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Limbaugh Rejects Company That Suspended Ads From Show Over Fluke Remarks

Limbaugh Rejects Sleep Train After it Requests to be Advertiser AgainRush Limbaugh has rejected an advertiser’s apparent attempt to reunite with his show after the company initially dropped its ads from the program following his remarks about contraception advocate Sandra Fluke.

The company, Sleep Train, calls itself “the No. 1 Bedding Specialist on the West Coast, and most recognized mattress retailer in the region.”

In an email to Sleep Train President Dale Carlsen (obtained by The Blaze), a representative of the show says that Limbaugh personally considered the company’s request, but denied it considering its public comments following the controversy.

“Thank you for your requests last week and this week to restart your voiced endorsement in local markets of The Rush Limbaugh Show,” the email begins. “Rush received your requests personally.”

“Unfortunately, your public comments were not well received by our audience, and did not accurately portray either Rush Limbaugh’s character or the intent of his remarks. Thus, we regret to inform you that Rush will be unable to endorse Sleep Train in the future.

“Rush appreciates your long friendship and your past support, and we wish you good luck in the future.”

Last Friday, Sleep Train was vocal in its rejection of Limbaugh.

“As a diverse company, Sleep Train does not condone such negative comments directed toward any person,” the company said in a statement. “We have currently pulled our ads with Rush Limbaugh.”

According to the Washington Post, which tells the story of how the advertiser and Limbaugh started their relationship, Sleep Train had been an advertiser with Limbaugh for over 25 years. Last week, the Post noted how the company had only suspended its ads, not fully dropped the conservative commentator as a retail spokesperson. And while that may have left the door open for a reunion, that has now been rejected by Limbaugh.

“It’s a business decision, and it’s theirs alone to make,” Limbaugh said Monday morning regarding companies who had pulled ads. “They‘ve decided that they don’t want you anymore or your business.” On Wednesday, he also noted the media was misleading the public about the number of advertisers who had dropped the show.

“We’ll replace them,” he assured his audience.

The Blaze contacted Sleep Train for comment but did not hear back in time for publication. Carlsen, however, did confirm the split in a statement to the Post.

This story has been updated with Carlsen’s statement.

Comments (449)

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  • Rip Curly
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:00pm

    Sleep Train derails their own business…. They’re Fluked.

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    • dwromans58
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:03pm

      RIP Curly….love love love your comment…lol

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:07pm

      Good one Curl

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:09pm

      Good one!! They are fluked!!! Hehehehehe!

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    • Pro-Palin
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:11pm

      Lmao !!!

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:20pm

      FLUKE YOU Sleep Train.

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    • robinakilt
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:25pm

      LOL love it!

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    • robert
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:26pm

      For a company to drop its ads from a program that has 20 million viewers is about the dumbest thing imaginable, especially when the show’s viewers very likely will boycott the advertiser for doing so. That would amount to losing probably about 20% of its business for fear of losing only 5% at the most, if any at all if they stayed on.

      Those few that did drop out seem kind of suspect in that their decision appears to be made on a political basis rather than a business one.

      But, as I said before, and Limbaugh has now verified, he doesn’t have to worry about advertisers. There’s probably dozens waiting on the sidelines just hoping to be able to get a spot on the show.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Cool!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:33pm

      just wait until Fluke demands a free bed to go with the free condoms

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    • jdog777
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:37pm

      I just called sleep train and told our sales person that we were not going to buy from them.

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    • RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:48pm

      @ slut – hope you also invest in Carbonite…the stock is about as low as your IQ.

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    • Fredhead
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:52pm

      This is hilarious, if they ever paid attention to Rush for the many years they sponsored his program and reaped the rewards being a sponsor, they should have known the consequences of their actions, since over the many years Rush has repeatedly pointed out that his success does not come from his sponsors, It is from his audience. And as he very elequently pointed out on his program monday, that was a marketing decision of their own,,(paraphrazing here) to remove themselves from the largest talk radio listening audience. although he didn’t mention names,, but the list that the lamestream media was so jubiliant over was bound to come out.
      Odd a number of these companies no longer have ads running on Hannity and Beck’s programs either,,,, well, I guess is they shot themselves in the foot over this nonsense, since they lost ad time from the top three talk shows.
      Now,! in this economy, how is that for intelligent marketing?
      Any bets on how fast a few CEO’s are replaced??

