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 twitter.com/whitehouse/staβ¦
— The White House (@whitehouse) 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.
Summer Brooks says
Age of the Geek, baby.
Absolutely love owning the follow through like that, too.
Dave says
I really thought Summer would object to the UN-TITING of the nation
Summer Brooks says
nah, most of the time when I hear there’s a big Star Wars-Star Trek argument a-brewin’, I go get popcorn π
Laith Preston says
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 π
Summer Brooks says
what? I missed a typo? the horror! π
Laith Preston says
Happens to the best of us π
Samuel Sloan says
Concerning this faux pas by the president: May the Force Live Long and Prosper.
Summer Brooks says
roflmao!
Jake says
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.