This past Friday morning durring a press conference on the current budget issues President Obama explained that he couldn’t “do a Jedi mind meld” to get Congress to pass his preferred bill. Predictably the social networks quickly came alive with humor and snark about this genre faux-pas. Showing a surprising sense of humor and cultural relevance the White House got in on the act putting out its own image tweet.
We must bring balance to the Force. #Sequester #JediMindMeld pic.twitter.com/lIZlgavhuR
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 1, 2013
Its great seeing the president following through on uniting the nation; and trying to bring together disparate groups, like Trekkies and Star Wars fans.
Age of the Geek, baby.
Absolutely love owning the follow through like that, too.
I really thought Summer would object to the UN-TITING of the nation
nah, most of the time when I hear there’s a big Star Wars-Star Trek argument a-brewin’, I go get popcorn 🙂
Actually Dave was meaning my being less than observant and missing a typo in my story.
but I’m always one to grab the popcorn too 🙂
what? I missed a typo? the horror! 🙂
Happens to the best of us 😉
Concerning this faux pas by the president: May the Force Live Long and Prosper.
roflmao!
Personally I’d rather he keep us safe and help us keep all our money. It’s ok if he gets Lucasverse and Trekverse wrong.