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    • eagle2715
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:54pm

      I got some kool-aid right over here for ya, it’ll taste no worse than the stuff you already drank….I promise….

      Report Post » eagle2715  
    • Onowicit
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:55pm

      Their competition should pay Rush whatever he wants to advertise with him. Slam dunk success.

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    • Magyar
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:58pm

      @rip curly—-Too funny — Toooooo Perfect!!!!

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:08pm

      Maybe Sleep Train Matress Centers could have Fluke endorse them. In relation to her obsession with the excessive cost of contraception, & how much she will save if it’s free, perhaps her spending this much time on a mattress and having free birth control she’d be the type to enjoy trains. lol

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:20pm

      Fluked indeed!!! Plus they got the ominous, “we wish you good luck in the future”….. or maybe it should have said, “we wish you good Fluke in the future”… or maybe “we wish you good luck in the Flukture”. : )

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    • Bnvranchos
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:21pm

      Great Comment! Send it directly to Sleep Train…….bet they will have a difficult time “resting” on that!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:25pm

      New Sleep Train ad should be… “You could pull a train on one of our Fluking mattresses”.

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    • sndrman
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:25pm

      the people we support Rush,Beck are the people we do business with. I know both these men and others on our side would never sell us a bill of goods only libs do that.

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    • Melvin Spittle
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:27pm

      They need to get their Fluking act together. Their more Fluked up than a soup sandwich.

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    • keaton
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:30pm

      This is a great lesson to teach leftist bassstards! Way to go, master Rush! If every one of these coward sponsors went bankrupt, it would send a powerful message to PC minded businesses that we want the truth, and any effort to stop the truth tellers will be answered promptly!

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    • Grandmadar
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:33pm

      I am laughing so hard I won’t be able to sleep tonight. A regular marketing group we have here.

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    • Abraham Young
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:36pm

      @SLUT

      Pride goeth before a fall. I hope you make tons and tons and tons of paper money.

      It will ensure you have sufficient toilet paper when the FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE is no longer viable.

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    • drago
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:39pm

      Lmao,R.I.P., thats some funny stuff.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:43pm

      Maybe they should get Miss Fluke to be a spokesperson, she obviously knows about trains.

      Long live the Great Rush Limbaugh! He has done more for conservatism than any man alive.

      If each of Rush’s listeners sent in $100 it would generate 2 billion dollars, then he could go commercial free and really take the gloves off.

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    • RusHube
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:44pm

      You make me laaaaugh, god one!!!

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:51pm

      Stupid move on Sleep Train’s part – which means it was a decision probably made by a liberal there. We can do without that vote of ‘no confidence’.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:56pm

      To help… I’m buying more Tea: “diet” “Raspberry”s!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:57pm

      I wonder if this is effecting http://www.fluke.com/ ? They make some of the best measuring instruments. I hope they don’t come out with a fluke vibrator.

      I also wonder if Sandra Fluke is related to the company or is an heir to the Fluke Empire? Now that would be funny!

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    • kindling
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:00pm

      This is going to replace the “F” word and end up being added to the new dictionary in place of it in a few years. It will be like “getting a lewinsky” is now in our language.

      Report Post » kindling  
    • Thomas
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:00pm

      I love it when these progressives get their butts handed to them. lol

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    • little big man
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:09pm

      I love it now they are starting to crawl back to Rush. carbonite stock was down monday 18% and I am dropping them after my contract runs out.
      I’ll use Mozzy Pro.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:12pm

      @kindling
      I hope The Blaze doesn’t start censoring the word “fluke”.

      Yea, in a few months we will see a picture of Sandra Fluke under “fluke” in the urban dictionary and the definition will be “sexually promiscuous female activities”.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:28pm

      Fluke the fluking fluker!

      Report Post » The-Monk  
    • western_red
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:29pm

      You are indeed a silver-tongued devil! Couldn’t agree with you more.

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    • MBA
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:30pm

      Love it Rip Curly. The liberals keep forgetting Rush’s 20 million are the 20 milllion “working” Americans who actually buy stuff with hard earned taxable cash–not the welfare 20 million looking for handouts!

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    • rookies55555
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:34pm

      @SLUT Posting…Bill Maher is on HBO using your name…but thats ok…or is it.

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    • Kisha
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:39pm

      ROFL like Rush needs their endorsement anyway!

