# Screw the drugs: A REAL reason to hate Rush **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792 "2006-06-30T20:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/21 "2006-06-30T22:40:04Z")
I’ll grant Rush Limbaugh is 20 years older, but Mary Lynn Rice-Kub isn’t exactly Lindsay Lohan, she’s 35 years old. 55 to 35 isn’t quite as bad as some of the horrific pairings we’ve been subjected to in recent years, like Michael Dougles and Catherine Zeta-Jones, or the horror that is Woody Allen’s adoption-marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/22 "2006-07-01T00:08:32Z")
Well, **KGS** , I have to say that I disagree with you. _Counterparts_ is overall a pretty good album. There are a couple of weak songs, but for the most part, it rawks. 🆒 Oh, wait, we’re talking about the flaming Nazi gasbag (not the Hindenberg)? Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/23 "2006-07-01T00:11:45Z")
Age isn’t everything. What sticks in my craw is seeing high-profile, successful women who don’t appear to be ditsy little ninnies getting themselves tied up with crass, greasy feudal lords as if their survival and well being depended on it. And what of the average, or slightly-above-average, guy? Is he supposed to be content with a ditsy little ninny? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/24 "2006-07-01T00:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=Denis] Well, **KGS** , I have to say that I disagree with you. _Counterparts_ is overall a pretty good album. There are a couple of weak songs, but for the most part, it rawks. 🆒 Oh, wait, we’re talking about the flaming Nazi gasbag (not the Hindenberg)? Never mind. [/QUOTE] Can we at least agree that _Test for Echo_ was a pile of crap? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/25 "2006-07-01T00:21:42Z")
Ack, and I actually had a TV crush on Mary Lynn Rajskub, too! She is so funny and snarky and competent and serious as Chloe on 24. Hey, wait… she used to date uber-liberal actor/comedian David Cross (and was an original cast member on Mr. Show). What the hell happened along the way? ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/26 "2006-07-01T00:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=cuauhtemoc] Can we at least agree that _Test for Echo_ was a pile of crap? [/QUOTE] Sorry, but no. When I’m in the mood, it’s just the thing. Most of _Presto_, on the other hand, is pretty substandard. Rush is a BAND, dammit! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/27 "2006-07-01T00:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Ack, and I actually had a TV crush on Mary Lynn Rajskub, too! She is so funny and snarky and competent and serious as Chloe on 24. Hey, wait… she used to date uber-liberal actor/comedian David Cross (and was an original cast member on Mr. Show). What the hell happened along the way? [/QUOTE] I guess she read Harvey Mansfield, or John Gray or somedamnbody, and got in touch with her biological destiny as Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/28 "2006-07-01T00:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] I guess she read Harvey Mansfield, or John Gray or somedamnbody, and got in touch with her biological destiny as Woman. [/QUOTE] Or John Norman. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/29 "2006-07-01T01:25:02Z")
Or Nietzsche… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/30 "2006-07-01T01:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] I myself plan to shave my head clean, cultivate my potbelly out to 48", cover myself in unattractive tattoos and pick fights in expensive restaurants. Ladies, come to papa. [/QUOTE] People probably thought the same thing back when Sophia Loren married [Carlo Ponti.](http://i.wp.pl/a/f/pjpeg/8127/loren-ponti.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/31 "2006-07-01T02:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] [Gag me!](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/style/2006-06-24/1.htm) [/QUOTE] Thanks, **samclem**. Now I’m gonna have nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/32 "2006-07-01T02:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] PSophia Loren married [Carlo Ponti.](http://i.wp.pl/a/f/pjpeg/8127/loren-ponti.jpg) [/QUOTE] Ya’ know, that c.s. sure looks like Robert Novak… ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/33 "2006-07-01T02:44:40Z")
Shhhhh! Chloe is on a supersecret undercover mission, to dislodge one of the most vocal components of the Idiot Empire. The recent Viagra incident is the first in a carefully planned strategy to expose and deflate hardline windbags before they become the ultimate vector and detonate their hate-filled spew weapon across the tattered remnants of reasoned discourse in the media. Chloe’s no Mata Hari, but she makes up in spunk and loyalty to the cause. At the last minute, Jack will bust the door down and save her with a fraction of a second to spare. Right? right??? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/34 "2006-07-01T02:48:16Z")
What does it mean, “spunk”? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/35 "2006-07-01T02:50:05Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] [Gag me!](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/style/2006-06-24/1.htm) [/QUOTE] Obviously Photshoped. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/36 "2006-07-01T03:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] What does it mean, “spunk”? [/QUOTE] It often requires a certain prescription. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/37 "2006-07-01T03:08:42Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Obviously Photshoped. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Didn’t know the Washington Post was in the photoshopping business. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/38 "2006-07-01T03:26:44Z")
Could it possibly, _just possibly_, be that you are wrong about Rush, that your politics have blinded you to the person? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/39 "2006-07-01T03:30:02Z")
When I first read about Rush getting caught with Viagra that wasn’t in his name, I laughed and laughed. The the thought crossed my mind "that means someone is _fucking_ him! I feel sick to my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792/40 "2006-07-01T03:39:24Z")
[QUOTE=Muad’Dib] Could it possibly, _just possibly_, be that you are wrong about Rush, that your politics have blinded you to the person? [/QUOTE] Don’t tell me _you’re_ fucking him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-drugs-a-real-reason-to-hate-rush/362792.md?page=3)