So awesome

OK, this goes too deep for me. I'm a geek, but my powers are mere cantrips in the presence of this master:

Obama knows more Star Trek trivia than you ever will. He just doesn't see the need to talk about it and scare off the women.

Obama would spend his time with Michelle and the girls whenever he came home from the campaign. And then would stay up all night watching MST3K episodes when they went to sleep.

Obama wants to start his inaugural address with "I have come here to govern wisely and chew bubble gum."

Obama knows that Hal Jordan is the best Green Lantern. But he'd rather hang with Kyle.

Uhm, no. He prefers John Stewart.

Comments

Loved the Pratchett references, though Vimes would probably end the war on terror by arresting Bush and Cheney.

Posted by Scott | November 20, 2008 4:16 PM

If anyone is Hal Jordan, it's probably Joe Biden. Mostly.

And Rahm Emanuel is Guy Gardner.

(I'll stop there.)

Posted by Thomas | November 20, 2008 4:18 PM

As an MST3K ubergeek, I salute this vision.

Obama, the Hand of Fate.

Posted by Ned R. | November 20, 2008 4:19 PM

Guy Gardner (pre-warrior) was the bomb diggity.

Hal Jordan? Eh. It took the Angel of Death to make him interesting.

Posted by Jaybird | November 20, 2008 4:20 PM

Our President is a MiSTie? I wonder if he's sings "Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas" this time of year...

Posted by AndyMN | November 20, 2008 4:24 PM

"I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till...
I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his WILLLLLLL!"

Posted by Ned R. | November 20, 2008 4:31 PM

They call themselves The Watchmen?

Posted by canuckistani | November 20, 2008 4:31 PM

After reading the rumors about Obama giving Leonard Nimoy the Vulcan salute, I think his (assuming his first term goes well) should be: Obama 2012--Live Long and Prosper

Posted by Elyas | November 20, 2008 4:34 PM

Obama has boundless faith in Ta-Nehisi's geek cred.

Posted by Pop Cesspool | November 20, 2008 4:52 PM

I see Joe Biden as Servo and Rahm as Crow... but I can't see Michelle as Gypsy. Maybe that's Hillary?

Regardless, I gotta say I'm pumped. I thought I was just voting for a pragmatist--who knew I was getting a full-blown geek?

I mean, these days anybody can be a Trek fan--but a Mistie? That takes hardcore geekery--geekery from the heart.

Posted by Cash | November 20, 2008 4:54 PM

Hardcore but safe in the knowledge that it's just a show, so we really should relax.

Posted by Ned R. | November 20, 2008 5:24 PM

"Obama does not go for any of this sparkly vampire s***."

That should be a bumper sticker!

Posted by DannyK | November 20, 2008 5:39 PM

It should be the eleventh commandment, really.

Posted by Ned R. | November 20, 2008 6:02 PM

Jon Stewart, no h, if you mean the Daily Show dude

Posted by Mike | November 20, 2008 6:24 PM

I hope he gives Bruce Campbell a major cabinet post. Our enemies will faint at the thought of facing 'Bad Ash'

Posted by Steve | November 20, 2008 6:32 PM

HA! Between this and the WoW reference, this blog makes me so proud to be a geek.

My contributions:

Obama pardons Han Solo because he knows Greedo shot first.

Obama's nominee for Supreme Court Chief Justice is the Living Tribunal.

Obama's main is an 80th level President but his alt is a Ret Pally.

Posted by S. Kim | November 20, 2008 6:47 PM

Mike,

John Stewart is the 4th (and second coolest) Green Lantern. http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=37

I'm a Kyle Rainer guy myself. Anyone but Jordan or Gardner

You're losing some geek points there

Posted by Bradley | November 20, 2008 6:53 PM

Whoah bradley, you may need to back that up. A Kyle fan claiming Stewart is the FOURTH best lantern? Oh hell no...I'm pretty sure Stewart never whined about his mom or had an entire 12 issue maxi series about nothing..

Posted by Alexg | November 20, 2008 7:23 PM

"And then would stay up all night watching MST3K episodes when they went to sleep."

That even melts my cold little McCainiac heart.