      LOL They’re Fluked! Love it!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:39pm

      @little big man
      I never trusted Carbonite and even warned Beck about them about 2 years ago. If you do a background check on them including their web hosting info you will find out the exec’s are all from Princeton and that they are tied to the stupid “speed-up-my-pc” companies. I back up my own data including making complete images with Acronis.

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    • libwhacker
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:39pm

      lol!!!!!

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:44pm

      MSnbc‘s blue ribbon panel won’t be able to figure this one out…You know, they may kick we much rev sharpie out of that spot in favor of their darling and new show…”Good morning Americans…Your Fluked”

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    • deron
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:45pm

      Good Buzz Phrase. Let’s keep it going.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:50pm

      @SLUT
      Welcome newbie poster from Media Matters. I see you created your account yesterday. Most likely you just changed your moniker from being blacklisted earlier. I’m putting in a request to Glenn to have your “new” account blacklisted. It should go through by tomorrow so enjoy your last hours posting your commie trash on this fine site. : )

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    • sybilll
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:00pm

      I think you won the internet today. Well played. Well played indeed.

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    • SLUT
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:13pm

      @The-Monk…. How about some Vicks to make some crocodile tears. Go brush your tooth and clean up the trash around your trailer.

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    • dwh320
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:16pm

      Yeah they Fluked themselves real good…. but did they do like their new hero and use a condom? Without the money Rush brought in for them I bet the next Obamacare mandate will be all mattress stores must get free birth control.

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    • SLUT
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:28pm

      @carbonyes Buy Low… Sell High…I love the smell of volatility in the markets!!

      I take BC, ergo I’m a slut.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:59pm

      I love this, Rush is single-handedly taking down the Republican Party and you all are celebrating. Doesn’t anybody here remember Operation Chaos? Yeah, that worked real well too.

      Report Post » SimpleTruths  
    • SLUT
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:00pm

      HaHa..deleted this earlier post..You can’t handle the truth!! My new Sleep Train bed feels sooooooo comfortable. Household confidence improved last week to a four year high as more Americans said the economy was improving and decided it was a good time to shop. Yes! IBM hits a record high! Yes!! My 401k is doing great!!!

      I take BC, ergo I’m a slut.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:03pm

      go rush……

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:12pm

      Rush should have called her a mattress back instead of a slut, he would have got his point across and still kept his advertiser happy, who cares though he does not need them and she still is a slut well probably a wannabe anyway.

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    • The Giver
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 11:48pm

      That’s great! Very funny! Unfortunately, the leftists are gathering thousands of signatures to get him off the air. People who’ve never listened to him : ) Our local station seems to want to stand by him. Free speech is very threatening to these people. They’re afraid someone new might actually listen to Rush and get the other side to this story. It was about freedom of religion all along. Go Rush!

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:30am

      ……“We’ll replace them,” he assured his audience.

      The Blaze contacted Sleep Train for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.

      This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Blaze…..

      Why are you trying to contact them?
      Do you want to take them on as a client?
      What story do you seek?

      They Fluked themselves… Leave it there. Unless the Blaze or Beck needs the money.

      Are you looking for a Main Stream Media type story on the Blaze….?

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    • Shellzana
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:26am

      Choice -> To Bash Limbaugh
      Consquence -> No longer a sponsor
      Cost -> Priceless

      You can add a few more to the unemployment line this week!

      Report Post » Shellzana  
    • JokerWatcher
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:22am

      I know I’m Johnny-come-late to this party, but I’ve got to pile on-
      This joker’s name, ‘fluke(d)’, is about to become a lexicon for the boomerang effect, for the law of unanticipated consequences. The name is perfect for what it’s now become- a perfect ‘jumped-the-shark’, laughing-stock, term destined to now be associated with hilarity. Her name is effectively a joke from here on out. This too hilarious and too perfect to be true-!
      Liberals/Dems, scream & squeal and be idignant all you want, but this has grown legs, you’re fluked-!
      Sleep Train execs- cash out while the stock’s up, next week might be different…

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    • old white guy
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:19am

      rip.. heh heh a new verb.

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    • mama6
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:39am

      That was so clever that I wish I would have thought of it!!! These people shot themselves in the head when they started messing with Rush. He’s very smart & remember, his bro is a lawyer!! He doesn’t need their money. Go Rush!!!!!

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    • rox
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:11am

      Love the comment RIP.

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    • IndianaJan
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:56am

      Perfect!!! LMAO

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    • The Jewish Avenger
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:04pm

      Q: Who is more likely to afford these guys?

