Limbaugh's GM commercial...He's just looking out for Global Climate
By John Amato Friday Jul 27, 2007 5:15pm
A C&Ler emailed this in. This defines hypocrisy:
If you're doing an investment firm commercial that touches on the subject of, say for example, honing one's talent to a fine point ... you get Tiger Woods to be your spokesperson. If you're doing a PSA on World Charities, you get someone who has championed the cause in the past like Bono.
So when General Motors decided to do a radio campaign touting their fuel efficient new cars that will help to reduce dependence on oil and protect the global climate ... the choice was obvious!
Curious whether or not the Suburban was in the original GM bullet points, or did Rush just throw that in so as not to feel silly lying his butt off.
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I’ll never buy another GM product. Ever!!
The Gates of Hell opened in Nov 2000.
Do these vehicles run on Oxycontin and Viagra?
If so, they have the right spokesman.
What do you expect? This is from a company that refuses to adapt to anything. And because of this, GM has almost twice as much debt as it is worth (stocks, assets, inventory, etc.). How is it that they're still in business?
figures, gm sells the worst fuel efficient automobiles/trucks, so why not have one of the reichwingnut fascist neocons advertize to the the group with the worst hypocracy.
Way to go, GM!
Thanks to your decision to use Mr OxyMoron as your spokesaddict, I will not purchase another GM vehicle.
When my last payment for your substandard Venture van is sent out in Feb, GMAC will be getting a nice letter
that explains why my purchase in March will be a foreign car.
So if he's concerned about the environment all of a sudden, why is he still attacking global warming and climate science in general on his radio show? The other day he blasted the revised NOAA hurricane forecast as a bunch of guess work, a shot in the dark. Then he went on about urban heat island effect explaining all of the rising temps we've recorded. Do you think we need an e-mail education campaign of some sort to inform GM of all of the anti-science, anti-environmental crap Rush is actually talking about with his listeners, or do you think they know already and don't care how many lies he has to tell?
These new vehicles are obviously fueled by blubber and hot-air.
-GSD
Magnificent vehicles, eh?
From the world's most respected automotive video journal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1c0JgXCC_M
He needs that cigar to keep all those prescription drugs and Viagra from spilling out of his mouth.
telling Vince Foster conspiracies makes you qualified to do ads for GM
He says he owns a Suburban AND and Escalade then pitches for how many fuel efficient cars GM makes. Only he doesn't drive any of them.
Hypocritical right wing planet destroying piece of shit.
jr @ 12:
And mocking Parkinson Disease victims.
I bet Corporate headquarters for Toyoto just threw a party to celebrate GM's decision :)
I guess his sponsers are drying up..gotta go sell cars now.....now that he helped put the country in a tailspin.....his repug sponsers are running short of cash now.
Anyone have a link to a GM corporate email where we can assure them we won't be purchasing any of their vehicles anytime soon?
All that I can say is he is just preaching to the choir.
No wonder GM's going bankrupt.
JessWonderin @ 16:
...Onstar system pre-programmed to all the area drug stores comes standard.
President PNACcio @ 10:
Range Rover was bought out by Ford in 2000. I wonder how long until they become as crappy as those other two SUVs.
A lout promoting a lemon. What else is new?
More fun with Range Rovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RzQEq9a4k
Let's not forget GM's love of mouthbreathers -- remember when Sean Hannity did his big GM promotion?
Straight Shooter @ 15:
Metrodorus @ 20:
That Toyota is as good as in my driveway now.......Not that I would have ever bought a crappy GM vehicle anyway, the resale value drops faster than Bush's approval ratings.
Forgot the link...
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/hannity-gm/
my lease is up on my mustang soon... don't think i'll be switching to gm!
Nice touch General Motors! Your most loyal customers are union members and you pay Lush Limpballs for an endorsement.
Talk about a slap in the face!
Hannity also pushes GM.
Logan Murphy @ 25:
You mean he isn't doing it anymore?
When you listen to that bloated gas bag spouting off about things in the world of chemistry, engineering, and the like, just remember.....he is a school dropout and has little if any education in any of the fields associated with auto engineering. Then ask yourself how much credibility does he have? I wager you will come to the conclusion that his credibility level is rather low.
