Rush Limbaugh...

[DToTheJ]

... is officially a "tea bagger!" That's right, he now has his own iced tea line!
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2214292&spid=24698

 

[Legend City]

$24 bucks for a 12 pack, and you can only order it via mail.

Who is he kidding?

Rush has become a huckster. He is the new Hank Kingsley.

(oh, and the tea is from Peru) :

 

[Rusty Muck]

$24 bucks for a 12 pack, and you can only order it via mail.

Who is he kidding?

Rush has become a huckster. He is the new Hank Kingsley.

(oh, and the tea is from Peru) :

But it's packaged, bottled and distributed in the U.S. So that's his way out.

Meanwhile, I honestly thought the "big announcement" on Wednesday was his pending purchase of the Vikings in preparation for that team's relocation to LA. Boy was I wrong.

 

[quadraphonic]

What about all that Snapple I stored up? [facepalm]

 

[Signal_Faded]

Next thing you know Rusty Humphries will be selling beef jerky!

 

[FreddyE1977]

A lot of dittoheads were highly disappointed. They were expecting Rush to either
throw his hat into the GOP Presidential race, or announce that he had gotten his
hands on the [size=10pt]REAL[/size] Obama Birth Certificate.

Just like Ralphie in A Christmas Story......"a crummy commercial?!!"

 

[jas2525]

Oh puh-leeeeez.

You really think dittoheads were disappointed ultimately? They'd buy Rush's poop if he sold it.

And as far as "he's now a huckster"...

Where were you 20 yrs ago when he was selling those super ugly ties? Rush is the most shameless exploiter of his audience that I have ever seen. There isn't much he isn't willing to slap his name on, mark up and sell to his sheep.

He plays that audience like a cheap fiddle on several levels.

 

[Rusty Muck]

Paul Harvey was one of the most notorious pitchmen/news commentators out there for decades ("C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-citracal!" "Cit" as in "citrus," "cal" as in "calcium" ... did you know that osteoporosis is pre-ven-ta-ble?)

But AFAIK, even Paul didn't have an actual product under his own name.

 

[jas2525]

Paul Harvey was one of the most notorious pitchmen/news commentators out there for decades ("C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-citracal!" "Cit" as in "citrus," "cal" as in "calcium" ... did you know that osteoporosis is pre-ven-ta-ble?)

But AFAIK, even Paul didn't have an actual product under his own name.

You've GOT to be kidding? Talk about comparing not apples and oranges, but apples and plywood.

Paul Harvey did endorsements. That's mainstay stuff, and he did it artfully.

Limbaugh, on the other hand, has boorishly pushed all kinds of slap-a-Rush-logo-on-it crap for 2 decades now. Even selling repros of his big dumb EIB CHAIR!

C'mon. Can't believe you used those two names in the same sentence.

 

[quadraphonic]

I think if any person on this board who has ever listened to the radio could sell anything to our fans to make another revenue stream, we would do it. Radio and celebrity are for-profit industries.

And though there would be people screaming "huckster" and "shyster" and calling our stuff "poorly made" and whatever else, we wouldn't care, because there would be 15 million other people who might buy the products with our names on it. Shoot, if we were up there, we probably wouldn't even read this board to notice the people who are a'gin us.

 

[jas2525]

I think if any person on this board who has ever listened to the radio could sell anything to our fans to make another revenue stream, we would do it. Radio and celebrity are for-profit industries.

And though there would be people screaming "huckster" and "shyster" and calling our stuff "poorly made" and whatever else, we wouldn't care, because there would be 15 million other people who might buy the products with our names on it. Shoot, if we were up there, we probably wouldn't even read this board to notice the people who are a'gin us.

Not true. There are actually those who exercize some degree of restraint for the sake of not cheapening their brand. There is a point where it's just tacky. You either get it or you don't.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I am pretty much to the right as are many of my friends and family.
And I can tell you, many of them are p.o.'ed at Rush over this tea thing.
Mainly the weeks and weeks of pimping that led them to expect something
much bigger.

 

[jas2525]

I am pretty much to the right as are many of my friends and family.
And I can tell you, many of them are p.o.'ed at Rush over this tea thing.
Mainly the weeks and weeks of pimping that led them to expect something
much bigger.

Eh, and that too shall pass.

I always had hope that one thing or another would FINALLY show some of these guys for what they really are....but the sheep never fail to forgive and forget ...all in the name of having their beliefs validated by a hypocritical gasbag.

 

[KeyTimes950]

There's a lot of good things I could say for Rush Limbaugh, given I was a Penn State McKeesport student around the time he worked in Pittsburgh/McKeesport radio, and the fact that he remained a Steeler fan to this day.

Having said that, two observations.

One, I don't know if there is anything different about his being a huckster and any other celebrity who put his name on barbecue sauce or whatever.

Two, I admit I listen to his show (as well as Mike Pintek on KDKA and Joe Fenn reading the news on KQV and picking and choosing some other stations).

