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trueblue2007

(17,186 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:16 PM Mar 2012

BOYCOTT RUSHLIMBAUGH SPONSORS

I will no longer purchase products from your company. Through your sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh you are supporting his degrading and disrespectful comments towards women. If in the future, you should choose to remove your sponsorship, I will once again purchase from your company. Today he he referred to a woman who testified before congress as a slut and that she should post videos of herself having sex on the web if taxpayers paid for Birth control.


HERE IS THE SPONSOR LIST

This is our current list of Rush Limbaugh advertisers as of 01/31/11. We have tried to keep our list updated as sponsors come and go but cannot guarantee the complete accuracy of this list.

ProFlowers
Email
Web contact form
Sales or Service: 1-800-580-2913
Phone: 800.580.2913

Sleep Train (Mattress Center)
4350 Warehouse Ct., Ste 100
North Highlands, CA 95660
Phone: (800) 919-2337
Fax: (866) 293-5719
Web contact form

eharmony
300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111
Pasadena, CA 91101
media@eharmony.com
Web contact form
Email
626.795.4814
FAX 626.585.4040

CARBONITE, Inc.
617-587-1100
177 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
david.friend@carbonite.com
Direct Dial Office: 617-587-1100 EXT:1115

Sleep Number Bed
Select Comfort Corporation
6105 Trenton Lane N
Minneapolis, MN 55442
Phone: 763-551-7000
Fax: 763-551-7826
800-438-2233
investorrelations@selectcomfort.com

Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
800-289-5888

Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone (800) 733-1110
(web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)

AutoZone Inc.
901-495-7185; Fax: 901-495-8374
P.O. Box 2198, Memphis, TN 38101
investor.relations@autozone.com

LegalZoom
800-773-0888; Fax: 323-962-8300
Site has a Web Form

Citrix Online (GoToMyPC)
6500 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117
Phone: 805-690-6400; Fax: 805-690-6471
info@citrixonline.com

American Forces Network
Contact Us: @MyAFN.net

Mission Pharmacal Company
10999 IH-10 West Suite 1000
P.O. Box 786099
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099
Telephone: (800) 531-3333
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager

Life Quotes, Inc.
32045 Castle Court
Evergreen, CO 80439
1-800-670-5433
info@lifequotes.com.au

Lending Tree
(704) 541-5351
Online Contact page

If you know of any other Limbaugh advertisers who should be on our list, you can send them to us. If we can't shut him up at least we can try and make his life less comfortable than it is now.

These companies were once on our list of Limbaugh advertisers but were removed when they stopped advertising on this program and/or for other valid reasons. You can view our list of former advertisers who were removed.

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Employers and other information you might find helpful:

Clear Channel Communications (parent company of Premiere Radio Networks, Inc.) 200 Basse Road San Antonio TX 78209 Phone 1-210-822-2828

Lowry Mays, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
LLowryMays@clearchannel.com

Mark Mays President and Chief Operating Officer
MarkPMays@clearchannel.com

Randall Mays, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer RandallTMays@clearchannel.com

Lisa Dollinger, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communication Public Relations lisacdollinger@clearchannel.com
pr@clearchannel.com

International Email

Advantage Website
www.clearchanneladvantage.com
Email - Lori Wellinghoff
Phone 1-REACH-OUT-70 (1-732-246-8870)

Radio Station Listing
Phone 1-210-822-2828

Premiere Radio Networks, Inc. (Rush's immediate employer)
15260 Ventura Blvd. 5th Floor
Sherman Oaks CA 91403
Kraig Kitchin http://www.premrad.com/

Members of the press, please contact: Amir Forester, 818-461-5404 aforester@premiereradio.com

Main: (818)377-5300 Fax: (818)377-5333 Toll Free: (800)533-8686

WBAL Radio (airs his show)
3800 Hooper Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
no website contacts found
Main Call-In Line 410-467-WBAL Toll Free
Call-In Line 800-767-WBAL
Antonen, Mel - mantonen@usatoday.com
News Department - news@wbal.com

Citadel Broadcasting Providence WPRO (airs his show) 1502 Wampanoag Trail East Providence, RI 02915 Business Phone: 401-433-4200 no website contacts found

List of stations that air him

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Contact Information:

