Things must be dire for Rush -- now he's exploiting the troops

[CatWoman]

Rush Limbaugh's Adopt a Solider Program and Exploitation
Rush Announced his Adopt a Soldier Program But is it Really Generous and Patriotic?

On Friday, Limbaugh announced his "Adopt a Soldier Program". This involves soliciting money from listeners to pay for subscriptions to the Limbaugh letter and Rush 24/7 that will be "given" to the soldiers. Each listener can "adopt" as many soldiers as they wish who will each get a subscription. The donor pays the discounted price of $49.95 for each soldier.

The description is on Rush's web site here... Adopt a Soldier Program

Clearly this is a tasteless marketing ploy. Rush and Premiere Radio Networks are fattening their coffers by exploiting the generosity of listeners with the use of our military troops as props. There is not one thing stopping Limbaugh and Premiere from simply giving the subscriptions away. Rush 24/7 amounts to accessing content on rushlimbaugh.com. This content is produced and costs Premiere the same no matter how many people are consuming it. The Limbaugh Letter amounts to a handful of printed pages. If Rush and Premiere Radio Networks wished the troops to experience the generous and supportive spirit of the show, they would simply provide this to the troops instead of making it a function of how many Rush listeners are willing to pony up $49.95 per soldier.

Without question, Rush and Premiere Radio Networks stand to make a tidy sum from this marketing effort. Let's suppose just 100,000 of the 3 million member listening audience forks over $49.95 to participate in this program. That comes out to a sum of $5,000,000. Subtracting the cost for paper and postage for 100,000 copies of the Limbaugh Letter makes only a slight dent. The profits are obviously quite large.

To any sensible person, soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have needs far more urgent than either Rush 24/7 or the Limbaugh Letter. Items such as bullet proof vests, up-armored Humvees, airline tickets for family members to visit injured troops at Landstuhl or Walter Reed are certainly higher on the wish list. But such a donation drive would not result in Premiere Radio Networks making profits in the millions.

Strangely, Rush took the opportunity of this announcement of the "Adopt a Soldier Program" as something of a test for liberals.

http://www.rushlimbaughonline.com/articles/rush_adopt_a_solider_limbaugh.htm

[Arkana]

1. Oh, wonderful.

Instead of armor, ammo, and other things that are relevant, we're going to give them hate radio all day. Just peachy.

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. We already do!

They get Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, James Dobson and some other anti-Liberal, anti-Democrat spewing away.

The troops are not offered ANY liberal/progressive voice over the airwaves.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Sure! I'd do it

for Ed Schultz or some other Liberal radio host, but not Limbaugh.

As it is, Limbaugh gets his schtick into the ears of the troops already...at taxpayer expense and without ANY Liberal voice to be heard!

[PA Democrat]

3. What a guy.

I guess that's Rush's idea of generosity, giving a "discount" on bullshit. Yeah, that's just what the troops need: more bullshit.

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. He fails to mention that he gets aired on AFR at taxpayer expense!

His little marketing campaign is misleading. He already "occupies" their ears, courtesy of you and me!

[Peter Frank]

6. Now there's moral leadership for ya...

[Not Sure]

7. Do they get access to the ditto cam?

Only if they could see what a hateful, disconnected dimwit he really is would I consider it. Oh, wait, wait... nope, I won't consider it.

The only good thing I can say about Rush is he is purely evil. There's no veil or ambiguity about it. He is the political equivalent of Robert Tilton.

[BOSSHOG]

8. Is it possible to lower the bar any further?

he and his kind have been lowering it for years and yet they still continue in their downward moral spiral. Our kids in Iraq need babywipes and soothing lotion and body armor and ice cold water and a commander in chief who has a plan. Our kids continue to die on a daily basis with 100% support of limbaugh and his lemmings. An extremely sad excuse for a human being.

HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW AVATAR? I gave to DU, how bout you? I think its a bargain since I get all of your wit and wisdom on a daily basis.

[CoffeeCat]

9. There is an orchestrated effort...

...by this administration to position themselves as those who love the troops--as they position Dems/Liberals/those who oppose the war--as troop haters.

This is an attempt to squelch opposition to the war and it also helps to keep the troops in line.

The troops are being brainwashed into believing that BushCo (the assholes treat our soldiers as cannon fodder) if their friend--and that we hate them.

Some of the most effective Vietnam anti-war voices were soldiers who returned and told it like it was. They're attempting to stop that before it happens.

The Limbaugh Letter--as well as Rush's show--is saturated with lies and propaganda that attempts to convince the world that liberals hate the military and that the murdering warmongering neocons are their bestest buddies.

