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SALT LAKE CITY — Ron Paul, who has amassed a legion of dedicated supporters, has inspired one of them to create a video game in his honor.
"Ron Paul: The Road to REVOLution" began a week ago as a project on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
The game is a sidescrolling platform reminiscent of Super Mario Brothers. Players take on the role of Ron Paul, who has to make his way across the 50 states collecting gold and delegates.
There will be a free browser version of the game, with Apple and Android versions to come, according to Daniel Williams, creator of the game. He hopes to have it completed by July.
"My motivation comes from many places, but I'm primarily driven to make this game my gift to the liberty-loving community, as well as fans of classic gaming," he said.
White House fires back at Palin for Secret Service blast
The White House responded Friday to remarks made by Sarah Palin about the recent Secret Service prostitute scandal.
In an appearance Thursday on Fox News Channel, Palin weighed in on the scandal in the aftermath of the Washington Post reporting that David Chaney, one of the agents removed as a result of the scandal, had made some remarks about Palin on his Facebook page.
On a picture of Chaney guarding the former GOP vice presidential candidate, Chaney reportedly wrote, "I was really checking her out, if you know what I mean?"
"Well, check this out, bodyguard. You're fired," Palin said Thursday.
White House chief spokesman Jay Carney said the remarks were absurd and politically motivated.
"It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service," Carney said at his daily press briefing.
'Angry birds' hit Biden's plane
Vice President Joe Biden's Air Force Two plane was struck by a bird Thursday night as it flew into California.
The plane was grounded as a precautionary measure, according to U.S. officials.
The pilot maneuvered the plane safely to the ground, but it was not in fit condition to return Biden to Washington on Friday.
Romney spokesman scrubs online record clean
A new spokesman for presidential candidate Mitt Romney reportedly deleted more than 800 of his tweets after criticism over certain of his tweets aimed at the media, Democrats, and the Gingriches.
According to a screenshot taken Friday by The Huffington Post, Romney campaign spokesperson Richard Grenell's Twitter account showed a record of 7,577 tweets. On Sunday morning, the account showed only 6,759, and a link to Grenell's personal website had been removed. The site has since been made private.
Reporters had noted when Grenell was hired that he had a tendency to make cutting remarks about women in politics. In one tweet, he advised MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to "take a breath and put on a necklace." In another, he asked whether Callista Gingrich's hair "snaps on."
He also wrote about first lady Michelle Obama "sweating on the East Room carpet" while working out., and compared Maddow to pop singer Justin Bieber.
Grenell has also been known to use his Twitter account to criticize the media. He once asked if any reporters were "asking Hillary Clinton tough questions," and said that what he "love(s) about twitter and facebook is that it has outed reporters from their phony facade of pretend non- partisan commentary."
Grennell told Politico that he meant no harm by the tweets.
"My tweets were written to be tongue-in-cheek and humorous but I can now see how they can also be hurtful," he said. "I didn't mean them that way and will remove them from twitter. I apologize for any hurt they caused."
Blagojevich to wash dishes, then teach Shakespeare
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich started on March 14 his 14-year prison term for corruption.
Blagojevich will spend the remainder of his first 90 days in prison in the prison dishroom, per prison policy.
After that point, he expects to be teaching other prisoners Shakespeare or Greek philopsophy, according to his attorney.
"He is so well-read," Sam Adam Sr. told Fox Chicago News. "Let's put it this way. He is so affable, you forget how educated and well-read he is. He knows a great deal about Shakespeare."