Show Call-in Number 1-800-282-2882

Show Fax Number 1-212-563-9166

http://www.topplebush.com/boycott_rush.shtml

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BOYCOTT RUSHLIMBAUGH SPONSORS (Original Post) trueblue2007 Mar 2012 OP
Thank you. I've begun the emails. n/t Raven Mar 2012 #1
SLEEP COUNTRY and one other company has pulled their ads trueblue2007 Mar 2012 #59
Not just emails. LETTERS. PAPER LETTERS. Here's why: calimary Mar 2012 #79
Post removed Post removed May 2012 #87
Poster is no longer on DU. uppityperson May 2012 #88
if you think my letter is okay, can you let me know? trueblue2007 Mar 2012 #2
guy on CHRIS MATTHEWS JUST SAID.... THE WOMAN SHOULD BRING A SLANDER SUIT AGAINST RUSH trueblue2007 Mar 2012 #3
I said that yesterday Drale Mar 2012 #5
He propositioned her to pose nude IggleDoer Mar 2012 #22
Excellent! Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2012 #4
Done, below is the text of my e-mail sent to autozone denbot Mar 2012 #6
pro flowers mercuryblues Mar 2012 #7
Pro Flowers is also a sponsor Sean Hannity and Neal Boortz. RebelOne Mar 2012 #11
yeah but they also sponsor Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann Spock_is_Skeptical Mar 2012 #44
Good for the guy on the phone wryter2000 Mar 2012 #17
My e-mail phylny Mar 2012 #21
Thanks for that - I just emailed them. jillan Mar 2012 #23
Thanks mercuryblues Mar 2012 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author mercuryblues Mar 2012 #8
I have actually never used any of those companies. I don't believe my wife has either. madinmaryland Mar 2012 #9
Neither have I except for AutoZone. RebelOne Mar 2012 #12
BIG K&R!! n/t Segami Mar 2012 #10
Oh, the irony of eHarmony being a sponsor. CBHagman Mar 2012 #13
eHarmony was started by some Focus on the Family quack pstokely Mar 2012 #41
Local Boycotts Get More Attention... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #14
Done. Thanks! Ship of Fools Mar 2012 #15
Thank you. Will do. (nt) enough Mar 2012 #16
I just called Oreck and I spoke to a sympathetic guy who said he's been taking calls all night. Walk away Mar 2012 #18
+100 Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #27
Mission Pharmacal Company has quite the line of products for women. savannah43 Mar 2012 #19
Found a number for reporting "adverse events." 1.800.298.1087. savannah43 Mar 2012 #20
The eharmony address is bouncing back as unable to deliver triguy46 Mar 2012 #24
re: BOYCOTT RUSHLIMBAUGH SPONSORS allan01 Mar 2012 #25
WBAL radio no longer airs Lush Mike in Baltimore Mar 2012 #49
thank you! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #26
I'm ALSO Boycotting Rush Limbaugh and his SPONSORS!!!! All4EqualAmericans Mar 2012 #28
This needs kicked. mick063 Mar 2012 #29
Cabot Cheese also, but i disagree on a national strategy. boycott LOCAL sponsors, the stations... certainot Mar 2012 #30
You should get in contact with student groups and alumni associations of those Universities pstokely Mar 2012 #42
bump SpartanDem Mar 2012 #32
Could we get this list pinned to the top of General Discussion? PA Democrat Mar 2012 #33
Not one cent. Octafish Mar 2012 #34
On MSNBC a few minutes ago: Sleep Train (Mattress Center) is pulling all of their ads from his show jenmito Mar 2012 #35
Just sent an email to Sleep Number Beds EnviroBat Mar 2012 #36
Another Male Boycotting! meeksgeek Mar 2012 #37
Autozone is one I can do right now aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #38
Great. My flurry of emails is on their way...n/t NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #39
Done Hutzpa Mar 2012 #40
response from Lending Tree UpInArms Mar 2012 #43
K&R Lebam in LA Mar 2012 #45
another boycott petition warrior1 Mar 2012 #46
I made the call to AutoZone - Best # at the Advertising Dept is: 901-495-7123 vkkv Mar 2012 #47
AFN mercuryblues Mar 2012 #48
Thanks! cilla4progress Mar 2012 #50
I'm on it. Lone_Star_Dem Mar 2012 #51
Also, just got an email from DKos cilla4progress Mar 2012 #52
Link to DKos petition? aquart Mar 2012 #55
Anyone calling a sponsor Mike in Baltimore Mar 2012 #53
Sleep Number Bed aquart Mar 2012 #54
Someone post the local advertisers pstokely Mar 2012 #56
I'm already boycotting them, apparently SemperEadem Mar 2012 #57
sign petition @ www.boycottrush.org But the site is swamped. nolabear Mar 2012 #58
Years ago I started boycotting Overstock.com and still do just1voice Mar 2012 #60
Boycott Rush sponsors - Lending Tree HelaineR Mar 2012 #61
Check your bottle. Citrical is made by Bayer lavenderT Mar 2012 #80
I do business with AutoZone and just sent them an email madokie Mar 2012 #62
kick Enrique Mar 2012 #63
Reply from Carbonite meeksgeek Mar 2012 #64
Cabot's? Say it ain't so..... Red Mountain Mar 2012 #65
ProFlowers Contact Addresses and what I sent lisasmall Mar 2012 #66
Excellent Lisa! Welcome to DU. cbayer Mar 2012 #67
Thank you and welcome to DU uppityperson Mar 2012 #75
Boycott SMS142 Mar 2012 #68
RUSH advertisers - updates to contact info litzie100 Mar 2012 #69
Mission Pharma sponsorship of Rush HelaineR Mar 2012 #77
Mission Pharma sponsorship of Rush HelaineR Mar 2012 #81
Emails to sponsors america77 Mar 2012 #70
kick back to top Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #71
statement on Autozone site contact page Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #72
Will do, yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2012 #73
Remember to thank the companies which dropped Rush! Mimosa Mar 2012 #74
K + R deacon Mar 2012 #76
NOT Citrical, *CitraNatal* lavenderT Mar 2012 #78
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #82
Letterman didn't call Palin a slut. greyl Mar 2012 #83
Rush Limbaugh -- latest companies dropping him richardmyers Mar 2012 #84
Rush Limbaugh advertisers in Denver, Colorado (March 5) richardmyers Mar 2012 #85
Thanks for the list... skottidogg May 2012 #86
Current Rush Limbaugh Sponsor List McMyrphy9.0 Dec 2012 #89
Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #90
browser extension with stoprush.net data thinkcontext Jan 2013 #91

