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Old 10-26-2004, 08:29 AM   #1
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A question for US voters


Has this game

http://www.gop.com/taxinvaders/

had any effect as a canvassing tool in the US election ?
Or is it just something that the 'converted' enjoy playing ?


Please I don't want to debate who is a better president rather is this an effective political tool. Has it changed anyone's mind ?

Note to moderators, sorry I just noticed that I put it in the wrong forum, more apologies.

Last edited by davholla; 10-26-2004 at 08:43 AM.
 
Old 10-26-2004, 11:13 AM   #2
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Re: A question for US voters

Quote:
Originally posted by davholla
Note to moderators, sorry I just noticed that I put it in the wrong forum, more apologies.
Report it then instead of sitting on it so it makes us aware to move.

As you can see, its been moved.

Regards.
 
Old 10-26-2004, 11:44 AM   #3
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Paid for by the Republican National Committee.
Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.
Sweet.
 
Old 10-26-2004, 03:43 PM   #4
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Re: Re: A question for US voters

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Report it then instead of sitting on it so it makes us aware to move.

As you can see, its been moved.

Regards.
Sorry thanks for moving it and for the moderating you do.
 
Old 10-26-2004, 05:31 PM   #5
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thats funny, you can just move off ot a side and click without moving and youll get through all three levels. ive never heard of this POS before, and any person that votes because of it is a dumbass(which is, unfortunalyt, a large number of hte electorate).

anyway, they should do one with bush on shooting hte national surplus. and then if you do a good job, you get hte bonus levels where you can actually shoot it into the negatives.
 
Old 11-04-2004, 07:49 AM   #6
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Originally posted by nuka_t
thats funny, you can just move off ot a side and click without moving and youll get through all three levels. ive never heard of this POS before, and any person that votes because of it is a dumbass(which is, unfortunalyt, a large number of hte electorate).
I agree that if a game changes your mind, it is a bit sad.
However does anyone think that this helped Bush ? Or was a bit of harmless fun and a school child's attempt at writing a computer game ?

I think that in the future games might be used in other elections like ours' (the UK) next year.
 
Old 11-04-2004, 06:18 PM   #7
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I think that in the future games might be used in other elections like ours' (the UK) next year.
Blair or Michael Howard, the Brits are so spoilt for choice.

 
  


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