Rush Limbaugh Touts Benefits of E Cigs

[lmrasch]

Hi All...I am thrilled to announce that although I am not a personal fan of Rush Limbaugh, my parents are....and...today told me that Rush was talking about his electronic cigarette on his show which has up to 30 MILLION viewers WEEKLY!
He has a video podcast and a viewer called into the show and said they had an issue about viewers being able to see him "smoking" while he tapes the show. Rush then went into a mini advertisement, touting the benefits of the e cigarette and has even posted the links to a couple of vendors on his website.

Telsie from our forum graciously posted the soundbite for it, thanks telsie:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201008180045

Here is a screen shot of The Rush Limbaugh Show website with links to Volcanoe E cigs and Ismokeeverywhere.com.

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[Smocha]

Wow, respect to Rush Limbaugh for this. Wish I could see the show though.

 

[kevbow]

Touting e-cigarettes, Limbaugh says you can get them "in menthol or what have you for the brothers" | Media Matters for America to listen to Rush talk about e-cigs and cograts to volcano

 

[doots]

Yeah. it is surely a boost for our causes.. he needs a GLV 5v now..

 

[Smocha]

Did he just say "Menthol for the brothers"?

 

[ezmoose]

Thanks for posting!

Rush has a following and now they have some information other than the FDA company line to consider; if that wasn’t already the case. Any truthful publicity about E Cigarettes can not be a bad thing; they are bipartisan devices! lol

 

[what the hell]

Did he just say "Menthol for the brothers"?

Yes he did and in typical Rush Limbaugh racist fashion. I'm sure he has been compensated for having those link on his site. He doesn't do anything unless there is $$$ involved.

 

[doots]

Thanks for posting!

Rush has a following and now they have some information other than the FDA company line to consider; if that wasn’t already the case. Any truthful publicity about E Cigarettes can not be a bad thing; they are bipartisan devices! lol

Exactly/////////

 

[lmrasch]

Although we may not all agree with each others's political/religious/cultural preferences, there is one thing we all do agree with on this forum and that is our right to vape. Rush took a step to introduce MILLIONS of viewers/listeners to vaping and for that I applaud him . My hope for this thread is that we stay on topic and give recognition of how valuable his endorsement could be for us all.....
Happy Vaping

 

[kevbow]

Yes he did and in typical Rush Limbaugh racist fashion. I'm sure he has been compensated for having those link on his site. He doesn't do anything unless there is $$$ involved.

I can tell you that he was not compensated for the links on the site. At least not from volcano. For the other e-cig company he mentioned who knows.

 

[Bahnzo]

Although we may not all agree with each others's political/religious/cultural preferences, there is one thing we all do agree with on this forum and that is our right to vape.

True, but Rush is so polarizing that he's not a very good spokesperson for these. If anything he hurts the cause. Think about it for a minute....dems are in power now, and any dem that hears Rush talking about the e-cig, is instantly a democrat that's against it.

 

[AlphaTau99]

Good exposure for us, hell yes.

Yes he did and in typical Rush Limbaugh racist fashion. I'm sure he has been compensated for having those link on his site. He doesn't do anything unless there is $$$ involved.

I'm assuming "Sweet, e-cigs just got positive airtime rather than getting bashed" would be too much. Can we cut the racism/political crap for one lousy thread please? Good grief. =P

..............I think I've been hanging out OUTSIDE for too long.

 

[ChipCurtis]

While I am totally anathema to Limbaugh's political views, I never considered him a dumb guy by any stretch of the imagination. Not wanting to read any further into Rush's motives than is necessary, maybe the guy just likes e-cigs and wants to get the word out about them (just like anyone else here), and he certainly has a platform upon which to do that.

But if I have to read something into the situation, I'd say that Rush sees a perfect opportunity here to get on the e-cig bandwagon before misguided liberals get the chance to completely bury the knowledge of e-cigs and their benefits under a heap of legal quagmires. I say, good for him: If no other person of notoriety in our society is willing to pick up the ball on this one, then Rush deserves to be the one who might make e-cigs a nationally-known phenomenon. It's not the way I would like to see it go down, but it's a lot better than the alternative.

In all fairness to Rush, the guy can seem to be quite a nice and sensible guy when he's not foaming at the mouth about politics in a way that scares lower-middle-class white guys during their lunch breaks.

On the e-cig endorsement, he reminds me a lot of my late (rest in peace, Dad) father when he wasn't talking about politics.

 

[potholerepairman]

Good job to Rush for sure.He did the industry a huge solid and should be applauded .He didn't try to say he was an expert and corrected himself on the nic in the juice.Lots of the racism remarks on here remind me of the Tom Joyner Morning Show "hidden racism" bits.Those are a riot ,imo.

 

[VictorySpeedway]

Say what you will about Rush Limbaugh, but 30,000,000 listeners have been made aware of the existence of electronic cigarettes. How many of them had never heard of them before?

 

[CES]

I'm not a fan of Rush or his politics- but he's got a strong voice and I'm glad he's using and supporting e-cigs. Reducing harm and saving lives *shouldn't* be political.

 

[cyberwolf]

True, but Rush is so polarizing that he's not a very good spokesperson for these. If anything he hurts the cause. Think about it for a minute....dems are in power now, and any dem that hears Rush talking about the e-cig, is instantly a democrat that's against it.

I agree that Rush is polarizing, but "liberals think e-cigs are bad for you" might not be a bad stance right now.

 

[kgeiger002]

The more people who are familiarized with e-cigs the better. Considering Rush reaches a gazillion people this is good.

 

[Luisa]

Yes he did and in typical Rush Limbaugh racist fashion. I'm sure he has been compensated for having those link on his site. He doesn't do anything unless there is $$$ involved.

Maybe, you could help us get a liberal talk show host to support ecigs or even MSNBC to support our fight for e-cigs. That would be wonderful and we could cover all bases. Will you work on that? Thanks

 

[Mr.Mad]

A supplier needs to send rush a real ecig like a GG or a Bulli ... that would be worldwide exposer.. for a supplier.