trueblue2007

(17,186 posts)
59. SLEEP COUNTRY and one other company has pulled their ads
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:23 PM
Mar 2012

the radio company should fire his big fat ass

calimary

(81,058 posts)
79. Not just emails. LETTERS. PAPER LETTERS. Here's why:
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 05:45 PM
Mar 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002374653

MOST RIGHTEOUS thread on DU today! I've been sharing it everywhere I can think of!

Contains insights and concrete action suggestions from a former radio insider. I know these work, because I'm a former radio insider and I saw this for myself.

Response to Raven (Reply #1)

trueblue2007

(17,186 posts)
2. if you think my letter is okay, can you let me know?
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:20 PM
Mar 2012

it doesn't need to be long. i'm so upset, it's hard for me to concentrate

trueblue2007

(17,186 posts)
3. guy on CHRIS MATTHEWS JUST SAID.... THE WOMAN SHOULD BRING A SLANDER SUIT AGAINST RUSH
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:21 PM
Mar 2012

said she would win MILLIONS!!


GO FOR IT LADY

Drale

(7,932 posts)
5. I said that yesterday
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:23 PM
Mar 2012

SHE STOLE THE IDEA FROM ME!!! lol jk She should though, sue him for everything he has.

IggleDoer

(1,186 posts)
22. He propositioned her to pose nude
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 10:06 PM
Mar 2012

He should be arrested. Since he was on the air, the FCC should step in.

denbot

(9,897 posts)
6. Done, below is the text of my e-mail sent to autozone
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:41 PM
Mar 2012


You advertise on Rush Limbaugh's radio program. This last week he as twice called a woman a slut and prostitute because she was scheduled to testify at a congressional hearing. That was the last straw. I will no longer tolerate those companies that subsidize such outrageous behavior.

It is regretful because the Autozone near my house (The one on Hawthorne Blvd in Hawthorne CA), has always either carried what I need, or has in ready for pick up in one or two days. The price points are fair, but there is more to life then expense and convenience. As long as your company continues to advertise with that hateful blowhard, I will take my business elsewhere. One customer won't make a difference, but I'm not alone.
Sincerely,
xxxxxx
310 xxxxxxx
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

mercuryblues

(14,519 posts)
7. pro flowers
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 06:43 PM
Mar 2012

I just called the number and let them know that flowers are the number one gift women recieve for special occasions. For as long as they sponsor of Limbaughs show, I will not be ordering flowers from them. He called a young woman a slut and a prostitute the other day because she testified before congress. Today, he stated that she should post sex videos on the web, if she wants to use BC.

The guy on the phone agreed with me and gave me this email:

wecare@customercare.proflowers.com.

I suggest hitting the phone and email.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
11. Pro Flowers is also a sponsor Sean Hannity and Neal Boortz.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 07:12 PM
Mar 2012

That's all the more reason to boycott them.

Spock_is_Skeptical

(1,491 posts)
44. yeah but they also sponsor Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:05 PM
Mar 2012

and Marc Maron's WTF podcast.

To name a few.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
17. Good for the guy on the phone
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 08:50 PM
Mar 2012

I also e-mailed them at that number. I signed up with them as a fan of Al Franken's. That's how long it's been. Every year, they send flowers to my s-i-l. I told them that's at an end if they don't stop sponsoring Limbaugh.

Business is business, but this is a whole different thing.

phylny

(8,366 posts)
21. My e-mail
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 09:54 PM
Mar 2012

I have always enjoyed flowers from ProFlowers, but I have learned that you advertise on Rush Limbaugh's radio program. This week, he called a woman who testified regarding birth control a "slut" and said she should post sex videos of herself.

As a woman, as a PERSON, I am disgusted with his statements and views. Therefore, as long as you continue to pay him to state these views, I will neither order from nor recommend your company.

mercuryblues

(14,519 posts)
31. Thanks
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 09:59 AM
Mar 2012

The reason i suggested calling and writting is that the guy on the phone said he would definitely be lodging this complaint. Then he suggested I also email. I interpreted that as a double whammy.

