November 23, 2007
Can you shine a light on Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (R) before he deletes official state government e-mails?That's the premise of Matt Blunt, Document Destroyer, an online whack-a-mole clone created by Missouri Democrats to lampoon a recent scandal over e-mail deletions by Blunt staffers.
As reported by the Kansas City Star,
The [game's] opening page says that Blunt “has been up to no good, destroying public records in clear violation of Missouri’s Sunshine Law.” It accuses Blunt of breaking the law and trying to cover it up.
It then asks the player, “Can you shine the light on Matt Blunt before he deletes all of the incriminating e-mails on his office computers?”
Republican spokesman Paul Sloca told the Star:
While Democrats prefer to spend their time and donor resources on frivolous pursuits in a make-believe world, Gov. Blunt and Republicans are focused on real world concerns like improving the quality of life for all Missourians, which is certainly no game.
Missourians want grownups running the state, not children, which is why Republicans continue to be so successful and Democrats continue to play political games instead of offering solutions.
GP: Using games to advance political messages is becoming an increasingly prevalent tactic. We're okay with it, but can the politicos please, please come up with something more creative and original than another variation of whack-a-mole?
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Here, here. I second that.
While Democrats prefer to spend their time and donor resources on frivolous pursuits in a make-believe world, Gov. Blunt and Republicans are focused on real world concerns like improving the quality of life for all Missourians
And focused on deleting emails. Let's not forget that. ;)
Careful your bigotry is showing. This "games if for childrens!" thing is growing oh so tiresome.
Oh, was he serious? Huh, then politicians are even more deluded than I thought, impossible as that seems. They don't see it as harmful, childish, and reprehensible to lie in a political office, commit illegal acts, and waste taxpayer funds, yet they condem political satire as childish?
And they wonder why younger people consider politics a worthless joke.
Matt Blunt isn't even going to win his party's nomination as he's going to get defeated in the primaries, LOL.
Yes, and while the GOP is fucking up the country during 8 years of militaristic imperialism, democrats can actually laugh at you.
The assertion that games are for children, amongst other things, is why the GOP should just DIE.
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I realise that gamers aren't a huge demographic (yet), but I'm still surprised how blatantly ill-informed they are. Probably due to laziness - much less effort to reach for old stereotypes than engage in real research.