![]() ![]() Born in Boston, he decided to be an actor at the age of seventeen, after appearing in a local production of “Awake and Sing!,” Clifford Odets’s gritty Depression-era drama. Eulogizing Nimoy, who died last week, Obama spoke admiringly of the character, whom he described as “cool, logical, big-eared, and level-headed.” He added, “I loved Spock.” He represented a practical, reasoning voice in a period of dissension and chaos.” (The actor apparently saw similar qualities in the President.) Obama was frequently likened to Spock-even, slyly, by Obama himself. ![]() ![]() Nimoy wrote in his memoir that “Spock was a character whose time had come. Obama was a self-proclaimed "Star Trek" fan at a fund-raiser in Los Angeles, in 2007, he had spotted Nimoy across the room-their first contact-and flashed him the Vulcan salute. (As William Shatner said in mock horror at the American Film Institute’s tribute to George Lucas, when he “realized” that he wasn’t addressing a "Star Trek" convention, “Star Wars?”) Trekkies took to Twitter at warp speed, and the furor was put to rest only when the galaxy’s leading expert on the topic, Leonard Nimoy, tweeted, “Only a Vulcan mind meld will help with this congress.” It’s Vulcans, of course, who do mind melds Jedi perform “mind tricks.” Obama had committed the cardinal sin of confusing two space franchises. “Even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable, that most people agree I’m presenting a fair deal,” the President said, “the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right.” #Sequester #JediMindMeld twitter.At a press conference two years ago this week, President Obama expressed his frustration with the “conventional wisdom” about the refusal of Congressional Republicans to accept his offer to avert eighty-five billion dollars’ worth of automatic sequestration spending cuts. Their official Twitter account added to the quickly spreading Internet meme with the below image. It seems like the White House has a good sense of humor over the gaff. Politics website even made a useful video illustrating the President’s mistake and the differences between the two. This confusion enraged sci-fi fans across the Internet. There you have it! President Obama confused the Jedi Mind Trick and the Vulcan Mind Meld. I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that’s been floating around Washington that somehow, even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable, that most people agree I’m presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right. President Obama then misspoke and confused Star Wars and Star Trek, The President stated, “I am not a dictator, I’m the President,” that he can’t merely force (no pun intended) them to agree. President Obama responded to a question about simply locking up Congress until they come to an agreement. During a press conference at the White House, President Obama was answering questions about the state of Congress and their sequestering over the current Government financial situation and possible shut down. ![]()
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