      Hint: Its not the one on food stamps.

      Report Post » The Jewish Avenger  
    • Tagudinian
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Clever!

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    • I Stand With Israel
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:36pm

      That was a good one, my hats off to you.

      Report Post » I Stand With Israel  
    • steelpanther
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:14pm

      Good for Rush. If more people did this, perhaps these idiots would think before jumping off a ship.

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    • yiska8
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:39pm

      Sweet. Rush had the last laugh. Someone at Sleep Train,Carbonite, and whoever else jumped ship, made it political. Then reality hit. Too late, but other companies will happily reap the rewards by advertising on the number one radio talk show in America. The more they hate him, the stronger he gets!! Go Maja Rushie!!!!

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    • AMERICAN ADVOCATE
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 4:10pm

      Touche ‘ , bravo , hoorah and encore for rip curly . Great pun .

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    • AMERICAN ADVOCATE
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 4:12pm

      Touche ‘, bravo , and encore for Rip Curly . Great pun .

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    • Abrevaderci
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 5:17pm

      And here is Sandra Fluke’s theme song.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGRDnTySCI&feature=related

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    • MistyBlueAngel
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 1:13pm

      I think that the media, and some advertisers have underestimated how many people listen to Rush. I know for me, it’s the highlight of my day, and any time that I can find 3 hours of uninterrupted time to listen I do, or even if I have to listen in little bits and snatches between work. I don’t always agree with him, but do more often than not. These companies have a right to do as they want, but they should beware the backlash.

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    • fande3rls
      Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:07pm

      Great one curly

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    • joeupyoursMF
      Posted on March 22, 2012 at 10:58am

      amen!

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    • Nedarc
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:12pm

      Ditto’s.

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:07am

      Excellent ‘foot shot’, and great example of ‘foot in mouth disease’………maybe they should sign up with the ‘liberal talk show’………….GRTLT…..‘good riddance to liberal trash’….

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    • mils
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:59am

      who ever made the sleep train decision..should be fired…i could not imagine pulling, suspending, an ad on such a powerfua show with such a tremendous audience!!..because of such idiocy.
      they way some of the advertisers appeared to act, we would be led to think rush had murdered someone on national tv..
      instead he made some dumb remarks about a female activists who was in it all for the publicity.. and to try and pull the catholic church, any church, down to her level.

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    • cantstandlibs
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 3:17pm

      Wouldn’t that be “fuked” :))

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    • toto
      Posted on June 3, 2012 at 4:54pm

      Clever and appreciated.

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  • diablamonkey
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:59pm

    maybe they can get Fluke to sponser them-she seems to be needing a bed right now for all of the sex she is having in law school- maybe Sleep train can throw in some birthcontrol for her to sweeten the deal-then we don;t have to pay for the skank

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    • ccfonten
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:27pm

      I love it!! I can see it now….a package of birth control pills….the morning after pill (just in case!)…and Fluke in a sexy little nightie with a “come hither” look on her face to some really gorgeous hunk!!!
      Bwahahahaha!!

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:31pm

      Here’s a great ad campaign for sleep train. Have a sequence of Fluke walking around waving her “free” contraceptive pills and condoms (perhaps just leaving the abortion clinic?) while trolling bars, beaches and concerts for “dates”…then she takes the “date” back to her apartment which has a…wait for it….Sleep Train bed in it. D@mn fine marketing if you ask me…”Sleep Train…a sl#t’s number one choice in beds” (government subsidies available).

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    • MistyBlueAngel
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Good point!

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  • roxy
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:59pm

    List the company‘s that dropped and we’ll boycott them.

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    • beatobama
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:09pm

      Carbonite and Legal Zoom for starters

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:13pm

      Aren‘t those two of Glenn Beck’s main sponsers?

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    • Gabbie
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:15pm

      We have notified Carbonite that as soon as we find a new company, that we will cancel our business with them

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    • Wakeup Maggie
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:25pm

      Gabbie, crashpro.com is a good alternative to carbonite. Good night carbonite

      Report Post » Wakeup Maggie  
    • bastone
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:04pm

      i bet it wasnt the oxycodine company

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:10pm

      Roxy PRO Flowers is one of the companys that dropped Rush
      I need a new mattress Oh fluke it won’t be from sleep train

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    • Xplorer
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:16pm

      @Gabbie

      I removed my credit card from Carbonite for automatic billing as I could not find a customer service button anywhere. I hope they get the message.

