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Kurmudgeon

(1,751 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 11:21 PM Mar 2012

I'd boycott Rush Limbaugh's sponsors but...

I don't buy any of that stuff!
The closest possible one is Autozone, but I'm not driving almost an hour away for auto parts.
I was reading a list of his sponsors and thinking, who the heck pays money for that crap?
Oreck vacuum cleaners was the only one I found slightly tempting, but I'm not paying that kind of money for a sweeper....
I don't think this is political, social maybe....

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amerikat

(4,909 posts)
1. I think the focus should be on getting him off of the Armed Forces Network.
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 11:45 PM
Mar 2012

I'll email my reps this weekend. My taxes shouldn't pay for hate speech.
Hope the girl he called a slut and a prostitute sues his balls off, that is if he had any.
She has a really good case for deformation of character.

Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts)
4. Years ago, I bought an Oreck and returned it.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:26 PM
Mar 2012

It's just a vacuum.

Have you ever seen someone brag about the superiority of some product that seemed ordinary to you? Chances are, their opinion is mostly based on the advertising claims.

I also fell for the Bose hype. It's just a radio. Live and learn.

Signed -- Older and Wiser.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
6. I concur about the hype: I stayed in a hotel room that had a 'Sleep Number Bed'
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:56 PM
Mar 2012

While it was not uncomfortable, I could not see at all what the big deal was at all. It's just a gimmick. I spent so much time fiddling around trying to find an ever-elusive optimal setting it overcame my desire to convince myself it was something special over my regular mattress/box-spring than my own bed at home.

I'd rather sleep on a bed of nails than pay Limbaugh's coffers.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
8. Same here re: Sleep Number
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:39 PM
Mar 2012

we stayed at a B&B for our 25th anniversary last year and all their advertising kept bragging about the in-room jacuzzi (neato!) and the "luxury sleep number bed"...Bleah. Fiddled with that stupid thing for 4 nights and never found anything as good as my bed back home.

Other than that though the place was gorgeous and we had a great time.

Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts)
10. Confession: I have one of those too
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 09:02 PM
Mar 2012

After you find a firmness you like, you don't have to mess with it ever again... or at least, I don't. I'm happy with it.

Having said that, when I sleep away from home, on a conventional mattress, I sleep like a baby. So yeah.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
5. I don't buy any of the things in the sponsor list.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:37 PM
Mar 2012

I did write down the email addresses. I hope that girl sues the snot out of his stupid ass.

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)
7. the advertisers don't know if you use their stuff or not...
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 03:40 PM
Mar 2012

I don't use anything on the list either. we can still tell the advertiser we won't buy their stuff.

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