Posted on 03/14/2012 9:36:17 AM PDT by Nachum
As advertisers keep joining in on the Rush Limbaugh boycott, one company only lasted a week before it went back to the conservative talk show host with its tail between its legs. But Limbaugh is not ready to forgive and forget.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Sleep Train, which had advertised with Limbaugh for 25 years, asked to relaunch a "voiced endorsement" on Limbaugh's show on Thursday ... and they were turned down.
The funny thing is, Sleep Train was the first advertiser to pull its ads from Limbaugh's show. After receiving a slew of angry messages for advertising on Limbaugh's show after he called a Georgetown law student a "prostitute" for advocating for inclusion of birth control in insurance plans, the mattress company Tweeted:
We don't condone negative comments directed toward any group. In response, we are currently pulling our ads from Rush with Rush Limbaugh.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Heard a lifelock ad on his show yesterday. Could be confusion?
Rush is “on his way up”?!!? LOL!!!
Wrong. The advertisers burned the bridges, not Limbaugh. They were the cheating spouse...now kicked out of the house and will not be let back in.
Please call the multimillionaire number one talk show host for over 20 years Rush Limbaugh right now and warn him! I’m sure he’ll appreciate your advice.
BZZZZ! Wrong answer!
New advertizers know who we are and what we’re about and likely have the same values. (P.S. Hey Liberals, our values doesn’t include racism, either!)
Rush isn’t going anywhere and will be fine.
I know he is on the top.
Rush is not the product of the mainstream media, therefore they have no power over him.
If they build you up, they can tear you down.
Rush has a very long waiting list of advertisers. A friend has been trying for years to get an ad on his show.
“Future advertisers will keep this mind.”
I hope they do keep it in mind: Don’t screw over your host through liberal knee-jerk reactionary business decisions or else you may find yourself left out in the cold.
More importantly, those doing the complaining are not Limbaugh listeners, nor Sleep Train customers.
That's the point. He's able to pick and choose his sponsors, and leftist prima donnas are excess baggage.
If so, great for you, but I suspect that Rush will do just fine with his process.
Which, IMO, is the main reason Rush said no to the advertisers who wanted to return. It's not about revenge, it's about telling future advertisers what will happen if they try to pull the same childish crap. Companies may now take a breath and think things over rather than have a kneejerk reaction to leftist propaganda.
Yes, they know Rush's audience but other than a few, most advertisers on Rush's program do not care about values and do not have your same values as their basis. They only want to sell you their product or service and they know Rush's audience is loyal.
Rush is right 99% of the time and this is no exception.
There are more advertisers out there that will be glad to be on Rush.
If they do the thing with Rush where he personally advertises for them, it’s amazing how much business is generated.
They dropped him to cater to a liberal touchy feely base that mostly doesn’t buy anything, preferring it be given to them.
The irritating thing is that he essentially ‘made’ these companies.
I would never forgive them and if any foot kissing occurs, it will be companies who see their sales drop trying to kiss Rush’s foot.
Good for Rush. Make ‘em pay for their posturing!
what is the list of actual advertisers who left Rush?
“Don’t step on feet on your way up as you may have to kiss them on your way down.” (to quote your statement)
Uh . . your statement above goes for all those liberal butt kissing sponsors as well. They went off half cocked. They were wrong on this. - Rush has got to give his attention to those sponsors that appreciate him and don’t go off half cocked at every liberal threat. Too unstable.
I work for one of the top 3 accounting firms in the country. Nothing will get an employee in our company fired quicker than bad mouthing our competition ( We are trained to say.. "This is what we can do for you") or telling an ex client to go pound sand.
Congratulations.
Your posts have placed you among the finalists in the FR “Recently Registered Concern Troll of the Year” award.
And Whine Train.
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