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Well I thought it was intresting and good PR.

musicalmac,

Making a mistake is one thing, but carrying on for 20 years with the same mistakes over and over is quite another. Rush is not a mistake... he's a pigheaded a-hole. You can take his conservative crap for what it is, but his comments about Donovan McNabb and Michael J. Fox, not to mention his hypocritical stance on drug abusers add up to Big Fat Jerk.  And Big and Fat is not a mistake either. He's a big fat idiot... and he didn't just try drugs... and make a mistake.  He kept on keepin' on... and got off pretty much scott free.  Hypocrite... fat... idiot.

My wife heard his show a few months ago when he got his Mac Pro.  I didn't hear it, but she told me he went on for a few minutes about how great Macs - some real nice, free PR.  Drag-addicts, hypochrites, presidential gropers, pot smokers, conservatives, liberals  --->  We can all be united by a nice shiney new Mac.

musicalmac wrote:

Ok, I know you think he's a big, fat idiot. What I also know is your facts may be somewhat distorted. Do you know what he really said about Michael J. Fox? Something tells me you don't. I can't say much about his stance on drugs because I'm not totally sure what he said vs what happened. What I do know is that he hada problem, and perhaps he said things that would be hypocritical. What do you expect him to say? "Get addicted to sleeping pills people."

Think.

Okay, I think he's a dick.

If I recall, Apple does all it can to tell Rush to not promote Apple as much as possible.

An edorsement that we really don't need. I also wonder how The Pretenders feel about their Ohio song being used as Rush's theme music... Cringe.

FWIW, he's not fat.

Nefarious Bidding wrote:

MiniThink welcomes new members, if you dare.

Welcomes?  In the sense that a frat welcomes pledglings, maybe.

Last edited by kb5zhh (2006-11-18 12:07 pm)

SamGuy wrote:

What he said about Donovan McNabb was true though.
Before anyone comments, look up the actual quote.

Indeed. And Warren Moon said as much in his Hall of Fame inductee speech earlier this year.

ukimalefu wrote:

I though this was about Geddy, Alex and Neil.

You won't see them pimping computers anytime soon.  They are three of the most private celebrities out there.  Well, except when Alex is punching bouncers in Florida bars

I can't imagine them being anything  but mac users.

Last edited by Gatchaman (2006-11-18 5:20 pm)

Aqua OS X wrote:

Tech advise from a blowhard like Limbaugh is like getting fashion advise at a retirement home. Of those that actually heed the advise, given the credibility of the source, most are going to assume you should probably do the exact opposite of the aforementioned recommendation.

Makes sense.  Probably why you would rarely see a political type used as a spokesman for any products.  Selling a product is not the time to polarize your customers with political overtones.

Is Al Gore still on the Apple board, BTW?  That made my wife question Apple's future leadership when she heard it a few years ago, but she is the polarized type.  I may fall on the opposite side of many issues with Gore, but I am capable of separating a person's ability to lead a company and manage a business from their political affiliations.

Unless of course, they are a communist or facist or something.....

Oh wow, I thought this was Geddy Lee Rush

oatmeal wrote:

There are some people you don't want endorsing your products.  Pedophiles. Rapists.  Rush Limbaugh. 

Now your stooping.  His hypocritical actions are bad enough  on their own - do you have to drop it down a notch like that and ruin your own credibility?