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Now Nader challenges Rush Limbaugh for GM 'payola'
WorldNetDaily ^ | 8/18/07 | WorldNetDaily

Posted on 08/18/2007 4:40:57 PM PDT by wagglebee


Rush Limbaugh
WASHINGTON – He's been the target of Fairness Doctrine advocates.

He's been the target of aggressive prosecutors.

He's been targeted by Customs officials.

And now Rush Limbaugh, the king of radio talk-show hosts, is being targeted by activist Ralph Nader who is asking the Federal Communications Commission to investigate claims General Motors "payola" is influencing him to say nice things about the U.S. automaker.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: advertising; coattails; fcc; generalmotors; nader; payola; ralphnader; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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It's called ADVERTISING.
1 posted on 08/18/2007 4:41:00 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

Wow! Ralph is still alive?


2 posted on 08/18/2007 4:46:21 PM PDT by tired1 (responsibility without authority is slavery!)
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To: wagglebee

I heard Rush say he got General Motors as a new advertiser.

In fact, he rather tongue-in-cheek took credit for a recent good report on GM, hinting the uptick was due to the sponsorship of his radio show.

Which could be, frankly.

I mean, how damn small can Ralph Nader be? No wait...here’s a used up has-been whose claim to fame was his “expose” of America’s unsafe auto industry, a big fat lie but at the time I was a pretty liberal lass and I thought Ralph Nader was a hero.

Now he runs for office, supported by a bunch of elderly kooks still thinking they can change the world.

What, it’s against the law to say something good about General Motors now?

Let this used condom of a human being keep up this stupid talk. He’ll be laughed out of town.


3 posted on 08/18/2007 4:46:57 PM PDT by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com)
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To: wagglebee

Too bad Ralph Nader is such a rusty old geezer that he can’t do to Hillary what he did to Gore.


4 posted on 08/18/2007 4:50:09 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: wagglebee
Dang, that's it! Rush has lost my vote for President in 2008!

As if he'd take the pay cut...

5 posted on 08/18/2007 4:51:09 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I have a feeling that Gore is going to do to Hillary what Nader did to Gore.


6 posted on 08/18/2007 4:51:12 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Well, duh, Rush got GM as a new sponsor. Like all new sponsors (e.g., Snapple), he gives plugs their products.


7 posted on 08/18/2007 4:51:28 PM PDT by JoeGar
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To: wagglebee

What would it take for Ralph bad mouth Nader to say something nice about someone or something other than himself??


8 posted on 08/18/2007 4:52:42 PM PDT by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: wagglebee
When will Nader explain to the world why he blasted the Chvrolet Corvair in his book, "Unsafe At Any Speed," and never telling anyone he was invested in stock for Ford Motor Company at the time?

A reporter asked him about this in 1967 with, “You know, Mr. Nader, I just talked to your broker and he said that you bought shares in Ford.” Ralph Nader’s explanation was, “Those shares weren’t for me. Those were my mother’s shares.”

Do As I Say....

9 posted on 08/18/2007 4:52:59 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Liberals don't rattle sabers, they wave white flags)
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To: wagglebee

Who is Ralph Nader?

Nader Scams College Kids [student fees]
Thursday, March 13, 2003
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80925,00.html

Ralph Nader: Millionaire hypocrite? [personal wealth]
http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/20/nader/index.html


10 posted on 08/18/2007 4:53:24 PM PDT by donna (The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
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To: wagglebee

The test would be to see if Ralph can buy some influence with Rush and get him to complain about the Corvair.


11 posted on 08/18/2007 4:55:16 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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It’s called a commercial, Ralph. jeeze, what a maroon.


12 posted on 08/18/2007 4:56:06 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: wagglebee

Cool if he does!


13 posted on 08/18/2007 4:58:30 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

If Algore and sKerry had a bit of sense, they would realize the obvious and that is that the Clintonistas did everything possible to ensure that they lost to Bush.


14 posted on 08/18/2007 5:00:23 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Is Ralph Nader Muslim or his heritage?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader

Ralph Nader: The Unchallenged Hero of Muslims
By Paul Sperry FrontPageMagazine.com | 3/26/2004
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={7F00D11E-A9F3-4836-86D9-5A5AD1D3250D}

Google
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enUS227US228&q=Is+Ralph+Nader+Muslim+or+his+heritage%3f


16 posted on 08/18/2007 5:10:22 PM PDT by restornu (Teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves ~ Joseph Smith)
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To: wagglebee

It’s none of Ralph’s business who Rush has for a client. Ralphie may not have noticed, but Sean H., Glenn Beck and several other conservative talk show hosts are advertising General Motors products, too. Is Ralph going after Tiger Woods for talking about Buicks?

We’re thinking about buying a new GM product soon...when the recession lets up.


17 posted on 08/18/2007 5:13:20 PM PDT by madison10
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To: wagglebee

I bet Rush is laughing at this. He’s not going to waste his time with Nader; IMO I think Rush respects Nader a little, since Nader is an old-school liberal and not the moonbat liberal that liberals are now.


18 posted on 08/18/2007 5:13:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: ozzymandus
[It’s called a commercial, Ralph. jeeze, what a maroon.]

I recall as a kid, listening to Arthur Godfrey bashing (sponsor) Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup, challenging listeners to find the chicken. It was the best advertising Lipton ever got.

He was also sponsored by Lipton Tea and praised them to the highest. Until he switched sponsors to another brand. I don’t recall which but perhaps Tetley??

19 posted on 08/18/2007 5:15:40 PM PDT by dbacks (I forgot to pay the rent on my tagline.)
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To: wagglebee

Rush is going to have ALOT of fun with this on Monday.

Is it me or is the MSM doing more and more of this story dumping on Friday?


20 posted on 08/18/2007 5:19:49 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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