http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19842704

A Maine Democratic candidate for State Senate plays World of Warcraft. Because she talks about killing (in the context of the game, not in the context of real life), she lives a bizarre double life.

The Republican Party willingly sends millions of men overseas to kill, yet someone who plays World of Warcraft and talks about killing in a fictional online game is the one who is bizarre. Not the people who pass policies which kill thousands of people in real life and come out in support of torture and indefinite detention of American Civilians.

The Republican Party is the one who is out of touch and doesn't know what real life is. They'd be a lot more credible criticizing WoW players, if they weren't the ones who have the horrible track record when it comes to killing and torture.

So ... online gamers - Let's unite and boycott the Republican Party.

millions of men? do demoncrats even have a clue about the US military?

i'm just checking to see if i got banned. somebody had a fraking party here last night.

hmm, must not have been that good of a party.

Holy fluffing fluff. I always think politics can't get dumber.. but fluff. I like that Colleen.

I checked out that site they put up and they apparently seem to really hate the term teabagging.. I bet they didnt even know what it meant -_-

I really hope she gets lots of gamer support in Maine because of this...

Been boycotting Republicans as long as I've been able to vote =)

And yeah, the best part about being called "teabaggers" is that it was the former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele, who called them that on national TV =)

Cougar is just randomly making up facts now.

Rockman, while the criticism of WoW is retarded, how can you begin to claim that the Republicans alone are to blame for the policies you are criticizing when they are clearly supported by both parties?

i like the independent person running for senator in Maine.

anyone who believes in the "partisan politics" is a sheeple.

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Lol @Rockman, with all the weird characters in this game damn right she is bizarre. I cannot name 5 people in this game I would want to be associated with in the real world, lol.

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Well fluff, Snoop Doggy Dog changed my mind

http://instagram.com/p/QYGWYpP9Pd/

BOYCOTT ROMNEY

Well then, looks like I'm going to have to vote for Mitt to counter this ignoramus Snoop.

Republicans are such a joke party right now. As a Canadian conservative they're like the caricature of a rightist party I would rather not exist.

The bible thumping knee jerk reactionism of hating on homosexuals, non-whites, anyone who spends too much time not drinking beer, watching sports or playing sports is the demographic of the Republicans.

With a shrinking electorate no wonder they had to lie their way into winning 'debates' and use voter ID laws to restrict voting of minorties.

Apparently the Canadian conservative party is similar to American Democratic party in that they preach tolerance but then trash anyone who isn't like them.

The Canadian conservative policies are like the Democratic but they act like the Republicans. And crest I can name more than 5 online people I'd hang out with.

Online people in this game?

The Canadian conservative party is, at present, as full of nonsense as the American republicans.

not everyone is a basement dwelling loser, crest. i know you think youre above others but i assure you, youre not.

no, i will support the republican party of america.... the dems are here to destroy us, and make us a country with a food and oil bonus...

"Boycott Republicans" ya sure, if you're a crypto lefty commie, you will!

I don't see what's wrong with the "millions of men" statement... isn't the total number of Americans who've been deployed right around the 2 million mark?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

You are Pain, and I am above you.

Plenty of people in Laf seem fairly normal. If I wanted to have a fun night at a club I'd invite LT. I wouldn't invite him to much else though :P

keep dreaming clown.

I'm a Republican.

I oppose the Death Penalty, for the 1 in a million innocent person that might be sent to death row today and the significantly more innocent people sitting on death row right now.

I want to remove "Marriage" from the government; not because it goes against the "Separation of Church and State" (as that is not in our constitution), but because I believe that impeding upon the rights of two people to enter into a legally recognized union is simply wrong. Let religions worry about marriage, the government has an interest in recognized unions and the advantages that it can convey.

I want to scrap the current tax code and rewrite it to make it simpler and more efficient.

I want to review the current government programs and scrap the least efficient.

I want to deal with the debt problem today, instead of letting the debt deal with us later.

In foreign policy, I prefer to deal with what is, not what I wish were or what I might pretend to be the case. I don't wish it were and this it is. Taking Hussein out was the right thing to do for a multitude of reasons. Taking the Taliban out was the right thing to do. Sometimes you need to get blood on your hands rather than on your soul.

Yes, I am a Republican. Go ahead, boycott me.

