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DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 09:39 AM Mar 2012

Majority Thinks Rush Limbaugh Should Be Fired For Sandra Fluke Comments: Poll

A majority of Americans think Rush Limbaugh should be fired for his comments about Sandra Fluke and contraception, according to a Bloomberg poll released on Wednesday.

The poll is another piece of bad news for Limbaugh, who has not been able to shake the scandal he set off by calling Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute." It follows another poll on Tuesday which found that just 29 percent of respondents thought his subsequent apology to Fluke was sincere. It also comes as advertisers continue to pull out of his show in droves.

The Bloomberg survey showed 53 percent of respondents saying that Limbaugh should be fired "solely" for his comments about Fluke. Men were almost evenly split 49-47 percent on the question, but women came down strongly for Limbaugh's dismissal, with 56 percent calling for his ouster and 39 percent saying he should stay. Moreover, almost a third of Republicans wanted him gone.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/rush-limbaugh-fired-poll-majority-fluke_n_1344301.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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Majority Thinks Rush Limbaugh Should Be Fired For Sandra Fluke Comments: Poll (Original Post) DearAbby Mar 2012 OP
He'll Just End Up on Fox dash_bannon Mar 2012 #1
I can see it now... Jamaal510 Mar 2012 #5
No he won't. His exposure to light makes people recoil. underpants Mar 2012 #6
"They" can't fire him. I'm pretty sure he's self employed. Bake Mar 2012 #2
I don't think he should be fired. I just want him off Armed Forces Radio. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #3
+1 DearAbby Mar 2012 #4

underpants

(182,632 posts)
6. No he won't. His exposure to light makes people recoil.
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 07:59 PM
Mar 2012

He will hang on but he will never be the same

Bake

(21,977 posts)
2. "They" can't fire him. I'm pretty sure he's self employed.
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 10:06 AM
Mar 2012

Now, what COULD happen is all the affiliate stations could drop his show. THAT would be sweet!!

Bake

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