Iowahawk has written Obama's presidency as a 'Beltway Adventure'. If you never played old style text games you may be unfamiliar with the style but should have no trouble picking it up. Head to the source for the whole thing.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2010/10/beltway-adventure.html
"YOU ARE IN AN OVAL OFFICE. YOUR APPROVAL HEALTH IS 61%. UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE FOREST IS 8.5% WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>GIVE SPEECH
CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR SPEECH HAS WON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>FLY JET
WHERE?
>EUROPE
YOU ARE IN A PALACE. YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF QUEEN. WHAT DO WANT TO DO?
>GIVE QUEEN IPOD
...
YOU SEEMS TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS. WOULD YOU LIKE HELP?
>Y
ENTER YOUR HELPERS SEPARATED BY COMMAS.
>MSNBC, NYT, ACORN, SEIU, MOVE ON, NETROOTS, SOROS
ARE YOU SURE?
>Y
SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU SURE?
>Y
I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW TO PLAY THE ADVENTURE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT REALLY QUALIFIES AS "HELP." ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE?
>Y
OKAY, YOU'RE THE BOSS."
Nice post! It's quite inspiring and influential. Keep it up!
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