Captain Kangaroo @ 31:
That's a good question! We'll have to investigate.
I used to drive GM cars many years ago... and from time to time, I consider going back to them...but if Rush is who they choose to have as a spokesperson... then I will never, ever purchase a vehicle from them again! Ever!
I have never tried Snapple - because years ago Disgusting Pigboy did ads for them. Maybe he still does, but I don't want to listen to his show to find out.
JessWonderin @ 16:
:lol:
[Deleted. What is it with the off topic crybabies today?]
"Do these vehicles run on Oxycontin and Viagra?"
Actually, no. They are modified to run on the jelly babies from Dominican kids that R has spunked.
"Who's your Denali now, Poquito!?"
ludswigs @ 37:
Can we get some troll spray in here? And some deodorizer - smells like bullshit.
"because folks, when I'm jacked to the gills on Oxycontin, there's nothing I like to drive more than my GM suv. . . "
It really goes to show you how out of touch these overpaid CEOs are. They don't have a clue about what is going on in this country with the average citizen.
King Chicken Hawk.
Hypocrite. Limpbaugh talks about how great the economy is, show goes to commericials hocking gold.
Logan Murphy @ 33:
It late Saturday afternoon. I’m about ready to throw some shrimp on the barbie and throw back a couple shots. I aint doing any investigating now. :lol:
Suze Orman was also a GM promoter. Then on her shows she shills about never buying a new car - girlfriend.
It is like putting Dracula in charge of the Red Cross...
Mark LaNeve
GM Vice President Sales and Marketing
Phone number: (313) 665-1357
email address: laneve@gm.com
Lamebrain's just snagging himself some more of that Corporate welfare that has kept his sorry ass employed all this years. GM - ah yes, the company that gave us the Pontiac Aztec.
I seem to be having a little trouble with the email ut this is what I tried to send to Mark Laneve.
What are you doing using a known drug addict to promote your product?
Ron @ 48:
Don't forget doctor shopper. Meer mortals go to jail for 10 years for breaking that law.
Captain Kangaroo @ 2:
Like you're driving one now?
Logan Murphy @ 27:
GM, the car that Propagandists choose most!
Ron @ 48:
Not to mention you hired a promoter that bashes your premise on his show. How stupid is that?
He cause peak oil a conspiracy theory and believes the world is awashed in crude.
myiq2xu @ 35:
Damn, I like the diet Peach....
Harley @ 52:
Opps, hit return before I was finished.
And who is anti-global warning. Limpbaugh states science does not back up the global warming case. But believes in evoluation.
Don't get me started. LMAO.
Nevski @ 45:
Or like putting Al D'Amato in charge of an ethic committee?
Or putting Bob Dornan in charge of a mental health task force?
Adding GM to the list of Of Products not to by.the list began years ago with Gold Bond Powder. I first heard that voice in a rented car ,and listened to some long tirade against the homeless in San Francisco, I could not believe some one could be so meanspirited and shortsighted.. and I thougt he was joking at first,then I thought that clown will get fired .....I thnk it was 1986!
The old lady drives a 10 year old Pontiac and I drive a 30 year old Chevy Luv. If I am ever in a position to buy a new car of truck it will not be a GM but I doubt if I will ever be in that position.
is that a picture of Limbaugh smoking a cigar..........
........or is that a pig with a stick in his ass?
Rush sings a song about himself:
http://www.ericblumrich.com/nazi.html
Harley @ 54:
My email bounced back. Someone else is welcome to put all the other remarks together and try it.
I have to point out to people that there is a bit of futility in attempting to get the corporate sponsors of right wingnut hate radio and Faux News. They are, after all, mere corporate mouthpieces promoting the corporatist world view and attacking its critics. Its not as if these corporations don't know exactly what they are doing. They see subsidizing far right ideology as good for their bottom line. Its just more PR and lobbying for them. They could care less if we on the left threaten boycotts, they know that the whole concept of market democracy is a sham promoted by corporate financed Libertarian think tanks. The same forces of economic elites and corporate interests that promote Limbaugh and his ilk today are the same forces that supported the Fascist movements of the last century. Corporatism is Fascism pure and simple.
