No D&D love from Michael Goldfarb of John McCain campaign

We here at VTOR try to stay out of RL politics unless those RL politics involve bashing those who love the immortal 20 sided dice. What foul creature wormed into Michael Goldfarb’s brain and laid anti-D&D eggs?

Caught this poison pill at Boing Boing via the official McCain website and wanted to pass along:

It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd [editor: Boing Boing stripped this important link from their use of this same quote] 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

I hope I speak for the rest of the VTOR authors regardless of their political party affiliation when I say this Michael Goldfarb needs to be thrown into a week long Dungeons and Dragons gameplay marathon battling D&D’s most stupidest and heinous creatures. Seriously, doesn’t Goldfarb realize that D&D players vote too? I guess it’s lost on people like Goldfarb to realize that one can enjoy playing D&D and not be “pro-Obama.” Although this author will admit that he’s much more pro-Obama than pro-another-four-years-of-Bush-McCain.

November can’t get here soon enough so we can see this type of campaign mud slinging end.

Wait, to be far to Senator McCain, it is important to follow the link to the Goldfarb apology that Boing Boing neglected to leave in the quote on McCain’s site. I’m assuming because they linked that it’s a legitimate Goldfarb apology. In that link, which I left in the quote above Goldfarb writes:

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.
–Michael Goldfarb

The comments in this post are beyond funny, especially the ones wondering about Goldfarb’s alignment? Never piss off hard working D&D geeks!