Enigma_20XX

That being said, this seems like it's going to invoke a diatribe from the folks at Weazel News' real-life counterpart.

note42

What that 'hope' sticker is covering, I think, is the whole damn name. It's covering 'Grand Theft Auto IV'. What it means by covering 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is that Barack Obama rejects 'Grand Theft Auto IV'. What it means by covering it with 'hope' is that Barack Obama stands for 'hope'.

So the alternate explanation people have is that this isn't an official ad campaign by Obama. That's fine, that may be true anyway. But the point I'm making here is that the poster seems to be a rejection of GTA IV, in line with the things Obama has said earlier, as opposed to him trying to ride off the popularity of the game. Rather, Obama seems to be trying to ride off people's distate for the game.

As for me, well, I don't like either, so I'm gonna get the hell out of this thread then.

SolFalling

Garonyldas

Tomahawk214

It's guerilla art. Stuff like this is all over LA.

mind in rewind

GameJerk

I don't care what you think of the man, I'm only judging him for this publicity stunt, and I christen him... a douche.

Enigma_20XX

Chopper_Mike

Too bad Edwards dropped out, and I kind of liked where Huckabee was going with some things.

RTW

THE SPELLING.

Pull your heads OUT of your asses people. The Democraps and the Repugs are the SAME F'ING GROUP.

jasongw

AgainstOne

Savior

DorkimusPrime

I nominate myself for president, because all the current candidates suck. LOL

@RTW: Just like Bill Clinton, he could still end up at the white house again. Laura 2012!

DorkimusPrime

MURDERFACE

Necroscope

Um, honestly I hope Americans aren't dumb enough to vote for CHANGE and HOPE without finding out exactly what that entails. I kind of feel like I don't know what Obama is really all about.

Still, I think the poster "modifications" are funny. :P

strideo

mike566

pandafresh

burko

And I won't say everyone jumps on the Bush hate train, but I can surely say A LOT of people do or have. Can't wait till we leave Iraq and terrorists strike America again, I'm not saying it can't happen while we're there, but sheesh guys.

And Puck, I could name a bunch of idiot Liberals just liek you named off Convservatives. On of your biggest contributors is a piece of paper actually, call the New York Times.

I don't thnk everything Bush has done is particularly terrible or horrible, but some things I DO diasagree with him on. I think at heart he has good intentions but maybe isn't going about it the right way.

PrayFuse

Heyyou27

@battra92 and Puck: Please stop it with the politics and go find somewhere else to share your opinion on the subject. Thanks.

Heyyou27

Jay

He critized games before that too. He has not come out in support of games either.

Obama has been raising plenty of money. He should pay for his own ads.

NullsRevenge

phloog

And there's the winner for the most absurdly idiotic post in the thread.

Yeah the "conservatives" (a.k.a. bigots) aren't the ones trying to outscream lies over actual facts. Nope, no Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Schelssinger (she's not worth the time to look up how to correctly spell her name), Brit Hume, John Gibson, Glenn Beck, Michael "Savage" Weiner, Joe Scarborough and his idiot bimbo(s) and sidekicks, Tucker Carlson, oh hell this could go on forever... basically anyone on AM radio or the mainstream media not named Olbermann or Maddow.

And every respectable historian has this fascist Bush in the bottom 15 and most have him much, much worse. It's not about being in the "in crowd", it's about actually stepping back, taking a look at the country and the world and saying "yeah, this is not in good shape and this is the clown that was guiding a big part of the ship". It's truly stunning that people are stupid enough to still support this miserable failure.

Puck

Go watch "white man's burden"

expansionsss

Nah, Democrats and Liberals just feel the need to shout about their beliefs everywhere more than Conservatives and then they get mad when someone disagrees. Part of the whole not understanding the other side, I guess. Plus making fun of Bush makes you part of the "in crowd" but it really makes you a follower.

FWIW, I think Bush is a good guy and won't be on any respectable worst presidents list. Probably not in the top 10, but maybe the top 20 or 25.

battra92

Maybe Obama goes around paying hookers to vote for him. Ya know so he doesn't have to talk about how he knows nothing about the issues of today.

battra92

KM91

They should totally do a Metal Gear Solid 4 poster next (If they even make those). "Hopey Hope Solid 4: Guns of the Hopechangevoteforme"

enigma89

NullsRevenge

NinjaMarion

JoRo1986

Participation does not, in any shape or form, constitute spouting opinion and getting into useless arguments with strangers on the Internet. Participation does not, in any shape or form, constitute presenting your own theories and nodding at yourself in self-satisfaction while you slam on others. The fact that most people believe that there are only two points on the political spectrum shows just how far people have yet to go. Not saying this is you, but rather that's how most "politically minded" people are.

Finally, with due respect to you, I disagree with your last statement. Completely. If the Church still maintained power over government (and I assume you are not religious, here), would you suggest that you submit to the faith in order to be a part of the process?

Perhaps that is extreme, but I'm only saying that, for many, it's tough to get behind a process you don't believe in. Do I have a suggestion for a better one? Unfortunately, no. And if I did, I'd probably be shot for thinking it, if not by the government, surely some Internet nerds will come after me.

dunetiger : one of the naerds

Playstation

thejakeman: probably disagrees with you

First, I doubt the idea for this got an ok from Obama, let alone his campaign manager. This was likely some staffer - or possibly someone from the other side looking to associate Obama with well, crime. Or immorality, or something.

