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Wal-Mart, CVS, Best Buy join Glenn Beck boycott
hotair.com ^ | August 17, 2009 | Allahpundit

Posted on 08/17/2009 7:29:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Mind you, this is a guy who beat Hannity — a show that airs in primetime — in both total viewers and the demo last Friday at 5 p.m. Every last one of these advertisers is simply biding their time, wondering how long they have to wait until nutroots wrath is appeased and they can start advertising on Beck’s show again. I give it six months. Less if Greta gets dumped and GB ends up moved to 10 p.m.

Twenty companies have pulled their ads from Beck’s show in just the last two weeks. The moves come after the Fox News host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends. Previous companies who pulled their ads include ConAgra, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Men’s Wearhouse, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Roche, SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, and State Farm Insurance.

“We are heartened to see so many corporate citizens step up in support of our campaign against Glenn Beck,” said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. “Their action sends a clear a message to Glenn Beck: Broadcasters shouldn’t abuse the privilege they enjoy by spewing dangerous and racially charged hate language over the air. No matter their political affiliation, hate language doesn’t belong in our national dialogue.”

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To: Free ThinkerNY
That is how we took lefty man and the hate show down the right has more muscle the problem is getting it on the same track here.
21 posted on 08/17/2009 7:39:40 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Army Air Corps; Free ThinkerNY; tobyhill; gaijin

“None of these businesses need my hard-earned dollars, then...”

I agree, and I plan on writing them and letting them know.


22 posted on 08/17/2009 7:40:20 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
I was just at Best Buy looking at an $1800 LCD TV. They just lost that sale

..post a reply to them too

23 posted on 08/17/2009 7:40:38 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The moves come after the Fox News host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

Glenn Beck definitely spoke the truth with that statement. The idiots who refuse to see this can sputter all they wish; it will still be the truth. Each day this truth is becoming more and more painfully obvious to Americans across the political spectrum.

24 posted on 08/17/2009 7:41:46 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I logged into my Wal-mart account to inform them of what I would have been spending at Wal-mart this week. They are going to lose their base customers by placating people who hate their guts anyway.


25 posted on 08/17/2009 7:41:49 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh, Rats! State Farm.
I won’t drop them because I really like my local agent. The others - well, looks like they want to play the boycott game. OK.


26 posted on 08/17/2009 7:41:49 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It would be neat if someone could post a list of these companies on a webpage and let’s start a FReeper boycott and show ‘em hell especially if the radio talk shows start referencing this list.


27 posted on 08/17/2009 7:43:12 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: SlowBoat407
Yeah, and what if he had done it while asking viewers for money?
28 posted on 08/17/2009 7:43:59 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well, we just aren’t doing as much shopping at Walmart as we used to, even though they still have the best prices. I hate watching them self-destruct like they are doing.


29 posted on 08/17/2009 7:46:02 PM PDT by redhead (If it's worth fighting for, it's worth dying for. Check the Halfbaked Sourdough)
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To: driftdiver

Just called Best Buy and they confirmed that they had pulled their ads from Glenn Beck. Asked or their customer relations numbers and told the girl that answered that I would be sending this info in a mass e-mail immediately telling everyone I knew that they should boycott Best Buy.


30 posted on 08/17/2009 7:46:07 PM PDT by Josa
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To: All

Forgive me for replying to all... I thought you guys might be interested in this...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=122911826921
(Boycott of Advertisers that Pulled their ads from Glenn Beck)


31 posted on 08/17/2009 7:46:14 PM PDT by KarenMarie (NEVER believe anything coming out of DC until it's been denied.)
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To: ElayneJ

Me too.


32 posted on 08/17/2009 7:46:38 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Forgetting endorsements, how the Hell is Radio Shack still in business? Worthless national chains are going down every day.

I mean it’s not like 1000’s go to local stores and buy resistors and capacitors like in the 80’s.


33 posted on 08/17/2009 7:47:33 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
we all need to write these advertisers and tell them we will boycott them as long as they kowtow to the freedom of speech haters...we will not patronize their stores until they are advertising with GB again. This isn't just about GB - this is about our voices being heard...We defend GB, we defend US...

if they are successful with this campaign against GB, they will move on, one by one, to Hannity, O'R, Rush etc -

They must be stopped NOW

34 posted on 08/17/2009 7:47:49 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Doogle

I was going to drop some bucks there too. We need a list of all the people that will not spend money there now, And how much.


35 posted on 08/17/2009 7:48:30 PM PDT by Brimack34 (I hate people that hate Palin and call me a birther.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You need a reverse boycott - boycott all the companies that boycotted Beck.


36 posted on 08/17/2009 7:48:52 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Resident Obama: Not a President, not a Citizen, living here but from somewhere else...)
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To: driftdiver

I DVR Glenn’s show and generally fast forward through the ads but it seemed like he had as many ad slots filled today as he ever did.


37 posted on 08/17/2009 7:50:36 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Broadcasters shouldn't abuse the privilege they enjoy by spewing dangerous and racially charged hate language over the air."

What about Wright? I am so tired of this gotcha game. It's about principles and too many people and organizations lack them.

38 posted on 08/17/2009 7:50:38 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
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To: GeronL
"Since Wallworld came out for ObamaCare things are changing"

They probably love the idea of transferring the cost of their employee benefits onto the tax payers. After the deathcare legislation becomes law, Wal-Mart will probably start using the worst plan they can come up with to force their employees into the arms of .gov for health benefits.

39 posted on 08/17/2009 7:52:03 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“Their action sends a clear a message to Glenn Beck: Broadcasters shouldn’t abuse the privilege they enjoy by spewing dangerous and racially charged hate language over the air. No matter their political affiliation, hate language doesn’t belong in our national dialogue.”

So as long as people like Obama's former preacher, Jeremiah Wright, spew their dangerous and racially charged hate language in a church, then it's fine and dandy.

40 posted on 08/17/2009 7:52:33 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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