You sound more like a Democrat

When did I ever say to vote Democrat? I have never voted for a Republican or a Democrat in my entire life, and I never plan on it. I'm a libertarian socialist, and I've been volunteering for the campaign for the Maryland Libertarian Party's candidate for senate.

Only one party was dumb enough to say that playing WoW should disqualify someone from serving in public office.

Fair enough

lol.
The Canadian Conservative party (as they stand now) is probably closer to the US democratic party than the republican party.
Although it's hard to compare.
Abortion and Gay marriage are pretty much non-issues and political poison to revisit in any serious way right now and there is a general lack of support for social conservatism these days.
Removing the gun registry is contentious but really the sticking point was hunting rifles (and the costs associated with liscencing them under the old regime). There isn't a large amount of support to legalize more firearms beyond what is allowed.

If more americans really are identifying themselves as "atheist" and that trend continues (as per the CNN article), then perhaps the political debate will shift further away from social issues and more towards things that probably matter a lot more to the running of a country like fiscal policy and spending/development priorities (ie actually accomplishing something useful).

well good for her ! So who took the trouble to copy all her posts? someone from in the game or was the site hacked to get them all as it seems like lots of posts that would probably go back for awhile.
So maybe the Pub will favor the criminal hacking investigation

dunno. could be. how many men did FDR deploy? how many children did he kill?

as well as Wilson, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ (probably competitive with FDR), Clinton.

Obama is too far left foe me

Haha, if we can selectively pick instances of idiocy from both sides for small time legislative races than I can be boycotts of all voting. Trust me, this is far from the dumbest things ever said.

boycotting voting is counterproductive really. It just makes it that much easier for the powers that be to ignore your demographic even more.

I also don't understand people who vote for the same party over and over again regardless of performance, platform, or current circumstances.

I know plenty of people who continue to vote R even though they're out of work.. the ability of the Faux news machine to convince people to vote against their own economic self-interest is amazing.

Omega, if "the debt" is such a big deal, why are Republicans the source of the top line items causing the debt? Two unfunded wars and Medicare Part D are 100% thanks to GWB. [ Republicans controlled the house and Senate from 00-07, so everything during GWB's term is 100% Republican ] Also, if the debt is such a big deal, why does the Republican annual budget not cut the deficit?

The real truth: "The Debt" is only a boogieman when it's a Democrat in the White House - because if the debt was a big deal, Republicans would have already cut spending or raised taxes to address the debt. Republicans control the House, so the 2011 and 2012 budgets are their responsibility.

[quote poster=Unsympathetic; 20614; 381180]I know plenty of people who continue to vote R even though they're out of work.. the ability of the Faux news machine to convince people to vote against their own economic self-interest is amazing.

Omega, if "the debt" is such a big deal, why are Republicans the source of the top line items causing the debt? Two unfunded wars and Medicare Part D are 100% thanks to GWB. [ Republicans controlled the house and Senate from 00-07, so everything during GWB's term is 100% Republican ] Also, if the debt is such a big deal, why does the Republican annual budget not cut the deficit?

The real truth: "The Debt" is only a boogieman when it's a Democrat in the White House - because if the debt was a big deal, Republicans would have already cut spending or raised taxes to address the debt. Republicans control the House, so the 2011 and 2012 budgets are their responsibility. [/quote]

So if the Rs are the enemy why didn't the Ds do anything when they controlled all the levers of power? Instead they passed expensive new programs. The debt is driven by entitlement spending, defense and repayment of debt obligations. Medicare Part D is more of a boogieman because it's scored based on 04 prices, realistically it allowed for bulk buying and more generics so it doesn't run nearly as high. It's no top line item when you're running the numbers. If you assume tax cuts are a revenue then you have to score them dynamically because increasing does have an effect. They are costly, but again, they're not up there with aging population/increaseing hc costs or defense.

What's amusing to me is you bemoaning one cable station for slanting their news and "convincing people" and then spew out talking points from the other side. There isn't a moral high ground in solving the debt problem. Both sides will have to cave on their positions. And voters will be the ones responsible for it.

However, I laugh at those of the party I tend to vote for blaming everything on Obama/Ds just as much as I laugh at you trying to spin it the other way. You want solutions, figure out incentivizing change, making voters realize that they probably will have to pay more taxes and take entitlement cuts, and convince folks that sacrafice is the most important element in change.

