Ok seriously, this article was more than just funny. As a gamer, I can't get past the suggestion that Obama fans are D&D geeks while the REST of America (read: "most Americans") are a humble, conscientious lot without wondering what happened to shows like Leave it to Beaver.
On top of it all, we get to vote on which D&D Character McCain would be!
I don't mind voting on this pressing issue before the floor...
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/200...ccain-cam.html
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August 20th, 2008 12:28 PM #1Carrot
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John McCain Campaign Takes a +3 Vorpal Blade to Dungeons & Dragons Players
I wanna love you but I better not touch
I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
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August 20th, 2008 12:45 PM #2Tree Frog
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What a loser. We should totally PK him.
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August 20th, 2008 01:39 PM #3Bullfrog
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McCain is very much towards the center, he is against ANWR, and I believe he voted against offshore drilling some years ago. People and the media keep trying to paint him as a hardcore republican and he is not.
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August 20th, 2008 02:32 PM #4Administrator
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I seem to recall that John Kerry asked McCain to be his VP running mate before he asked Edwards. McCain declined, however.Originally posted by Savaric
McCain is very much towards the center, he is against ANWR, and I believe he voted against offshore drilling some years ago. People and the media keep trying to paint him as a hardcore republican and he is not.
He is definitely very moderate.
That D&D slur was lame and uncalled for. The stupid aide who went there should be fed to an umber hulk.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
There is never a good time for lazy writing!
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August 20th, 2008 07:10 PM #5Bullfrog
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If I'm not mistaken, alot of the D&D crowd is older and more conservative than they were when McCain was familiar with their grandparents. That aide just made a really poor bash at a large demographic. It's a better idea to bash an audience that is largely not old enough to vote. Video Gamers hardly fit into that category any more, but it would be a step in the right direction.
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August 20th, 2008 07:19 PM #6tadpole
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Great find, Karahd.
McCain son of Gloin, of the house Republicas.
That picture of him as a Monster Manual entry is great.Death to False Metal
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August 20th, 2008 08:05 PM #7Tree Frog
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I liked the entry of whomever made him into a Gelatinus Cube. Could you imagine a McCain Cube in Thresh? It eats only Democrats.Originally posted by Aevar
Great find, Karahd.
McCain son of Gloin, of the house Republicas.
That picture of him as a Monster Manual entry is great.
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August 20th, 2008 11:08 PM #8Administrator
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This whole thing is stupid in so many ways.
In my experience with Threshold, playing D&D, and in general being a part of "gamer culture", I have found that gamer types tend to lean in a libertarian direction. I'm not saying they are libertarians, I'm just saying there tends to be an extremely high belief in personal responsibility, liberty, minimal government intervention, etc.
For a moderate conservative like McCain, this would be a potentially allied demographic.
But his aide is too much of a stupid idiot to realize this.
God I hate politics and what it has become.Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
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August 21st, 2008 12:50 AM #9tadpole
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Haha
The Umber hulk idea was classic.
Made me laugh muchly.
Id like to suggest the logical-leap alternative should an umber hulk prove to be too much manual labor....pecked/sucked to death by a flock of stirges! *tingle*You can't blame a shark for food in the water.
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August 21st, 2008 11:12 AM #10Tree Frog
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Stirges would see a politician as one of them.
Hence he would be safe.
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