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Too Little, Too Late for Rush Limbaugh? Republican Allies and Advertisers Continue To Desert Host...
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | March 05, 2012 | MEGHAN KENEALLY

Posted on 03/04/2012 8:53:18 PM PST by Steelfish

Too Little, Too Late for Rush Limbaugh? Republican Allies and Advertisers Continue To Desert Host Despite Apology

Conservative radio host slammed Georgetown University's Sandra Fluke Seven advertisers responded by dropping their ads on his show

By MEGHAN KENEALLY 5th March 2012

Newt Gingrich was the latest Republican presidential candidate to distance himself from the controversial radio commentator Rush Limbaugh following his tirade against a law student that he deemed a 'slut'. Appearing on a Sunday morning news program, Mr Gingrich said that it was 'silly' to suggest that Mr Limbaugh speaks on behalf of the entire Republican party, and that he glad that Mr Limbaugh issued an apology to Sandra Fluke, the woman at the heart of the debate.

Following her appearance at a hearing in support of President Obama's quest to have all employers pay for birth control through health insurance policies, Mr Limbaugh called the 30-year-old Ms Fluke a 'prostitute' and suggested that she could make enough money to pay for her birth control by posting videos of herself having sex online.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and a fierce opponent of Mr Obama's policy, criticised Mr Limbaugh's pugnacious comments and said: 'Whatever we do, and however strongly we feel, we do it charitably, we do it civilly.'

Rant: Rush Limbaugh, 61, left called Sandra Fluke, right, a student at Catholic college Georgetown University, a 'slut' for saying religious institutions should cover birth control under health insurance Mr Gingrich's fellow candidates already responded, with each varying in their severity. Rick Santorum said that the comments were 'absurd' and Ron Paul said that they were 'crude'. Mitt Romney tried to tactfully avoid the issue at several campaign events before finally saying Mr Limbaugh's remarks were 'not the language I would have used'.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: davidgregory; flake; georgetown; limbaugh; limbaughfirestorm; meetthepress; newt; rush; rushlimbaugh; rushsponsors; sandraflake; sandrafluke; sandytheslut; slut
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To: Steelfish

BERKLEY CENTER for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
3307 M Street, Suite 200 | Washington, DC | 20007 | 202.687.5119
berkleycenter@georgetown.edu

Meghan Keneally graduated from Georgetown in 2010 with a double-major in Government and Art History and a minor in French. Originally from London, she participated in the Berkley Center’s Junior Year Abroad Network from both Paris and Strasbourg, France during the 2008-2009 academic year.

http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/students/meghan-keneally


41 posted on 03/04/2012 9:24:07 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Vince Ferrer

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42 posted on 03/04/2012 9:25:02 PM PST by acapesket
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To: FrankR

You are remembering the censure letter that Harry Reid wrote to Rush’s boss. Rush auctioned it off on Ebay. Took in a million; the letter was won by a woman, can’t think of her name. There was some sort of ceremoney where Rush handed over the letter.


43 posted on 03/04/2012 9:26:47 PM PST by navymom1
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To: Kazan

“Rush needs to stop apologizing and trust his audience. Rush has too many supporters that won’t allow him to be driven off the air.”

When was Rush apologizing?


44 posted on 03/04/2012 9:27:34 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Steelfish

I agree with Cardinal Dolan:

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and a fierce opponent of Mr Obama’s policy, criticised Mr Limbaugh’s pugnacious comments and said: ‘Whatever we do, and however strongly we feel, we do it charitably, we do it civilly.’


45 posted on 03/04/2012 9:28:12 PM PST by GracieOMalley
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To: Steelfish

Oh, poo. They wish. Can’t wait to hear the show today.


46 posted on 03/04/2012 9:28:42 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: kcvl

So the little strumpet is 20,,maybe 21? LOL


47 posted on 03/04/2012 9:31:46 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: kcvl

Remember when Rush single-handedly MADE Snapple; then the original owners sold to (IIRC) Carnation. Some genius there decided advertising on Rush’s show was too controversial for their corporation, so stopped the ads. Snapple never recovered its market share.


48 posted on 03/04/2012 9:32:20 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: FrankR

That was Harry Reid’s letter to Clear Channel about the Phoney Soldier. They gave it to him, he auctioned it off for 2 or 3 million and then he matched that amount and gave it to his favorite charity... Law enforcement and Soldier or similar organization.


