January 31, 2008
Where do the leading presidential candidates stand on video game issues?
Ben Silverman of Yahoo! Games summarizes the positions of the top three candidates from both parties. Included in the recap is Democrat John Edwards, who announced yesterday that he is dropping out.
Of the remaining candidates, Silverman writes:
Compared to his more conservative opponents, [John] McCain is a viable option for Republican gamers, although his ties to [frequent game critic Sen. Joe] Lieberman are worth noting.
Obscenity laws? Societal cesspools? Unless you're wracked with gamer guilt, [Mitt] Romney is one hard sell.
[Mike Huckabee is] no Mitt Romney. That's gotta count for something.
Despite her good intentions, Hillary's scary track record might be enough to dissuade gamers from putting another Clinton in office.
[Barack] Obama is more skeptical of how violent games affect behavior than his rivals, and in turn seems less inclined to legislate right off the bat. That should ring true with gamers.
Comments
He may not have said anything about Videogames, but I'm pretty sure he will if given the opportunity. Not to mention all the rest of his crap. As a moderate Republican, the only person I can vote for is Obama.
Please vote for Barack Obama! Please! Do it for us (i.e. the rest of the Western - ah, heck - the entireworld)!
/sarcasm
Besides, any laws that they try to pass that regulate video games will be struck down by the courts as a 1st amendment violation. Like usual!
I know there are more weightier issues involved in this election, but as a gamer I can't help but let those issues figure into my decision, and I look at it as a barometer of how they stand vis a vis other issues.
Combining her pro-game legislation stance along with everything else she's said on other matters, Hillary comes across to me as sounding like she wants to be everybody's mom. And I want a President, not a mom, running this country.
Obama's stance on games reflects his more progressive and pragmatic attitude. He know there's a bigger root cause to society's ills than video games just like he knows that there's bigger root causes to the problems within our own government and how we handle foreign policy. And it's because he offers such a refreshing viewpoint that is the reason why I'm backing him. And the way things are going, it's going to be a knock-down drag-out fight between the two of them all the way up to the convention.
if either wins im...content if anyone other than these two wins im pissed
As for Mrs. Clinton, the least of my worries about her is her game legislation agenda. As an ex-union steward, her flip flop stance on union and labor issues, working for Wal-Mart, and not to mention one of her campaign heads representing large anti-labor companies, makes me more than skiddish about her real agendas concerning the middle class and labor issues.
For the Republicans, until they can admit they were the ones in power and made the mess to begin with, nothing will change.
Frankly, on the issue of games and censorship in general, none of them impress me, and a couple downright worry me. With any luck, "protecting our culture from games" is only a campaign promise they will quickly forget about after the election.
I lol'd
I do like Obama because he seems to see right through the BS. I don't want my president wasting time trying to legislate what I can and can't do in my spare time. They'll just move on to whatever else they feel offends them.
I actually don't think he'd support video game legistlation at all, though.
On the news at hand, props to future pres Obama for not alienating the fastest growing community in the world. Ill be seeing you in the White House, :)
That leaves Obama, since i am sick of republicans, who seems to be pretty moderate in his opinions about Video Games. Thus, Obama for the Presidency....
a man is entitled to his beliefs, but he is not entitled to outlaw the beliefs of others.
Lieberman does seem happy with the ESERB's performance record, unlock some other bonehead politicians.
VOTE FOR RON PAUL AND VOTE FOR LEVELING UP!
don't vote? then don't complain when things are shitty.