Posted by Thomas R | November 20, 2008 7:58 PM

Comics John Stewart has always been tedious.

Animated (Justice League) John Stewart is unbelievably awesome, especially in Starcrossed.

Posted by DJA | November 20, 2008 8:13 PM

Alexg,

He means that Stewart is the fourth lantern in the sequence of lanterns (not counting all the non-Terran ones of course), and the 2nd in terms of coolness.

Which of course brings us to "When You Are Ready To Have A Serious Conversation About Green Lantern, You Have My E-Mail Address"

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/25842

Posted by Andrew | November 20, 2008 8:14 PM

Thanks for the link, and I'm really glad that everyone's enjoying it so much.

Posted by venice diaries | November 20, 2008 9:21 PM

"And then would stay up all night watching MST3K episodes when they went to sleep."

Damn it, shut up! Do you have any idea how uncool I will feel if I fall in love with the PotUS?

Crap. Too late.

Posted by jsg | November 20, 2008 9:27 PM

"And then would stay up all night watching MST3K episodes when they went to sleep."

I see a White House Xmas '09 celebration where President Obama invites Joel and the 'bots to do a live screening of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."

Also, "Obama's favorite Harry Potter character is Severus Snape."

Posted by Shawn | November 20, 2008 11:13 PM

this may be the greatest thing ever.....no it's far better than that.

Posted by greginak | November 20, 2008 11:23 PM

OK, so I look up Obama Pacman on google and the first thing that came up is Obama Eats Babies Pacman game. That is all kinds of messed up.

Posted by P to the J | November 20, 2008 11:27 PM

Hmmm. How about:

Barack Obama's gun is named Vera

Barack Obama cleansed Saidin - without any help.

Barack Obama reads Bob Loblaw's Law Blog.

Barack knows all about Shepherd Book's past - they were partners.

Barack Obama has had it with these motherf***ing snakes on this motherf***ing plane.

Posted by Zeke | November 21, 2008 12:31 AM

Barack Obama told Stormbringer to shut the hell up, and it did.

Barack Obama projected the course of the Foundation so well, the Mule never even existed.

Barack Obama defeated Takhisis in the Abyss and didn't even have to change his alignment.

Barack Obama is Ubik. Period.

Posted by Ned R. | November 21, 2008 1:43 AM

Over at Pandagon, Jesse Taylor initiated a discussion of whether Obama's Picard or Sisko. What'd be an analogous argument in the comics? Xavier or Mr Terrific?

Posted by Josh | November 21, 2008 2:11 AM

J to the P, hopefully this will be more to your liking: http://uncommonpics.com/pic-4734-Obamas-Pacman-apple-computer

Posted by venice diaries | November 21, 2008 2:20 AM

No love for Alan Scott?

Posted by Anthony Damiani | November 21, 2008 4:20 AM

Obama has memorized Armaments 2:9-21.

Obama curses in fluent Chinese.

Obama is still chapped that Bill Finger's not getting co-creator credit.

Obama claims he's going to give his Secretary of State the title "Speaker to Animals."

Obama's LJ is called "Klaatu barada nikto."

Obama always sits in the back row at Rocky Horror.

Obama's Mac obeys all of Asimov's Laws.

Obama owns the edition of Deities and Demigods containing the Nehwon and Cthulhu mythos.

Obama owns This Island Earth in both the original version, but now he can't help laughing and saying "What's this 'And the rest' crap?" aloud whenever Russell Johnson first appears.

Posted by Cash | November 21, 2008 9:28 AM

I hereby declare this the Best Thread on the Best Blog Ever. I am trying so hard not to laugh at work right now.

Posted by Persia | November 21, 2008 9:41 AM

Cash, those last two observations rule the universe. (But there was the Melnibonean Mythos too!)

Posted by Ned R. | November 21, 2008 10:23 AM

It's Jon Stewart, like Jonathan.
Hilarious post though. I wish I was American, I would be so proud of my president-elect.
Cheers from Germany

Posted by Lisa | November 21, 2008 10:49 AM

Barack Obama yelled "Spoon!" at the top of his lungs before the debates.

Posted by tom c | November 21, 2008 10:52 AM

Roffle. Thanks tom c, now I'm imagining a huge "SAr" on the moon...

