Media

Rumors of Rush Limbaugh’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

In what Rush himself called a “random act of journalism” on his radio show today, even the Washington Post has written a story admitting that Limbaugh’s show has apparently survived the orchestrated “advertiser boycott” on the part of Media Matters for America. The story, entitled “Limbaugh Sees Heat Over Comments Turn Down to a Simmer,” includes some very discouraging passages for liberal opponents of the controversial talk show host. Highlights follow:

Exactly one month after the conservative radio host sparked outrage by calling Georgetown law-school student Sandra Fluke “a slut” and “a prostitute” in a three-day diatribe, stations are standing by him, advertisers are trickling back to his program and the news media have moved on.[...]

Limbaugh’s advertising losses may have been less than media accounts suggested. While more than 100 advertisers told Premiere that they didn’t want to be associated with “controversial” radio programs of any kind in the wake of the flap, some of these companies weren’t regular Limbaugh sponsors in the first place.[...]

Limbaugh’s recovering fortunes may be best exemplified by what hasn’t happened. At the peak of the controversy in early March, two small stations — in western Massachusetts and Hilo, Hawaii — said that they would drop his program. Since then, no other station has said it will take him off the air, dashing the hopes of MoveOn.org, a liberal group whose ongoing petition drive seeks Limbaugh’s removal from 180 stations.

Limbaugh was stunned by the story, taking to his radio station to promote it and personally praise the Post for getting the story right:

I do not know how this happened and I don’t know what caused it, but there is an absolutely accurate — correct factually — and fair story on the last month of this program in the Washington Post. It was put up last night. I don‘t know if it’s in the printed version or if it’s just a website piece, but I am…

I read it. I had to read it two or three times. I cannot believe it! This program, me, is never accorded this kind of treatment in the mainstream media. The truth about how few advertisers have been lost. The truth about how few stations left. The truth about how little damage was done to this program. It was stunning. It’s in the Washington Post. I just told Koko to put a link to it up at RushLimbaugh.com in the red section, the red bar at RushLimbaugh.com when you go there. He’ll have it up there soon. I don’t even think Koko knew about it. When I sent him just a note here, “I want you to put that link up. I’m gonna be talking about,” he wrote back, “Okay.” I’m sure he was thinking, “What the hell is he talking about?” We might tweet that out, too, as well.

Media Matters has tried to spin the attack as less than a total loss, claiming that Limbaugh may be on a tighter leash following the boycott. Given Limbaugh’s ability to rebound from previous controversies, however, this may be overly optimistic.

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  • TEARS FOR AMERICA
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:30pm

    It blows your mind how much the left hate Rush and want to destroy him…if you wrecklessly say idiotic stuff like Fluke did you’re gonna get pounded.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:02pm

      Liberals exaggerated the list of advertisers that suspended advertisements? Yawn.

      Ole uncle JZS was peddling an inaccurate list with exaggerated numbers of suspended advertisers. His list claimed Domino’s Pizza dropped Rush. Domino’s released this statement.

      “Domino’s Pizza spent Friday pointing out that it does not advertise on the show, despite incorrectly appearing on a list”

      http://www.freep.com/article/20120303/NEWS07/203030435/Limbaugh-s-verbal-attack-on-law-student-sparks-backlash

      That is a pretty classy tactic. Fabricating companies out of thin air that “dropped” Rush to further your agenda. Who cares if it’s intellectually dishonest? The ends justify the means.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:30pm

      Liberals hate the free market! Always getting in the way of trying to stop things they don’t like! Grrr!

      If only they could resurrect the Fairness Doctrine…

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:19pm

      too bad. \
      rush gives conservatives a bad name (and a head full of nonsense).

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    • nelbert
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 8:46am

      To BR@DLEY

      You state “too bad. \ rush gives conservatives a bad name (and a head full of nonsense).rush gives conservatives a bad name (and a head full of nonsense).”

      If you don’t like him, don’t listen. If people didn’t like what he had to say, his show would tank – as opposed to being attacked by an orchestrated attempt at sponsor intimidation by Media Matters. He obviously has an audience that does not think he gives conservatives a bad name and who do not think themselves filled with nonsense.

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    • Longshot35
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 9:13am

      Wasn’t how much she was getting pounded the issue??? Just sayin. . .

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    • killertofu
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 10:01am

      @Longshot35

      Win.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:38pm

      SPECKCHASER…this is par for the course for JZS…he posts only what Media Matters tells him to post. He’s consistently wrong. He’s the same pair of clownshoes that posted links to “polls” done by Soros funded Obama appointees during the failed “war on women” campaign the left launched recently.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:40pm

      SPECKCHASER..neglected to mention..JZS was also posting “polls” vigorously when OWS kicked off in a flaccid attempt to convince people that the American people supported OWS. He just wouldn’t accept that these polls were premature and poorly put together..sure enough..credible polls today show most Americans are against OWS. Needless to say…JZS has stopped putting up those polls of his and falls into a silence when you remind him of them. He’s a creep.

