They don’t care about a boycott. They are part of the problem. Lewis, Soros, Buffet and Johnson all are so-called “progressives” after control of this country.

Email bounced back. Looks like they closed the account.

550 550 Invalid recipient (#5.1.1) (state 14).

They are telling me that they have NOT pulled any advertising from the Glenn Beck Show???

Email address seems to be wrong I’m getting Delivery to the following recipients failed Notification

(with apologies to the mods )
I’ve been meaning to check on a new auto policy for awhile, I think this is just the push I needed.

Contact them here.

You are making a mistake to boycott Glen Beck. Your call. But it will not do for you what you believe a boycott like this implies. It will harm the public’s perception of you, not Glen Beck’s.

Your inconsistency condemns you, not Glen Beck. Had you acted to boycott folks who overly and inappropriately criticized President Bush then you’d have some credibility. You did not, so you do not.

Appear to be a hypocrite if you want. Not sure how that impression in any way helps you increase market share.

Jim Middleton
Glendale, AZ

At the end of the day this kind of stuff helps Beck. Same as we’ve seen with Michelle Malkin’s book sales, Rush’s audience numbers, etc.

Not sure what these companies are thinking but I’m pretty sure Mr. Beck can’t be too upset.

a couple of months ago. They’ve also lost others in my family.

Bye Progressive! Go sell your Communist insurance someplace else.

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I don’t quite think you get that 59 million people did NOT vote for this President. Glenn Beck talks to a large portion of those 59 million through his radio show and his 5PM EST show on FOX. That you made your decision to stop supporting the show says more about you then about Glenn. I do believe you need to rethink succumbing to the left in this country when you make monetary decisions about your company. I will note that Glenn gets over 2 million viewers each night on his show you couple that with those people chatting with their friends about his show and you end up with quite a few Americans who agree with Glenn. I personally will not buy your products again until your company acts like a independent company who makes their business decisions based on hard cold cash and not the “feelings” of progressive left.

Thank you.

Might be time to expose these connections to Soros, Buffet, etc. Fire up the NASCAR nation (where they sponsor) I don’t think most people know who’s behind these companies.

Letter to State Farm:

In regards to your pulling advertisements from the Glenn Beck program, I would like to register my displeasure. I am a policy holder through the XXXXXX Agency in Manchester, NH. I currently have five policies with State Farm and will immediately start shopping them if your sponsorship is pulled from the Glenn Beck program.

Thank You

.

This is what I wrote them:

To Whom it may concern,

It has come to my attention that there are a few groups threatening your organization with boycotts. I would like to join the opposition. If you choose to appease the trouble makers, and hang the Glenn Beck Show out to dry, I will be forced to boycott you as well.

I’d suggest that you ignore the trouble makers who can not compete in the arena of ideas and have to go around the back door to defeat someone. If they have a problem with Glenn Beck, tell them to confront Glenn Beck face to face on the air and let us decide who is right and who is wrong or right. Either way, you are going to lose customers. But Conservatives are more faithful to businesses and they never forget.

The choice is yours,

Tasi

r Tony Nicely Chariman President and CEO, Insurance Companies,
It has been brought to my attention that your company plans on boycotting television shows like Glenn Beck on the Fox Nes Channel and quite possibly pulling adverstisement from stations that carry the Glenn Beck syndicated radio-talk program. I am currently a customer of Geico. I have two vehicles covered with your company’s insurance policies. I have been a customer of Geico for almost ten years now, and I have always had both my vehicles insured with your company. I also have home owners insurance policy with Travelers which I believe is a sector of Geico dealing with home owners and renters insurance policies.

That said, I will consider looking towards your competitors for new automobile insurance policies and for home owners insurance if you engage in boycotting practicies against Glenn Beck or any other commentator that espouses views in contrast to that of the current President. This sir, is a warning, I have been a consistent patron to your business and if you go down the route of boycotting I will execute my warning to go to your competitors such as All-State or State Farm. Please do the right thing and conduct business as usual and do not use your business as a bludgeon to get the person who is to be ostricized (i.e. Glenn Beck), because consumers like myself will lead a reverse bludgeon to make sure that I will cancel my policy and pass along word of the activities your company is involved in. That also includes not recommending Geico to others, which I have trumpet to date.

