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Posted on Dec 7, 2006
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Arianna Huffington takes Hillary Clinton to task for continuing her vote-hungry triangulating campaign against video game indecency.  In case you missed it, last year Hillary got all bent out of shape over a hidden sex scene in a game called “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.”  She didn’t seem to mind the initial release of the game, which allowed players (17 and older) to commit mass murder in graphic detail.


HuffPo:

Hot on the heels of the release of the Iraq Study Group Report—and a day in which 10 U.S. servicemen were killed and at least 84 Iraqis were blown up or shot—prospective presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will join with Joe Lieberman to hold a press conference today at 3 pm ET to announce the launch of a television PSA campaign about… video game ratings.

Oh. My. God.

The violence in Iraq is becoming more savage by the minute—among the dead yesterday were 45 bullet-riddled corpses found in Baghdad, many of whom had been tortured before being executed—and Hillary is worried about video game violence? Are you kidding me?

Could she be any more politically tone deaf?

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By Skruff, December 8, 2006 at 1:32 pm Link to this comment
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As a registered Republican (The Rockefeller, Eisenhower, Sargent, Margaret Chase Smith branch) I would choose a Republican first, BUT the Republicans are my POLITICAL PARTY, not my RELIGION.

I like the tight fisted pragmatism of Evertt Dirksen I do not like the Christianity on sleeve BS abounding in the GOP today.

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By Amigo, December 8, 2006 at 12:43 pm Link to this comment
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OBAMA is the only person who has the qualifications,personality,charisma,charm and the maturity and wisdom to become our next president.

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By Bert, December 8, 2006 at 12:12 pm Link to this comment
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For anyone that hasn’t played this game, or the other 1st person action shooters out there, do so.
Experience the virtual life of C.J., drive your car at a buck-thirty through virtual ghettos and rich neighborhoods alike, blast away at gangs, cars, and citizens, get in fights, shoot people for money, wreck cars, run over people, get chased by the cops, find the jet-pack, get your
virtual maniac on. Then, when you’ve made your virtual millions, and succeeded through every level, then judge. The moral lesson of the game is that crime DOES pay, whether people feel like admitting it or not, and while the differences between virtual reality and actual reality means that cars can’t really fly, and there is no reset button, reflect on the ‘reality’ that you see on TV, too. Then, read about Iraq. In C.J.‘s ‘world’, Iraq and the things that are happening make perfect sense, because it’s always a power struggle, and the people with the guns survive and get the money.

Some say that violent video games are healthy, some say they’re very unhealthy, I think that playing such games helps you gain maybe a little better understanding of why people do some things, then again maybe it’s all just mindless entertainment. Shakespeare said ‘All the world’s a stage,vAnd all the men and women merely players’
compare that thought to the ‘playaz’ in real life,
and the barrier between fantasy and reality becomes thinner, and more transparent. People will do ALL kinds of things for money, including kill,for money and power, perhaps video games lay bare a side of human nature that the politicians
are in a big hurry to gloss over, lest their own motivations be likewise exposed. People want money, and power, and don’t care in some cases what they have to do to get it, basically any discussion of values goes out the window if there’s enough cash involved. Which brings us back to Hillary…and C.J. It only takes a child to raze a village…

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By HeadlessHessian, December 8, 2006 at 10:47 am Link to this comment
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Hmmm interesting.  I realize you would rather have some other dem. run for pres. BUT…should Hillary win the nomination, would you vote for her or want in office for another 4 years A REPUBLICAN?!  Think about it a bit more folks..which is really worse?
As for the sex in the videos….that should be done away with folks..there is no reason to expose kids to this kind of degrading trash.  And as far as violence..spare me..this stuff is all over games, news, internet and etc.
Get a life.

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By Skruff, December 8, 2006 at 6:39 am Link to this comment
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What’s the big surprise?  Hillary is an addict for power, and she’ll do, say promise ANYTHING to obtain it.

Not quite a Democrat, and not quite a Republican, she still thinks with one foot on the Elephant, and the other on the Donkey, she can ride to the White House…

BUT my fear is, 1/2 the people voted for GWB so wh knows… But without my vote EVER!!

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By Ken Mitchell, December 8, 2006 at 5:35 am Link to this comment
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She is New York’s answer to Joe Lieberman. I voted for the Libertarian candidate, Jeff Russell. I agree with Molly Ivins, “If Hillary runs for president in 2008, I won’t vote for her.”.

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By philly, December 7, 2006 at 9:17 pm Link to this comment
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Considering that the hidden sex scene in this game adds to the overwhelming sexism in our culture I think she should be “bent out of shaoe” about it.

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By Quy Tran, December 7, 2006 at 8:20 pm Link to this comment
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Don’t forget she was the one of supporters of King George’s Iraq invasion !

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By Reed Richards, December 7, 2006 at 5:28 pm Link to this comment
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Arianna,

I must say, Hillary is the worst of all worlds.  She panders to the far right about things of little relevance, and she lets important issues fall by the wayside, such as the failed Iraq War.  Time for Democratic party voters to realize that Hillary is their worst nightmare for the Presidency…...........

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