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  • Lumbar Spine
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:16pm

    Let‘s see if Limbaugh gets to keep his wife who is reportedly upset over his commentary about women and the chilly reception she’s been getting among her friends. Which wife is this…number four? I think she’s in the option year of her contract anyway…

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    • kangaroo
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:20pm

      Link to this story please

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    • Face...Palm
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:31pm

      …trololololo… Is that you Eduard Khil?

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    • skippy6
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:34pm

      Lumbar Spine with no balls…..

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:54pm

      poor poor spiney
      Lonely little troll. The sad part is he could fund himself for decades, and would still say no to certain affiliates and advertisers. Whatever happened to that lefty AirAmerica radio talk thingy?

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    • rs9
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:07pm

      Lame Ass Spineless
      These boycotts work both ways 22 million poeple will no longer buy the products of these companies and they are begging to get back on Rush. All of the companies that forgot why they advertise in the first place (to get access to customers) are suffering much more than Rush. Isn’t life grand you little creep!

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    • bigmel754
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:11pm

      LIMITED SPINE is more like it!

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    • Just_Us
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:33pm

      Spiny has no spouse, but it‘s hard to meet people living in your parent’s basement.

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    • killertofu
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 10:02am

      Lumbar SPine is reportedly a douche. It’s a report though…so it must be true.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:42pm

      Is that what you’ve resorted to now DUMBAR SPINE? Are you that bereft anything credible to offer? Go back to media matters champ..you’re hurting.

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  • mrsmileyface
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:13pm

    I love it how Rush makes the left go out of their collective minds. Besides Sandra Fluke is a slut. Facts are facts.

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    • ichepel
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:00pm

      MRSMILEYFACE, you are an impotent with small …

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    • Hickory
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:17pm

      If we have to pay her to have sex……… she is a prostitute by definition.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 5:32pm

      I’ve been listening to Rush since 1990 and have no intentions of leaving him now. If some of the advertisers choose to leave, go ahead, I won’t follow you bud, I’ll continue to follow Rush.

      At times Rush does say things I don’t agree with, but for the most part, he is fair, honest and usually right on target. And he explains so you can understand the situation (if you’ve been out of loop)
      So, to those who want to mess with Rush, just remember he has a vast audience who love him.

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  • Micah.Stone
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:08pm

    “Limbaugh defies liberal critics: Announces ratings leap on 600 stations ”
    …the Golden Rule of capitalism – give the people what they want – and PROSPER !!!

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  • jonhova
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:04pm

    The only thing Limbaugh has to fear is competition. Since my conservative friends and I have discovered Andrew Wilkow on Sirrius radio, who’s show runs 12 to 3 EST also, we just don’t listen to Rush anymore. I absolutely love the Wilkow Majority and have Sirrius just for The Patriot channel 125. Free market capitalism, not a bunch of dumb commies is the only thing that will ever do Rush in…check him out, he’s on GBTV a lot also.

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  • skiz
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:04pm

    You go Rush! Hey… a slut is a slut any way you slice it (no pun intended).

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    • ichepel
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:02pm

      And you are an impotent according to psychologists.

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    • ichepel
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:06pm

      Skiz, I feel sorry for you.

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    • Rob
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:56pm

      She is a liberal slut or ****…. pick your poison.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:01pm

    I pray all the time that more and more will come to listen to his program & MAYBE get englightened and see the folly of liberalism – which is great. I’ve heard many call in over the years saying they were hardened liberals and by some fluke (no, not the “woman” we are discussing) – came to listen to his show, found out that their lib friends were clueless and/or lying about him, got hooked and actually left. So it does happen – and if ever we need the most we can “recruit” the better asap.
    His last two shows have been spectacular about explaining how the libs think – well, don’t think actaully and how they really have everyone duped about their “superior” intelligence – this latest SC deal with Obamacare showed just how clueless & really not that smart at all. They aren’t really “educated” at college/schools – they’re just mainly indoctrinated with their ridiculous unrealistic utopian dreams which cannot “work”. He pointed out how much these people really don‘t know anything much at all about the constitution or the real world and don’t want to. It’s really frightening when you think of what kind of people have taken over so much and now ruling our country.
    And shame on all of us who let it happen.

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    • kangaroo
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:13pm

      Rush has also had a fairly clear head about the trayvon case.

      But Hannity was the best overall by far.

