Newsweek Discusses the Spock-Obama Connection

[wyldwolf]

Is Obama a Vulcan? Newsweek isn't prepared to go quite that far. But it is willing to entertain the notion that there might be some real similarities between Mr. Spock and the new president. There are the prominent ears and the racially mixed background. And like his Vulcan counterpart, Obama seems at times almost inhumanly calm and logical. To top it off, Obama himself admitted during the campaign that he grew up on Star Trek and believes in the final frontier.

http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/3173/newsweek-plays-up-the-spock-obama-connection

And the Newsweek piece:

We’re All Trekkies Now

'Star Trek' is way cool. How'd that happen? Because the geeks have inherited the earth, and the White House.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195082/page/1

[skooooo]

1. This makes total sense.

Ok, maybe not total sense, but there are some similarities -- the coolness, unflappability, return to science, and a move away from the Bush approach of going with your "gut" feeling.

[Clio the Leo]

2. Can we PLEASE get a Star Trek cast party at the White House?

PLEASE Mr. President .... PLEASE!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vaberella]

6. Captain Sisko and Captain Janeway, all the way!!!

I'd always had a fantasy in some weird alternative universe they'd hook up and maybe they'd be Obama's parents. :D

[Clio the Leo]

9. No no, none of them WEIRD new people! lol

It's abundantly clear who the President's parents are...

[Arugula Latte]

19. OMG! The Freeps are right! He WASN'T born in the U.S.

He wasn't even born on this planet! :o

[vaberella]

21. Ahhh...His father was Kirk...no wonder he has a way with the ladies. Long live Uhura!!

Kirking the planet one lady at a time.

[Forkboy]

3. Talk about a story right up your alley.

Politics and Star Trek, your two favorites.

[wyldwolf]

4. Live long and prosper, Forkboy

[Forkboy]

5. I'm waiting for the Godzilla comparisons.

Hell, he trampled the Repubs...isn't that close enough? :)

[nxylas]

7. With the GOP as Godzooky from the Hanna Barbera Godzilla cartoon

Small and annoying.

[Forkboy]

15. LOL

:)

[vaberella]

22. I thought it was spelt Godzuki...and I loved that show.

Godzilla! Godzilla!...and...Godzu-ki.

[nxylas]

25. It may be

I don't claim to be an expert on the show. Pretty much all I remember is Godzilla having the amazing ability to emerge vertically from about 6 feet of water despite being "30 stories high".

[csziggy]

17. Are you sure? Maybe he was from these guys, though they were not calm or logical

:eyes:

[Forkboy]

20. Give it up for the Gorshin!

[Towlie]

8. "Barack" even sounds Vulcan. Many have already photoshopped his ears.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=obama+vulcan&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=obama+vulcan

Does this mean Joe Biden is William Shatner? :yoiks:

[dascientist]

13. live long and prosper

[yodermon]

10. Plus he flashed the Vulcan hand-sign to Leonard Nimoy at a rally.

no pic, no link, but great story.

[Flying Dream Blues]

11. I new that berth certfitctate was fake!!!!!11111111

[brentspeak]

12. Does Obama have three times the strength of a human?

Can he perform rapid, complex math in his head in just a few seconds? Can he meld minds with Joe Biden?

[vaberella]

23. Probably. n/t

[damonm]

14. I've only been saying this since the primaries...

Where the hell have these people BEEN?

[Enrique]

16. they should ask Congressman Wu

he knows all about Vulcans, Klingons, faux-Klingons, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p892dUiTMss

[depakid]

18. Great article- thanks for posting that!

:thumbsup:

[chollybocker]

24. The mind-meld has now been completed.

Newsweek really digs for the hard news these days, don't they? Don't they???