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More politicians are coming out of the WoW closet. Jeanne Stevens is a WoW player — with a 70 Orc Hunter, a 58 Troll Shaman, and a 53 Blood Elf Rogue — and a Republican running for the Connecticut state legislature. And she freely admits it in a new interview with Wandering Goblin, as covered by our sister site, Massively. Her hunter is balanced within marksman and survival, her shaman specs elemental (close to my heart!), and her rogue climbs the assassination talent tree. Will she be able to master the beasts in her political race? (Okay, you go ahead and insert your own shaman or rogue wordplay here.) possibly she’ll hold some in-game speeches or rallies. She could hold forth on top of Orgrimmar’s bank, or possibly lead a raid to Stormwind as a metaphor.

Is it surprising that a Republican chooses Horde? I think you could prepare a case for either faction going with either political party. Personally, I love to see that she’s middle-aged and a woman, which defies Blizzard’s assumptions about the majority of WoW gamers. She additionally chooses pirates by ninjas. I’m not certain there’s a political comment there, but I’m certain someone will show me the light.

[Thanks to Wandering Goblin via Massively.]

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Original post by Natalie Mootz