*Meet Florida congressional candidate Jake Rush. By day, he’s an attorney, a former sheriff’s deputy and a self-described conservative straight-shooter. By night, he’s a vampire. Or at least he plays one in “Vampire: The Masquerade,” one of several Gothic-themed role-playing games Rush takes part both online and in person, under aliases such as “Chazz Darling,” “Staas van der Winst” and “Archbishop Kettering.” Rush’s official campaign video may position him as a white-bread Southern conservative seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Ted Yoho in the Republican primary for North Florida’s 3rd District, but it doesn’t mention much about his long love affair with Gothic role-playing games.As originally unearthed by the Saint Petersblog, Rush has for years been a member of The Mind’s Eye Society, an online group dedicated to role-playing games not dissimilar from Dungeons and Dragons, but with a Gothic supernatural bent…* What about the questionable comments Rush has made? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Eric Brown at ITB: http://www.ibtimes.com/meet-jake-rush-republican-candidate-vampire-role-player-1566407
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I haven’t seen the video yet but TYT has already made me angry. Please don’t judge people for playing White Wolf or Wizards of the Coast games. Are you really going to bar me from office because I collect Pimp: The Backhanding cards? Yes, the same company that makes Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Mage: The Ascension also make Pimp: The Backhanding. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t judge people for being creative.
You should watch the video before becoming angry for no reason.
Why focus on the guy playing a DnD/LARP style game? Are we gonna bag on people for playing WoW? Or Mortal Kombat?