Even Apall-Mart disses Herr Glenn BecKKK

marmar

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Mon Aug-17-09 09:44 PM
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Even Apall-Mart disses Herr Glenn BecKKK

from AlterNet:

Even Wal-Mart Flees From Glenn Beck

Posted by Tana Ganeva, AlterNet at 4:42 PM on August 17, 2009.

8 more companies have dropped Beck.

The perils of building a career out of right-wing hatemongering ...

8 more companies have pulled their ads from Glenn Beck's Fox show, spurred by a Color of Change campaign urging advertisters to drop Beck after the shock jock and talk show host called President Obama "a racist" with a "deepseated hatred for white people."

A Color of Change press release states:

Eight more Glenn Beck advertisers, including Wal-Mart – the world’s largest retailer – have confirmed to ColorOfChange.org that they pulled their ads from the controversial Fox News Channel broadcaster’s eponymous show. Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank (a unit of GMAC Financial Services), Best Buy, Broadview Security, CVS, Re-Bath, Travelocity and Wal-Mart join the dozen other companies who previously distanced themselves from Beck.

Twenty companies have pulled their ads from Beck’s show in just the last two weeks. The moves come after the Fox News host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends. Previous companies who pulled their ads include ConAgra, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Men’s Wearhouse, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Roche, SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, and State Farm Insurance.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/142037/even_wal-mart_flees_from_glenn_beck/

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Aug-17-09 09:46 PM
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1. I congratulate Wally World for doing the right thing. For once.

Still no plans to shop there until the next blizzard in Hell, but thanks anyway, Waltons. :hi:

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muntrv

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Mon Aug-17-09 09:50 PM
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2. Well Glenn, you'll always have Halliburton and Blackwater as sponsors.

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Ian David

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Mon Aug-17-09 10:03 PM
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3. Why? Liberals don't (or SHOULDN'T) shop at Wal-Mart anyway.

Unless they live on a dirt road and Wal-Mart is the only place they can go shopping without having to stay overnight at a hotel.

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blondeatlast

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Mon Aug-17-09 10:09 PM
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5. But where will the Beckbots shop? That's Wal-Mart's base, yanno. nt

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Ian David

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Mon Aug-17-09 10:10 PM
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6. Wal-Mart still advertises on the other Fox "news" shows.

Not to mention Air America, Sirius Left, etc.

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blondeatlast

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Mon Aug-17-09 10:07 PM
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4. "Cleanup on Aisle 5. Beckbot head explosion." No wonder the site went down for a while.

This could get damn funny--I should say even funnier tha n it already is. :rofl:

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