Radically Moderate @ 58:
It's a pig taking a dump.
It'll be interesting to see GM's quarterly sales figures after this is around for awhile...me...Fords and Hondas.Fords for working out of and Hondas for my wife..But I just bought me a new Toyota 4x4...for me it's practical......v6 economical with enough power and fairly fuel efficient 22 and 17....I'd get a hybrid but I dont think it will make it down the baja peninsula.
GM also uses Sean Hannity for advertising. Who will they use next? Another right wing extremist like Ann Coulter?
E Pluribus Unum @ 50:
No but I am trying a Ford Pickup and well... I won't be buy another. Back to Toyota.
OMG!! Thank you C&L for this bit of information. I was listening to him yesterday and he went on a rant about the Toyota Prius and how it represented Hippies and wasn't environmentally friendly, etc. and also praising a WaPo article on the topic.
Typical shit! I love to show the obivous pandering and outright lying and unethical behavior, I just wish his brainwashed listeners would at least listen to the other side.
Ron @ 60:
Here is a linlk to a GM wweb site where you can write an email. It is related to "Stockholder Services" but that might be a good thing.
GM used Limbaugh to promote their products? Was David Duke unavailable?
Seeing how I was going to buy a new car in the next six months to replace my current car, I was trying to find something worth buying from the domestics as I do want to support domestic industries. I have to say thank you to GM as now I can buy my first choice, either a Toyota or a Honda without the tiniest bit of guilt.
And the dipshits on the right blame the unions for the failure of US industry.
Bought my last Saturn
Though Limbaugh is a useless windbag, isn't anyone interested in actually pondering what GM would have to gain by this, you know, without the knee-jerk reactions?
It's actually interesting to me: GM, whose sole selling point in the past has been "it's got a Hemi" (or some hyper-macho bullshit like that), is now trying to catch up with the others with the whole saving the environment thing. I'm assuming that they've gone with Limbaugh because they feel he speaks to their customer base. Apparently they're gambling that these saps will buy a fuel-efficient car, but only if one of their devilish radio bombasts says it's okay.
Maybe they're assuming that those already interested in saving the environment buy cars known for fuel-efficiency (e.g. Honda) or hybrid technology (e.g. Toyota Prius). Who knows if it'll help.
Okay, sorry for the interruption. Rush Limbaugh is a pill-popping poopyhead!
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Yep, and GM used Hannity to give away a car because he is a "great American"...
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/tvstations/article_display.jsp?vnu_cont...
you'll never see me buying a GM product.
to represent it, GM has chosen the top right wing talk radio blowhard- not only a guy who HAS BEEN WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING but a racist who constantly threatens our few decent politicians.
fri july 27 limbaugh, in refering to legislation limiting family members from getting paid for doing political work for reps, says (roughly paraphrasing) - limbaugh---if americans knew the amount of incest (nepotism, i suppose) going on in politics there'd be a public hanging from every lamp post. he didn't mention any politicians by name but we get the picture. he regularly labels Dem reps as traitors. shoulda heard his rant before the latest GOP filibuster to get the dittoheads to keep the troops in line.
when you email GM
http://www.gm.com/gmcomjsp/contactus/contact_us_form.jsp?contacttopic=INI
you might want to mention what he said a few days after Katrina hit- "those people left in NO had as much chance as anyone else to get a real job, buy an SUV, and drive out in time" (now there's a great sales pitch for SUVs.), and of course that you don't think their representative ought to be threatening your favorite politicians.
