Prison-Themed Board Game Could Cause Potential Obama Veep Headaches
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is seen as a strong contender to become presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama's running mate. But as Obama's vice presidential vetters are surely aware, a board game created by Sebelius' son – 23-year-old John – could become a campaign issue if the governor joins the ticket.
The game is called "Don't Drop The Soap," and it is, as The Capital-Journal delicately put it, an "adult-themed board game based on life in prison." The game, which was created by John Sebelius when he was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, sells for $34.99, and is described this way on its Web site:
Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said in January that the governor and her husband, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius, "are very proud of their son John's creativity and talent." But the game has already caused Sebelius problems: A Kansas state senator called for an investigation into the game because he said it was being marketed and stored at the governor's mansion in violation of state law. (Corcoran noted that John Sebelius lived in the mansion at the time.) Republican Sen. Tim Huelskamp also called the game obscene and racist.
Sebelius responded by complaining that Huelskamp had made a decision to "pick on my son."
© 2008 CBS Interactive Inc.. All Rights Reserved. The game is called "Don't Drop The Soap," and it is, as The Capital-Journal delicately put it, an "adult-themed board game based on life in prison." The game, which was created by John Sebelius when he was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, sells for $34.99, and is described this way on its Web site:
Fight your way through 6 different exciting locations in hopes of being granted parole. Escape prison riots in The Yard, slip glass into a mob boss' lasagna in the Cafeteria, steal painkillers from the nurse's desk in the Infirmary, avoid being cornered by the Aryans in the Shower Room, fight off Latin Kings in Gang War, and try not to smoke your entire stash in The Hole.Harper's Magazine (subscription only) recently listed the contents of some of the cards used in the game. Among them: "You set fire to your bunk while your cellmate robs the INFIRMARY. He splits his take with you. Collect five packs." And: "You're an educated black man. You obviously didn't get paroled."
Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said in January that the governor and her husband, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius, "are very proud of their son John's creativity and talent." But the game has already caused Sebelius problems: A Kansas state senator called for an investigation into the game because he said it was being marketed and stored at the governor's mansion in violation of state law. (Corcoran noted that John Sebelius lived in the mansion at the time.) Republican Sen. Tim Huelskamp also called the game obscene and racist.
Sebelius responded by complaining that Huelskamp had made a decision to "pick on my son."
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Posted by RowdyWicca
Deal :)
Posted by Element51
Yeah, that''s great advice - sometimes I get a little too excited and carried away on these boards! I''m trying to develop more patience because I saw the one you made before mine and thought it was very kind - however I''m not quite there yet with the patience! :o
Usually, I just turn off the computer, but yeah it''s probably more productive to just keep in mind that she''s entitled to her opinions too - even if it means she doesn''t like Barack . . . hmmm . . . okay I''ll follow your example!
Hope you''re having a nice evening! :)
The "Yellow Dog" wing of the Democrat Party began to lose it''s hold in 1961 when they buried Mr. Sam. Then in ''63 JFK was assasinated and LBJ came to power.
LBJ had to turn to the Rebublican Party to get his Civil Rights legislation passed, because folks like Al Gore''s Daddy fought like a wild man to block it.
The Democrat Party was in such a mess with all their centurist and right leaning leadership dead and a drunk in the White House who was sending our boys off to be cannon fodder that by 1968 the communist wing of the party took complete control and has ruled ever since.
But, make no mistake, it took Jimah Carter and the death of many, many old "Yellow Dogs" to wrestle the south away from the Democrat Party.
but you forgot to add that all those racist southern Democrats became Republicans in the years following Johnson''''s signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted by shingles1 at 01:20 AM :
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Chalk up one more OsamaObama minion willing to tell whatever lies they feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell a need, just to help their boy.
Al Gore''s Daddy never became a Republican. Robert KKK Byrd never became a Republican.
The Democrat Party had a stranglehold on the South until the old "Yellow Dog" began to die off in large numbers, and Jimah Carter demonstrated to all of us southerner boys how you couldn''t trust any Democrat, even if he was born and raised in the south.
The Democrat Party always has been, and it remains to this day the home of the KKK.
It is also the home party of NARAL, the baby butchers.
NAMBLA, the man boy lovers.
The American Communist Party.
The ACLU.
Southern Poverty Law.
And, so dang many un-American greenie weenie organization I don''t have time to detail.
but you forgot to add that all those racist southern Democrats became Republicans in the years following Johnson''s signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Republican Party is also the party of Abraham Lincoln. For years the KKK was closely affiliated with racist southern Democrats. I am not sure if you are being bigoted or genuinely ignorant of history.
Posted by ausus at 12:09 AM : Jun 17, 2008
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Brian has long proven himself willing to spew flat out lies on this board.
Him, Toodles and a half dozen more OsamaObama supporters on here have no trouble bending the truth to fit the yard they spew.
Can you only imagine how tough it would be for any D.C. political star to latch onto the coat tails of the #1 most liberal member in the US Senate, who also happened to be a member of a black seperatist church for the past 20 years.
A man who''s vision of "CHANGE" is to change America back to the days of Jimah Carter''s tax and spend days. A man who now admits to being scared silly over going heads up with an "Old Man" in a debate format that clearly favors the quicker witted and more experienced of the two.
No doubt, riding second chair behind the most liberal member of the Senate, who views all Americans by the percentage-American they are, with zero gravitas, and showing major cracks in maturity is without a doubt a real winning formula. ROTFLMGTBO!!!!
The Republican Party is also the party of Abraham Lincoln. For years the KKK was closely affiliated with racist southern Democrats. I am not sure if you are being bigoted or genuinely ignorant of history.
Funny, Huelskamp belongs to the party of the kkk, aryan nations, David Duke, the Pats, Buchanan and Robertson, Bush, Limbaugh, Novak, Hannity, and other such sociopaths, and dares call a game designer racist.
As a "Black" man, I find the line "You''re an educated black man. You obviously didn''t get paroled." to be a sarcastic observation that is actually quite funny, but it might have been even funnier if it had also read, "and because you are educated, you probably won''t..."