My name is Jerry Odom, and who am I. I am an unknown 2008 Presidential Candidate “independent”. Before you dismiss me, let me tell you a little bit about my background and I am truly unique in the field.
I can offer something no other Presidential Candidate can. I truly understand how much gaming does benefit us. I am 39 years old and I have been playing games since the Atari 2600. I also owned a gaming center for 3 years and I watched families come together and play every day, from all walks of life. Gaming is the ultimate unifier, and as President I would veto anything that would threaten this unifier.

I encourage you to look at me; I offer the kind of outside the box thinking that made gaming great in the first place and I will apply this to the government.

Here is my quote from my website

“Videos games and movies etc. are not the problem”

“There is one concept that can bring family together and promote family time is playing games together. Gaming is for everyone and with the new Game Systems available the grand kids can play with their grandparents, the nieces & nephew can play with their Aunts & Uncles. What better way to get the families back together? Its fun and the wave of the future”

It is not the role of the government to dictate which games can be played. It is the responsibility of the parents!
With video games our broken families can find common ground and can be brought together once again.

I am not a politician. I am just a guy who sees major problems, and has the vision to fix it, no matter how impossible others might think it is.

And ideas like this must be stopped, before they regulate our freedom out of America.

“The high-water mark of political dudgeon about games came in 2005 when scenes of mild sexual provocation were discovered hidden with the code for the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In the wake of the controversy Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed legislation to increase federal regulation of the game industry.”

http://www.odom2008.com/id.html this video is what I am trying to do.


Jerry Odom
2008 Presidential Candidate “independent”
To regain our independence from ineffective way doing things
Info@odom2008.com
www.odom2008.com

They do seem to be under attack as much as usual. And as usual they're poorly researched but cleverly worded to appeal to the public.

zOmg Mass Effect Butt Secks!

While I am glad to see the ESA use their position, I am upset to see them start off in the general direction of lobby.

So arethey planning on a blanket campaign contribution? By that I mean, donate to every candidate on the board, or just certain candidates.

I am wondering how Hillary and Romney will take to receiving campaign money from the filthy games industry.

Don't give money to Nanny state candidates ESA.

"its called being frugal. the’re doing anything to survive. if that means bribing canidates, sure do that."

Not bribing, but the effect is the same. Once videogames have a human face on capitol hill, much ground will be gained. There are special interest groups for everything under the sun, and it's about time the videogame industry do the same.

What caught my eye in the article was the description of the Hot Coffee incident, which is described as, and I quote, "scenes of mild sexual provocation."

am I the only one who read "maturation" as "masturbation?" I think the term is far more accurate in context.

Its sad that this is how politics really works in this world- just give enough $$ and you can get a politician to march to your drum. While I would love to see games be accepted as a legit medium, it is painful to see that the ESA essentially has to bribe the snakes (politicians) to lay off.

Sends some cash to Hillary and Romney and see what they do. It might make for a good laugh!

@Terrible Tom:
Amen, my friend. The ESA is starting to become EPIC FAILURE, oy.

Well, that didn't take long...
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2008/0116.asp