49 posted on 03/04/2012 9:34:23 PM PST by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: Vince Ferrer

“he stupidly walked into this and should have known better.”
Bullcrap!

Call a slut a slut (female OR male). Call a congresscritter a whore. Call Obama a Marxist. Call a fraud a fraud. Call the liberals communists. Call Margarete Sanger a eugenicist.
Use English. Say it loud and on air.

I applaud Limbaugh and rail against those that use politically correct speech—it IS the weapon the left uses against Americans.

Speak frankly so that people will HEAR.


50 posted on 03/04/2012 9:35:53 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Steelfish; Sarah Barracuda

Video of Newt laying into David Gregory on Meet the Press re: Rush Limbaugh question:

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/04/newt-rips-elite-media-for-limbaugh-obsession-video/#ooid=xqczJvMzpLu9lCdlTsbBNuyILYvxFLIj


51 posted on 03/04/2012 9:36:16 PM PST by thouworm (.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

You just described Hugh Hewitt, one of the first Republican wussies to criticize Rush.


52 posted on 03/04/2012 9:40:19 PM PST by Pelham (Vultures for Romney. We pluck your carcass)
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To: liberty or death

Did the next best thing.
Picked up a few cases of Two if by Tea. It is our official drink now.

One thing I do tell turncoat advertisers is that not only will I not buy their products, but I will tell everyone I know to avoid them at all costs. I just say I don’t like the company.

Too bad, I was about to purchase another Sleep Number bed.


53 posted on 03/04/2012 9:41:51 PM PST by Momotaro
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To: Steelfish

Mr Limbaugh gave away a perfectly valid 1st amendment argument to pursue a crude and ever increasingly strident rant about sex. Normally he is able to use a combination of satire and humor to illustrate the absurdity of actions he disagrees with. In this case, however, he seemed to develop a personal animus toward this young woman and by the end of the third hour on Friday, he had clearly crossed the line of decent discourse.


54 posted on 03/04/2012 9:42:08 PM PST by etcb
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To: woofie

“Rush will weather this storm but how he will do it I dont know”

What I’d like for him to do is to read off a list of the advertisers who dropped him, or who threatened to to drop him. Shine a light on them so that they can be ‘rewarded’ for their behavior. They surely can’t object to being identified, can they?

Inquiring minds want to know.


55 posted on 03/04/2012 9:48:39 PM PST by Pelham (Georgetown, Home of the Hoyas, Hos, and Flukers.)
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To: woofie

It depends on who is controlling this situation. You know who took Clear Channel public, right? Mitt Romney and Bain Capital.

Do you think that the Republican money behind Romney would hesitate a moment to dump Rush completely if he was seen as screwing up the election for them? Not a chance in H-e-double hockey sticks.


56 posted on 03/04/2012 9:49:29 PM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: etcb

This “young women” was a thirty something radical using a very sensitive subject to cow her opposition and to promote a leftist agenda in a circus put on by progs.

My heart bleeds for her.


57 posted on 03/04/2012 9:52:55 PM PST by Momotaro
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To: woofie

He didn’t call her a slut for her stand on obamacare, but because she is a slut—she sells her body for money, period...


58 posted on 03/04/2012 9:53:53 PM PST by richardtavor
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To: etcb

We are living in mean times.


59 posted on 03/04/2012 9:54:43 PM PST by Pelham (Georgetown, Home of the Hoyas, Hos, and Flukers.)
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To: Steelfish

I suggest we all contact these advertisers and ask what they will be willing to donate from every order they receive to help pay for Fluke’s birth control measures.

A $20.00 flower purchase? (Pro Flowers)Please donate 10% to Fluke’s barrier method (scented and edible condoms).

A $350.00 mattress purchase?(Select Comfort) Please donate 10% to Fluke’s “silky smooth and comfortable condom” purchase for the day.

A legal question? (Legal Zoom, Quicken Loans) Please donate 20% for the “birth” (’scuse the expression!) of Fluke’s new S-Corp company-”Sluts We Be” and tax preparation concerning any deductions she might take concerning her dependents and all she undertakes to keep them at a minimum.


60 posted on 03/04/2012 9:55:36 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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