However, I'm puzzled at the amount of time some spend with any radio show. As Hannity puts it, all he asks for is three hours a day. I'm not about to give Hannity or Rush or any other talk show host, even say Pittsburgh's Quinn and Rose, three hours a day.

Life is too short to obsess with any radio host.

And we all have feet of clay. Take all your radio idols with a grain of salt ... or a block of salt, if you like.

 

[quadraphonic]

I think if any person on this board who has ever listened to the radio could sell anything to our fans to make another revenue stream, we would do it. Radio and celebrity are for-profit industries.

And though there would be people screaming "huckster" and "shyster" and calling our stuff "poorly made" and whatever else, we wouldn't care, because there would be 15 million other people who might buy the products with our names on it. Shoot, if we were up there, we probably wouldn't even read this board to notice the people who are a'gin us.

Not true. There are actually those who exercize some degree of restraint for the sake of not cheapening their brand. There is a point where it's just tacky. You either get it or you don't.

There are undeniably more who have restraint exercised for them, though. They don't have the option of cheapening their brand, therefore, they never take the option to cheapen their brand. That's not "the high moral ground" that's just a fact of life.

I don't get some things, I'll admit. I don't see how this is any different from any other celebrity endorsement. I don't see calling Rush names because he's pushing products, which is what commercial endorsers do, whether or not they have a stake in the company. I don't see how people would wait with bated breath for a Rush "announcement" and expect anything but "a crummy commercial" after all these years. I don't get why people listen to "entertainment political" shows and think the people who talk are actual leaders who we should follow.

And it's probably more because of PPM and TSL than them being greedy bastages, but man alive, every time I hear a national talk show, they're talking about "what's coming up next" and building up some "big announcement Friday" and what they are covering right then doesn't seem to matter.

 

[johnbasalla]

Rush is a big supporter of the Great American Capitalist system. So, why shouldn't he take advantage of it? He's just doing what others who want to acquire wealth would do, if given the chance.

 

[jas2525]

Rush is a big supporter of the Great American Capitalist system. So, why shouldn't he take advantage of it? He's just doing what others who want to acquire wealth would do, if given the chance.

There is a point where it IS tacky. A celebrity who puts there name on a salad dressing is one thing...vs. a celebrity who puts there name on anything that qualifies as a noun. Once you've grown into adulthood, you can't really learn what tacky is. You either get it or you don't. Slapping you name on a zillion different overpriced do-dads IS tacky.

 

[Legend City]

Every time Rush gets a new wife, he gets talked into another crappy huckster scheme.

Those ties were awful. His TV show was ghastly, and the ghostwritten books were lacking crayons.

In a few years, he will have another wife, and another scheme. Probably something to do with gold...

 

[flashback]

Rush is a big supporter of the Great American Capitalist system. So, why shouldn't he take advantage of it? He's just doing what others who want to acquire wealth would do, if given the chance.

There is a point where it IS tacky. A celebrity who puts there name on a salad dressing is one thing...vs. a celebrity who puts there name on anything that qualifies as a noun. Once you've grown into adulthood, you can't really learn what tacky is. You either get it or you don't. Slapping you name on a zillion different overpriced do-dads IS tacky.

and slapping your name on a salad dressing you had no part in creating could be consittered tacky.i think it is.what is the diffrence between that and what rush is doing except his is on more products?all of it is tacky and done by the celeberty for the dollar.

i think some people are jumping on" this has crossed the line over tackyness"thought about what rush is doing just because it is rush doing it.

actually a movie star putting his name on one product is more tacky. as comedian bill hicks phraised it," is that why they try to rise to the top of their field ?to be a f***in pitchman?".

michael jordan and tiger woods endorsing products is much more tacky then what rush is doing.

when you really think of it that is really tacky.like rush or not , he is in the comercial radio field which is made to sell stuff.

 

[jas2525]

and slapping your name on a salad dressing you had no part in creating could be consittered tacky.i think it is.what is the diffrence between that and what rush is doing except his is on more products?all of it is tacky and done by the celeberty for the dollar.

i think some people are jumping on" this has crossed the line over tackyness"thought about what rush is doing just because it is rush doing it.

actually a movie star putting his name on one product is more tacky. as comedian bill hicks phraised it," is that why they try to rise to the top of their field ?to be a f***in pitchman?".

michael jordan and tiger woods endorsing products is much more tacky then what rush is doing.

when you really think of it that is really tacky.like rush or not , he is in the comercial radio field which is made to sell stuff.

It's all about DEGREES. Putting your name on one or two things VS. tons of crap. And, for example, Paul Newman's salad dressing gave 100% of the proceeds to charity,---something Limbaugh would never even consider. Remember how generous Rush was in offering a SECOND sub to his "newsletter" to a serviceman for HALF price? Only until he got tons of bad press about that did he allow it for free---keeping in mind it was an ONLINE newsletter that cost him NOTHING to add extra subs. Real generous...lol.

Also, often times people do endorsements for thigns that have something to do with them, ie; Jordan and sneakers and sports drinks. Limbaugh? What would fit into his category? "This is El Rushbo for "Multiple Wives deodoerant" or maybe he should rep a pharmaceutical company.