Bullet-Riddled Rush Limbaugh Billboard Pulled Down In Tucson

by Mark Joyella | 1:57 pm, January 14th, 2011

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Talk about awkward timing. A Tucson talk radio station has removed a billboard advertising Rush Limbaugh‘s show with bullet holes and the words “straight shooter.”

The station’s owners, radio giant Clear Channel, said the billboard, which has been in place for several weeks, was no longer appropriate in the aftermath of the shootings Saturday, telling the New York Daily News:

Clear Channel defended the use of what it called the “common” term “straight shooter,” and stressed that Limbaugh himself had nothing to do with the billboard – that it was done by the local station’s promotion department.

Limbaugh has forcefully dismissed any suggestion that talk radio hosts like himself could have added in any way to an atmosphere that contributed to the shootings, but Clear Channel opted to pull the billboard out of respect for the victims:

Specifically in this case, said Clear Channel, the company “quickly elected to take down this ad, believing that discussion of its interpretation would not contribute to the desire for healing in the Tucson community.”

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BatBoy

I agree that it should have been pulled…Conservatives do that kind of thing out of respect for others feeling.

Democrats…well not so fast…they stick it in your face and say “Screw you – I will do what I want to do and to hell with what you are feeling”!
Grammie

From the station whose billboard it was:

Here’s CLEAR CHANNEL’S full statement:

Starting several weeks before the recent tragic incident in TUCSON, CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR had been displaying an ad campaign created by a local TUCSON Talk radio station to promote its broadcasts of RUSH LIMBAUGH’s nationally syndicated radio program. This particular ad — which used the common expression “straight shooter” to describe MR. LIMBAUGH’s candid and direct style — was designed and contracted for by the local station’s promotion department – not by Mr. LIMBAUGH’s program. In the wake of the tragedy, CLEAR CHANNEL Outdoor management in TUCSON quickly elected to take down this ad — believing that discussion of its interpretation would not contribute to the desire for healing in the TUCSON community.

http://www.cafemom.com/answers/705240/Clear_Channel_Pulls_Rush_Billboard_In_Wake_Of_Tucson_Tragedy
The Donger

BatBoy said:
I agree that it should have been pulled…Conservatives do that kind of thing out of respect for others feeling.

Democrats…well not so fast…they stick it in your face and say “Screw you – I will do what I want to do and to hell with what you are feeling”!

Easy Batboy, it wasn’t really a “conservative” decision which I proudly am, unless we are saying that Clear Channel as a corporation is “conservative”. This kind of thing happens all the time, remember the governator’s movie they shelved for awhile after 9/11. Just a sign of respect.
redwriteblue

This is just another example of how big a part militaristic euphemisms are in our everyday speech. There is a well-known political consultant that publishes the “Target Book” that is qouted often during the election campaigns.

Sarah Palin’s Website designer that used a common graphic software symbol to mark the Democrats congressional districts would have been criticised for using “X” s also.

The Conservatives on talk radio are against the “ObamaCare” plan:

http://redwriteblue.weebly.com/right-to-health-care.html
Gasket

BatBoy said:
I agree that it should have been pulled…Conservatives do that kind of thing out of respect for others feeling.

Democrats…well not so fast…they stick it in your face and say “Screw you – I will do what I want to do and to hell with what you are feeling”!

Nice try ButtBoy, but it had nothing to do with a “conservative” decision. It was bad publicity for the radio station and/or clear channel. I can guarantee you if it was left to Lush Limpballs to decide, he would have urged it remain up there.
Yoda002

Right has to always had to use the gun analogy because they don ‘t want people to realize that they have nothing to offer the 98% and under crowd but less social security, less medicare, fewer jobs, higher interest rates and so on.