Politician Smears his Opponent Because He Plays Halo — We Endorse the Other Guy
Fulton Brock, is a Republican incumbent who is trying to win back his seat as the country supervisor in Maricopa County, AZ. His opponent — Ed Hermes (24) a young up-and-comer Democrat who is being labeled as ‘inexperience’ throughout the race. Kinda sounds like another election going on…
Brock’s campaign has once again try to reiterate their position on his lack of experience by smearing him as a gamer:
Skilled player of popular game Halo. Hermes was quoted in the ASU student newspaper as saying: “I am addicted to ‘Halo’ and play almost every night.”
Its good to know Fulton Brock has decided to stick to the issues (/sarcastic), I have know idea what either of them believe in but being a gamer shouldn’t be on the table as a flaw in character. Brock also criticizes Hermes on not only being a Halo fanboy but also a college mascot and blogger.
Although, I was never a mascot, I’m in-fact a blogger and gamer so because Fulton Brock thinks very little me and my colleagues, /gamer has officially endorse Mr. Ed Hermes for county supervisor.
Source: gamepolitics
October 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
“And my opponent, being as young as he is, has little experiance in politics.”
“No, you’re the noob!”
/debate.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I can confirm that I know of several large donors to politicians and a few statesman that play video games on a monthly if not weekly basis. As a Republican even I admit that was a lame card to pull on a opponent.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I bet we’re not all in this guy’s district, so we can’t all vote in this election. But I just sent a message to that d-bag and by throwing $50 to a fellow gamer. Let’s show him that it’s not cool to mock people for being young and playing video games.
Join me!
http://www.edhermes.com/Donate.html
Also, I found this news about Ed Hermes responding to this crap:
http://www.politickeraz.com/evanbrown/2448/hermes-battles-back-against-brock-hit-piece
http://cpmazrandommusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/hermes-responds-to-desperate-fultons.html