Today I am going after the American Forces radio. This really pisses me off. Women make up 14% of enlisted soldiers and 16% of commissioned officers. By airing limbaugh's show, they are in essence calling their active duty women sluts and prostitutes, who should be making porn for the internet.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/12/22/women-in-the-u-s-military-growing-share-distinctive-profile/

Response to trueblue2007 (Original post)

CBHagman

(16,980 posts)
13. Oh, the irony of eHarmony being a sponsor.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 07:14 PM
Mar 2012

Isn't that the one that's choosy with applicants? Given Limbaugh's multiple failed marriages, it seems a bit rich for them to sign on with him, especially with their message of finding true (and stable) love.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
14. Local Boycotts Get More Attention...
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 07:15 PM
Mar 2012

Firstly...the information about Cheap Channel is out of date...the Mayes are no longer in control of the day-to-day of the corporation. Bob Pitman is the current CEO and it's Bain Capital (surprise, surprise) that control the purse strings of not only the corporation but Premier, the subsidiary that distributes rushbo's bile.

If you want to make real headaches...go local. Listen (if you dare) to the station's local commercial breaks and find out which advertisers are having their ads placed there. Then politely go to that business (in person always gets a lot more respect and positive response over a phone call and 10000 times more than an email) and tell the owner/manager how you'd love to do business with them but not as long as they advertise and support such venom. If the manager is unaware then politely explain how you heard their ad...my bets are most of these advertisers are not aware their spots are running on this bilefest and they'll be on the phone to a very nervous station sales or general manager in a hurry. From one who knows...nothing gets a station manager's attention than a pissed off advertiser...

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
18. I just called Oreck and I spoke to a sympathetic guy who said he's been taking calls all night.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 09:26 PM
Mar 2012

He said that he's been recording them all and he hopes that they stop advertising with him. I was so upset when I called Proflowers I started to cry and they were very nice and waited until I could pull myself together to take my message.
I sent out a few emails and left a mssg at Clearchannel.

I have two nieces who are college age and it actually feels like someone violated them.

savannah43

(575 posts)
19. Mission Pharmacal Company has quite the line of products for women.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 09:37 PM
Mar 2012

Talk about hypocrites. I think their choices are more than clear--withdraw sponsorship for Rush or lose business from many women. They only have an area code 201 phone number for contacting them on their website.

allan01

(1,950 posts)
25. re: BOYCOTT RUSHLIMBAUGH SPONSORS
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 10:42 PM
Mar 2012

howdi . I just enterd wbals callsigns into ask and came up with a web page for them
http://www.wbal.com/

49. WBAL radio no longer airs Lush
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:42 PM
Mar 2012

WBAL ceased broadcasting the Lush Rimbaugh show several years ago. It is now on WCBM radio. The phone number I found was local: 410 580 6800 (if anyone has a toll free number, please post it).

Warning: If you call WCBM, and press '0' for the operator, be prepared to speak to a very foul mouthed male (I was told by that individual to "---- off", for example).

28. I'm ALSO Boycotting Rush Limbaugh and his SPONSORS!!!!
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:45 AM
Mar 2012

I'm DONE with Rush Limbaugh AND his sponsors!!!

I will NOT buy ANYTHING from his sponsors until they drop him. Rush needs to step into the the modern age instead of pushing 15th century outdated ethics by attempting to push HIS SPECIFIC religion into our government as an attempt to attack women and their personal health choices.

His slanderous words are COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE in calling a woman a slut for simply testifying on the importance of contraception for prevention of serious health issues, as well as family planning...both very personal issues between a man and a woman, and a very personal choice for a woman's right to PROTECT HER OWN BODY.

Here's the news Rush.....

In the United States of America, we're NOT all Catholics, therefore, we should NOT be forced to follow their outdated and unfounded beliefs that contraception is 'evil'. Women NEED contraception for prevention and protection of their own body and health. Taking the pill, or using condoms, does NOT make someone a 'slut ' or a prostitute as what Rush Limbaugh claims.

Let's call a spade a spade here....Rush is attempting to dilute Separation of Church and State, and he is clearly oblivious of what our country stands for...EQUAL LIBERTY AND PROTECTION of ALL AMERICANS...not just white, rich, Christian/Catholic men. (In fact, 20% of the country has no religious affiliation AT ALL, and women outnumber men in our country).

How can Rush Limbaugh blatantly dismiss ALL THE OTHER religious views who ACCEPT CONTRACEPTION and ACCEPT A WOMAN'S RIGHT to choose what is best for her own body in accordance with doctor's advice, and the non-religious AND religious women who NEED contraception to prevent health issues? It's clear that Rush ASSUMES everyone MUST be Christian, specifically Catholic. In other words, he is flat out delusional, and should be REMOVED FROM THE AIR!!!

 

mick063

(2,424 posts)
29. This needs kicked.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:07 AM
Mar 2012


It shouldn't stop with just Rush Limbaugh.

The OneMillionMoms organization is crazy in every way except one. They are smart to use consumer activism in a consumer based economy. With a bad message, it is weak and pitiful (see JCP/Ellen). Put in the hands of a properly representative populist movement, such tactics prove very effective.

Reward companys that align with your philosophy including how they treat their employees. Punish companys that violate your belief system.

