As of this writing at ~ 11 AM Eastern, the petition to Panetta to remove Limbaugh from American Forces Network is 231 votes shy of the 25,000 votes necessary to get a formal response from the White House.
This petition was started March 4th and has until April 3rd to reach the 25K mark that triggers a formal response. We are going to hit that mark today. Weeks in advance of the deadline. If you sign the petition now.
I do not expect this administration to all of a sudden decide to heed the voice of the people, but the sooner we nail this, the sooner we can come back and hit them a second, third, or however many times they need to be slapped before they wake up and smell the coffee.
At the rate things are moving, this administration runs the risk of being the LAST supporter of Rush Limbaugh's show. The time to push this over the top and put the OxyMoron out to pasture is now. Sign the petition then share it via FB, etc.
UPDATE 1 11:06 and we are 159 votes away from our goal!
UPDATE 2 11:15 and we are stuck at 159 votes?!?!
UPDATE 3 11:20 and we are down to the last 130 votes. We could nail this before lunch!
UPDATE 4 11:25 and we are only 88 votes from hitting the mark!
UPDATE 5 11:35 and we are only 38 votes from hitting the mark! You could be the one!
UPDATE 6 11:45 and we DID IT!!!!!!!
Angela K
Morehead City, NC
March 13, 2012
Signature # 25,000
FINAL UPDATE 1:15 PM and we are now more than 300 signatures OVER the number needed to force a formal response from the White House. In the entire history of close to a thousand of these polls, only a few dozen have reached the number needed to obligate a response. Only a handful have done it this quickly. We can celebrate this achievement, but it is not a victory until the OxyMoron is off the air.
ACTION ITEM
Now is the time to double down. Contact the White House and ask them "Where is your response to the 25,000 signers of the petition to remove Rush from American Forces Network (formerly Armed Forces Network)?" Yeah, we want it now. If they get caught with their pants down, shame on them. They should have seen this coming.