Snowball @ 61:
Which is why many people don't even try to appeal to the sponsors on an ethical basis. I'm past "threatening" boycotts...I now will not shop at Home Depot, fly Jet Blue, drink Snapple, or buy GM. There are others, but these are ones that have been mentioned recently on this site. There are products that I won't touch (HeadOn, Jack-In-The-Box, Twix) because I find their commercials repulsive, some I don't buy because they're made with genetically modified ingredients, eggs I avoid because the chickens are debeaked and kept cooped in tiny cages, veal I won't eat because the animals are tortured (and foie gras is obviously off the list for that reason and Kentucky Fried Chicken will never see a dollar of mine) and many, many others that I don't even think about when I go to the store because I've been avoiding them for so long that they're sort of off my radar for good. On the other hand, I DO make an attempt to purchase organics, free-range eggs, regionally produced products, and products that appear to be created by more-than-averagely conscious humans. Along the way, I've discovered some great products that I wouldn't have otherwise tried if I'd been content to follow the herd and buy the most obvious brands. I like to think that because of me and others like me, everyone's choices are changing. Safeway has introduced a great and ever-expanding line of organic stuff, everything from spaghetti sauce to cookies to ice cream bars. It's a start, is it not, and you can bet that they wouldn't be doing it unless it was profitable. Because of discerning customers, it IS profitable. (Now, of course, we have to be somewhat careful that Safeway, the monolith, doesn't crowd out the little organics producers who REALLY laid it on the line before organics were cool.)
Umm, I seem to have wandered off track here. I think my point was that consumers hold great power against the corporations if they will only exercise it. Organized boycotts, like the one against Home Depot that Foxattacks is doing, DO make a difference. I expect to see Home Depot execs experiencing a moment of enlightened self-interest any day now. Watch for it...
Seems pretty consistent to me: The car company which flaunts arrogance and hypocrisy would naturally choose an esteemed spokesman with such qualities. (the poster-boy for ugly America, in fact)
So long as GM identifies itself as the carmaker for wasteful, ignorant loudmouths, my sympathy for its demise will continue to be zero. I really only pity the assembly-line workers who are at the mercy of their staggeringly dysfunctional corporation. The upper-level management twits can sip lava through a straw for all I care.
anonymous @ 72
Unfortunately, these corporations have most probably already factored in any possible boycotts into their risk benefit analysis and calculated that in the long run, it is more profitable to sponsor right wing propaganda and influence the political process then to worry about whatever losses they might suffer due to a few informed consumers not buying their products.
GM is really preaching to the choir. The folks who buy GM vehicles are the ones listening to Rush Limbaugh. If they really wanted more people to buy GM vehicles, they'd sponsor a show on NPR or PBS.
And why would they get someone like Limbaugh to do this? All he does is complain about environmentalists and deny global warming? Why should we listen to him? If anything, it gives GM an even worse reputation.
I know GM has been pushing alternative fuels, but I was unaware that they a developed a car that runs on hot air, oxycotin, hate, and bullshit.
No wonder General Motors is going down the toilet. How clueless can you get? The people over at Toyota, which recently surpassed G.M. in sales, must be laughing their heads off.
Snowball @ 74:
I hope you're wrong, snowball. If Home Depot caves and withdraws advertising from Fox, will you concede that an organized boycott can work? We shall see. *crosses fingers*
As if I even needed a reason not to consider a GM vehicle . . .
When I see that pic of Limbaugh, I think of George Carlin - "A cigar looks like a big brown dick!".
Snowball @ 74:
Well, that begs the question: how's that cost/benefit analysis working out for them?
Anyone want my '72 Corvette? It has a 350, 4sp, power windows, and a pill holder.
GM's inefficient diesel technology can only compete in America http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/13/autos/lutz_on_diesel/
I guess GM is going for the 27%ers. Or is it 26%? Or 25%? Anyway, that is probably good marketing to target an ever shrinking minority and piss off an ever increasing majority. It's likely why they've been doing so well lately. I had a Chevy truck at one time. I won't own another of their products, tho.
The only thing Rush is fit to be a spokesman for is douche bags.
This DB was spouting off last week about how big his carbon footprint was. He was bragging about how many houses he had on his compound and how he kept the AC low and all the lights on even if no one was there at the time.
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I will NEVER buy a GM auto. How could they be SO dumb?
Just to be fair, this is less about right-wing radio and more about GM trying to repair it's image.
Bill Press does the same GM ads on Air America every morning.