      We have other so called conserv am radio hosts in south florida and the west coast that need to be hit upside the noggin with a clue bat, cause they are no better than the NBP and now some other facts have come out they still haven’t changed their stance. I have done the american thing and changed the dial. will not listen to these people again

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:56pm

      Hey Mom, its nice that rush explained all those things to you. Saved you using your own brain.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:04pm

      @Seedy
      Not buying that at all. Why is liberalism a brain washing and conservatism just is? Why the need to indoctrinate members into leftyism? Usually those are tactics of despots, and well socialist of course. Hopefully, your mom still prays for you-

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:20pm

      @Mom

      I agree. “And shame on all of us who let it happen.”

      Media Matters and others of their type are bullies who play a bluff. But at the end of the day they are holding few cards. Call them and let the cards fall.

      Then give them a facecloth to wipe the egg off.

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  • Amica
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:00pm

    On a tighter leash? Limbaugh’s not on leash.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:53pm

    I’m at a loss regarding this supposed blow up. You mean to tell me a woman who had the gall to demand free contraceptives, because she can’t see to quit acting like a female cat in heat, or able to keep her knees together, got upset at being called a slut? Then what‘s the definition of a slut if it isn’t her?

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    • dtaglione
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:52pm

      What I don’t understand is…just about every liberal event is passing out condoms…So why do I have to pay for them.. Why isn’t she smart enough to get them whereever she partying..

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  • kangaroo
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:51pm

    What was really delicious was that bill mayer got most of the flak for less than favorable speech LMAO

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    • kangaroo
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:53pm

      Still requesting edit button
      Don’t give a rats that I spelt donkey noses name wrong

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  • Joisey
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:50pm

    God Bless Rush Limbaugh!

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:45pm

    Kudos to the ditto heads !

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  • Gunonesis
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:42pm

    Best show on radio, more fans than ever. Take no prisoners Rush, demmorhoids can’t handle the truth. Luv ya man!!

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  • kangaroo
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:40pm

    Everytime the left mentions him, tries to shut him down, it just makes more people tune in.

    When the white afro american president said you don’t need to listen to Rush It definately gave him more audience.

    When some righteous advertisers got punked by media matters and stopped advertising which hurt no one except themselves Rush got more audience

    Libs just keep doing the same thing trying to get a different result. Never works

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:40pm

    .
    You know Rush just makes them want to bang their heads on rock…..LMAO…….

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  • Locked
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:39pm

    Seems liberals forgot that -SHOCK!- liberals aren’t the ones listening to Limbaugh so of course their boycott would fail. The guy will be fine.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:00pm

      Closet listeners. Some call him all the time with their format already in hand. It makes my day to hear him lay waste to the libs that do muster enough cojones to call it. Priceless.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:09pm

      @LOCKED

      Wasn’t really a boycott Locked.

      It was a planned assault against him by trying to coerce his sponsors to drop him by using questionable tactics at best.

      Actually, a better description of ot would be an “asSAULt”. (A bit of alinsky humor there).

      But you are right………..He will be fine………probably better.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:32pm

      Sorry………..“it”……..not “ot”

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    • dtaglione
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

      You know…twenty years ago I couldn’t stand Rush. Today and almost every weekday I listen to him.
      I was a democrat back then..
      I grew up…wonder if any of the rest of the democrats will..

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:46pm

      Limbaugh is a $50 million a year concern and dominates talk radio with a huge audience. He makes people money. I never believed the left’s numbers about how many advertisers may have left Limbaugh…the numbers were media matters fabicrations..as usual. RIGHTSOFBILLY is correct, this was nothing more than a planned assault on Limbaugh by the rabid left. And it failed.

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  • C. Schwehr
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:36pm

    He’s a juggernaught, and the regressive party just got reminded of their lack of power when it comes to the legitimate meda.

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  • Drives Like Jehu
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:34pm

    libbies/progressives/pinkos/fascists/socialists/commies are at the very least bullies and in actuality are thugs and terrorists. They are of their father the devil whose agenda is the complete and total destruction of humanity (themselves included, which just shows how stupid they really are).

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    • Drives Like Jehu
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:39pm

      P.S. – I’m still not quite certain why Rush was lambasted for calling a slut a slut. (Thou shall not commit adultery; any unmarried woman requiring $1000 worth of contraceptives per year for her sex habit is a slut.)

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    • RobMac68
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:23pm

      yea, you might be able to label her a “slut’, but, if she is unmarried, I think what she is doing would be fornicating, not adultery.

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  • Canada_Goose
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:34pm

    Thank God!
    There is no better motivator for liberals to get elected to congress than Mr. Limbaugh.
    Case in point Ms. McCaskill (Missouri) and Mr. Webb (Virginia), both Democratic pick-ups in 2006 and both where long shots to win, but came through on election night partly due to Mr. Limbaugh’s on air comments.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:43pm

      There are millions of Canada Goose’s in the USA just struttin around parks, golf courses and other area’s, Just crappin all over America. It is about time to have open season on these avian crap slingers. But they probably taste stringy and sour. And you should refer to the most recent election. Hey??

