Conservative columnist Mona Cheron is an idiot. Or a liar. Or both. Let's look at her recent article in National Review entitled: To Bigotry No Sanction Let’s clean up the rhetoric around same-sex marriage. Yes, Mona. Let's. She begins: Now that President Obama has “evolved” on the matter of same-sex marriage to the position favored by “enlightened” Americans, this would … Read More
Rush Limbaugh GETS An Advertiser!
With over 140 advertisers fleeing from the Rush Limbaugh program, I'm happy to report that at least one group is running toward him, money in hand, wishing to advertise on his show. That group is… oh. Oh, dear. The Westboro Baptist Church (of "God Hates Fags" fame). Oh, well. Any port in a storm, right, Rushbo?
Rush: The Final Tally?
Just because people moved past the "Rush/Fluke" kerfuffle doesn't mean that it ended. To date, 140 advertisers have pulled their ads from Limbaugh's show. Many of them came to light after a memo was published from Premiere Radio Networks. Read the details.
This Might Be The Stupidest Thing Sarah Palin Has Said (And That’s Saying Something!)
Background: Sean Hannity is talking to Sarah Palin about Professor Derrick Bell (a former law professor of mine). Bell, who died last year, is in the news because of a video that surfaced showing Obama speaking highly of him. Conservatives are trying to now paint Bell as some sort of — I don't know — marxist Black Panther boogeyman. Anyway, … Read More
Silence Is Golden
Without advertisers, Rush's show had a lot of dead air today where commercials should be.
Even Rush Boycotts Rush!
The attorney for Rush, the group, writes a letter to Rush Limbaugh, the woman-hater. Here (pdf).
43 Boycott Rush
Rush isn't talking about Fluke or his lame "apology" on his radio show anymore, and the flames seem to have died down, but the toll continues to grow. According to Think Progress' running count, 34 43 companies have now yanked or foresworn ads on the show. No one seems to know how many sponsors Rush has left (LifeLock and Lear Capital have … Read More
And Netflix Makes Thirty
Moments ago, Netflix emailed a statement to the tech website Boing Boing indicating that the company will ensure that its ads never appear on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show again: Spotted your tweets and wanted to let you know that Netflix has not purchased and does not purchase advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. We do buy network radio advertising and have confirmed … Read More
Full Circle
Wow. Saint Vincent's Hospital in Connecticut, a Catholic medical center, is withdrawing its advertising from Rush Limbaugh, according to the hospital's Twitter feed. Remember, this all started because Catholic insitutions were upset and having to "pay for" contraception coverage. Apparently, Rush stunk up his side so badly that even his allies are distancing themselves.
The Limbaugh Tally
So, it looks like 12 advertisers have pulled their ads. [UPDATE: It's twenty, actually, according to Think Progress; UPDATE @ 12:30pm: Twenty-four.] Plus two radio stations. And if you saw the clip of Limbaugh's explanation of his (non)apology, you may have noticed that Limbaugh uses Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" as intro music. Even THAT has been pulled (at Gabriel's insistance). Incidentally, one … Read More
The Rush Limbaugh-Fluke Lies
Catalogues nicely by John Cole: 1.) Lie #1- She was testifying about her sex life: This is a blatant lie. As we have noted repeatedly, nowhere in her testimony did Miss Fluke discuss her sex life, sexual preferences, or sexual activity. She discusses the need for contraceptives for a variety of reasons, most prominently discussing her friend’s disease, but never once does she discuss … Read More
And Rush Today…
… on his radio show, says: Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything that I know to be right and wrong, I descended to their level [the level of 'the left'] when I used those two words to describe Sandra Fluke. That was my error. Again, he's apologizing for "those two words" — presumably "slut" and "prostitute". … Read More
Limbaugh’s Non-Apology
Posted on his website Saturday: "For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political … Read More
The Right’s Sex Obsession Explained
Shorter Aaron Worthing: Rush Limbaugh was wrong to call Sandra Fluke a slut. As for me, I would prefer not to inquire into whether women in college are sluts or not, but Obamacare is forcing me to ask.
The Sick Limbaugh
Only a fat ass like Limbaugh could possibly think that providing medical coverage for contraception means that we are paying women to have sex (thereby making them "sluts"). And his comments highlight his ignorance. He seems to think that if a woman takes a birth control pill everyday, she is therefore having sex everyday. Apparently, he and his women-hating bigot … Read More