Hillary Clinton Sucks Up To Sanity
I love her; I voted for her; I wouldn’t trust her farther than I could drop kick her – but Senator Hillary Clinton has lent her voice to a new ad campaign by the ESRB that educates parents on the benefits of the United States game rankings system. Clinton is one of few politicians to voice the rational side of the video game ratings/content regulatory debate, as it’s far easier to pander to the fears of parents or the hysterics of interest groups rankled by the mere suggestion of mature themes in gaming. Interestingly enough, she’s joined by none other than political wild card Senator Joe Palpatine…I mean Lieberman…who in the past has been a pretty vocal critic of violence in popular media. Both saddle up alongside VIPs from Best Buy and GameStop in the campaign, which will use TV, radio and print ads to spread the good word. Sez Hil:
“We all share the responsibility of making sure our children play age-appropriate videogames, and I’m pleased that the ESRB and retailers are working together to educate parents about the video game ratings and making sure they are enforced… As we enter the holiday shopping season, it is important that parents have the information they need to make informed choices that are right for their families…”
Whether she’ll keep whistling the tune of mutual responsibility is another question, but it’s nice to see a little lip service paid to the idea that it shouldn’t take a declaration of martial law to keep an 8 year-old from scoring the complete GTA catalog.
Clinton backs ESRB ad campaign [GamesIndustry.biz]
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Posted to Video Games on 8 December 2006
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Wansn’t she one of the maaany people that jumped on the ‘evils of Bully’ bandwagon?
Yeah, but this week the wind is blowing the other way.
Hey, if she admits her mistake and changes her view, isn’t that a good thing?
And that is the freakiest picture I’ve ever seen.
You’d be amazed how many parents come in, ask me for San Andreas or something, and I tell them it’s M and they just say something like “It’s okay, he has the others” or “It’s no worse than what’s on TV these days” or some other wonderfully naive thing.
Truly, truly stunning.
I wonder how far one could drop-kick Hillary Clinton? Sounds like an event of some sort…
Can you even possibly begin to consider thinking about how god-awful she must look with no makeup under a flourescent light?
Typical politician though. When the general populace starts realizing that a raving lunatic (*coughs* A certain lawyer who shall remain unnamed) is leading the forefront of a movement, they pull a double 360 and a handplant switch to the other side. Oh well, at least she’s taking a more reasonable viewpoint this time.
Bitch need some botox or a new face…
I blogged about this too, but yours is funnier. I like the Joe Palpatine joke! If you ever want to contribute an article to me blog I’d love to have you guest blog. Take it easy.