Kohler pulls Limbaugh ads

[Julian Englis]

Source: Sheboygan Press/AP

Kohler Co. has stopped advertising on radio commentator Rush Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated talk show, the company confirmed Monday, because of comments made by Limbaugh earlier this month calling a Georgetown University law student a “slut” during an on-air attack of her after she testified about birth control policy during a congressional hearing.

“We do not support the comments from Mr. Limbaugh and have pulled our advertising from his show,” said Jennifer Taylor, director of global public affairs for Kohler Co., said in a statement released by the company.

Kohler made the same announcement earlier Monday on the company’s official Twitter page.

Read more: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20120326/SHE0101/120326144/Kohler-Co-pulls-Limbaugh-ads?odyssey=nav|head

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Insert joke about toilet maker not being able to handle this sort of crap.

Keep the pressure up.

[samsingh]

1. limbaugh is worse than shit

[Devil_Fish]

2. Kohler should also pull their toilets from his studio, and home.

Message: We don't support Limbaugh in any way shape or form.

[Ken Burch]

6. That would mean they'd have to TOUCH Limbaugh's toilets...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. I remember reading a story in the mid 1990s about Limbaugh's toilets

It appeared in Forbes or some other investor's magazine and described Limbaugh's new home and the important role that toilets occupied in that home. There were several bathrooms in his house much larger than the norm, with gold-plated fixtures for the toilet and sink. A main bathroom had plush carpeting, paintings on the wall, and antique furniture and was equipped with at least one telephone. It was mentioned that Limbaugh spent significant amounts of time in the bathroom and conducted business there, as though it were an office.

A few years later, I remember seeing a link at Limbaugh's website where he described with pride the lavish toilet he had had built at his radio station, complete with wood paneling and he provided photos.

[freshwest]

17. Proves my assertion RWers are all constipated and need detoxing to clear their stinking thinking.

[Maine-ah]

18. he needs to lay off the Viagra...

He's gonna go blind.

[olddad56]

34. yeah, because Viagra only makes him taller.

[UpInArms]

3. am glad they decided to flush him

[earthside]

4. Indeed - Literally "Flushing Rush!" n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Flush Rush - it has finally come true.

Bwahahahahaha.

[polichick]

11. That really is funny!

[FreeBC]

7. Any national sponsors left?

[gratuitous]

8. Another one?!

This was supposed to have blown over by now. Quick, get the popular media to focus on some other story to the exclusion of everything else! Can we get some cute blonde to go missing somewhere? Geez, those gals are really sore at the vile human being this time. Who knew they had feelings?

[Archae]

9. I live within literally eyeshot of the Kohler plant, and I've met Herb Kohler.

And Herb Kohler is hardly leftist or liberal.

This shows just how badly Rush totally screwed up.

[Myrina]

24. Herb Kohler?

That's too creepy if WI has a Herb Kohl and a Herb Kohler.

I always knew the Kohlers were conservatives, but didn't know first names.

[Archae]

29. I met Herb Kohler through his brother, Freddie.

Freddie was mentally challenged, and he'd take a cab all over to do his errands about once a week.
I was a cab driver back in the mid 80's.

Freddie lived in the apartment above Herb's garage.

(Freddie has died since then.)

But I liked both of them, they were both friendly and Herb tipped me well.

[Dragonfli]

12. Is it because they figured out ditto-heads don't use no plumin'

Or for some other reason?

[Blue Owl]

14. LOL -- their outhouses are AM radio equipped

n/t

[Blue Owl]

13. Pull the porcelain from the porcine

Looks like Ru$h will just have to wallow in his own filth now.

[Dawson Leery]

15. Add this to the 31 additional advertisers that pulled their sponsorship

during the "cooling off" period of the past two weeks.

[northoftheborder]

16. Is Rusbo back on the air yet?

[EC]

19. Headline just makes itself

Kohler flushes Rush....

[humbled_opinion]

20. He doesn't give a crap

I heard today limpball said that Media matters was nothing more than jock itch and this whole affair has little impact on his show. We must keep up the pressure on his advertisers this goon cannot be allowed to weather this storm....

[and-justice-for-all]

26. He thinks he is invincible..

ego of that magnitude will destroy itself.

[Julian Englis]

21. New motto for Rush

Plumbing new depths

[Kablooie]

22. Wow. So they are still dropping out. I wondered about that.

hooray.

[Scuba]

23. Herb Kohler is still an anti-worker asshat, who can afford to build luxury golf courses....

... around the world but can't afford to pay his employees a decent wage.

[zinnisking]

30. Besides from the part-time employees, Kohler workers are union

and they get payed very well. Am I wrong?

[Scuba]

31. Kohler's trying to break the union, has implemented a two-tiered system.

[zinnisking]

33. You're right. n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

25. All these compnanies pulling their ads from the Hutt

should turn to Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller.

[Remmah2]

27. Flush the Rush................

The bold move of Kohler.

I'm thinking opportunity for a new ad campaign.

Letterman/Leno opportunity as well.

[Uncle Joe]

28. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Julian Englis.

[unionworks]

32. K&R

Always happy to hear good news