More importantly, it was Billary Clinton who cosponsered the famous videogame bill with Lieberman - correct me if I am wrong but I don't know of a time when Obama was 'slinging mud' at videogames in the Jack Thompson sense - however Billary has been doing that for a long time.

The Commissar

However.

Anyone who lives in a country and doesn't care about how that country is being run, how their tax dollars are being spent, how the lives of their countrymen are being shaped and how their military may be doing atrocious acts...

Anyone who lives in a country and doesn't care to learn, or know, or participate in the government that comprises it... has their head irrevocably up their ass, and is an idiot beyond all reason or comprehension.

I'm just saying... if you're not a part of the process, you have opted to be cattle; and you will be treated as such.

Clockw0rk

JojoTheSlayer

This is pathetic.
We should all be aware now that politicians use videogames as leverage to stay relevant in the times, so why are people all of the sudden so accepting of a politician who slings mud at GTA with one hand, and cradles it in the other?

It's like turning the classroom whipping boy into the homecoming king. I don't buy it.

fecalchaos

That being said, most of the kids are rich and snooty at Punahou. You've just got a 10% margin that got in based on their academic or sports worth. There are kids from Maui, Big Island, and Molokai that do that.

Black-Dog-Howls

Bleentastic sees bandwagon and jumps

Yeah, and my "Hawaiian Creole English" isn't very good. =/

Channing

Though your pidgin is from the 90s. Heh

Black-Dog-Howls

Video games=http://kotaku.com/

So STFU plz.

SirNirian

Channing

Channing

So, get with the specifics on where exactly he was raised and then we can decide if it's plausible or an outright lie.

Black-Dog-Howls

NinjaMarion

ffmusicdj

dirtyharry09

shadow300z

Also, lol@ HOPEMAN

Mr. Mastodon Farm

Daiden

*drink*

Frank

Weasel3689

Sorry, should have thought more before posting, this is pretty stupid.

It's entertaining, thats for sure though!

Funny thing is, It's not fair to directly assosiate it with Obama, its gotta be some of his way way lower campaign supporters thinking they are doing something hip and will get those 18-25 year olds to vote for him. Like Huckleberry said, people think like its American Idol or something now-a-days, I totally agree.

Muffin_Man

Wow! I may have just ignited a Roosevelt fanboy flamewar!

In any case I am an Obama supporter in that he is the lesser of three evils. Really, I actually kinda liked Ron Paul b4 he went nowhere. I just absolutely hate hilary with a passion!!! (I would vote McCain if she gets the primary).

But I think this ad is a good direction in campaigning....maybe we could get singstar downloads of Obama's speech ;).

Weasel3689

Erwin

HaydenTenno

Alayna

Alayna

@snakepliskin: I have to say I love Teddy. Mainly because the man was so damn confusing. Was he so liberal he was ultra-conservative? Or so conservative that he was ultra-liberal? I'm not sure...

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Thanks!

@Luke Plunkett: I'm sorry :(

Palladium

I still think its too early to cast my vote mentally, we arent even through the primaries yet, but I'm really to vote for anyone who ISN'T Hillary Clinton.

This though.. I mean, I loves me some GTA and Iron Man. I have a strange totally-not-gay hard on for Iron Man. But this, *sigh*, I can't tell if its something I should like or be disgusted at.

Muffin_Man

This is the kind of one-sided idiotic thinking that's destroying this country and is majorly Bi-partisan. I wish we had at least 4-5 major parties like most other democratic countries. It's a sad day for youth.

RTW

mescalineeyes

Dr Terror

CONFUSEDgam3r

CONFUSEDgam3r

GTA is a weird game to associate a politician with in a positive manner. with iron man you got the arrogant hero, which kinda reminds of politicians cept he's more hands on.

But with GTA you have the sort of anti-hero, Byron-esque, or Milton-esque. it's just funny.

kryzhal

Skitzoap

ShirtGuyDom

RTW

snakepliskin

I like Obama. Makes me less cynical about politicians.

Jander

Fadakar

RTW

Some people are acting like voting for president is the same as voting for American Idol. It's a little depressing.

Huckleberry

attendance = tendency lol

LittleBigPlaneteer

Also, there is one guy who doesn't hate Bush, and he needs to get off his ass and work on an actual exit strategy. DO NOT LEAVE IT FOR THE NEXT GUY/GIRL TO FIGURE OUT.

Thorax

Benzak

Oh god, I hate Bush. I used to be for Obama, but there's just something about him that irks me. I hate his long drawn out speeches, his attendance to be condescending/arrogant. The further he has gotten into this race, the more of a hypocrite he has become. First saying he doesn't like "dirty politics" yet continues to use them just as much as everyone else.

As for his policy (the most important of course), I support most of what he supports though he has kept it pretty safe on most issues (not wanting to step on anyone's toes, etc..) I just feel like he is telling people what they want to hear. That's basically what every politician does. Backing it up is another thing.

I just don't like him as a person from what I've seen of him these past few months.

LittleBigPlaneteer

KoopaTroopa

RTW

Luke Plunkett

Chanaluss

PS: Who can't you stand more, Bush or Obama? I just wanna know?
PPS: This is going off the assumption that everybody on the planet hates Bush, which is pretty much true at this point.

Palladium

NeoNess

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

I would go check those out, but I have a fear of subways and/or construction sites.

Palladium

LittleBigPlaneteer

snakepliskin

akashhhhh