Sincerely,
DROM Policy # XXXX-XX-XX-XX

Your post isn’t entirely clear. Did all these advertisers pull advertising from Beck’s show, and did they state that they reason was because of liberal pressure? I have Geico auto, I’m pretty happy with it, and I don’t want to make an ass of myself calling or emailing them bitching unless I know what I”m bitching about.

I realize that perhaps that can’t be stopped.

I have Progressive. I put a call in to the CEO. Got the voice mail of one of his assistants. Left a detailed message that I was a soon-to-be-former customer if what I read here was true and I did not get a call back with an explanation that what I read here was not true.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior

I was logged onto Geico’s web site, ready to pay my $950+ 6-month auto premium.
I just left my message at the number provided. Policy payment is not due for 2 weeks.
My payment will depend on them calling me back. I bet there’s a lot of companies out there that will take my $$.

http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/2009/08/12/communist-green-jobs-czars-group-takes-aim-at-tvs-glenn-beck/

Hi Erick.

I had the story that Van Jones was a co-founder of Color of Change first and all subsequent reports are based on my research. Please credit me. Thanks.

Matthew Vadum
Capital Research Center
www.capitalresearch.org

13 August 2009

Fisk Johnson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
SC Johnson
1525 Howe Street
Racine, Wisconsin 53403-5011

Dear Mr. Johnson,

It is with a great deal of sadness that I am writing to inform you that I will no longer patronize your company through my purchases, due to your company’s boycott of Glenn Beck. Please don’t attempt to appease me with the tired response that your company does not know what your media buyers do. That is insulting and beneath contempt.

For an American company to do the bidding of a communist, Van Johnson and his group, Color of Change, because they don’t like the light of day drawn to their activities, is disgusting. You are known by the company you keep and your actions- both of which speak volumes about your disdain and contempt for this country and her citizens. There is a clear difference between right and wrong, moral and immoral, and your company is espousing the latter. I will miss using your products, but will find replacements, knowing that my money will not be funding the overthrow of this great Republic.

Sincerely,

Let them know that we are the ones they should fear. Let them know that if we boycott their products and services for failing to stand up to the brown shirts and communists of this country, they will feel it in their pocket books!

I emailed every advertiser. Now you must do the same! Speak up! Let our voices be heard. Socialism and Communism cannot be allowed to infest and destroy America!

The Obama Admin and the Socialist left are out of control! We must stand up and fight them!

“If all of this seems like a great deal of trouble, think what’s at stake. We are faced with the most evil enemy mankind has known in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States. Those who ask us to trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state are architects of a policy of accommodation.” – Ronald Reagan

Mr. Nicely,

I believe Geico is in error in boycotting conservative commentator Glenn Beck’s program. While his statement is controversial most of your customers are not political. The people contacting you are left-wing activists who most likely never watch the Fox Network and probably don’t even own a car. All of these same activists have done no such agitation on behalf of Americans who were slurred and defamed on the MSNBC network. I’ve included examples below and have decided NOT to contact at least one well known advertiser, Applebee’s, on that network because I have better things to do.

If you persist in your boycott one can safely assume that Geico values political correctness and/or political liberalism over the desires of its very own customers. If given the chose between a product that seeks to improve its features and functionality or one that diverts resources to cater to the political climate, any sane customer will frequent the former. If given the choice between two similar products which cater chiefly to political loyalties I will go, with the 40% of Americans, to the one that honors political conservatives (versus 21% liberal).

Sincerely,

XXXX

Examples of offensive behavior on MSNBC:

-On the highest rated program on their network, Countdown with Keith Olbermann: The host agreed with Jeanne Garofolo in calling conservative protesters: “a bunch of teabagging rednecks,” adding “this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.” http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/04/16/garofalo-tea-partiers-are-all-racists-who-hate-black-president.

-”Socialist is a code word for the n-word.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dFh8YYd70

-”We live in a white supremacist world”? – Toure, 7/28/09 on MSNBC http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0709/Sightings_and_quotes_Who_said_we_live_in_a_white_supremacist_world.html

-And referring to black conservatives as “self-loathing black guys” http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/02/27/olbermann-garofalo-see-self-loathing-black-guy-michael-steele-limbaug and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfzJZLzJx10

And probably the most offensive: “family friendly” tea bagging sexual double entendres on network television. I’m sure if an Applebee’s waitress were subject to such treatment the manager would throw the bum out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-OWDjOQfI

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_wednesday_august_12_124323.asp?dsq=14808410#comment-14808410

Look at his numbers and this is just his FOX show at 5PM when people are still making their way home from work. What with his radio show these companies have made a “feeling” decision instead of an actual money decision!