If you worked for a company that sponsored Rush Limbaugh, what would you suppose their view on appropriate worker compensation might be?
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
30. Cabot Cheese also, but i disagree on a national strategy. boycott LOCAL sponsors, the stations...
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:16 AM
Mar 2012

the stations need the local sponsors to pay overhead and salaries. there is probably a long list of reserve sponsors in waiting - R biz owners who love limbaugh.

also, many of those in your list also sponsor prog radio.
IMO don't punish sponsors that spread to progressive even though it's prob a lot less. prog radio needs all the help they can get as long as they're up against a monopoly.

pressure the stations and pressure the universities ( https://sites.google.com/site/universitiesforrushlimbaugh/ )that endorse limbaugh by broadcasting sports on those stations until they have to offer balance or get out of RW talk.

and boycott ALL sponsors of his radio stations, whether they're on during his show or not.

it's easy and fun to listen to him for a few minutes here and there and get numbers of local sponsors. or smaller national sponsors like Cabot Cheese.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
33. Could we get this list pinned to the top of General Discussion?
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:06 PM
Mar 2012

Would be helpful to those who want to support the boycott.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
34. Not one cent.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:08 PM
Mar 2012

None who support that greedy warmongering child molester are worth even a single electron.

jenmito

(37,326 posts)
35. On MSNBC a few minutes ago: Sleep Train (Mattress Center) is pulling all of their ads from his show
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:14 PM
Mar 2012

which they tweeted: "THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN. WE ARE CURRENTLY PULLING ALL OF OUR ADS WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH."

EnviroBat

(5,290 posts)
36. Just sent an email to Sleep Number Beds
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:21 PM
Mar 2012

I told them that we were considering one of their mattresses until I learned that they advertised on the Rush Scumbag show and that we would NOT be doing business with them.

meeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
37. Another Male Boycotting!
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:41 PM
Mar 2012

Actually two, my Dad also agreed with me. So far we've contacted AutoZone, Cabot, Oreck, ProFlowers, and Carbonite. We've both had a problem with Limbaugh for years but this time he is talking about the women in our lives. My wife, my Mom (my Dad's wife), my sister. Where I come from, these are fighting words.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
38. Autozone is one I can do right now
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:50 PM
Mar 2012

I was planning on going there for motor oil and a filter for my 1973 Saab. I'll call the local franchise and let them know. Maybe big corporate headquarters won't take one letter seriously, but I know a single store will pay attention to one regular customer, and hopefully let headquarters hear about it.

UpInArms

(51,279 posts)
43. response from Lending Tree
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:04 PM
Mar 2012

"LendingTree is not a current paid advertiser of the Rush Limbaugh program. We understand the customer feedback and concern regarding comments recently made by Rush Limbaugh on the program. However, we are not a sponsor and have no plans to sponsor the program in the future.

Thank you for your interest and concern."

Lebam in LA

(1,344 posts)
45. K&R
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:06 PM
Mar 2012

Have only used ProFlowers so sent them email and called. Sent email to SleepNumber because I have been looking at their beds to replace mine. I was so looking forward to a new bed too..sigh

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
47. I made the call to AutoZone - Best # at the Advertising Dept is: 901-495-7123
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:21 PM
Mar 2012

I made the call to AutoZone - Best # at the Advertising Dept is: 901-495-7123 for Tracey Houston in Memphis or 901-435-6126 receptionist.

This is essentially what I said::

How can you ever support and ADVERTISE on such a digusting, anti-American, UNPATRIOTIC person's radio show. This is not about freedom of speech, this is about a radio personality's blatant falsehoods and repeated racist remarks over the years. Haven't we all heard enough to know that Rush Limbaugh is NOT the voice of mainstream America? His voice is of the extreme and his main goal is to get rich by saying anything that will fuel hate and frustration by pointing the finger at innocents. That is not the America we want to live in.

mercuryblues

(14,519 posts)
48. AFN
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:38 PM
Mar 2012

Rush Limbaugh stated on his February 28, 2012 radio show that a young female law student, Sandra Fluke, is a “slut and a prostitute” after she testified to congress on birth control issues. Just yesterday he stated that she and all other women who use birth control should now post sex videos on the internet. His words, carried on the AFR, implied that every woman who uses birth control is a slut and a prostitute who should be making and posting pornographic material on the internet. (Of course, he did not use the word women, he used his favorite term for women, “feminazi.&quot

For the AFR to continue to air his show is essentially agreeing with him. Is this the message you want the women in service to our country to hear?


These types of comments are not a onetime thing with Limbaugh, he has a long history of displaying disrespect and abuse towards women. On the “ass-ets” of a sports reporter: “She knows she has ass-ets. … Boob-alicious, booty-licious, whatever you want to call it, she’s got it.”

Another time: "Some of these babes, I'm telling you, like the sexual harassment crowd. They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes."

He has referred to Hillary Clinton as the “Sextatary of State.”

So I ask you, is my daughter a “slut," “prostitute,” or “boob- alicious?” Just as important, is YOUR daughter also one? Allowing his show to continue to run on AFR is telling women everywhere you approve of how Limbaugh speaks about women.

Is this the message you want to send to 14 – 16% of your active duty personnel? That you agree with Limbaugh and they are mere sluts? Is this the message that you want to send to the men in the military? Women are nothing more than prostitutes for their amusement. I would hope not. If you continue to air his program that is exactly what the message you are approving of.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
51. I'm on it.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:43 PM
Mar 2012

I was gone yesterday when this was announced, but better late than never.