      Report Post » Xplorer  
    • janisrose
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:46pm

      Search “Ten Best Computer Backup Companies” to get a list on which Carbonite ranks #8

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:49pm

      Outstanding AVENGERK….Out-fluking-standing!

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    • MBA
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:27pm

      Don’t forget that the guy who started legalzoom is also one of the attorneys who defended oj. Why would anyone buy anyone from that sleaze bag after getting getting that murderer set free? Not surprising he had no class to support Rush’s right to the First Amendment.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:32pm

      Yeah, like you have power. Haha.

      Report Post » SimpleTruths  
    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:33am

      Never trust the security of your data to an outside source, it may be fluked.

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    • bigbro
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:54am

      Reported JC Penny was one?

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    • ReachRenee
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:16pm

      ProFlowers is another

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    • Jase
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 4:33am

      Here’s the full list (from Politico):

      AccuQuote Life Insurance, Allstate Insurance, American Heart Association, AOL, Aquarium of the Pacific, Bare Escentuals, Bethesda Sedation Dentistry, Bonobos, Capital One, Carbonite, Cascades Dental, Citrix, Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Constant Contact, Cunningham Security, Freedom Debt Relief, Geico, Girl Scouts, Goodwill Industries, Hadeed Carpet, JCPenney, Legal Zoom, Matrix Direct, Netflix, New York Lottery, Norway Savings Bank, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Philadelphia Orchestra, PolyCom, Portland Ovations, ProFlowers, Quicken Loans, Regal Assets, Reputation Rhino, RSVP Discount Beverage, Sears, Sensa, Service Magic, Sleep Train, Sleep Number, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Tax Resolution, Thompson Creek Windows, TurboTax and Vitacost.

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    • MistyBlueAngel
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 1:21pm

      Well, as to Carbonite, I took their 30 day trial and was unimpressed. I ended up going with Crash Plan, and it’s been great. Legal Zoom was Robert Shapiro’s baby, and that alone is enough to make me stay far, far away from it.

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  • hinchja
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:59pm

    In the spirit of adding ‘er’ on the end of a word to describe and ridicule a segment of population i.e. birther, truther, tea ******, what should we call people who support Sandra Fluke? ….. I just can’t quite put it together….

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:10pm

      Aw! C’mon!! It’s not hard!! Flukers!!! Bunch of stoopid Flukers!

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:12pm

      Going down Interstate 55… I always smile when I see Fluker exit here.

      http://fluker.org/

      I would hate to bring down the good town of Fluker…. but, it’s such a good organization name for them.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:51pm

      This is actually perfect we can now type that word that could not be typed before we can develope a whole new lexicon (insert whatever) flukers,

      Something tells me that upon further investigation will reveal this is an alias

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    • eagle2715
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:56pm

      Haha, reminds me of Battlestar Galactica with “Fraking”…

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:35pm

      @Fried Okra
      How about “Flukhers”?

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  • Tea-Party-Amercan
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:59pm

    First the Left loved Lorena Bobbit, and then Casey Anthony and now they have Sandra Fluke to worship as a Hero!

    Im Glad there are people with the guts to call it as it is! GO RUSH!

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:58pm

    Good. Rush has established enough good will and a faithful following. He knows his audience and what they demand of him. If Rush were to accept some advertisers back, he would need to explain why. His loyal listeners would likely go to the gallows with him than spite him. I believe he expects the same from those he does business with as his audience expects of Rush.

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  • weneedrubio
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:58pm

    Again Rush does the proper thing. He may have gone overboard with Fluke but the fact of the matter is that the main tactic of the left and the only way they can push their positions is by hyperbolic vitriol and aggressive, in-your-face, offensive intimidation and if we don’t start fighting fire with fire we are going to lose this country. Speak up and let your views be known, it can’t hurt anymore then the destruction the left causes now.

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    • Realist4U
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:21pm

      Hey! Like the President said… “Never bring a knife to a gunfight.”

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    • Grandmadar
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:29pm

      This is very true. I continue to talk at work and there is still a gal next to me who openly says she doesn’t pay attention to any of this. But I think I am getting through to her. She drives a Suburban and I know her gas costs are high. Hopefully, she will start voting!

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  • ThankYouFounders
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:57pm

    That’s what they get for their knee-jerk reaction and not having any principles. He’s the most listened to radio personality in history and companies are lined up to advertise during his broadcast.

