GOP: RNC Unveils New Kerryopoly Web Game

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GOP: RNC Unveils New Kerryopoly Web Game

RNC Press Release
Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Washington, DC—The Republican National Committee is helping John Kerry introduce himself to voters by playing Kerryopoly, the new web game that’s sweeping the nation. More than 460,000 games of Kerryopoly have already been played.With a roll of the electronic dice, players can land on properties like Nantucket, worth $9.18 million, Beacon Hill, worth $6.9 million or Idaho, worth $4.9 million. Players may also land on squares for John Kerry’s thousand-dollar haircut, or his $5,000 bicycle.

Each player starts the game with $40,000 in Kerryopoly money, the average national household income. The goal is to make it around the board with as little debt as possible, meaning players must try to avoid landing on pricey properties like Kerry’s Georgetown home, worth $4.7 million, or the space for the Scaramouche, Kerry’s $700,000 yacht.

“Most Americans can’t afford yachts, private planes, thousand dollar haircuts or homes in Nantucket. But they can when they play Kerryopoly. With a roll of the dice, Americans can find out how much John Kerry’s proposals to increase the gas tax would cost them, or how much they would have to pay to have a John Kerry haircut,” said RNC Communications Director Jim Dyke.

“After a few trips around the board, most players will be millions of dollars in debt, proving that John Kerry’s lifestyle is out of reach and out of sync with most Americans,” Dyke said.

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