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Sayoko wrote on 2012-10-05 03:49
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/maine-republicans-attack-rival-playing-world-warcraft-201446958.html
Politicians will go after any perceived weakness to win an election. And to the Maine Republican Party, there's nothing weaker than being an orc.
Maine GOP communications director David Sorensen sent out an email today detailing the lurid gaming life of Democratic State Senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz, whom he bashes for "living a time-consuming double life as a member of the World of Warcraft community."
Indeed, Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft as an orc rogue named Santiaga. She's played a lot, too; Santiaga is a Level 85 assassin and a member of the "Wreck List" guild. We know this because the GOP has handily created a website entirely devoted to monitoring Lachowicz's gaming sessions and chronicling her posts to online gaming forums.
To Sorensen, Lachowicz's interest in World of Warcraft is not only puerile, but sheds light into the kind of leader she might be for the state of Maine.
"In Colleen's online fantasy world, she gets away with crude, vicious and violent comments…Maine needs a State Senator that lives in the real world, not in Colleen's fantasy world," the Maine GOP writes on the site. They go on to list out a number of terrible things Lachowicz has posted, dinging her on her bloodlust ("I like to stab things"), laziness ("Ahhh, my productivity has never been the same"), and just general geekiness ("I love playing my rogue").
Lachowicz isn't the only Democrat who digs games. Last month, former president Bill Clinton told The Daily Show's Jon Stewart that he was "hooked" on a game, though he didn't specify which one.
Politicians have gotten in hot water over playing games before. In 2009, two Connecticut lawmakers were chided after being caught playing Solitaire in the middle of a budget debate. A year later, a city councilman in Bulgaria was dismissed from his post after repeatedly being warned about playing Farmville during meetings.
In this case, however, Lachowicz isn't being slammed for playing on the job. She's being slammed for playing, period. While she should probably back off a bit during election season, at least she's stabbing virtual objects instead of, say, shooting real-world hunting partners. Orcs get no respect.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-10-05 03:52
senators accusing other senators of being lazy
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paladin wrote on 2012-10-05 03:59
Sigh when we these old farts get over games
Shes not even playing it during work
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Rin wrote on 2012-10-05 13:55
Guild leadership?
Virtual economy?
Well, this is no worse off then accusing a senator of enjoying something like golf.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-10-05 14:07
Apparently politicians view video games as inherently evil. Normal people should play golf they say. Well screw them and screw golf. If I was in Maine, I'd vote for a fellow gamer who understood our needs.
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Queen wrote on 2012-10-05 14:17
Oh man, I was waiting for the generation gap to start closing so we'd see serious attempts at using people's online personas as an avenue of discrediting them. Yesss. What next, I wonder? Using a start up state representative's high school DeviantArt page against them?
"As you can clearly see... this... 'yaoi' is an Asian term for gay pornography. Senator Meekly has no consideration for family values!"
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RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-10-05 23:22
Indeed, Lachowicz plays World of Warcraft as an orc rogue named Santiaga. She's played a lot, too; Santiaga is a Level 85 assassin and a member of the "Wreck List" guild. We know this because the GOP has handily created a website entirely devoted to monitoring Lachowicz's gaming sessions and chronicling her posts to online gaming forums.
Don't we have a word for this shit? You know, "stalking" or something?
Blah, I didn't get much sleep last night, so I'll just shut up for now before I get too douchey.
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Eotenisc wrote on 2012-10-06 15:24
omg she's obviously not competent enough for a leadership position
i mean look at her spec
XD
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Froglord wrote on 2012-10-07 00:52
Most of the U.S. politicians over 60 are christians who were abused by catholic priests when they were 10.
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Eotenisc wrote on 2012-10-07 01:59
Quote from Froglord;960351:
Most of the U.S. politicians over 60 are christians who were abused by catholic priests when they were 10.
...and try to melee as resto shamans.