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To: TBP
Limbaugh referred to Fluke as "a slut" because she had called on congress to mandate insurance coverage of birth control. The subsequent controversy over those remarks resulted in a significant advertising boycott.

No. Rush called her a slut after she publicly bragged about her life as a slut and demanded Congress legislate financial support so she could continue to be a slut. Further, the "controversy" was orchestrated by the usual suspects who condone all deviant sexual behavior, demanding that it be both protected and publicly subsidized, but never named or ridiculed.

And yes, a bunch of advertisers with no moral integrity deserted Rush. Then a huge amount of customers stopped doing business with those venal cowards.

Endorsements by Rush are given serious consideration by his listeners. When those advertisers betray solid business arrangements for PC expediency, Rush's listeners will not hesitate to find alternative products.

Should Rush switch radio stations, both his listeners and advertisers will switch with him. And if the listeners cannot receive the new stations, they will subscribe to his podcasts.

One last cautionary tale for radio stations. Years ago I saw a radio station embrace its local liberals and drop The Rush Limbaugh Show. That basically took it out of the area. And the station personnel bragged about it. Well, within a week, they lost a significant amount of local advertising. And the businesses pulled no punches. They flat out told the radio station that they would not advertise with them until the show was restored. And if it went to another station, that's where their advertising was going. Rush returned to that station.

39 posted on 05/06/2013 9:02:20 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: DakotaGator

Nobody cares if Fluke is a slut, but she sure was no saint.
The wider issue was Gov dictating church doctrine with taxpayer money.

It was wrong, wrong!

Any advertiser that did not get the gist of the problem can kiss my arse.


42 posted on 05/06/2013 9:28:01 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
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