A new Rush sponsor to boycott: Jos. A. Bank clothiers.

Faygo Kid

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:44 PM
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A new Rush sponsor to boycott: Jos. A. Bank clothiers.

Announced on his show yesterday. I have bought clothing there before; they are now out of the picture. Any who want to let the company know their feelings about their sponsorship decision can contact them at service@jos-a-bank.com. The graphic says it all:

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blondeatlast

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:46 PM
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1. They also are a heavy advertiser on "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann.

We don't have to like it, but the fact that KO gets sponsors keeps a tiny bit of objective journalism on the air...

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Fredda Weinberg

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:46 PM
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2. On the other hand, they also sponsor local programs I appreciate

So pick your poison, but I'll continue to enjoy the commercials I do hear ... and they use a terrific voice.

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bryant69

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:48 PM
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3. Good luck, Free-lance Censor

Certainly you have no chance of succeeding, but I choose not to join a movement to censor disagreeable political opinions.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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Faygo Kid

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:53 PM
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6. Call it consumer choice.

I'm not trying to censor anybody. But I can choose where to buy my products. Rush enablers don't make the list. Plenty of other more agreeable options.

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bryant69

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:55 PM
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8. You are encouraging others to follow your example, it seems like

But ok, if you are just saying it for yourself, than you aren't technically trying to get Rush knocked off the air.

Bryant

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nadinbrzezinski

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:55 PM
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9. What about Keith Enablers? I mean they do sponsor KO as well....

Just saying that as a business person you have an advert budget and you don't care who or what they are saying, as long as they are hitting your demo

There are a few businesses out there that actually place adds based on political views... and they tend to be far more local

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Flying Dream Blues

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Tue Jun-03-08 02:23 PM
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10. Rush is not political so much as he is a fomentor of hate and divisiveness. So

while I see your point, I think for Rush I would make an exception.

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bryant69

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Tue Jun-03-08 02:24 PM
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11. The measure of one's support for freedom of speech is not speech one approves of

It is speech one hates.

Bryant

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Flying Dream Blues

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Tue Jun-03-08 02:29 PM
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13. I agree he should have the right to speak, but protest in the form of boycott sends a message

Edited on Tue Jun-03-08 02:29 PM by ThruTheLookingGlass

since I'm not likely to be given a radio show on which to voice my opposition.

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Gabi Hayes

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:51 PM
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4. thanks...I have a discount card with them and will stop on way

home from work to tell them that I won't buy there til they quit.

that should do it.

they also are one of those phony sales places, where just about everything is on 'sale' all the time

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nadinbrzezinski

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:51 PM
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5. As much as I personally would love to see Father Couhglin II off the air

It is about freedom of speech.

Yes, even when he does things like Op Chaos

Where he crossed the line, and I wrote the FCC, was on his call to riots in November

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BrotherBuzz

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Tue Jun-03-08 01:54 PM
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7. I've been boycotting sponsors of the hideous asshole for decades...

Starting in 1984 when he was broadcasting out of Sacramento, California on KFBK. The first product to land on my list was Snapple�. I haven't listened to that show since 1996 so my list is a little outdated but I still boycott Snapple�.

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DS1

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Tue Jun-03-08 02:26 PM
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12. Never heard of them, this won't be difficult

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Supersedeas

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Tue Jun-03-08 02:38 PM
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14. noted

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