Geekosphere was shaken to its very core yesterday when President Obama said:
“Even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable; that most people agree I’m presenting a fair deal; the fact they don’t take it means I should somehow do a Jedi mind meld….”
So much for #Obama being the most divisive president in history! He just united two completely different universes!
I was driving to work listening to Obama’s press conference when he uttered those fateful words and I shook my head muttering, “poor dumb bastard”. It’s like my dad trying to talk about Twitter. You just roll your eyes and smirk.
Soon, anguished tweets from basements everywhere flooded the internet, and Serious News Organizations – Sulu himself on MSNBC – carefully explained that there are Jedi mind tricks from Star Wars – and Vulcan mind melds from Star Trek, neither of which can be used to influence House Republicans or other nonsentient beings.
In a way, the term “Jedi Mind Meld” provides a perfect illustration of bipartisan compromise. You take the “Jedi Mind Trick” camp and the “Vulcan Mind Meld” camp, put them together with a deadline looming over us, and what do you come up with? Jedi Mind Meld. Great job again, Mr. President! John Boehner would be making a Bonanza analogy.
Poor dumb Sulu, weighing in on the Ed Schultz show, compared Republicans to Klingons (Commander Worf libel). The GOP isn’t Klingon, Sulu, they’re an ‘honor’ based culture. So not Republican. Maybe Ferenghi, but again at least the Ferenghi are good with money, so not Republican. More like the Yangs from the Omega Glory or those dimwits who took Spock’s brain. Or is the correct metaphor on the other side of the fence – are the Republicans Sith? Anyway, it’s very hopeful to call them Klingons, because they EVENTUALLY joined the Federation-and figured out their leader was an enemy shapeshiter. The Breen (“Never turn your back on a Breen), were Xenophobic “I got mine” assholes with a conquering complex that required them to look down their noses at the rest of the galaxy…..or the Dominion from the Gamma Quadrant, since it’s a bunch of fanatic footsoldiers that worship beings that aren’t actually gods (like Turbo Jesus). Anyway, Sulu was wrong, but to be fair, he’s TOS when they were more villain-y and their culture and ways were not as well understood.
In related news, a delegation of bronies expressed disappointment that President Obama completely ignored their suggestion that he make a clever reference to how talking ponies in the mythical kingdom of Sequestria would be negatively affected by the budget cuts. Oh I don’t know, they ought to stick with the Star Wars analogies, since this budget nonsense is just going to keep going on and on long past the point where everyone wished it had come to some sort of sensible conclusion. Besides, by Monday, nerds everywhere will realize “Eh, at least he’s not Mitt Romney.”