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Limbaugh Rejects Company That Suspended Ads From Show Over Fluke Remarks
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| 03-08-12
| Jonathon M. Seidl
Posted on 03/08/2012 10:14:01 PM PST by Lazlo in PA
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To: Lazlo in PA
Wahoooo! I hope word gets spread fast to other companies who don’t research members of the “Liars for Hussein Club” before they decide to jump in and try to destroy somebody. It may give them pause if they think a bit of backlash could bite them in the butt. Hopefully, karma will be a bitch for Sleeptrain.
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posted on
03/09/2012 5:58:29 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: Lazlo in PA
Gee, perhaps that mattress company should hire Ms. Fluke as their spokesperson as she obvious spends a lot of time using such products.
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posted on
03/09/2012 5:58:56 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: Surrounded_too
You hit onto something! Someone (a conservative group of course) should create a PAC called “Sluts for Obama” and put up crazy ads for him which will embarass him.
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posted on
03/09/2012 5:59:09 AM PST
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: nutmeg
Thanks for the ping. Rush is doing us proud....
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:08:28 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Democrat-Media Complex — buried stories and distorted facts... freeper 'andrew' Breitbart)
To: Steelfish
I did it the first day. I also wrote them to say that I had gone out of my way to purchase from them when it was inconvenient...no more.
Ironically, we are moving next month and it is time for a new bed.
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:14:25 AM PST
by
Baynative
(Please check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIcZkEzc8I)
To: okie01; paudio; bjorn14
Shadenfreude is fun, but not worth endangering business relationships.
In most circumstances, I'd agree with you. But I think Sleep Train was just made an example of. A message to other advertisers, you might say.
Oh, theres no doubt that that is true. I just think that publishing the identity of the particular advertiser was done without the direction and probably against the policy of Rush himself. But I think that Rush, rightly, has less than zero interest in giving prospective sponsors pause as to potential risks associated with becoming sponsors. I would be more surprised that Rush associated himself with the outing of a former sponsor than I would be to learn that an associate of Rushs became a former associate of Rushs because this former sponsor was publicly embarrassed.
The closest thing I can think of as a counterexample against my point is the Two If By Tea initiative, which has to be seen as a slap at Snapple - although, Two If By Tea is positioned and certainly priced in a different category from Snapple.
To: DemforBush
They wanted to publically denounce him, to appease the left. Then quietly come back when no one remembered Done the Campus Flute.
Now they’ve destroyed their business with Rush fans, and hopefully the lefties will notice their attempt to go back. Destroy those businesses from both sides.
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:23:17 AM PST
by
LevinFan
To: Steelfish
It would be nice if wed all call Sleep Train and let them know wed never think of buying a Sleep Train bed in the future.
I think more highly of Soul Train now than I do Sleep Train.
To: arrdon; Still Thinking
This is TOO PLAUSABLE not to be fact. And youre right; Rush just aint no pu$$y! The more I think about it, the more this looks like a good move. By having controversy NOW, and seeing who's going to cut and run, he can prune away his vulnerable support in advance of what looks like it will be a NASTY election conflict. It would be much worse to find out where he's week in the last few months before the election.
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:27:22 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
To: I see my hands; All
To: Sleep Train
For $1000.00 per week I'll use the words 'Sleep Train' as the signature on all my emails AND my Free Republic posts! Don't waste time with someone who can't even see their hands, go with the broadcast professional, it's MKJ!
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:27:46 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
To: MayflowerMadam; cymbeline
OReilly is sniffing around trying to find out whos behind Fluke. He thinks its the White House.
He THINKS its the White House?! Sheesh... nothing gets past Bill, does it? -sarc-
NOTHING gets past Inspector O'Bloviator! LOL
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:38:57 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
To: Salamander
How many people actually need to be trained to sleep, anyway?[maybe I was just born a natural]Some people are just extra talented!
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:40:23 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: freeangel
Hopefully, karma will be a bitch for Sleeptrain.You reminded me of that funny old saying -- "Sorry, my karma just ran over your dogma!" It fits this situation perfectly.
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posted on
03/09/2012 6:47:17 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: mkjessup
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posted on
03/09/2012 7:02:13 AM PST
by
Salamander
(You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind)
To: Still Thinking
It’s a gift, I tell ya.
A true gift.
[I’m sleeping right now]
;D
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posted on
03/09/2012 7:03:25 AM PST
by
Salamander
(You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind)
To: GVnana
Hard to believe the original owner would have made such a stupid move.*************************************
It appears that the original owner did make this very stupid move.
From Wikipedia:
"The owner of Sleep Train has known host Rush Limbaugh for many years and has sponsored the show since its 1988 launch into national syndication. Sleep Train suspended advertising on the show on March 4, 2012 in the wake of the Rush LimbaughSandra Fluke controversy; the company asked to return as a sponsor on March 8, but Limbaugh declined their request."
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posted on
03/09/2012 7:11:16 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Mortrey
I wrote to pro flowers something like this: The ONLY reason I used your service is because of your advertising on Rush Limbaugh. Take me off your list. I hope this was all worth it to you.
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posted on
03/09/2012 7:25:59 AM PST
by
Hildy
("When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - SocratesH)
To: Yaelle
“we found one and are sending FIL some berries for his birthday”
Who did you use?
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posted on
03/09/2012 7:58:02 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: nutmeg
"Love it! Hope "Sleep Train" goes outta business fast... Don't mess with Rush, nor his 20,000,000+ listeners!"AMEN!!! I'm thinking of dropping my AOL email account to show my support for him.
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posted on
03/09/2012 8:01:28 AM PST
by
Tabi Katz
(Annoy the establishment : Vote 4 Santorum!)
To: Tabi Katz
AOL?!? They’re still around?
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posted on
03/09/2012 8:17:01 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
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