Wal-Mart Signs Rush Limbaugh

[itsrobert]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Brings Rush Limbaugh to it's Stores!
BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wal-Mart’s program to register it's employees to vote has been extended to educating them over their in-store music/public address system. The Wal-Mart Political Education Challenge, a private/public partnership between Wal-Mart and Excellence In Broadcasting, will help employees and customers familiarize themselves with the Democratic Process.

"We’ve been extremely pleased with the customer response to RUSH! And. Rush is truly tickled by the attention! Crowds were at Secaucus Wal-Mart ready to listen to the the big guy early this morning and the response to the loveable guy was overwhelming! After the official unveil and introduction conducted by a security guard, Rush received a rousing round of applause accompanied by delighted squeals from the kids!

The Wal-Mart Political Education Challenge debuted in July 2006 in Sacramento, Palm Springs, and Salt Lake City, and expanded across the entire state of California earlier this year. Due to its success, Wal-Mart has extended the program to 12 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, the entire state of Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and plans to further expand it across the country in the Fall of 2007.

“The Wal-Mart Political Education Challenge teaches employees and customers how to become responsible stewards of their republic by limiting Democrats and Big Government that can harm the United States,” said Nicole Anderson of Wal-Mart. “The program brings immediate political education benefits to our communities, educational benefits to our children, and financial benefits to our nation. We are excited to bring the program to new areas.”

How the Political Education Challenge works

Upon joining the program, Rush Limbaugh is downlinked to Wal-Mart Stores via satellite and played on a continuous 3 hour loops 24 hours a day. Wal-Mart will donate $5.00 cash monthly from each employee's paycheck to pay for the program.


About Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and SAM’S CLUB locations in the United States. The company has operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South Korea and the United Kingdom. The company’s securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Arca, formerly the Pacific Stock Exchange, under the symbol WMT. More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting www.walmartfacts.com. Online merchandise sales are available at www.walmart.com.

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:sarcasm:
THIS IS A SPOOF! WARNING: :SARCASM:

[niyad]

1. thank goodness you have the sarcasm icon on--these days, it

is so hard to tell what absurdities are real, or fiction.

[kwolf68]

3. yea really

It appeared real to me at first as well. Nicely done, but goddamnit for giving me an extra beat on my heart. Then again, I reject Walmart with all my being and will never step foot in another one...i hate that company more than the Devil himself.

[sakabatou]

2. Can it get an eviler?

[Neshanic]

4. "Hi, Rush here, and rush right over to the pharmacy for the

Rush special of the day, buy one Oxycontin get one free, with a coupon for 10% off for family portraits".

[bryant69]

5. By limiting Democrats?

Oh my - this is terribly overt. I mean I always knew whose side Walmart is on, but this is really awful.

Bryatn
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[napi21]

6. AHHH, yet another reason NOT to enter a WM store!

I can't very well threaten them, because I never shop there anyway!

I'm actually surprised that WM is doing this. You and I both know Rush doesn't come cheap! This one sure must be inflating that old ad budget!!!!

[KyndCulture]

7. this almost reads as real!

[Bozita]

8. This is a spoof. ... Gotta be a spoof. ... On second thought, OH SHIT!

Well done!

[4bucksagallon]

9. This is a joke right.........

If not I hope he does as well for Wally world as he did for the Orange industry in Florida or the NFL as a commentator.

[nickyt]

10. Fool me once, can't - whatever. Ya got me. Obviously, I'm not alone.

A none-too-funny symptom of how damaged I am, that I could so easily believe this could actually happen. Rats.

[bryant69]

11. Please provide a link to this actual release

I want to write about it - but i'm going through Walmart Facts and this hasn't popped yet.

Bryant

[Zomby Woof]

14. Please read the ENTIRE OP

And the other replies in the thread.

[bryant69]

15. You added Spoof after I read it

I apologize for my error. I'll try to do better in the future, o great ZombyWoof. I certainly wouldn't want to earn your displeasure.

[Zomby Woof]

24. I didn't add anything - it wasn't my post

I hold all DUers in equally high regard - I don't inflict "displeasure". :shrug:

[Double T]

12. Would NOT be surprised if it were true

[oldboy101]

13. Well you almost turned me against Wal-Mart.

I have been replying to Wal-Mart bashing that has been going on here at DU for some time, by saying that we need to be fair to the company. When I first read your thread that Rush LumpBalls was promoting their voter registration campaign, I was ready to concede that I had been wrong to defend Wal-Mart.

I was relieved to see that this was only a spoof such as found in the Onion. Now I will be able to continue shopping at Wal-Mart and saving lots of money! Really I applaud Wal-Mart for encouraging their employees to register and vote, just as long as they don't tell people how to vote.

[YOY]

17. You really need to see "The High Cost of Low Price"

Walmart really has few redeaming values as a corporation and is not worth defending.

[gratuitous]

18. Try to separate yourself from your consumer choices

While folks here at DU don't much care for Wal-Mart's predatory corporate practices, their shabby treatment of their employees, and their general disregard for the communities they pillage, we also recognize that for a lot of people, shopping at Wal-Mart isn't really a choice. We don't judge folks who shop at Wal-Mart, because there isn't a blanket statement one can make about every person who patronizes Wal-Mart; only that if fewer people shopped at Wal-Mart, perhaps they'd reform their bad corporate citizenship ways.

Please try to distinguish your identity as a person from the consumer choices you make or are forced to make. Really, your personhood is more than being a consumer, though there are a lot of loud, wealthy and dominant voices trying to persuade you otherwise.

[FlaGranny]

19. I'm ashamed to admit it, but

for the last month I've been shopping at WM. I've been saving a minimum of $50 a week there, but I really feel guilty about it. Our electric and gas bills have gone up so much I had to save money somewhere. I hate the checkout lines in WM, though, because everyone seems to be using food stamps and tons of coupons.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. And that is based solely on your opinions? You're not a Wal-Mart employee?

Or relative of an employee? Or contractor?

[JohnnyLib2]

16. Do you often have premonitions, and do you trust them?

The story just ain't very far out, I'm a little nauseous.

[Wickerman]

20. Damn, stop giving 'em ideas!

:rofl: <-- I think... :yoiks:

[Swamp Rat]

22. My thought exactly!

x(

[LTR]

23. I was waiting for the sarcasm tag

Scared me for a minute there.

[Irreverend IX]

25. I think I just threw up in my mouth. nt