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Will World of Warcraft depress the Obama vote? (vanity)
http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Wrath-Lich-Expansion-Pc/dp/B000VJTJNE ^
Posted on 09/14/2008 9:40:59 AM PDT by jddqr
I suddenly noticed that the next big expansion to the popular "World of Warcraft" online game, "Wrath of the Lich King", comes out on November 3rd. That's one day before the election.
Anyone think basement-dwelling liberals will be too busy with the new game to go out and vote? Hey, I can dream...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: election; obama; videogames; voterturnout; worldofwarcraft; wow
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:40:59 AM PDT
by
jddqr
To: jddqr
Hopefully, they will be lined up at Game Stop instead of the voting booth.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:43:56 AM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: jddqr
Rove, you magnificent bastard!! Who else could have thought of such a brilliant plan!!
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:44:00 AM PDT
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
To: jddqr
Obama’s plan to fight the WOT is create an 80th level Wizard who will cast the spell “ Power Word Kill” on Al Queda members. :)
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:44:23 AM PDT
by
yongin
(Obama is bitter about Veterans & Elderly Folks)
To: jddqr
People may laugh, but I don’t think this is so far fetched. One of his biggest voting blocks is the under 30 crowd. It’s not a stretch to think that video games are more important to many people than voting.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:45:40 AM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: jddqr
The ONLY age demographic in which “The One” leads is 18-29.
And we know how short their attention spans are. Remember the “youth vote” from ‘68 and ‘72?
Sure, they’ll cut class to go see the Obamassiah (as long as there’s a rock concert before hand), but that’s a far cry from getting off thier butts and outta their basements to do things like register, and then actually go vote.
To: jddqr
Most of the guys I know that play WoW are conservative. So, you fail at humor.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:48:02 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: jddqr
Perhaps polling places will be set up in the World of Warcraft. The question is: How many EVs will be allocated to Warcraft?
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:48:22 AM PDT
by
Warlord
To: yongin
"OK Chumps, let's do this! Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerooooooooooooooooooyyyyyyyy Jenkins!"
Or should that be "Baaaaaaaraaaaaaaaaaaaack Obama!"
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:49:01 AM PDT
by
jddqr
(White queen checkmates black king: http://palincheckmate.com)
To: yongin
Obamas plan to fight the WOT is create an 80th level Wizard who will cast the spell Power Word Kill on Al Queda members. :) I think you mean a mage or a shadow priest.....
oops --
I mean, I don't know what you're talking about!
Besides, Mr. Change Man would probably be a druid.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:49:07 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(This gun for hire)
To: DouglasKC
Yeah, but will there be rock bands at the polling places?
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:49:46 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Mecca delenda est!)
To: jddqr
What is a a “Lick King”?
Mick Jagger?
To: jddqr
My staunch conservative sister and brother-in-law are addicted to “Warcrack” too. I don't think that's just a game for liberals.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:53:49 AM PDT
by
TKDietz
To: DouglasKC
“One of his biggest voting blocks is the under 30 crowd.”
The under thirty crowd hardly votes, and I know a lot of people in their forties and fifties who play this game and they are mostly Republicans.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:56:02 AM PDT
by
TKDietz
To: TKDietz
Mostly it’s a game for Korean 12-year-olds. But I’m quibbling.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:56:06 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(This gun for hire)
To: jddqr
The people it might really suppress are the Ron Paul weirdos, although I don’t know how [or that] it would affect the race.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:56:22 AM PDT
by
KayEyeDoubleDee
(const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
To: jddqr
“Least I have chicken... I mean, Barack.”
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:57:16 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: jddqr
All Obama has to do is make WoW the 58th state, and he can send them absentee ballots.
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:57:38 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
(Stand Up For Chuck 2008!)
To: stylecouncilor
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:04:13 AM PDT
by
onedoug
( Barracuda!)
To: JohnnyZ
I don't know. I've never played it. My sister and brother-in-law play it constantly. They live in Baytown next to Houston and she was trying to do a marathon run at Warcrack before the hurricane because she knew her power would be out for a while. She cracks me up. They must be miserable now with all the heat and high humidity and no air conditioning or Warcrack. My little brother lives in that area too and he was driving his car around all night just to have air conditioning. They're saying it will take two or three weeks to get all the power turned back on. No Warcrack and no air conditioning. Ouch.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:04:57 AM PDT
by
TKDietz
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