# Rush is playing Mafia. That explains...everything? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371 "2008-02-12T23:53:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/1 "2008-02-12T23:53:38Z")
[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/) > [@](#): > > “If I really wanted to torpedo McCain, I would endorse him,” Limbaugh said on his radio show. “Because that would send the independents and liberals who are going to vote for him running away faster than anything.” > > “What people don’t realize is that I am doing McCain the biggest favor that can be done for him by staying out of this,” he continued. “If I endorsed him thoroughly and with passion, that would end the independents and moderates, because they so despise me and they so hate me.” > > … > > “Couldn’t it be said, if somebody wanted to…that I am secretly supporting McCain, because I secretly do want him to win, but I know full well that if I come out and endorse him, he’s cooked?” Limbaugh asked. “Who may be in this whole kit and caboodle, this who shebang, the most valuable asset McCain has?” > > “Me.” I assume this will end up in the pit anyway, so I’ll just put it here. I do not have a load of fire and brimstone to unload at him. I stopped wasting my time at such endeavors long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/2 "2008-02-12T23:56:12Z")
Being named Rush is a scum tell. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/3 "2008-02-13T00:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Being named Rush is a scum tell. [/QUOTE] Vote: Antinor01 Pointing out scum tells is a scum tell. As is having a number in your name. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/4 "2008-02-13T00:09:40Z")
[QUOTE=sinjin] Vote: Antinor01 Pointing out scum tells is a scum tell. As is having a number in your name. [/QUOTE] By your own logic you should vote for yourself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/5 "2008-02-13T00:27:38Z")
So, Rush has a “scum tell”, eh? So if one were otherwise misled by his warm and generous demeanor and his carefully thought political opinions, and drew the unfortunate conclusion that Rush is a splendid fellow, philosopher and raconteur…this scum tell would tip you off. Mike Savage got one of those? Is rabies a “scum tell”? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/6 "2008-02-13T02:02:28Z")
Role claim: I am the Spin Doctor. I’ve been protecting Obama at night. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/7 "2008-02-13T02:10:27Z")
I read the title as “Roosh is playing Mafia” and thought “so what else is new?” ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/8 "2008-02-13T02:25:32Z")
Something stinks in here… is it the stench of nerd? Yes, I think it is. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/9 "2008-02-13T03:58:49Z")
Ok, so maybe MPSIMS would have been a better choice. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/10 "2008-02-13T04:42:10Z")
Vote…ah nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/11 "2008-02-13T04:42:49Z")
Eh, what else is he gonna say, if he wants to put promote the idea that he’s somehow influencing the election, even though he ain’t? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/12 "2008-02-13T10:00:31Z")
ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies, you have the coolest screen name ever. And Rush. Ain’t he a character?If he wasn’t so damagingly nasty, I’d feel sorry for him. “Gloatmeter” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/13 "2008-02-13T14:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies, you have the coolest screen name ever. [/QUOTE] And [accurate](http://www.cartoonponderings.com/Ponderings.aspx?comic=157), too! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/14 "2008-02-13T15:11:51Z")
I saw this last night, I liked the Geddy Lee riffs the best. Wait, what? Isn’t this just Rush trying and failing to make a bad joke and make everything about him? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/15 "2008-02-13T22:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Something stinks in here… is it the stench of nerd? Yes, I think it is. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I already knew before I clicked most of the members’ names I’d find. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/16 "2008-02-14T03:17:31Z")
My wife, who was a cheerleader in high school, says we are not nerds; we are geeks. Just for the record, I’m really really unpleasantly sick and seeing this thread brightened my night considerably. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/17 "2008-02-14T03:33:14Z")
This thread needs some 72-point text. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/18 "2008-02-14T03:38:22Z")
As an independently moderate liberal, I would like to state for the record that I absolutely definitely do listen to everything Rush Limbaugh says and base my votes entirely on his opinions. Yes, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/19 "2008-02-14T15:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] This thread needs some 72-point text. [/QUOTE] And **zuma v3** with a poorly spelt drunk or phone post. I agree with **Idle Thoughts** , I’m not surprised by the posters who showed up in this thread. Including IT himself. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371/20 "2008-02-14T18:26:34Z")
No, no, no. Rush is actually a pro-Town power role who isn’t allowed to claim without losing his powers. He’s instead trying to fake us out with confusing logic so we delay lynching for now. He’s only been acting scummy to keep the real bad guys off his tail. 😛 I still stay this rules set is unfair. Us Townies need more investigation power roles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-playing-mafia-that-explains-everything/437371.md?page=2)