ciphergoth: (election)
Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2009-09-18 04:10 pm

Obama: life imitates art


Fantasy:

Fully poseable Obama action figure

Reality:

Even more impressive Obama action figure

"Help us, Obami-wan Kenobi, you're our only hope"

My hero

[identity profile] starsilversong.livejournal.com 2009-09-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Being a huge Star Wars and Obama fan. I am simply giddy with joy to see this.

He is my hero.

Re: My hero

[identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com 2009-09-18 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Um. I think there are many good things about him and he's a lot better than I would normally expect of a President, but I think it's a mistake to elevate any politician to quite that level. There's no way to become POTUS without doing quite a lot of ...questionable things, and Obama has done plenty.

Re: My hero

[identity profile] nik-strychnine.livejournal.com 2009-09-18 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I find your lack of faith... disturbing...

Nah, I agree, I just couldn't resist using the quote!

[identity profile] royan.livejournal.com 2009-09-20 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
At risk of geeking (who am I kidding) - if Obama is A New Hope, perhaps he should be using Luke's lightsaber (per his plastic counterpart) rather than QGJ's?

[identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com 2009-09-20 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
"At the risk of geeking" - you're worried that your comment might be in danger of straying across the border into the territory of geekdom? That seems unlikely, seeing as it was born in the centre of the capital of the Republic of Geekery!