McCain is a Plagiarist and Thinks Gamers Are Living in Mom's Basement

Here's a lesson to learn folks: if you're running for President of the United States, don't plagiarize and steal a scene from a famous novelist and take it as your own wartime experience, because someone on the internet will call you on it.

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In response, Michael Goldfarb, campaign blogger for McCain writes:

"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."

Of course, disrespecting gamers will get you nowhere, especially since nerds have managed to successfully invade pop culture, and Goldfarb quickly sought to retract his insults with a lame apology:

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.

In the meantime, Wired has asked for users to submit McCain DnD creatures for your viewing entertainment.