If Democratic presidential candidates were consoles, which one would you be buying?
The three frontrunners for the Democratic primaries are compared to the three leading game consoles in a tongue in cheek feature from Gigaom.
Barak Obama is the Wii. Obama has become an unexpected success. He’s very popular with party hard liners and casual voters alike. Young, old and even Republican; Obama has something for just about everyone.
Hillary Clinton is the Xbox360. An upgrade from an already familiar product, she is seen by some to be a force of change. Yet she’s perceived as familiar and reliable. Of course there’s that pesky 30% failure rate. Don’t forget Whitewater.
John Edwards is the PS3. He has a lot of revolutionary ideas and promises for the future. Although he looks great in theory he requires an investment of lots of cash with very little immediate return.
It’s ironic and yet not unexpected that Obama, Clinton and Edwards’ performance at the poles mirrors the share of sales each of their respective consoles claims in the U.S. It’s just too bad you can’t have any of them fixed or send them back for a refund.
via Gigaom
6 Comments to Primary Consoles: Which Console is Your Democratic Candidate
by: Joelteon7
On January 11, 2008 at 7:48 pm
That’s just hilarious; both in that someone bothered to do that and in that it seems to be pretty accurate.
by: weclock
On January 12, 2008 at 1:22 am
fuck the democrats
by: weclock
On January 12, 2008 at 1:22 am
wait, while we’re at it, fuck republicans too
by: weclock
On January 12, 2008 at 1:22 am
aw fuck it, fuck anyone with an opinion.
by: Rollett
On January 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm
So basicly… you said fuck your self ?
by: Chris
On January 12, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I didn’t think it was possible for anything on the Internet regarding politics to go for more than ~3 minutes without Ron Paul being mentioned.