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Hillary Clinton is GlaDOS? (Video Game Related)
Brian Szabelski | 10:55 PM on 05.14.2008 8 comments




Normally politics and gaming don’t mix well,and usually, gaming takes a beating. But this is
a bit different.

A friend of mine who’s a diehard Obama supporter and a constant reader of political blogs
pointed me in the direction of a post/comment on the liberal blog Daily Kos by a user
named LarsThorwald. In his post, Lars put together a little parody of “Still Alive” concerning
Hillary’s campaign.

I laughed a bit, mostly because I don’t like Hillary, her flip-flopping on violence in games
and her support on that issue of Joe Lieberman, or just her attitude towards… well,
anything. And for the record, yes, I am an independent.

But anyways, here’s the song. Enjoy:

This was a triumph. 

I'm making a note here: 

HUGE SUCCESS. 

It's hard to overstate 

my satisfaction.

Hillary Clinton 

We say what we must 

because we can. 

For the good of all of us. 

Except the voters for him.

But there's no sense crying 

over every mistake. 

You just trust in Mark Penn 

till you run out of cake.
There were elections that were run. 

And occasionally we won. 

Politically, I am
still alive.

I'm not even angry. 

I'm being so sincere right now. 

Even though you broke my heart. 

And beat me. 

And took all my Supers.
And thrust a big knife deep in my back. 

As it twist it hurt because 

I was so happy for you!

All our polling data 

made a microtrend line. 

But we're out of money. 

Terry's counting each dime.
So I'm glad I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned 

I'm politically 

still alive.

Go ahead to Denver. 

I think I prefer to stay inside. 

Maybe you'll find someone else 

for Vee-Pee. 

Maybe Ferraro... 

THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE. 

Anyway the Senate's great. 

It's so prestigious and stuff.

Look at me still talking when there's so much to do
When I look to November 

it makes me glad I'm not you. 

And I've better things to run 

And I'm paying off my loans 

to some vendors, but I'm 

still alive.

And believe me I am still alive. 

Junior Senator and I'm still alive. 

I feel fantastic and and I'm still alive. 

While your losing I'll be still alive. 

Two-thousand twelve and I'll be still alive. 

Still alive. 

Still alive.



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7 comments | showing # 1 to 7
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Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 23:05
Skribble
it was KINDA funny
NightDehumidifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2008 23:41
NightDehumidifier
POLITICS AND VIDEO GAMES.
FreedomToast's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2008 00:03
FreedomToast
Hilary a robot...really ?

<-Not surprised
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2008 09:28
SWE3tMadness
Heh. Not bad. My older brother'll get a kick out of it though.xD
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2008 10:20
king3vbo
I chuckled
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2008 18:54
Darren Nakamura
Meh. Politics.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/16/2008 22:43
Bob Muir
I'm tired of Still Alive parodies. Sooooo end of 2007.
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