Republican Politician Has a Level 70 Orc Hunter, Internet Swoons

I’m not quite sure if any of you have noticed, but we are in the midst of another delicious election season. Across the web, many different sources are reporting on a Republican Nominee for a Connecticut congressional district of roughly 23,000 people. Even by Connecticut standards, that’s pretty tiny—and yet the internet has taken distinct notice. Oh, did I mention that the Nominee, Jeanne Stevens, is a WoW player? Because that seems to be all anyone cares about: pics or it didn’t happen.

What strikes me as actually worthy of attention is a candidate who finally seems to have reasonable views about the role of politics in regards to video games. WanderingGoblin.com’s interview with Stevens actually bothered to go into her views on politics, albeit almost exclusively video game-oriented: “Parents need to start parenting! You are the adult. You are responsible for what happens within your home. If you don’t like the content of a TV show, game, book, etc., don’t allow it in your home – that is your choice.” Shockingly enough, this is a standard Republican view (not Conservative)—keep Big Government out of the home.

I’ll remind our readers that Democrats have recently been the ones to hold views in favor of censoring games: Tipper Gore, Joe Liberman, and Hilary Clinton come to mind. In fact, Barak Obama doesn’t want you to play video games at all!

She isn’t an avid gamer, concerned about gamer politics – censorship, age restrictions, etc. She plays (has played ever?) one game, and knows what her children are playing. To focus on a candidate based solely on their view point on video games is just ridiculous. To vote for your candidates just because they play video games is ludicrous. What a politician does in his or her personal life is often used as a means to gather more votes, published solely for the fact that it can gain support instead of people paying attention to a political track record. And to me, this sounds like an example of just that.