September 8, 2007
Now, I'm not saying I'm a Republican gamer, but if I was, which presidential candidate would be top of my list?Certainly not Mitt Romney, who sees video games as part of an ocean of filth. Ditto for Sam Brownback, who's pushing video game legislation in the Senate.
It's gotta be former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was cool enough to take a turn at Guitar Hero during a recent New Hampshire campaign event. As reported by Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, NH):
The former Republican governor from Arkansas spent almost two hours talking one-on-one with voters during a meet-and-greet session... After making the announcement, Huckabee thanked [a pair of supporters] for their contributions with guitars signed "Let's Rock America".
The former governor even took time at the end of the event to play the video game "Guitar Hero" with the [host's] children as the party began to wind down.



Comments
@Pandrelisk -- no real need to rebut you in any way. You've shown yourself nothing more than a bigoted jackass in the past, and you haven't disappointed here at all. Not all Christians believe in ramming Christianity and extreme political views down anyone's throats. Likewise, I don't believe everyone on the left is as narrowminded as you. Your views are the exact opposite of Jack Thompson's, but you're every bit the asshole he is.
@JL -- you need to bone up on your science. A scientific theory is ever a working model. The Theory of Gravity, for example, has never been "proven," yet we know that there is gravity and essentially how it works -- but new discoveries require revisions. The same goes for the Theory of Evolution, which has changed greatly from the days of Charles Darwin (which is usually what the ill-informed Christian right holds up when they say evolution isn't real) and is constantly in flux as new evidence and facts are brought to light.
"Has anyone proven evolution through scientific method…….?"
You should watch more Discovery Channel, and less EWTN. So far, the Theory of Evolution has all but been 'proven' insofar as any Theory can be.
Forgive me is I can't rely on the basic premise of, "Since I am too weak-minded to understand science, therefore the world is too complex for human understanding," which is central to the 'mainstream' (read: Christian) 'rival' theory.
I don't think playing a videogame with a child makes him any more of a gentleman than every other cannidate...yeah he can smile and nod and kiss babies, but will that make a good president?
The problem with the electoral process is the fact that voters vote with hearts instead of heads...a "good person" seldom is doing it out of altruism.
Mike
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