From McCain's own website comes this little gem, "It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others." That's from Mike Goldfarb, McCain's campaign manager.
The really goofy thing is that a lot of servicemen and women play role-playing games. It's no surprise, of course, that McCain's campaign is a little out of touch, but unbeknowst to them they just alienated a fair number of people who are his core constituency. Gamers are generally pretty touchy about this kind of crap, too. It seems particularly inane to create a new kind of discrimination in this day and age, based on a person's hobby.
Apparently someone straightened Goldfarb out because he recanted with this: "If my comments caused any harm or hurt to the hard working Americans who play Dungeons & Dragons, I apologize. This campaign is committed to increasing the strength, constitution, dexterity, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma scores of every American." Considering McCain's health care plans (read: do nothing) I don't believe that he's interested in our physical stats, and considering his education plans (read: cut yet more taxes on rich people and abandon yet more schools) I don't think he's lookin' out for my mental stats, either. ;)
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