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    • TheObamanation
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:49pm

      What was the name of Dudley Do-Right’s horse ?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:58pm

      Hey Goose,

      When you are all done spinning, and the dizziness subsides, would you let JZS know that he can pick his jaw up off the floor now.

      And tell him I feel real bad for him……….really.

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    • Canada_Goose
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:58pm

      Au contraire habibi, the Canada Goose is truly a magnificent creature This species ranges from 75 to 110 cm (30 to 43 in) in length and has a 127–185 cm (50–73 in) wingspan. They are monogamous, and most couples stay together all of their lives. If one dies, the other may find a new mate.

      May Alah’s praise be upon you habibi.

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    • Canada_Goose
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:01pm

      I belive it was “Horse”.

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    • go2mikerenzi
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:04pm

      2006??? how about 2010?

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    • Canada_Goose
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:20pm

      @ Billy
      Never had the pleasure of actually meeting JZS but I‘ve enjoyed reading his posts.
      I am not quite sure, what your crude reference is all about, but other than blowing a big fatty with him, I am not really that interested (not that there anything wrong with that).

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:58pm

      Cannuck goose is almost as good as tur-duck-in. Wrap enough bacon around a cannuck goose and it is just ok. I personally like to shoot cannuck gooses when in season with a handgun, more sporting than just blasting them out of the clear blue sky with a 3 1/2 mag. They do make a lot of racket, hmmm. Birds of a feather…

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:30pm

      @GOOSE

      Not quite sure what kind of stuff you are in to, but if you would kindly explain what part of my post you found to be “crude”, and why you found it to be so, maybe we could get a better look in to your “soul” so to speak.

      But truthfully, I’m a bit frightened to find out what you thought I meant.

      The spinning I was referring to was your trying to make lemonade out of the big lemon this whole episode turned out to be for you guys.

      My reference to JZS, and him picking his jaw up off the floor was in regards to the fact that his reading of this story had to be a monumental letdown for him. Seeing as he has been posting all over the Blaze recently about how the free market, and capitalism was going to destroy the man.

      Has to come as quite the blow to his psyche to see his visions of grandeur come crashing down like the Hindenburg. Oh the huge manatee.

      Anyway, by combining my replies to both you and him in to one post, I was downing 2 birds with one stone.

      Well, one of you is bird anyway. And as has been pointed out already by others, a very dirty, disgusting bird.

      Now, what was it that you found to be crude again?

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 9:30pm

      @13th
      Open season? Shouldn’t close it. They HAVE to be in violationof every EPA rule out there.

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    • Canada_Goose
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:29pm

      The reason I am referencing the 2006 election rather than 2010 is because the control of the Senate actually switched to the Democrats. The House was pretty much assumed to be lost for Republicans, however in order for the Democrats to win the Senate they had to win seats in Missouri, Montana, and Virginia which were all red states and long shots to elect Democratic senators.

      Thanks to Mr. Limbaugh and his attacks on Michael J. Fox and Jim Webb Democrats actually did the unthinkable and took control of the Senate.

      In 2010, despite the Tea Party wave the Senate did not change hands, partly due to the 2006 and 2008 Democratic gains and the GOP will be hard pressed to take control in 2012.

      So again a big thanks to Mr. Limbaugh – Dittos and keep doing what you’re doing!

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:37am

      Hey Goose,

      I see you have your finger up in the air.

      You must not have licked it first, because you sure don’t have good grasp on which way the political winds are blowing.

      And that’s just fine with me.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 7:43am

      THEOBAMANATION, LOL, Dudley Do-right’s horse was named Horse.

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  • kschmud
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:33pm

    While more than 100 advertisers told Premiere that they didn’t want to be associated with “controversial” radio programs of any kind in the wake of the flap, some of these companies weren’t regular Limbaugh sponsors in the first place.[...]

    Same thing happened to Glenn Beck I believe…the media claimed he was losing a bunch of sponsors…who were not really sponsors…

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  • drago
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:32pm

    Maybe soros and those at media matters will commit suicide after this news……..

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  • mccracken
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:31pm

    Asking for videotapes of Fluke was kind of creepy.

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  • Jayms
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Rush is awesome.

    And of COURSE Democrats want to limit free speech – who needs to think when the government can think FOR you?

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  • cessna152
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:28pm

    That reminds me, I need to subscribe to him…even if I don’t watch him I love listening to him!

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Two if by Tea .. is wonderful . .especially the Blueberry … yummy!

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  • crusaderx9
    Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:24pm

    God Bless Rush Limbaugh.

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