Everyone I know has always warned me against buying a GM product. Now I have a concrete personal reason for avoiding this brand.
I just sent GM an email - we're looking at a new car next year, and this ensures no GM purchase. If that toadsucking lilly livered lardassed scumbag is advertising GM, I won't buy a HUBCAP from them. ESAD, GM!
ugh .... words about flex fuel and the enviroment from that bloviated hypocrite wouldn't turn my head back to GM (they totally lost me when I went to by a car in 2006 and found they didn't have anything that I wanted the way I wanted it. But it was all made in Canada - not here- not for American worksers)
Actually hearing Rush doing a commercial for GM will have me running further away from them.
Not Dick but Richard @ 87:
How wonderfully sexist of you. Why should we want him advertising a product we use?
Uh, you know you can get eggs from free range or cage free hens don't you? They are a bit more expensive but that's what we buy.
GM has to be the most pathetic car company on the planet. They have just alienated more than 1/2 of the U.S. population by using this idiot as a spokesman.
Not to be immature or anything, but it would be great if that photo of Rush Limbaugh was photoshopped to replace the cigar with a big ol' rock-hard white schlong.
Well let us see if all those dree market republicans that listen to Rushbo are really going to raise GM's auto sales.
When people listen or think of Rush they think viagra, oxycotin, and sucking on cigars. Not GM/
Well, when you figure the people who listen to Rush probably are the same ones who drive Hummers this is what is to be expected.
This is just another last gasp from a company living in the dinosaur age. Toyota is going to surpass GM in sales to become number one.
Rush bashed the GM EV-1 when it was out. It was the most energy efficient automobile ever built and I remember hearing Rush Slimeball bash the hell out of it. I've driven several EV-1s and the car was great and there were waiting lists for the car despite GM's claim of lack of interest. Instead, GM crushed the EV-1s (all of them in running condition) and converted the assembly line to produce the Chevy SSR which they can't even push off the lots. Jay Leno offered GM 1 million dollars to buy an EV-1 before GM crushed them.
That's who they should have used for these ads. Jay Leno knows alot about cars and also has a collection of alternative fuel cars as well. Limbaugh has no credibilility whatsoever, but I guess his fans are on the same intellectual level.
I've spoken to some of these PR guys at GM and believe me they are not much different then that windbag Rush Slimeball.
xargaw @ 95:
Totally amazing. Why would any company hire any spokesperson so controversial? But worse, Rush is a hate monger. sheesh. Never bought a GM car, and for sure I never will.
I'll never buy another GM vehicle.
I boycott all sponsers of these idiots.
Rush has said in the past that he has "the Midas touch" claiming that everything he touches turns to gold. We shall see. Personally I have no use for the guy but many rely on him for their talking points. Now this guy claims to be conservatism personified while his personal behavior would indicate otherwise. He's been divorced several times, we all know about his dalliances with dope and recently it was revealed that he goes on Viagra sponsored rich-boy jaunts to off-shore countries to patronise prostitutes. Still his fans still call him every day and tell him how great he is, an annoying function of his radio program that's indicative of very low standards, an entire lack self esteem or just plain stupidity on the part of the caller. Limbaugh reminds me of Alice Cooper but at least Cooper is man enough to admit that when he's on the stage the "Cooper you see is all just an act," whereas Limbaugh would have us believe and even claims that he is some sort of great role model for the youth of America. No thanks Rush, I'd rather my kids stay clear whores and dope.
OxyCon @ 64:
No, not Ann Coulter. Ed Schulz is pushing GM on his show.
anonymous @ 80:
Remember when Tom Delay was Majority Leader he would refuse to sit down with anyone, Businessman, Lobbyist, Individual, who had donated to Democrats.
Delay was one man,immagine what a few hundred thousand motivated Liberals and Progressives could do.
Hilarious that Limp-Dicks cigar is ten times bigger than his micro dick.
Never mind GM, this may be the beginning of a campaign to re-brand Limpball himself.
