# Just For Fun: Predict Rush's spin **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086 "2013-12-11T17:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/21 "2013-12-12T16:41:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But I think your explanation: “…the ‘White House’ was speaking out of ignorance, and had neglected, somehow, to get Obama’s facts from him directly,” is a bit tortured. It boggles the mind to imagine anyone saying, “Hmmm… we need to answer the question about Obama ever meeting or living with his uncle. How in the world can we find out if he did?” > > I think they either chose not to ask him, so they’d be able to claim they didn’t ask him, or they did ask him and then lied about his answer. [Well, here’s Fox News’ story about it](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/05/white-house-changes-story-says-obama-briefly-lived-with-uncle/). If choosing to believe Jay Carney is _tortured_, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/22 "2013-12-12T17:24:46Z")
[QUOTE= Rush] “Kids, nothing but trouble!” [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/23 "2013-12-12T17:47:22Z")
If he addresses it at all it will be about how the media has made it a story about him. Just as has happened in this thread. So predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/24 "2013-12-12T17:49:20Z")
Yeah, because we’re always starting threads about what Rush is _going_ to say around here. I can’t back that up, but I’m sure you’ll be happy to search for them for me. You know, since I’m supporting your argument. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/25 "2013-12-13T02:51:54Z")
“Look, when I was a little boy we respected our elders, and we took it up the ass and liked it!” ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/26 "2013-12-13T04:12:50Z")
I tried this out with a cardboard tube and couldn’t make the angles work. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/27 "2013-12-15T23:03:47Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > He would ponder why Lamar Alexander hired a Democrat to be his Chief of Staff ? Bingo. That and Alexander has always been a RINO anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/28 "2013-12-16T06:31:02Z")
So just to get this straight given the name of the board. The op started a politically partisan thread about a statement nobody made? And used the word “spin” in the title? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/29 "2013-12-16T11:50:43Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > So just to get this straight given the name of the board. The op started a politically partisan thread about a statement nobody made? And used the word “spin” in the title? Yes. There’s this thing called “conjecture” you might have heard of… ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/30 "2013-12-18T13:42:33Z")
The fact that OP feels the need to conjecture an imaginary response from Limbaugh serves as proof of the fat man’s residence in the liberal head. Point, Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/31 "2013-12-18T14:40:29Z")
You misunderstand the rules of the game. Whoever correctly guesses his response gets the point; Rush only scores in the extremely unlikely event he says something unpredictable. 10 minutes in the penalty box for **Batfish**. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/32 "2013-12-18T15:11:38Z")
> [@Batfish](#): > > The fact that OP feels the need to conjecture an imaginary response from Limbaugh serves as proof of the fat man’s residence in the liberal head. Point, Limbaugh. Well, no. We freely admit that it is conjecture. It is merely a commentary on Limbaugh’s \*real \*statements, and their consistent idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/33 "2013-12-18T16:35:05Z")
> [@Batfish](#): > > The fact that OP feels the need to conjecture an imaginary response from Limbaugh serves as proof of the fat man’s residence in the liberal head. Point, Limbaugh. Just trying to create an OP that might be fun and engaging. Sorry if that was a ‘fail’ for you. Rush doesn’t ‘live in my head’ any more than you do. But if you need a ‘win’ that badly, go ahead and take it! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086/34 "2013-12-19T02:53:42Z")
After all,Republicans aren’t going to win the presidency again for 20 years. It’s the least we can do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-predict-rushs-spin/676086.md?page=1)