Rush Limbaugh Apologizes as 12 Advertisers and 2 Radio Stations Drop His Show

Rush Limbaugh has been despicable and vile on his daily 3-hour syndicated radio show for decades. He regularly attacks women, Blacks, Democrats and others. For the past week he focused his energy in effort to attack 30-year old Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, by calling her a 'slut' and 'prostitute'.

Fluke testified to congressional Democrats that she wanted her college health plan to cover her birth control. Limbaugh wasn't impressed.

“If we’re going to have to pay for this, then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke,” Limbaugh said. “And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we’re getting for our money.”

He also asked the 30-year-old Fluke: “Who bought your condoms in junior high?”

And on Friday, Limbaugh scoffed at the Democrats’ talk of a conservative “war on women.”

“Amazingly, when there is the slightest bit of opposition to this new welfare entitlement being created, then all of a sudden we hate women. We want ’em barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen,” he said. “And now, at the end of this week, I am the person that the women of America are to fear the most.”

Being outrageous usually works for Limbaugh. However, this time he went to far. This time the outcry from social media was focused and effective. In the past few days seven advertisers pulled out of their sponsorship of the Limbaugh radio show.

1. Allstate Insurance
2. AOL
3. Bonobos 
4. Carbonite
5. Citrix
6. Legal Zoom
7. Pro Flowers
8. Quicken Loans
9. Sears Holding
10. Sleep Number
11. Tax Resolution
12. The Sleep Train

At least one radio station has dropped the Rush Limbaugh show from their rotation:

1. KPUA 670 AM (Honolulu, HI)
2. WPEC 96.9 FM (Pittsfield, MA)

 Rush Limbaugh is basically a prostitute himself. He sells his outrageous rhetoric for advertising revenue. Once he saw that his advertising revenue was impacted by this kerfuffle with Sandra Fluke we see that Limbaugh went into apology mode on his website.

Personally, I don't think that an apology is enough.  Rush Limbaugh needs to be suspended or removed from his radio show.  Anyone that would call my mother, sister or daughter a 'slut' or 'prostitute' on a national broadcast doesn't deserve to be on the airwaves.   We had to teach this lesson to Glenn Beck and Laura Schlessinger.

Perhaps it is time for Rush Limbaugh to learn that he doesn't have a God-given right to be a jerk on the public airwaves.   What is your opinion on this latest Limbaugh controversy?

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Barack Obama over America's Response to Haiti Earthquake

Pat Robertson was the first Republican wingnut to attack Haiti after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Rush Limbaugh didn't want to be outdone.



It took him less than a day to attack President Obama, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and former president Bill Clinton.



Villager's Voice: There's a time and place for examining the political motivations of our elected officials. But yesterday wasn't that day. Limbaugh should have waited ... instead, he showed a complete lack of class.

What say u?

(Th)ink by Keith Knight: Not Feeling the Rush

(Th)ink is an editorial cartoon written and drawnby cartoonist Keith Knight (the K Chronicles).

Rush Limbaugh Kicked Out of NFL Ownership Bid

Professional sports has always served to unite Americans across class, creed and race. On the other hand, Rush Limbaugh has built his career by dividing Americans precisely along those lines. Frankly, Limbaugh is a racist and a chauvinist. Limbaugh's values are diametrically opposed to the traditions the NFL and he would poison professional football as he has poisoned the culture of American political discourse.




This blog stood with former and current NFL players who urged the league to reject Limbaugh's ownership bid.

It turns out that public pressure was enough to do the job ... Limbaugh has been dropped from the ownership group. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a group headed by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts. Checketts said that Limbaugh's participation had become a complication in the group's efforts and the bid will move forward without him.

Are you glad that Rush was banned from NFL ownership?

Republican Pundits Show 'Fear of a Black President'

I have tried to ignore the birthers and the other right-wing wackos as they blabber on against our president. At the end of the day it appears to be simply more of the same fearmongering and race-baiting about the first Black president.

President Obama always seems to take these things in stride. He is one of the coolest and calmest public officials that I've ever seen.

However, the attacks appear to be picking up speed as various conservative pundits use Professor Gates' arrest to claim Obama has a "deep-seated hatred for white people" (Glenn Beck) while others have promoted fringe conspiracies questioning if Obama was actually born in the US (Lou Dobbs.)




Media Matters created this video. They have other video clips from Glenn Beck ('Obama agenda driven by "reparations" and desire to "settle old racial scores') or Rush Limbaugh: ('I do believe" Obama is an "angry Black guy') or Limbaugh ('Here you have a Black president trying to destroy a white policeman').

I 'spose that when you can't win on the merits of your argument you turn to fear and race-baiting tactics. This is a strategy that worked for the Republican Party for many generations. Will it work in 2009 as well?

Rush Limbaugh Wants to Debate Me?