When I called they said to call between 8 AM and 6 PM CST and the number to call is 800-558-5252, X6. I called Progressive, they said they aren’t boycotting his show, the reports are false, they pulled advertising from his show because they didn’t buy time for his show and it was was shown in error. Hmmm, sounds like they’re backpedaling. They don’t know the power of Glenn’s fans.

Here’s a response I received from Tasher:

Thank you first of all for being a GEICO policyholder.

This week we took action to move our marketing messages from the Glenn Beck show and you are wondering why.

Well you deserve an answer.

If the inflammatory nature of the comments on a program overshadows our message and causes GEICO to be drawn into a national debate, we are likely to reconsider where we place our marketing messages, which is what we did.

GEICO delivers very important messages through its major marketing campaigns: we’re saving customers’ dollars, we’re easy to do business with, we’re looking out for our policyholders. That’s what we hope the public hears and sees and focuses on.

As a company, we do not take positions on controversial issues.

As an advertiser, while a national debate on issues can be healthy and appropriate, we don’t see ourselves in the role of taking part in those debates.

Our business is auto insurance. We want to bring people value and we attempt to reach large audiences with that message.

It is of little benefit to us if a program gets so much attention that our message is drowned out.

Christine Tasher

Director, Public Relations

Communications

So far nothing has bounced back. Incidentally, I’ve known for years how far left Progressive is and have boycotted it accordingly. I’m surprised everyone didn’t know about them.

I think these companies are in for a world of hurt p.r.-wise. When companies showed callousness toward our military during the Iraq war, a day or 2 of really bad p.r. had them backpedalling fast. I doubt these brownshirts will backpedal, but plenty of people will boycott them for aligning themselves with Obama’s Marxist thug policies.

I’ve never seen Glen Beck but I’m familiar with him. I’ll watch his show just to see who DOES advertise.

Attention insurance companies: I may very well be ditching Progressive if I don’t see them. So, who wants my money? Farmers? Liberty Mutual? I’ll be watching.

None of this is helping Glenn Beck, or FNC. No company, anywhere, wants to get dragged into one of these things. The more controversy from either side, the less they want to have anything to do with the show. If they have both sides yelling at them, they for sure want nothing to do with the show.

Note that this is also true of shows on MSNBC, hint hint.

Thanks for sharing this – both to Erick and to Mr. Vadum. I personally crafted my own email to each of these companies and sent them earlier. I am also sending letters via USPS – something which does not get done very often these days.

As a point of order and just for the sake of anyone into cutting-and-pasting some of the responses/letters included above – ANTI-SOCIAL – your letters to these companies continue to misspell GOVERNOR (you spelled it “governer”). Not a criticism, and I am by no means a perfect speller (yours just happened to be the one that caught my eye – rather, just a word of caution to anyone who may go with what you wrote and send it on.

Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing this – both to Erick and to Mr. Vadum. I personally crafted my own email to each of these companies and sent them earlier. I am also sending letters via USPS – something which does not get done very often these days.

As a point of order and just for the sake of anyone into cutting-and-pasting some of the responses/letters included above – ANTI-SOCIAL – your letters to these companies continue to misspell GOVERNOR (you spelled it “governer”). Not a criticism, and I am by no means a perfect speller (yours just happened to be the one that caught my eye) – rather, just a word of caution to anyone who may go with what you wrote and send it on.

Thanks again.

At least on radio, Glenn is a BIG spokes person for GM. These are “in program” spots with Beck speaking, not local buys. I wonder, when the contract comes up for renewal, if their new masters will force them to sacrifice reaching a very strong demographic that might actually be able to afford a Volt.

At least on radio, Glenn is a BIG spokes person for GM. These are “in program” spots with Beck speaking, not local buys. I wonder, when the contract comes up for renewal, if their new masters will force them to sacrifice reaching a very strong demographic that might actually be able to afford a Volt.