Thank you for posting the list.

cilla4progress

(24,703 posts)
52. Also, just got an email from DKos
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:44 PM
Mar 2012

to sign a petition to send to all his advertisers. Nice quick way to do, too!

Time to get this misogynistic slime off the air once and for all!

53. Anyone calling a sponsor
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 02:50 PM
Mar 2012

and the person who responds to your phone call is a female (especially if the person is a stranger to you), consider asking that person if it's OK for you to call them a slut or prostitute. Then explain that is how Lush Rimbaugh described a woman he had never met, never had a discussion with, etc.

Doing that just might make the point a bit clearer to the person you are talking to.

aquart

(69,014 posts)
54. Sleep Number Bed
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 03:20 PM
Mar 2012

Subject line: Do you think only prostitutes sleep in your beds?

Body: Rush Limbaugh does.

Any woman who uses birth control is a prostitute to Rush.

What does that make the men who sleep in your beds? Johns?

What kind of company sponsors a man who believes all women who use birth control are prostitutes?

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
57. I'm already boycotting them, apparently
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 03:41 PM
Mar 2012

because I use none of these businesses... and I will keep to that tack.

 

just1voice

(1,362 posts)
60. Years ago I started boycotting Overstock.com and still do
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:30 PM
Mar 2012

They used to have Limpballs ads on their website. I contacted them to complain and they responded angrily and said they didn't have any control over their advertisers, lol.

HelaineR

(3 posts)
61. Boycott Rush sponsors - Lending Tree
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:54 PM
Mar 2012

Lending Tree's new script: We are not actively advertising on Rush, and that they couldn't understand why they were being bombarded. I said that LT was on a list, and I would give her the address so they could get in touch with you if the listing was in error. She said: I wouldn't...wouldn't...give..." I said, "You mean, you wouldn't give them the satisfaction of actually communicating." Then, I asked what was meant by "actively" advertising? Response that she didn't know but everyone was in meetings over uproar. So keep on with those messages. If they're holding meetings, who knows what's next!

Called, e-mailed and wrote everyone on the list, especially Mission Pharma, which manufactures Citrical, which is something I actually buy...and will not after this.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
62. I do business with AutoZone and just sent them an email
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 05:08 PM
Mar 2012

I sent them an email a few months back when rush the hun made one of his gaffes back then and got a reply that they didn't buy advertisement time on his show and that if I heard one of their commercials on his show it was in error. Anyways I sent them off another email voicing my disdain and asking point blank if they're in fact sponsoring his show. When and or if I get a reply I'll post it in its entirety in GD.
I got a reply within an hour the last time, we'll see about today.
peace

meeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
64. Reply from Carbonite
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 06:32 PM
Mar 2012

I received this email from a representative of Carbonite a short while ago:

"Over the past two days we have received a tremendous amount of feedback on Rush Limbaugh’s recent comments. I too am offended and very concerned about his comments. Limbaugh’s remarks have us rethinking our future use of talk radio.

We use more than 40 talk show hosts to help get the Carbonite message out to the public. The nature of talk radio is that from time to time listeners are offended by a host and ask that we pull our advertising. This goes for conservatives like Limbaugh and progressives like Stephanie Miller and Ed Shultz. We even get customers who demand that we pull the plug on NPR. As an advertiser, we do not have control over a show’s editorial content or what they say on air. Carbonite does not endorse the opinions of the shows or their hosts.

However, the outcry over Limbaugh is the worst we’ve ever seen. I have scheduled a face-to-face meeting next week with Limbaugh during which I will impress upon him that his comments were offensive to many of our customers and employees alike."

Red Mountain

(1,725 posts)
65. Cabot's? Say it ain't so.....
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 06:45 PM
Mar 2012

Hi,

I love your cheese. Really love it. Best reasonably priced cheddar on the market. I sincerely hope you do not buy ad time during the Rush Limbaugh show on any station, anywhere.

I'd appreciate a response. If you continue to support Mr. Limbaugh with your advertising dollars I will feel compelled to point out your association with his more controversial comments on a local level. His comments are unacceptable as is your continuing association with him. Free speech doesn't come without responsibility for that speech.

Again, I would appreciate a response.

Thanks,

Red Mountain

lisasmall

(1 post)
66. ProFlowers Contact Addresses and what I sent
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 08:00 PM
Mar 2012

For direct email, use
wecare@customercare.ProFlowers.com

To use the webform (put question marks in the blank for order number)
http://www.proflowers.com/ContactUs.aspx?ref=homenoref

I have bought flowers from you in the past, most recently for my father-in-law.

A lot of women like to order flowers for special times.

EVERY accurately-informed woman, and every man who has ever loved any woman, is offended by the way Rush Limbaugh slandered the woman from Georgetown who testified about ovarian cancer being treated by birth control pills.

He called her a "slut" and a "prostitute." Why do you sponsor this man? Do you think any woman who testifies before Congress should be called a "slut"?

Please drop your sponsorship, and do so very publicly. His audience is 72% male -- you can reach that demographic elsewhere. Don't sponsor this woman-hater. I can't order from you if you are going to use my dollars to support misogyny.