Posted by Ned R. | November 21, 2008 10:58 AM

Obama uses whole milk in his Cap'n Crunch.

Posted by GKM | November 21, 2008 11:07 AM

Obama completed ALL of Fallout 3 in one sitting. After that, he read the official guidebook, corrected its errors, and mailed the updates back to its editors - free of charge.

Everytime Obama takes a jump shot, the "Bionic Man" sound effect is heard.

Obama never needs to download a patch for a new program - he just persuades it to work properly.

Posted by Shawn | November 21, 2008 11:34 AM

Obama shouts to the sky "Shazam!" and becomes President Marvel.

Posted by Dennis Gonzalez | November 21, 2008 11:42 AM

Alan Scott for both best/hang with GL.

Obama secretly prefers Blade Runner with Deckard voiceover

Obama can name all Doctor Who lead actors in correct chronological order

Obama reconsiders Gibbs as Press Secretary, names Mr. B Natural

Posted by Darrell | November 21, 2008 1:52 PM

Obama brought a towel to the white house for his first meeting with the mysterious bugblatter beast of traal.

Posted by Sorn | November 21, 2008 3:21 PM

"Everytime Obama takes a jump shot, the "Bionic Man" sound effect is heard."
-Shawn

"Barack Obama yelled "Spoon!" at the top of his lungs before the debates."
- tom c

Oh my... I mewl and capitulate submissively beneath this thread's unmitigated geekery. Bravo!

Obama will ride a luck dragon and defeat the 'nothing' in his first hundred days.

Posted by S. Kim | November 21, 2008 3:47 PM

Darrell with the frightening last image. Though I like the idea of Mr. B going up to W. on the handover day and saying, "Knew your FATHER I did!"

Sorn, meanwhile, beat me to Hitchhiker's. Dammit.

Obama hacked into WOPR and figured out that there are two winning moves -- not to play and unplugging the damn machine in the first place.

Posted by Ned R. | November 21, 2008 4:09 PM

Obama took the tesseract to Camazotz and said, "I'm your Black Thing now."

Posted by GKM | November 21, 2008 4:21 PM

Barack Obama thinks Christopher's Lloyd's Klingon accent sounds way too forced.

Posted by Dave C | November 21, 2008 4:24 PM

Barack Obama thinks that the Scooby Gang would benefit from a bit of affirmative action.

Posted by Dave C | November 21, 2008 4:28 PM

Barack Obama won the swim meet after being put in as a last minute substitution by performing the Triple Lindy.

Posted by tom c | November 21, 2008 4:30 PM

Barack Obama *can* choose the wine in front of you.

Posted by Chris | November 21, 2008 5:34 PM

Barack Obama rolls natural 20s.

Barack Obama will bring back Turkey Day MST3K marathons.

Barack Obama, when walking up to the White House at night, will mutter: "Big buttery moon out there tonight...the sidewalk kind of looks like ice cream in this light"

Barack Obama gets the Harlan Ellison joke in Mitchell.

Posted by Chryss | November 21, 2008 8:09 PM

Obama bought the DVD of Addams Family Values so he could complete his collection of movies featuring Mr. Universe and Harmony.

No one will see it until after his inauguration, because Obama's hairstylist is sworn to secrecy, but he has a spider tattooed on his scalp.

Also, Obama plans to end his his inaugural oath not with "So help me God," but with, "Filthy Assistants! Fetch me a a bucket of baby seal eyeballs and powerful drugs! We have politics to do!"

Obama's magic-user has a pseudo-dragon familiar. Of course.

Obama is leery of the new Trek movie, but he does plan to watch it just to see Simon Pegg as Scotty.

Obama has watched The Wizard of Floyd several times, but he thinks it's just coincidence. Watching "2001" while playing "Houses of the Holy," though? Freeeeeeeeeeaky.

Posted by Cash | November 22, 2008 11:06 AM

Obama stole all the carrots back from El-ahrairah.

Obama early on was late with a pizza delivery but when Uncle Enzo found him he just used his katana and took care of the problem.

Posted by Ned R. | November 22, 2008 12:40 PM