Apple has contacted Rush Limbaugh about the Mac issues that he’s been talking about this week on the most listened to radio talk show in America; heard on over 600 stations in the U.S.
Partial transcript from The Rush Limbaugh Show yesterday:
I have an announcement to make: Apple corporate called. Somebody from high up the corporate ladder at Apple Computer in California, out in Cupertino, called the office. When did you get the message? When did they call, late yesterday afternoon? All right, they called at nine o’clock this morning, very, very, very nice guy, put my IT guy in touch with them, working — No, it was not Algore. Ha! No, Mr. Snerdley, it was not Algore. I’m not going to mention the gentleman’s name because the Mac user community that hates me will start bombarding this guy. He’s a west coast guy. He called about six a.m. out there and said, “I’m here now,” so our IT guy is working with him. That’s cool. Yes, it’s official. It’s not a hacker. It was official. Don’t start gumming up the works. It was really true.
More from Rush Limbaugh’s “Stack of Stuff” page here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: The more Rush Limbaugh talks about Macs (even if it’s about issues he’s having), the better it is for Apple. Rush is planting Apple seeds. Making Apple Macs a real consideration for millions of people who might not have even thought about freeing themselves from the frustration and disappointment of Microsoft Windows is a very good thing.
OK, can we please stop with the Rush stories now?
Yeah, all the people who spew vitriol towards Rush should be ashamed of themselves. I’m a liberal, but at least I have enough class to see him and everyone else as human beings. I guess it’s called “tolerance”.
I’ve never heard this guy because I live in the UK, despite him being a Mac user just looking at his picture makes me thing he’s no good. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover but still.
Even a bloated and bloviating, egomaniacal and hypocritical gas-bag can play the victim card and get away with it.
Only in America™.
Jimbo, right on! Enough with the Rush tripe.
@Jimbo
Nope. MDN loves Rush, just as they love all things conservative. You can tell by how they used a good picture of Rush, but they use the worst possible picture of people like Gates and Ballmer, even though I’m sure there are plenty of us who hate all three.
I think you’ve been around here long enough to notice that whenever MDN gets the chance they will show their political bias, whether it be towards conservatives or towards Obama over Hillary. I guess it’s not that unreasonable that a site which blatantly displays its pro-mac bias s[how some political bias as well.
Yeah, please stop with this story line. . . .I’m trying to keep my breakfast down. This is as bad as when we found out Dubya uses a Mac to look at the “Internets.”
Hopefully this will help dispel some of the completely unfounded rumors about Apple having bad technical support. Apple’s tech support is second-to-none in the industry.
G Spank,
I’m glad you mentioned the tolerance thing. All to often it seems the liberals are telling the conservatives to be more tolerant, yet they seem to have no tolerance themselves. They expect everyone but themselves to be tolerant. Thanks for showing some tolerance.
I agree with the MDN view, Rush has a lot of listeners who may think about Apple now. Hate him or love him, it’s about the Apple right now and nothing else.
i agree G Spank, lets tolerate the people who say things like http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh
tell me how that works out.
How else would I go to the Google?
“OK, can we please stop with the Rush stories now?”
No because MDN also like their page hits. Should we start a “think Before You Click” for MDN?
I’m not ashamed of myself, Spank. I’m equally intolerant of left-wing fruits, though there are many fewer on the far left in this country. Not that Limburger’s audience would see it that way … cause Rush says so.
No … no tolerance from me for those who preach no tolerance of others. And that’s a major portion of his riff. Interesting that he has no tolerance for drug users, eh?
Dave
I’m a republican (from the libertarian wing) and I don’t mind the Rush stories at all. I have some friends who dislike macs who try to harp on the “only liberals use macs” thing and I always point them to Limbaugh. But he’s not the only conservative type who uses macs.
Who is this guy ?
Dave you’re sounding a little intolerant yourself. It don’t seem that you ever listen to his show. I’ve never heard that intolerance you say is a major portion of his show. Oh well.
Macs are an equal opportunity computer…the way it should be.
” . . . on the most listened to radio talk show in America . . . “
We certainly are the kings of garbage posing as entertainment.
He was one of the first radio personality to promote the iPhone on his show when it came out. He is a big Apple supporter and is helping promote the Mac platform.
Some of you people are not very nice. You act as if a person of a different political leaning is just that, only that, and your enemy. If you found out that the lady in line behind you at the store was in the other party, would you chew her out right there? Would you tell your bank teller what an ass they are having a different opinion from you?
Feel free to support and share your own views and, please, vote your conscience, but try not to be so hateful and jingoistic towards other people having their own views. Even if it’s Rush.
“Too many whites are getting away with drug use…Too many whites are getting away with drug sales…The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.” -Rush
aaplsaur:
if the person behind me was a member of the other political party? no….
if he “We’re not sexists, we’re chauvinists — we’re male chauvinist pigs, and we’re happy to be because we think that’s what men were destined to be. We think that’s what women want.” -Rush
then hell yes i would chew him out!
Good, I’m glad someone at Apple finally did step up to the plate. The idiotic left wing wackos can’t ever see the forest for the trees anyway, but as MDN said, his promotion of Macs is indeed a VERY good thing whether you personally agree with Rush’s politics or not.
Microsoft: Apple’s best advertisement…
Rush has been an Mac fan (not just a user) since before “the dark ages” (late 90’s) and has talked about Apple on his show many times.
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And he’ll probably continue to do so until New York is under water.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
“I’ve never heard that intolerance you say is a major portion of his show. Oh well.”
Then, you weren’t listening.
Or, you agree with his racist remarks.
I don’t hate Rush personally — he’s no doubt a very nice guy — I just detest all the horribly abusive things he’s done to our country. But he did it purely for ratings, for profit, and with supreme success. He’s a smart guy with a sharp team. That’s why they all use Macs!
Marshall McLuhan famously said “We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.” Will the Mac rub-off on Rush and inspire a shift in his message? First screen-sharing, then reuniting the red & blue states?
p.s. Anyone notice that both the Docs in HBO’s “In Treatment” use Macs? An amazing show BTW.