Lisa Small
(hometown)

SMS142

(1 post)
68. Boycott
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 09:03 PM
Mar 2012

I just looked at Rush's website and these advertisers are still listed:

LifeLock
AOL TechGuru
MyWireless.org

Email them and let them know what you think.

In addition he has both a facebook page and Apple app. Let those companies know what we think of their enabling hate speech against women.

litzie100

(1 post)
69. RUSH advertisers - updates to contact info
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 09:04 PM
Mar 2012

Below are updates for Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers contact information that should be added to the info on
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002369972

Mission Pharmacal Company
Media Relations Information
Drew Deeter
DEETER Strategic Public Relations
111 East Court Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
215.348.3890
drew@deeterusa.com

AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK
Contact emails for American Forces Network policy and advertising:
afrtops1@dma.mil, rtpo@dma.mil

INFO OBTAINED FROM:
http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil/page.asp?pg=\gen_info\aboutbc

HelaineR

(3 posts)
77. Mission Pharma sponsorship of Rush
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 07:25 AM
Mar 2012

reminder that Mission Pharma owns the Citrical brand of calcium, a product this grandma has purchased for years for bone strengthening. Make sure your moms and grandmoms learn how to contact Mission. There are competitors to Citracal (calcium citrate).

HelaineR

(3 posts)
81. Mission Pharma sponsorship of Rush
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 04:07 AM
Mar 2012

I'm wrong! Bayer, not Mission, markets Citrical. Maybe your brain gets fuzzy after being on statins so long!

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
72. statement on Autozone site contact page
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 10:13 PM
Mar 2012

AutoZone has recently received several inquiries regarding our advertising policy. It is AutoZone's policy to not advertise with any politically focused personalities or shows.

lavenderT

(2 posts)
78. NOT Citrical, *CitraNatal*
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 05:37 PM
Mar 2012

The list says that Citrical is produced by Mission Ph.
I checked their web site AND my medicine cabinet.

CITRICAL is produced by Bayer, who are not on the list.

Mission produces lots of other things, including "CitraNatal", but not Citrical.

Please correct this!!
(We don't need to bug the wrong people

Response to trueblue2007 (Original post)

greyl

(22,990 posts)
83. Letterman didn't call Palin a slut.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:32 PM
Mar 2012

He said "Sarah Palin should update her slutty air stewardess look."
I spotted that as a Letterman fan, but wonder if any of your other listed items are inaccurate and overblown.

I think you might not be aware of the extent of Rush's attacks on Ms Fluke.

Feb. 29, 2012:

1) “testifies she's having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills and she agrees that Obama should provide them, or the Pope”
2) “they're having so much sex they can't afford the birth control pills!”
3) “essentially says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.”
4) “Sandra Fluke. So much sex going on, they can't afford birth control pills.”

March 1, 2012:

5) “You'd call 'em a slut, a prostitute”
6) “she's having so much sex”
7) “are having so much sex that they’re going broke”
8) “they want to have sex any time, as many times and as often as they want, with as many partners as they want”
9) “the sexual habits of female law students at Georgetown”
10) “are having so much sex that they’re going broke”
11) “having so much sex that it's hard to make ends meet”
12) “four out of every ten co-eds are having so much sex that it's hard to make ends meet”
13) “Now, what does that make her? She wants us to buy her sex.”
14) “to pay for these co-eds to have sex”
15) “she and her co-ed classmates are having sex nearly three times a day for three years straight, apparently these deadbeat boyfriends or random hookups that these babes are encountering here, having sex with nearly three times a day”
16) “Therefore we are paying her to have sex. Therefore we are paying her for having sex.”
17) “Have you ever heard of not having sex so often?”
18) “Ms. Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal: If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. And I'll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.”
19) “we want something in return, Ms. Fluke: And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we are getting for our money.”
20) “'If we're paying for this, it makes these women sluts, prostitutes.' And what else could it be?”
21) “essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right?”
22) “I'm having sex so damn much, I'm going broke.”
23) “She's having so much sex that she's going broke! There's no question about her virtue.”
24) “having so much sex she's going broke at Georgetown Law.”
25) “Here's a woman exercising no self-control. The fact that she wants to have repeated, never-ending, as often as she wants it sex -- given.”
26) “She's having so much sex it's amazing she can still walk, but she made it up there.”
27) “Maybe they're sex addicts.”
28) “to pay for her to have sex all the time.”
29) “she wants the rest of us to pay for her sex.”
30) “She wants all the sex that she wants all the time paid for by the rest of us.”
31) “Here this babe goes before Congress and wants thousands of dollars to pay for her sex.”
32) “a woman who is happily presenting herself as an immoral, baseless, no-purpose-to-her-life woman.”
33) “She wants all the sex in the world, whenever she wants it, all the time.”
34) “If this woman wants to have sex ten times a day for three years, fine and dandy.”
35) “to provide women from Georgetown Law unlimited, no-consequences sex.”
36) “so she can have unlimited, no-consequences sex.”
37) “You want to have all the sex you want all day long, no consequences, no responsibility for your behavior”
38) “The woman wants unlimited, no-responsibility, no-consequences sex, and she wants it with contraceptives paid for by us.”