[Serial Mom]

10. "give the gift of rush"??????????

:puke::puke::puke:

[parasim]

11. Someone should call in to his show...

... and mention that if sombody really wanted to support the troops, there are already a number of "Adopt-a-Soldier" programs out there that would be a better use of their time and money:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=adopt-a-soldier&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

If someone called in and mentioned that, perhaps Limbaugh's AAS program would be exposed for what it is, sheer exploitation, as you have noted.

[prescole]

12. That's WAY over the line, even for Limbaugh

Maybe he needs some cash to clean up the estate damaged by the hurricanes caused by the global warming that doesn't exist.

Good catch, CatWoman. (Love your cats' eyes, btw.)

[CatWoman]

13. Thanks, Prescole

:hi:

[underpants]

15. Legal defense

charges will be filed soon.

[ComerPerro]

14. That is absolutely disgusting.

[underpants]

16. Sounds like his selling of "Club Gitmo" gear

When I used to listen while getting lunch etc. I heard him discussing it one day. All by himself (as usual) he was just talking and talking about this stuff and the pictures of people in the orange shirts at liberal places (gallery on his website including at "LIVE! with Regis and Kellie").

Anyway he went on and on and ended up in sort of an argument with himself. He asked himself if he would give some of the money to a soldiers fund of some kind and immediately dismissed himself with the rational that it was about entrepreneurship and capitalism which is what they are fighting for....seriously it was weird to listen to.

Now if you want a REAL hoot listen in to his "Real First Thanksgiving" and all of his (ahem) telling of history and how the colonists hated Communism several hundred years before it was created oh and breaking contracts they liked that too.....he never gets to the part where they starve and fail and go home.

[enki23]

17. send him to the fucking front lines, anal cyst and all

and let him read his letters to soldiers in person, every day, till the last one comes home.

maybe he could could subject himself to some frat pranks, while he's there. you know, just to blow off some steam.

[rodeodance]

18. greed, pure and simple.

.....Clearly this is a tasteless marketing ploy. Rush and Premiere Radio Networks are fattening their coffers by exploiting the generosity of listeners with the use of our military troops as props. There is not one thing stopping Limbaugh and Premiere from simply giving the subscriptions away. Rush 24/7 amounts to accessing content on rushlimbaugh.com. This content is produced and costs Premiere the same no matter how many people are consuming it. The Limbaugh Letter amounts to a handful of printed pages. If Rush and Premiere Radio Networks wished the troops to experience the generous and supportive spirit of the show, they would simply provide this to the troops instead of making it a function of how many Rush listeners are willing to pony up $49.95 per soldier.

[wadestock]

22. RUSH IS THE HERO

He is the man...
He whispers unabatedly...

.... into the ears of the unsuspecting....who need someone to hate for their current dilemmas.
.....into the ears of those that fervently believe that Reagan represented America's salvation...
.....into the ears of those that really believe that they have a better change succeeding economically in a world that supports a cheap pyramid scheme of take the money and run....of irresponsible corrupt business ethics.

He accomplished...
the subtle demonization of liberals....
the subtle demonization of government....
the belief that taxes can't be spent for worthwhile programs.....

hmmmm...once you eliminate responsibility....common sense...and replace it with hatred....and greed...

exactly what do you have left?

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Ooh hoo ha ha eeeheee snicker...

Guffaw! Chortle!

Just like Cabbage Patch Kids!

http://www.cabbagepatchkids.com/

How about just armoring the soldier's Humvees sufficiently, as the soldiers themselves have requested? Sorry, that wouldn't have "Rush's penis was here" written all over it. Is it about the troops or Rush?

[serryjw]

20. He is hateful BUT THIS IS NOT REAL!

Rush Limbaugh Online : cyber emporium of Rush Limbaugh humor
Parody of the Rush Limbaugh official site.

[SofaKingLiberal]

21. Yes it is, Try here

On the same day, starting Monday, November the 14th, donors of these -- well, if you want to adopt a soldier, you the "adoptive parents," if you will, will be able to find another link at RushLimbaugh.com that will let you donate as many one-year combo subscriptions as you would like at a price reduced by over 15% to 49.95. So that's a 15% price reduction for the Adopt-a-Soldier program.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/rush_24_7_adopt_a_soldier/coming_monday.guest.html

[serryjw]

24. OMG! OMG!..I bow my head in shame

I honestly didn't think even he could stoop this low

[SofaKingLiberal]

23. The Freeper thread on this subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1519649/posts

For those immune to shit.

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Here's the catch!

If you adopt a soldier, you have to cover their veteran's benefits. BushCo certainly won't. Support our troops so long as they're there to steal the oil.