Republican policies ensure a good mix of the rich and the ignorant, as Mr Burns would say.

Unsympathetic's post is pretty on point.

Republicans are good on fiscal responsibility? how do you explain the Bush era economic policies that are universally agreed to have sent the country (and to some degrees, global economy) into a tailspin?

Republicans are good on national security? 2 wars paid for with borrowed money. 1 for a pretty good reason, 1 for a pretty bad reason that upset the balance of power enough that there might be another war brewing (Iran). No exit strategy for either way; big mistake.

Republicans are good for society? Beyond the argument that America attained perfection in 1952 and, thus, they should try to emulate that, I don't get why social policies are even worth talking about to the point they are. As martian indicated, focusing all the attention on social policies stops the conversation from focusing on tackling fiscal problems and "actually get things done".

American politics make me sad.

debt is always the boogeyman with me. if it ain't paid for, you don't own it. if you can't buy it outright, then you have to pay extra for it. quit yanking the money out of my pocket to pay other people's bills and y'all can run the dang country anyway you want. as long as you stay the heck off my lawn.

both sides act like idiots because the theatre of politics forces them to.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19895750

so, today, i find out that i can Promote facebook posts for $7 USD a pop. fascinating. so there are a bunch of demoncrats out there paying $7 a pop to get Obama to show up in my Newsfeed? how many idiots are there out there?

"Republicans are good on fiscal responsibility? how do you explain the Bush era economic policies that are universally agreed to have sent the country (and to some degrees, global economy) into a tailspin?" Which policies? Are you sure they are Bush's? Please elaborate.

As much as it's fun to lob talking point bombs, it's not really that effective if they're inaccurate or you can't explain them. Example: "address the debt. Republicans control the House, so the 2011 and 2012 budgets are their responsibility." Except, ironically enough, they did pass budgets. It's the Senate that hasn't acted on a budget in over 1,200 days now. And yes, it's Congress' Constitutional responsibility. Yet he draws ire to the House for doing their due diligence? Hilarious.

Trumper:

1) I laid out precisely which Bush policies are the top 3 line items for the debt. Republicans controlled house and senate and presidency during GWB's time - it's all Republican.

2) Republicans have budget responsibility in the House. If you can't WORK WITH people to get your budget through the Senate - that's your fault. Republicans are the reason why we can't get a jobs bill, the reason we can't get a rational tax plan done, the reason that we can't close Guantanamo, all of it, the fact that 'compromise' is a dirty word to Republicans.

The GOP has hurt this country by refusing to compromise on anything. That's not what makes a statesman. It ain't the ability to slam doors. It's the ability to go down the hall and make the deal. But Ryan is such a little pu$$ that even when he votes for a deal, the sequester, he denies he did it. No, Congressman. You voted to cut defense if there's no compromises on spending and taxes.. and then refused to compromise on spending and taxes.

Here's the index to the House voting history: http://clerk.house.gov/legislative/legvotes.aspx
Here's the wiki link with footnotes showing Ryan's vote FOR sequester:
http://en.wikipedia.org/...udget_Control_Act_of_2011

What does Paul Ryan or Mitt Romney have to present to the country? Hey, look, tax cuts for the rich, letting the poor and the elderly die of starvation.. shocking. How is that visionary? It sounds like every Republican plan ever.

oh, i am logged on.
look, FDR set the country up to fail. blame it on him. don't blame it on the Republicans.

from what i've seen, if usdebtclock.org is accurate, 1/3 of the US population is contributing towards income taxes now. everybody else is starving to death.

or 1/3 of the nation is paying for 47% of the nation's complete house hold bills.

what is 33% plus 47%? dang that math... 80% of the population is being funded by only 33% of the population?

That is the stupidest thing i have read in a while. you sir, are and asshat.

Dibs: Income tax is not the only tax that exists. Your numbers are.. deeply flawed.

A short list of personal taxes other than income tax are: payroll tax, sales tax, property tax, FICA (social security tax), excise tax [paid by everyone who uses gasoline], inheritance tax, transfer tax, and road tax [paid by everyone who uses a highway such as I-95 or bridges such as the Ben Franklin Bridge into southern Jersey].

Note that "the 47%" pay a much, much higher percentage of their income in taxes than the super-rich.