For Those Allergic To Kool-Aid

[Bravus]

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/06/rush_limbaugh_and_the_poisoning_of_the_gop_brand/

[phkrause]

Excellent article

[Dr. Shane]

Sounds like a bit of wishful thinking on the part of the author.

[Bravus]

Those polls don't lie, though: those who like Rush like him a lot, but their numbers are ever dwindling.

[bonnie]

Those polls don't lie, though: those who like Rush like him a lot, but their numbers are ever dwindling.

Depends on the purpose of the poll,If the way the questions are structured is to get the answers wanted.

I am sure at sometime the popularity of any show will wane. Rush has remained popular long past any other talk show. Liberals cannot do it,very few listen.

I wonder if Salon did a companion poll on the offensive remarks by liberals and their supporters.

Investors flee Carbonite after Limbaugh announcement

Published: 4:30 PM 03/06/2012

By Jeff Poor - The Daily Caller

On Saturday, Carbonite CEO David Friend released a statement on his company’s website declaring that Carbonite had decided to “withdraw” advertising from Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in the wake of his controversial remarks involving Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke because it will “ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse”:

Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.

However, it hasn’t done much to contribute to his company’s stock price. Since the market opened on Monday through its close today, Carbonite stock (NASDAQ:CARB) has plummeted nearly 12 percent, outpacing the drop of the NASDAQ index in that same time period by nine-and-a-half points. It was also one of the biggest decliners on the NASDAQ on Tuesday.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/06/invest.../#ixzz1oRVwGzZQ

[olger]

Limbaugh should have apologized, but let us avoid offering Fluke too much sympathy. She paid for the bed; now she gets to — er — lay on it.

[Dr. Shane]

Those polls don't lie, though: those who like Rush like him a lot, but their numbers are ever dwindling.

That may be so especially since more and more on-air personalities have come on the scene over the past decade. Rush was, at one time, the only conservative commentator on the radio. Now there are many many more. So while "Rush fans" probably are dwindling, the number of people listening to conservative talk radio, watching conservative TV commentators or reading conservative blogs probably isn't.