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World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue
Dr. Gamera writes "Maine state senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft. The opposing party in Maine has issued a press release attacking her for her Level 85 Orc Assassination Rogue. From the article: 'In an unusual press release issued Thursday, the Maine GOP attacked Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the game, she’s “Santiaga,” an "orc assassination rogue" with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears.' Her incumbent, much to his credit, rejects the attack as 'mudslinging politics.'"
I bet she just gained a shit ton of voters in the 18-30 range.
They say that like it's a bad thing?
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...But the sword was considered to be too powerful for anyone to possess, so it was removed from the game and stored on a one gig flash drive. But it was foretold that one day players who could wield the sword might reveal themselves...
Someone with an empty socket in her belt does not deserve our sympathy.
You're all going to do it anyway, so I'll save you the trouble. Here's her character:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/garrosh/Santiaga/simple
My question is, how the hell can we trust her to work hard for the citizens of Maine when she can't even find the time to pug a few heroic dungeons? Her gear is terrible! Does she even know where the justice point vendor is?
Seriously though, it looks like she played heavily up until a few years ago. I guess she's spent more time lately on real-life issues. Like running for Senate.
People who roleplay 'evil' characters are much nicer than those who play 'good' characters...
Those who play 'good' (particularly Paladins) tend to think they are always right, while 'evil' (Necromancer players for example) are more open minded and accepting.
YMMV
I'd say that number is at least 45 now, and gets bigger with each passing year.
Have you seen that study that suggests that tinfoil hats actually attenuate radio signals? I'll just leave this out here.
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from voters playing Alliance characters.
That said, I love the fact that her "secret life" involves a computer game while that of a lot o republicans involve fucking men in public bathrooms.
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You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
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Absolutely right. And let me just add that anyone who disagrees is a Nazi.
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If negative ads didn't work, you wouldn't see them. Parties use them because people see them and are influenced as a result. They work.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
You wait too long and night comes.
You are eaten by a Grue.
> open mailbox
OK.
> mail absentee ballot
OK.
> wait
Nothing changes.
The future is dark.
You are eaten by a guru.
On the whole, I find that I prefer Slashdot posts to twitter ones because I don't get limited to 140 chars before
See the Colbert Show episodes where he hands control over his super PAC to John Stewart for just what is "legal".
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
Nevertheless when you read some of her posts it does look like she has a serious maturity issue. Anyone who resorts to calling the opposing party "teabaggers" probably isnt going to be non-partisan, and probably isnt senate material.
I mean, not a huge fan of this kind of politics, but her maturity and partisanship certainly are relevant.
Credit my ass.
Is there still anyone in America who doesn't realize that when the party apparatus slings mud and the candidate then "distances" himself from the remarks that it's all bullshit?
It's like the fiction of SuperPACs and campaigns not coordinating their efforts.
It's like those fuckers are laughing at us.
I have to say that I'm impressed with the American people's willingness to overlook this kind of stuff and suffer silently. If it were up to me, there would be pikes around capital buildings with the heads of politicians who lied on them. Of course, we'd have to ramp up pike manufacturing, but that's heavy industry and would be good for the economy.
Tell me most Americans wouldn't feel better to see some politicians' heads on pikes. It improves my consumer confidence just thinking about it.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Farmville actually qualifies you to be a lobbyist. You get to learn how to nag people until they give up and comply or bribe the system if you don't get what you want fast enough, all while doing absolutely nothing good for society.
Calling those nincompoops "teabaggers" is polite. Pretending that someone running against the Maine Republican Party in 2012 should be "non-partisan" is immature.
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no, i understand just fine. he gets to look like a white knight to the privacy people, while slurring his opponent to the christ-bothering meddlers at the same time through the side-channel. makes perfect sense.
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... subtle satire is indistinguishable real world politics.