperately needing attention.
Oh please. The only people who care about this are people who never listen to Rush anyway.
I have seen more “boycott Rush” posts on Facebook from liberals and none from conservative friends.
Anne Rice (who I love to read) ticked off a BOATLOAD of her fans with her “Republicans war on women and hatred of women” post.
She ended up bumbling a few responses and I think was actually surprised that her little cocoon liberal world she lives in represents ALL of America. She learned otherwise.
If you own stock in any of these companies, call your broker and dump it. I know I do not want to be associated with them anymore. If they cannot stand up to the left, the right will not support them.
Speaking of diversity and Floosie Flookie . . .
She also believes that insurance policies should pay for transgender operations and hormones.
“[B]irth control is not all that Ms. Fluke believes private health insurance must cover. She also, apparently, believes that it is discrimination deserving of legal action if “gender reassignment” surgeries are not covered by employer provided health insurance. She makes these views clear in an article she co-edited with Karen Hu in the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law.
The title of the article is “Employment Discrimination Against LGBTQ Persons” and was published in the Journal’s 2011 Annual Review.”
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/06/a-nation-of-breitbarts-rallies/print
She kind of looks like someone halfway through a transgender operation.
And I guarantee that yesterday (and the rest of this week) will prove to be among his highest ratings.
Yep. Medved basically said the same thing in his article yesterday.
So is that going to be the meme? She testified before Congress when she actually didn't?
Although not a Gov site, it does provide video of her testimony before a Congressional commitee on women's health, chaired by Rep. Nancy Pelosi:
'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.
ML/NJ
Rush thrives on controversy. He’s said it before; his listeners are like family and like family, his listeners rally around him when he’s threatened. This just may be the best thing that’s happened to the GOP thus far this election cycle. The base is now energized.
Did you notice on yesterday’s program Rush kept saying “if you are a new listener to the program”?
It is obvious Rush knows that whenever one of these media events happen a lot of new people tune in to his show.
Rush is no dummy...a lot of people out there agree with what he said only they never heard him say it before. In the end the advertisers will loose and Rush will win no matter what the press implies.
I'm angry about this attempt, not to correct him; but to destroy him.
And they don't just mean Rush; they mean all of us who hold conservative views.
You owe me a new screen.
Rush is RIGHT. As he says.... “Don't Doubt Me”. haa. Love him and what he's done for conservatives. More than any of the elite GOP now in congress. That is our problem. Now they want to push Romney down our throats. UGH.
Rush is RIGHT. As he says.... “Don't Doubt Me”. haa. Love him and what he's done for conservatives. More than any of the elite GOP now in congress. That is our problem. Now they want to push Romney down our throats. UGH.
Wow, bet those two radio stations are dead in the water...
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