    Buy Tempur-pedic. anyway, much better. Nighty night Sleep Train.

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  • Tea-Party-Amercan
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:56pm

    “Limbaugh Drops Company That Suspended Ads From Show Over Fluke Remarks”, because he is a REAL MAN. Dont retreat.. you know the rest!

    Dont bow to the LEFT, fight them!

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  • Capt. Ron
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:56pm

    Pay backs a _____!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:18pm

      Yup! Sweet. I called the bed company and told them I was going to buy the bed by late spring, so now I guess I’ve saved myself some money, I tried the sleep number l bed at a hotel last year for several nights and to tell you the truth, you have to get used to it. Just didn’t have the feel like a regular type bed. Since last year, I almost changed my mind and was going to get one anyway.
      Thanks, Rush, I agreed with your about that woman, and you’ve saved me a couple of thousand.

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    • momsense
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:04pm

      In spades!

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  • Phantom II
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:55pm

    Fluke sound like she needs a bed sponsor.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:55pm

    Rush is an idiot for re-igniting the contraceptive story. Obama and his palace guards in the media don’t want to talk about the economy, because it makes Obama look back in an election year. So they distract Americans with silly contraception stories, and Rush took the bait.

    Rush should know better. Time to retire Rush. The media played you like a fiddle.

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:06pm

      @GoodStuff Lighten up Francis. He made a mistake. Move on. Rush… is WAY better for this Country on the radio than off.

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:11pm

      Troll alert….

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:18pm

      Troll alert? I say ‘whiner’ alert. Libs are professional whiners.

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    • leftcoastslut
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:09pm

      Rush didn’t make a mistake. The lefties are constantly on the attack, nibbling at the ankles like a rat terrier on the hunt. Sandra Fluke singled out this college, knowing it didn‘t provide contraceptive coverage in it’s health program. She was on a mission. This is her resume. She was on a job interview when she met with the congressional leaders. The question is, will the Democrats use her next time? darn it seems she is always being used, either by the men or by the Dems. Hate when that happens.

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    • Grandmadar
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:40pm

      Tron…. sorry I am not in your area to listen to your program! I am sure I would like it. Read your posts often. I don’t usually comment.

      Good articles everyday on American Thinker. There was an article/blog from March 5th that had many comments about this story and all the sponsors who dropped were listed. I was amazed.

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    • Anti-fluker
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 7:42pm

      How about —- “Fluker Alert!”

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    • Zhang Fei
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:55am

      Rush isn’t a propagandist for the GOP – he’s a conservative who talks about current events in an entertaining way. And one of the things he does is point out some of the crazier stuff that leftists come up with. He used a couple of words that were way milder than the kind used by liberals, only to be rebuked by hypocritical liberals who don’t have any problem calling conservative women “c**ts“ or ”t**ts”.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:47pm

      They need to advertise the most effective contraceptive available…
      Self control.
      And guess what, it really is free!

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:55pm

    Right on Right on Right on
    Fail they much!

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    • LogicalMetaphysician
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:51am

      As Rush stated the other day, these spineless ex-sponsors are learning the hard way that Rush fans create and purchase, Rush enemies sponge and leech. ******* off Rush fans will lose you business. ******* off leftists will reduce the number of smelly hobos bumming around outside your front door.
      These morons chose to entice the hobos while alienating the paying customers.

      Caveat venditor.

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  • Dinkiecb
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:54pm

    In 25 years with advertising with Rush … surely there has been “other comments” that ruffled people’s feathers..yet they kept their relationship with Rush…now they suspend their account.. and now want to crawl back after the “heat” is off… I don’t blame Rush at all for not wanting to take them back. No matter what Rush says or does, he has massive listener base… they gave up on Rush not his listener base.

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  • Jackie Rogers, Jr.
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:53pm

    If only Don Cornelius was still alaive. He’d make an excellent spokesman for them.
    “I use only one brand of bed in my house and it’s a Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep Train!”

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  • wewantchillywilly
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:53pm

    I have a feeling many companies are going to be regretting their knee jerk reaction to ditch his show, because Rush isn’t taking a lot of them back. He got their name out their and I bet a lot of people are much more loyal to Rush than the company. They can easily cancel their subscriptions and go to their competitor. Ah, capitalism!

    We love you, Rush!

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  • digitalPimple.com
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:51pm

    Good for you Rush.