March 2, 2012:

39) "she's having so much sex, she can't afford her birth control pills anymore.”
40) “she's having so much sex, she can't pay for it -- and we should.”
41) “She's having so much sex, she can't afford it.”
42) “this, frankly hilarious claim that she's having so much sex (and her buddies with her) that she can't afford it.”
43) “And not one person says, 'Well, did you ever think about maybe backing off the amount of sex that you have?'”
44) “Does she have more boyfriends? Ha! They're lined up around the block.”
45) "It was Sandra Fluke who said that she was having so much sex, she can't afford it.”
46) “By her own admission, in her own words, Sandra Fluke is having so much sex that she can't afford it.”
47) “they're having a lot of sex for which they need a lot of contraception.”
48) “Her sex life is active and she's having sex so frequently that she can't afford all the birth control pills that she needs.”
49) “who admits to having so much sex that she can't afford it anymore.”
50) “she's having so much sex, she can't pay for it.”
51) “As frequently as she has sex and to not be pregnant, she's obviously succeeding in contraception.”
52) “Ms. Fluke, asserts her right to free contraceptive, to handle her sex life -- and it's, by her own admission, quite active.”

UPDATE: added thanks to your comments,
53) "Ms. Fluke, who bought your condoms in junior high? Who bought your condoms in the sixth grade, or your contraception?"

richardmyers

(71 posts)
84. Rush Limbaugh -- latest companies dropping him
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 03:06 PM
Mar 2012

Advertisers confirming that they have dropped Rush Limbaugh --

Quicken Loans
Sleep Number
The Sleep Train
Legal Zoom
Citrix
GoToMeeting
Carbonite
Pro Flowers
AOL
Vitacost
*Allstate
Heart & Body Extract
Bonobos
*Sears
*Oreck Vacuum Cleaners
Sensa Weight Loss
Good Will
Apple Vacations
*Kmart
Bare Escentuals
*Century 21
*Deere & Co.
*Mission Pharmacal
*Mid-West Life Insurance
Hadeed Carpet
ServiceMagic
*Polycom
ThompsonCreekWindows
Dr. Rob & Dr. Deb
StVincents MedCenter
Cascades Dental


* these companies deny intentional advertising with Rush Limbaugh

Geico claims to have dropped Rush in 2004, and says it is dismayed that two of its ads ran on Rush on Monday


Radio stations dropping Rush Limbaugh --

KPUA AM Hawaii
1420 AM WBEC Pittsfield, Massachusetts

richardmyers

(71 posts)
85. Rush Limbaugh advertisers in Denver, Colorado (March 5)
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 03:08 PM
Mar 2012

Partial list of advertisers noted on the Rush Limbaugh show on Monday, March 5, in Denver:

Comcast Business Class 800-391-3000 http://www.comcastbusinessoffers.com/

Venture Card from Capitol One http://www.capitalone.com/creditcards/products/browse-all/rewards/

Safe Ship 303-221-1010 http://www.safeshipstores.com/centennialpacknship.htm

Neighborhood Law Office 303-302-1000 http://www.neighborhoodlawoffice.com/

Cordell and Cordell http://www.cordellcordell.com

HP Folio Ultrabooks notebook computers http://www8.hp.com/us/en/home.html

PM American Financing 303-695-7000 http://www.americanfinancing.net/

Good Feet Store http://www.goodfeet.com/ (search for "Good Feet Store" on Facebook)

Ford F series trucks http://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/ http://www.facebook.com/fordtrucks?sk=wall

Dunright Custom Cabinetry 303-722-2295 http://www.dunritekitchens.com/

Whole Foods http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ (search for "Whole Foods" on Facebook)

Lear Capital 1-800-957-4653 http://www.learcapital.com/

Slimgenics http://www.slimgenics.com http://www.facebook.com/slimgenics?sk=wall

Joy's Consigned Furnishings 303-757-7269 http://www.joysconsignedfurnishings.com http://www.facebook.com/joysconsigned?sk=wall

Mountain Streams Medical Center 303-469-7300 http://www.mountainstreamsmedical.com/

Greiner Electric 303-470-9702 http://www.greinerelectric.com/home/index.html

Hillsdale College http://www.hillsdaleoffer.com/rush http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hillsdale-Colleges-Constitution-101/304600892905134?ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hillsdale-College/112725782075207

thinkcontext

(1 post)
91. browser extension with stoprush.net data
Sat Jan 19, 2013, 02:00 PM
Jan 2013

Sorry for being so late to this thread, this is a shameless (though relevant) plug for the browser extension, ThinkContext. It inserts progressive information (including data from stoprush.net) into your web browsing. As far as Rush goes, at the moment it inserts an icon next to Google search results for Rush sponsors. The idea is as you go on about your normal everyday web browsing, the extension lets you know when one of the companies you encounter advertises on Rush.

Other features include letting you know about green businesses and unionized hotels in similar ways, as well as mainstream news articles linked to from progressive blogs.

Hope this sounds interesting, you can check it out at http://www.thinkcontext.org/

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