Response from GEICO – My response back.

Last night I emailed GEICO and asked if it was true that they cut their ads from the Glenn Beck TV show, and, if so, why.

Here is GEICO’s reply:

Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 7:34 PM

Thank you, first of all for your business and also for your interest in this matter. 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, and 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.

And here is my reply back to GEICO this evening:

Thank you for your reply and explanation of your actions with regard to removing GEICO advertising from the Glenn Beck TV show.

Every company certainly has the right to appropriate any advertising dollar to any media they believe benefits them best.

But such actions are also indicative of the values of such company.  GEICOs actions indicate to me that your firm has little regard for public debate, alternative viewpoints and anything but the socialist agenda that is being promoted by the main stream media and most of our out of touch federal government.  You are on the side of the sinking polls of our president and his administration.  I believe too much in the greatness of this nation and the values she represents, and promoted by Glenn Beck, to stand idly by and and not react and comment on your actions.

One persons' "inflammatory" is another's "sound contrary opinion."  As one of your customers, I was not distracted in the least by Beck's commentary and in fact, respected GEICO as a sponsor.  Your withdrawal from that show indicates your disdain for debate, and in fact, your support of values that are contrary to the best interests of this nation.  I suspect and am hoping that many thousands of your customers believe the same and will act accordingly.

Finally, I find it rather disingenuous and hypocritical that GEICO continues its advertising on the leftist Rachel Maddow, Keith Olberman and Ed Schultz shows.

This clearly shows GEICOs political bias and BS excuses.

Sincerely,

Glenn Beck chases the lizards out of the closet...

The cat's out of the bag...
And the lizards that were chased out are:

GEICO Insurance
Progressive Insurance
Procter and Gamble

These three firms pulled their advertising out of the Glenn Beck show. They are not happy with his pro-America tirades (and facts).

Here is the leftist Huffington Post inside story.

And here is the story from Atlas Shrugs.

Google "Glenn Beck advertisers" and you will see the "Media Matters" and other left wing smear machines at work, targeting Glenn Beck.

Beck is one of the few who are providing alternatives to the "cram it through" attitude of Washington and most of the media. The left and Obama radicals want to silence one of the few voices that value human life over government control of health care and runaway deficits.

My hope is that many of us will pull our purchasing dollars out of these firms that pull their advertising dollars out of Beck.

Personally, I began researching other car insurance options last night. I hear great things about State Farm, Allstate and AAA. In fact AAA has an affiliation with several auto insurers who compete for quotes. I might save a few bucks as well as have the satisfaction of playing my small part to let GEICO know their leftist politics suck. Apparantly there are many ties between these companies and radical leftist money merchants and others who hold their own agendas above Americas.