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  • TYM
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:50pm

    Good for Rush. Sleep Train can take out ads for Olbermann on Current TV and reach 40,000 people instead.

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    • madvlad
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 9:29pm

      Hah! Good One!

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:49pm

      Hey…HEY…..They don’t have THAT many viewers. Some people just have the tv on in the background and aren’t really watching.

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:50pm

    Love it!

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  • ARealCharliesAngel
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:50pm

    Good for you, Rush!

    I received an email from Carbonite to “renew my account” the day after they pulled their ads too. It was just delightful email them back informing them NO WAY! YUMMIE!

    Boycotts go both ways!!

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  • chdorb
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:50pm

    As usual Rush has good instincts. Companies need to understand that the OWS crowd is not the one withthe purchasing power. It is the conservative silent majority.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:58pm

      Good instincts?? The media floated the low hanging fruit of contraceptives, and Rush went for it. He needs to retire. He’s handing the election to Obama. Wake up people!

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    • bikerr
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:15pm

      @GoodStuff—Repeating that Rush retire ,won’t make it come true,but go ahead keep repeating it if it makes you feel good. Rush is right and more popular than ever . Ha,Ha.

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    • 9111315
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:40pm

      Rush needs to retire!
      Rush needs to retire!
      Rush needs to retire!
      Turn around three times and click my heals.

      Nope, did not work. Rush is still here.

      @BIKERR your are correct. GoodStuff is out of his fluken mind.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:48pm

      Goodstuff is exactly right. The only way any Republican can win is with a significant percentage of the women’s vote and the independent vote. Rush is pushing them away by the droves, it might make all of you here feel good but it’s handing the election to Obama. Remember how Rush crowed about Operation Chaos? How did work out for you.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:53pm

      The only way a republican will win is too oust the RINO’s. The only way America will win is to get back to the constitutional rule of law. Abolish the parties, they are both defunct and self serving machines.

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  • hersey10
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:49pm

    I’d rather sleep in my car , well done Maha Rushi .

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  • AvengerK
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:48pm

    LOL….d@mn right. Limbaugh is a $50 million a year concern. There’s a lot of companies wanting to fill the void left by Sleep Train and Carbonite. By the way…Carbonite’s stock has dropped 12 points since dumping Limbaugh.

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    • beekeeper
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:07pm

      Their stock dropped 12%, not 12 points. In the first 4 days after the kerfuffle, Clear Channel, Rush’s syndication partner dropped 0.1% – in other words, essentially unchanged…

      Obvious who‘s the winner and loser in this ’boycott’

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:26pm

      BEEKEEPER…no matter how much of a young, frail little martyr the left tries to portray Fluke as, the reality is she’s a 30 year old woman demanding others pay for her abortions, contraceptives and steriliants while she attends a university that she knew was a Catholic one. She’s demanding that employers pay for sex-changes. Her “$3000″ idiocy is also quite laughable. People are hurting. The want jobs they want to know their employer will stay in business or won’t lay them off. They know a scam when they see one. The democrats are scamming us.

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    • Hmschlmom
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:45pm

      @Beekeeper…
      Clearchannel is no longer traded on the stock exchange. They are not a publicly traded company, but a private one.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:29pm

      uh 12 points = 12% genius

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    • jcasos
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:48am

      The word point is ambiguous, but usually defaults to “basis” point, not percentage point when talking about the stock market. If you ask a trader if your stock went up 3 points, he’s looking at the basis points, not percentage points. So, 12% != 12 points. Points are the number of dollars. If a stock is worth $12.00 and went up to $13.50, it went up 1.5 points. However, that is a 12% increase.

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  • Martypanther
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:48pm

    I hope they FAIL!

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  • lillymckim
    Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:48pm

    I love it!!
    25 years and this company caves to blackmail and intimidation by these thugs?
    A 25 year old relationship and they “vocally” trash Rush on the air waves?

    Fluke em’!

    Rock on Rush!

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    • CATSUEY
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:53pm

      Lilly-dittos.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:57pm

      We’re seeing a pattern of companies and interests caving to leftist pressure then finding out they made the wrong move. Komen is one. Men’s Wearhouse was vandalized even after supporting OWS. Churches housing OWSers were defiled by OWSers urinating in them. Look..history is our teacher. The left has no friends. It will bite and attack anyone and anything it deems necessary or that gets caught in it’s anarchist activity.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 5:57pm

      Hell yes…“fluke off” Sleep Train.

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