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Can Rush Limbaugh Survive the Outcry of His Comments About Sandra Fluke?
ABC News ^ | March 6, 2012 | Suzan Clarke

Posted on 03/06/2012 5:04:08 AM PST by Zakeet

Can conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s program survive the firestorm of criticism that’s 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 school’s health insurance should cover contraception for female students?

Experts say Limbaugh is so powerful that he’s 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 don’t think it’s going to be a bad thing for the women of America if we don’t hear this type of rhetoric again.”

But that’s unlikely. Even those advertisers who’ve pulled their sponsorship will likely come back, experts said.

“We’ve 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 doesn’t want to hear from Limbaugh personally.

“I don’t think there’s any way to put those words back in the bottle,” she said. “The damage to my reputation is done.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fluke; imussurvived; limbaugh; rushsponsors; sandytheslut; slut; talkradio
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To: Last Dakotan
Publicity whores are best left ignored.

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61 posted on 03/06/2012 5:48:08 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: cuban leaf

And I guarantee that yesterday (and the rest of this week) will prove to be among his highest ratings.


62 posted on 03/06/2012 5:48:08 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival. (Ron Paul is the Lyndon Larouche of the 21st century.))
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To: Last Dakotan

Take down Fluke? Apparently she goes down ... easy.....often.


63 posted on 03/06/2012 5:49:09 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

You’re on the money about public figures....


64 posted on 03/06/2012 5:50:06 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Last Dakotan

Publicity whores are best left ignored.

I agree, LD. She operates from a place of desperately needing attention.


65 posted on 03/06/2012 5:56:58 AM PST by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Zakeet; All

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.


66 posted on 03/06/2012 6:02:37 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: All

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.


67 posted on 03/06/2012 6:02:57 AM PST by micmac
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

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.


68 posted on 03/06/2012 6:04:06 AM PST by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

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.


69 posted on 03/06/2012 6:06:02 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: philman_36
I can't seem to find her testimony from any government source.

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:

Fluke

70 posted on 03/06/2012 6:06:08 AM PST by rjsimmon (1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: ILS21R
I’d like to see Rush go nuclear on the fake birth certificate, fake selective service registration, fake SSN, ...

'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.

ML/NJ

71 posted on 03/06/2012 6:07:27 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Zakeet

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.


72 posted on 03/06/2012 6:09:04 AM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: Zakeet

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.


73 posted on 03/06/2012 6:10:10 AM PST by when the time is right
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To: Zakeet
I have ignored Rush a lot in the past 10 years. When I lived in San Francisco; late 80’s; listened to him as a new guy at work.

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.

74 posted on 03/06/2012 6:12:09 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: Zakeet

You owe me a new screen.


75 posted on 03/06/2012 6:20:40 AM PST by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: Zakeet
These people are on a sugar high from the death of A.B. Remember a little tea company called Snapple. This morning while watching CNBC I saw a ticker - Dr. Pepper/Snapple and it reminded me of how small Snapple was before they started advertising on Rush's show. These companies dropping Rush will have to spend their advertising dollars not in the huge Rush market but will instead be forced to choose a smaller audience. The same thing applies to any radio station that drops Rush. What programing are they going to offer for the clients to advertise on that has the audience of Rush?
76 posted on 03/06/2012 6:22:07 AM PST by Walmartian (An update is available for this tagline. Click here to download.)
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To: Zakeet


That should be changed to:

I also would like silk sheets, candles, a Katie Lang CD, and a years supply of dental dams.


77 posted on 03/06/2012 6:27:20 AM PST by Electric Graffiti (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their Moonbats)
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To: FourPeas
I agree. That “testifying in front of a congressional committee” was a farce. She was NOT in front of a real hearing. It was staged - note the MSM complicit in all this. Fake everything. Nothing but LIES from this administration AND the Lame Stream Media.

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.

78 posted on 03/06/2012 6:28:04 AM PST by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: FourPeas
I agree. That “testifying in front of a congressional committee” was a farce. She was NOT in front of a real hearing. It was staged - note the MSM complicit in all this. Fake everything. Nothing but LIES from this administration AND the Lame Stream Media.

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.

79 posted on 03/06/2012 6:34:21 AM PST by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: Zakeet

Wow, bet those two radio stations are dead in the water...


80 posted on 03/06/2012 6:35:02 AM PST by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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