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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:50 PM
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Rush Limbaugh has made $599,400 so far on his Adopt-A-Soldier Program
http://www.suntimes.com/output/quicktakes/cst-nws-qt30.html

Merry Christmas, Rush


Rush Limbaugh regarding his in-house promotion to support our troops, in which people can donate Rush 24/7 memberships to soldiers and sailors overseas by paying a reduced price of $49.95 each (down from $59.90):

"The Adopt-A-Soldier Program is just going great guns. We've got over 12,000 donors. I kid you not. I cannot thank you enough -- and I'm going to be matching all these myself so you can double that."

Which means he has taken in about $599,400 so far.

And he will match that by taking another $599,400 from his own pocket.

And putting it in another of his pockets.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:55 PM
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1. Rush is screwing the troops at the expense of his listeners
And people actually think this drug addicted COWARD is something to believe in.

Freepers are dumber than they look.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:02 PM
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19. Kinda like what the "Duke" did at the expense of the Troops!
Repugs are scum of the Earth! Every last one of them! Bunch of greedy, self serving, self absorbed, self righteous assholes! Have I said lately how much I hate them? Rat bastards!
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kiki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:55 PM
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2. Oh yeah...
I guess the money he puts in will be used to buy products "for the troops" from his own company, from which he obviously profits.

I imagine the move will have some desirable tax benefits too - in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole idea was thought up as a tax dodge to start with.

Eat shit and die, Rush... may that "Vietnam boo-boo" cyst return and rise to strangle what's left of your drug-addled brain.

For those who haven't seen this: http://realnewsonline.com/rushnazi.html
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:57 PM
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3. Wow, that's 12,000 really really stupid people.
Why anyone would give that jackass money is beyond me!
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:02 PM
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4. "These wars can be gold mines."
....for some.........tell that to the parents of the fallen. I didn't think I could hate Rush more.........now I know I can!
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SillyGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:03 PM
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5. Stupid freepers are actually giving him money for this?
Did it ever occur to these brain cell deficient ditto-heads that Limbaugh could have just DONATED memberships to any soldier that requested one?

Stupid is as stupid does.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:22 PM
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10. Makes you want to get in on the racket of fleecing the morons, doesn't it?
Man! :eyes:
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:06 PM
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20. Freepers give him all kinds of cash. They give him money for coffee mugs
tshirts, books and other crap he sells at his website.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:04 PM
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6. Exploiting the troops for profit?
Nah, it can't be.
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BobBoudelangFan69 Donating Member (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:11 PM
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7. 12,000 By WHOSE Count? Diebold? Andersen Accounting?
Enron??
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LuCifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:11 PM
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8. piece of shit
I can't help it, there is no better way to put it, but oxyRUSHitler is a PIECE OF SHIT. I have nothing more to say, but, piece of shit.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:11 PM
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9. Sure he has
If someone must qualify a sentence by saying that the sentence is true, chances are the sentence is false. It's one of the red flags for spotting a liar.
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:27 PM
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11. There is that many idiots?
Well, I guess Bush was reelected.

I guess a more proper question would be "There is that many idiots with tons of money to throw away?"

Well, I guess this is the American economy.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:36 PM
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13. W wasn't even elected once. 12,000 wouldn't win a precinct
These numbers actually make me feel optimistic - considering the hype about the many millions that supposedly listen to him.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:34 PM
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12. That's about six days' salary for the fat man.
With an 8 year, 285 million dollar contract, this is chump change.
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:42 PM
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14. "Adopt An Oxycontin Addict".
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The Witch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:54 PM
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15. Does he claim to be giving any of this money to anyone but himself?
That's sick, sick, sick. :puke:
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:55 PM
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16. Wow, that will buy a lot of Oxy-Cotin! n/t
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:59 PM
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17. Send this to Keith Olbermann so he can follow up on his Worst Person
in the World feature where he previously featured Rush's "deal", along the lines of "if you want to support the troops, why don't you DONATE the memberships to them yourself?"
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:01 PM
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18. Couldnt Rush theoretically be arrested for war profiteering?
Oh wait, that's not a crime in this day and age.
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Festivito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:11 PM
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21. Hey, lighten up, soldiers will be getting subcriptions to a Rush magazine!
Retail value might well be twice what he collected.

Although, Rush's benefactors, that is the ones for whom Rush shills, will happily reimburse Rush for all expenses.

The Freepers will, of course, continue to be ignorant. As will anyone using a Rush mag for anything other than latrine paperwork.
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:12 PM
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22. Anyway we could get Eliot Spitzer to look into this?
Or the IRS? Something stinks of scam.
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niallmac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:21 PM
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23. I wonder how much it costs to buy Rushs' mailing list.
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 07:22 PM by niallmac
If I had the addresses of just the 12,000 people who fell for Rushs' scheme I could be rich. I'd sell them pet rocks, dirt from Mars (Le Mars Iowa that is), a balloon full of random molecules suitable for collecting. I could sell them anything! Oh please please I want that mailing list.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:23 PM
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24. That won't even pay for his stash for six months.
The only thing Rush has a high tolerance for is his false drugs!
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