Not too many people are buying GM these days anyway. Why would one buy a vehicle that uses more gas, is less dependable, and costs more than the foreign models? They can get all the advertizing they want from a reich wing drug addict and sexual pervert and it will not help their sales. Americans don't want a car that costs more and does less, just like Lush Limpballs.
Christ, I don't like Limbaugh at all, but even his show is better than reading a bunch of nancy boy web users on this site cry about him.
There is a special place in Hell for this man.[deleted-please don't post that you wish ill on someone on this site, it will be taken out of context and linked 1000xs by right wingers.] He will
probably blame Bill Clinton.
And I was actually considering going to the dealer to price the new little Chevy. Drove it as a rental in California. Yes, I've owned 3 GM cars before a Chevy and 2 Buicks. If it is true that GM hired that ass pimple chickenhawk limbug, GM can count me gone. NEVER will I buy GM again.
I've been a Buick owner for years--NO MORE GM FOR ME
Boycott GM for just being absolutely stupid and having a racist, fat, pig like Limp-Dick speaking for them.
GM's use of Shawn Hannity as a spokesman cost tem my business. I was planning on buying Chevy until I heard about it. Sorry, GM, but another brand got my business. My grandfather worked in a GM plant for 45 years. We're talking real brand loyalty through the generations, here. And now, they pick this lying, bigoted amoral thug to represent them and the things they value?!? Tells me everything I need to know of what they are about. Fuck GM forever.
GM, like all auto companies, is in business to make money. Regardless of the feel good ads from certain automakers that make it seem as though they truly care, they don't. They want to make money, but different companies use different methods. Stating you won't buy another GM vehicle merely because of where they spend a small percentage of their large ad budget is as ridiculous as the AFA nuts boycotting Ford for their support of gay causes. People are so sensitive and irrational these days.
navyswan @ 8:
Having it both ways, of course. And giving the Dittoheads something to rally around. See how this flies on Flea Republic.
Well, that seals the deal for me. No more GM vehicles. That includes cars, trucks, SUVs. None! Thanks GM for making the decision so much easier.
yes, Hannity does still advertise GM. I'm a regular Hannity listener (glutton for punishment??) and I've heard his GM ad at least within the past couple weeks. Not only that, he ALSO made a point to comment on the environmentally-friendly green aspects (supposedly) of GMs cars... so Rush isn't the only one to sell out, I guess.
If I remember correctly, GM previously hired Hannity as a spokesman. People high up at GM at bushtards through and through. My goodness. Don't ever buy another product from them, if you can choose to do so. They deserve to completely bite the dust.
I also see waaaay too many Hummer ads on TV, when I read at the same time their sales for Hummers are way down. They insist on trying to sell that pile of waste and it's offensive.
It's like GM is trying to go out of business. I'll be giving Daimler-Chrysler's politics a look over now that they are selling cars with lifetime warranties.
Clytemnestra @ 94:
Gee thanks. Duh.
telling Vince Foster conspiracies makes you qualified to do ads for GM
And mocking Parkinson Disease victims.
And singing Obama the Magic negore songs too.
What the hell is GM thinking? NEVER a GM again. NEVER!
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Sales will skyrocket at GM. They don't need the business of the Left Wing goonies....
Rush didn't sway me to purchase a GM product. The bleeding heart commie libs did.
dadams @ 6:
If you knew what any of those words meant you'd realize what a moron you look like. Then again, you liberals like words and soundbites regardless of their meanings or lack thereof.
You people must be listening to a different ad than the one that is linked here. He's not saying his Escalade and Suburban are green. He's saying they are great vehicles (which they are) He says GM works with all aspects of the market. And then list different types of products.
Listen to it again, this time, put it in the PROPER text, not a distorted one.
I love Rush. Everything he does makes Democrats Bite their lip.
Keep up the good work. Show me a Democrat.........I'll show you a Communist bed wetting Liberal.
has anyone listened to the whole thing?? he's talking about how they're improving and soon to be offering zero emission vehicles. I was a student at UNC and saw plenty of SUVs around there and many have at one point or another owned one of these vehicles at some point (perhaps when gas was around $1/gallon?)
What a great spokesman to promote one of americas true legends that built this great country.
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