“It is of little benefit to us if a program gets so much attention that our message is drowned out.”

A person from this company actually said this? A program gets this much attention and you don’t want your advertisements on the program? How’s that? What, you don’t want your ads to reach as many people as possible?

This statement makes no sense.

Mark Hyman, 8/25/08, Human Events article, “Liberal Talk Radio: One Week Listening to the Wild Side,” noted comments of hosts such as above. Also, “John McCain is a senile son of a bitch who needs someone to change his Depends,” and “The “Bush crime family” was behind the planning and execution of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”" Among others. Mr. Hyman notes plenty of corporate advertisers on the channel.

www.colorofchange.org/

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I watch the Glenn Beck show on Fox News every day, and when he goes to a commercial break I hit the mute button on the remote and get up and do other things until the commercial is over. I do this when I watch other programs, too. I loath commercials–such a waste of time.

ihave been on line all week with insurance companies because all my insurance 2 cars and my home expire at the ens of the month. thus far geico has come in the lowest at 50.00 for 6 months savings. state farm was second.
guess what i am agreeing to pay the higher premiums. I will not give ny money to liberal socialist companies that support adolf obama. And my family has been informed to not to purchase anything from these companies that support this radical or his ideology.

ihave been on line all week with insurance companies because all my insurance 2 cars and my home expire at the ens of the month. thus far geico has come in the lowest at 50.00 for 6 months savings. state farm was second.
guess what i am agreeing to pay the higher premiums. I will not give ny money to liberal socialist companies that support adolf obama. And my family has been informed to not to purchase anything from these companies that support this radical or his ideology.

Dear Sirs,

It has come to my attention that your company has chosen to withdraw advertising from the Glen Beck television show on Fox News under pressure from a group called “Color of Change”, founded by self-described communist Van Jones, who is now the so-called “green jobs” czar in the Obama administration. Mr. Beck had recently done several exposes on Mr. Jones and, like millions of Americans is critical of the direction the Obama administration is taking this country.

Mr. Beck’s recent comment about how he perceives the President’s attitude on race is sensational, to be sure, but when you consider the President’s past and current associations, 20 years as a member of a racist church, his choice for the Supreme Court, his comments about his white grandmother, his overzealous reaction to the Lawrence Gates arrest, and the constant implication from his supporters that criticism of him is “racism”, I happen to agree with Mr. Beck. The President is not the post-racial healer that he was sold as in the campaign.

Your decision to bow to the will of the President’s political hacks has caused me to re-think my long-time relationship with your company. I will be changing insurance providers as soon as possible and will advise my friends and family (and anyone else who will listen) to do the same.

Regretfully,

Lloyd and Tammy Bailey
Conover, NC
Policy: 0125XXXXXXX

Lefty boycott succeeding in getting advertisers to drop Glenn Beck

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/14/lefty-boycott-succeeding-in-getting-advertisers-to-drop-glenn-beck/

Men’s Wearhouse also pulled their ads.

They suck anyway…George Zimmer is a leftist
He gives to all the crappy socialists – Obama, Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein
and even Al Franken….

Don’t give George Zimmer anymore of your money….
Spread the word…

http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/George_Zimmer.php

Zimmer, George Mr.
Fremont, CA 94538
Men’s Wearhouse/CEO

Barack Obama (D)
President
OBAMA VICTORY FUND Won $16,550
primary 08/13/08

ZIMMER, GEORGE
FREMONT, CA 94538
THE MEN’S WEARHOUSE/BUSINESS OWNER

Barbara Boxer (D)
Senate – CA
FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER - $1,000
primary 11/06/08

Zimmer, George
Fremont, CA 94538
Men’s Warehouse/Owner

Nancy Pelosi (D)
House (CA District: 08)
NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESS Won $2,300
general 06/24/0

ZIMMER, GEORGE
FREMONT, CA
MEN’S WEARHOUSE/CEO

FRANKEN, AL (DFL)
Senate – MN
AL FRANKEN FOR SENATE Won $2,300
primary 03/29/07

ZIMMER, GEORGE
FREMONT, CA 94538
THE MEN’S WAREHOUSE/PRESIDENT

Dianne Feinstein (D)
Senate – CA
FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE Won $1,100
primary 12/08/05

Does anyone know?