Comments on: BEGINNING OF THE END FOR RUSH?

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:21:36 +0000

TAC: "Rush and the GOP: A Mutually Abusive Relationship" Steve Kornacki calls attention to the downsides of the Republican Party adopting Limbaugh as its mascot and revisits the history: After being shredded on-air by Limbaugh over the tax hike he signed, George H.W. Bush invited him to the White House in June 1992, and made a show of carrying his bags to the Lincoln bedroom for him. When the GOP won the House in 1994, the party’s 73 freshmen members invited Limbaugh to their orientation dinner, where they honored him as a “majority maker.” He hosted Bob Dole on his show in 1996, beat the drums exhaustively for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and even admitted in the later years of W’s presidency that he’d been carrying water for congressional Republicans. And when he’s stepped over the line in recent years, Republicans have been painfully hesitant to take issue with him — and when they have, they’ve often ended up apologizing to him. The results of this courtship have been degrading for all concerned: the party, the host, his listeners, and voters. ............................ Now the party is embarrassed by his slut-talk, when it ought to be embarrassed about lusting after him in the first place. Limbaugh, for his part, long ago divorced conservatism to become the GOP establishment’s trophy. [....] Read: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2012/...

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:43:46 +0000

CBS News: "Will Limbaugh's show outlast firestorm?"Nearly 30 corporate sponsors have now pulled advertising from Limbaugh's show. At least two radio stations have dropped his program altogether.On Monday, Limbaugh remarked to his audience, "They've decided they don't want you or your business anymore. So be it."The backlash has been driven by social media, such as a Facebook campaign urging a boycott of Limbaugh's sponsors.Limbaugh has faced backlashes and boycotts before. But not like this.The question is whether his show can survive the firestorm. [….]Read: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505266_162-57392189/w…Honestly, I think Rush's show will survive this firestorm…but NOT without a price.I couls be wrong(?) but I think even the powerful Rush Limbaugh has finally crossed a line in attacking Ms. Fluke (a decent and civil young law school student) in such a personal and vicious way _and he did so over a period of 3 DAYS. The majority of his radio audience are SoCON men but even SoCON men have daughters, wives, sisters. I suspect that whatever the ACTUAL size of his audience, he'll soon see that number gradually decrease along with his eventual decline in power and influence over Repub politics.But in the meantime, the GOP has a HUGE *Limbaugh* problem on their hands. The GOP is inextricably linked to_and afraid of_Limbaugh. And, as I stated the other day, I believe the GOP's FAILURE to repudiate that man's verbal assault on Ms. Fluke will haunt that party to November and beyond.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:14:04 +0000

David Frum: "20 Million Limbaugh Listeners? Hardly."Andrew Sullivan posted a letter today from a reader disputing the oft-heard statistic of 20 million Rush Limbaugh listeners. In terms of actual human beings with addresses and voting registrations, the true number is probably quite far south of 2 million—and dropping fast.Tim Mak now of Politico did the reporting at the old FrumForum site about how talk radio hosts were trapped and forced to compete for a constantly shrinking audience:According to Scott Fybush, the proprietor of North East Radio Watch, talk radio has lost 30-40% of its ad revenues over the past two years.Further, in an interview with a talk radio trade publication, Talkers Magazine, late last year, Talk Radio Networks CEO Mark Masters said: “2008 will be known as the year that weak syndicated programs began dying off in droves,” adding that “it has only just begun.” [….]Read: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/06/…

By: BD

BD — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:46:30 +0000

This is hilarious just sitting back watching Repubs explode before our eyes. Here it is Super Tuesday but everybodys talking about this mess instead of Romney and all of them. Rush Limbaug is about to pull himself and everybody else down with him. I can't wait to say good riddance.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:29:49 +0000

Yesterday I questioned just WHO are Rush's listeners?…….Today a reader over at Sullivan's site questions the ACTUAL size of Rush's audience?Where does this "15 million Rush Limbaugh listeners" number keep coming from? Talkers Magazine? You think they just might have a vested interest in propping up Rush's numbers, and those of every other yakker they cover? Check out this image [seen below]. They say they make estimates based on "analyzing" reports from Arbitron, which are absurdly unreliable. […]Read: "Who Listens to Limbaugh?"http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/03/w…