# NOW will the Republican Party finally deal with Rush Limbaugh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736 "2012-11-21T17:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/121 "2012-11-27T00:55:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > If I had a product that was juuuuust this side of legal, and relied upon gullible folks or people who did not have great powers of logic or critical thinking… Somehow I think that describes about 80% of the retail products in the entire world. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/122 "2012-11-27T16:09:36Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Isn’t this as it always was, and always shall ever be? Limbaugh used to have a lot more insurance companies, but both Allstate and Geico pulled out after the Fluke controversy. [Politico](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73675.html) published a list of 45 advertisers who supposedly dropped him after the incident, and you can find major companies like Capital One on that list. However, as the article points out, many of these companies aired ads “inadvertently” on his show; I suspect they plied on then just for the extra publicity and didn’t really have much stake with him to begin with. And, to be fair, Limbaugh did generate some [new leads](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/03/limbaugh-adds-sugar-daddy-advertiser-116642.html) after Fluke: > [@](#): > > [SeekingArrangement.com](http://SeekingArrangement.com), the world’s largest sugar daddy and sugar baby dating website announced today its decision to begin advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show for the first time. The moniker of a Sugar Daddy is that of an older, successful wealthy man romantically involved with a younger, beautiful woman, much like the relationship Rush shares with his much younger wife, Lauryn Rogers. > > “Rush Limbaugh is one of the greatest examples of the modern day Sugar Daddy,” says Brandon Wade, the Founder & CEO of [SeekingArrangement.com](http://SeekingArrangement.com). “We wouldn’t feel right if we didn’t come forward and support him in his time of need.” ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/123 "2012-11-28T18:50:19Z")
So which demographic of their prospective customers coincides with that of those approving of Limbaugh’s comments? Sexually active young women? Men opposed to religious institutions paying for insurance that includes contraception? I probably shouldn’t underestimate people’s avariciousness or turpitude. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/124 "2012-11-29T06:22:27Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > I probably shouldn’t underestimate people’s avariciousness or turpitude. Are you by your language implying that Alexander Hamilton was a sugar daddy? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/125 "2012-11-29T08:07:48Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you by your language implying that Alexander Hamilton was a sugar daddy? $10 was a lot of money back then. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/126 "2012-11-29T18:51:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Point of order. Thompson died by over-dose of bullet, not drugs or alcohol. That fucker would have never died of either of those. Brother, the man lived by drugs, alcohol, violence, and insanity. One or more of the four was going to get the guy. Was he inebriated when he passed? I have a feeling it was a combination of all four. > [@](#): > > Tsk. Classic case of confirmation bias. Tell it to Nate Silver 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736/127 "2012-11-29T19:47:59Z")
A guy who did as much drugs as his legend wouldn’t even be able to type, much less write. You can trughst me on that. Trest me. Shight! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-will-the-republican-party-finally-deal-with-rush-limbaugh/641736.md?page=6)