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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 02:46 PM Mar 2012

Mitt Romney owns Rush Limbaugh. Boycott Mitt!

In the sense that a baseball team's owner owns a player on the team, YES, Mitt owns Rush and the rest of the 850 radio station talking heads and many more propagandists in other media.
So, boycott Mitt!


Bain Capital Owns Clear Channel (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Etc.)
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/bain-capital-owns-clear-channel-rush-limbaugh-sean-hannity-glenn-beck-michael-savage-etc

Wouldn't it be great if a Republican presidential candidate could just buy the support of just about every major conservative talk show host in America? Well, it may not be as far-fetched as you may think. Clear Channel owns more radio stations (850) than anyone else in the United States. They also own Premiere Radio Networks, the company that syndicates the radio shows of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck, among others. Needless to say, Clear Channel basically owns conservative talk radio in the United States. So who owns Clear Channel? Well, it turns out that Bain Capital is one of the primary owners of Clear Channel. Yes, you read that correctly. The company that Mitt Romney ran for so long is one of the "big bosses" over virtually all conservative talk radio in America. Of course Mitt Romney is not running Bain Capital anymore. He is a "retired partner", but he still has a huge financial stake in Bain Capital. We're talking about millions upon millions of dollars. If you doubt this, just check out page 34 of this public financial disclosure report. So if you have been wondering why so many conservative talk show hosts are being so incredibly kind to Mitt Romney, this just might be the answer.

In the media world, there is a clear understanding that you simply do not bite the hand that feeds you. Some of the most prominent conservative talk radio hosts are earning tens of millions of dollars a year.

If you were making tens of millions of dollars a year, wouldn't you be very careful to avoid offending your boss?

The deal in which Bain Capital became one of the owners of Clear Channel was initiated just a short time before Mitt Romney's first run for president. .....

MUCH MORE: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/bain-capital-owns-clear-channel-rush-limbaugh-sean-hannity-glenn-beck-michael-savage-etc

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Mitt Romney owns Rush Limbaugh. Boycott Mitt! (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2012 OP
Find your local Clear Channel station here: mzmolly Mar 2012 #1
And don't listen! ROFLMAO. Better yet, L. Coyote Mar 2012 #2
LOL mzmolly Mar 2012 #3
i gm cordle Mar 2012 #4
Did you vote republican before this underhanded race? uppityperson Mar 2012 #5
That's pretty funny. Of course it also means Mitt owns Randi Rhodes onenote Mar 2012 #6
Modernizing Abe Lincoln "You don't have to own all the media to fool the majority all the time" L. Coyote Mar 2012 #7

gm cordle

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4. i
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 08:57 PM
Mar 2012

I think rush limbaugh is a disgrace to any political party and himself. And who ever had the insight to post about, clear channel, and bain capital was right on the money. Their all in cahoots together, only questiion is does romney have the puppet stings on limbaugh, or vise versa. None of them can r to regular families stuggleing to fill the gas tank, or put 3 meals a day on the table. Limbaughs only deterant to get off the airways is for all the stations sponsers to drop him, and be a voice for those who don't. Guess romney and all the other republicans that are making light of the issues they could care less about, to man up against obama in the fall. Then they can try to justify their nonchelont attitudes. After this underhanded race, I would never vote republican.

onenote

(42,700 posts)
6. That's pretty funny. Of course it also means Mitt owns Randi Rhodes
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 09:10 PM
Mar 2012

Since her show also is syndicated by Premiere.

Go figure.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
7. Modernizing Abe Lincoln "You don't have to own all the media to fool the majority all the time"
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 04:30 PM
Mar 2012

You only have to own enough of the media to buy your way into the Presidency!

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