Obama: I Can’t Use ‘Jedi Mindmeld’ On Congress To Fix Sequestration
Source: TPM
DAVID TAINTOR 12:06 PM EST, FRIDAY MARCH 1, 2013
Asked why he doesn't just sit down with congressional leaders until a sequestration deal is reached, President Obama said Friday that he can't lock lawmakers in a room.
"I am not a dictator, I'm the President," Obama said. "So, ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say, we need to go to catch a plane, I can't have Secret Service block the doorway."
Obama added: "I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that's been floating around Washington that somehow, even though most people agree that I'm being reasonable, that most people agree I'm presenting a fair deal. The fact that they don't take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mindmeld with these folks and convince them to do what's right. Well, you know, they're elected. We have a constitutional system of government."
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atreides1
(16,079 posts)But it's a Vulcan mindmeld! Just saying...
valerief
(53,235 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)'bangs'. It will take some getting used to though.
demosocialist
(184 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)either way, massive analogy fail.
NRA_SUCKS
(39 posts)he's right he's not george bush, he's not a dictator.
he can't MAKE the opposition listen to reason, and he can't MAKE them do what he wants.
yeah ok, i sniggered at his geek-fail (hey it's a rare mistake for him) but the point is still valid imho.
granted i've never been such a rabid fan of either I can't appreciate the mashup.
sakabatou
(42,158 posts)Vulcan mindmeld: Star Trek
Jedi mindtrick: Star Wars
Get your geekiness correct, Mr. President.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)of course combining BOTH still can't make the fucking grover wing budge.
tblue37
(65,409 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)Although Yoda does the twisting of the mind more than a Vulcan mind meld.
Xithras
(16,191 posts)24601
(3,962 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)or of any President's in recent memory.
It's the Vulcan mind meld, dammit!
If that's the worst you can come up with you're being petty. It will be hard to beat a Senator filibustering his own bill.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I hardly thought I needed this:
Texin
(2,596 posts)meant in jest.
kdmorris
(5,649 posts)For goodness sake, man, get your shit together before you get eviscerated!
(Just wanted to say *I* got it. Geeks Unite!)
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)the nation needs a little pop quiz now and again
iandhr
(6,852 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Ter
(4,281 posts)Obama is very Sith-like. But he is not the Sith Master, someone else is out there in great disguise.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Leave the White House and let SCOTUS install Mittens in his place!
What's so hard about that, Mr. President?!
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)"Jedi Mindmeld"?!
Meaniepants
(19 posts)" A woman's body has a defence mechanism to rape"
" if a woman gets pregnant by rape it's gods gift "
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Now, the President, he represents us all.
But thanks for injecting some darkness into a moment of levity.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)All of them blaming Obama.
One caller said she didn't care about fixing bridges and roads -- she barely had enough money to afford a car, and that what was needed was jobs.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 1, 2013, 03:42 PM - Edit history (1)
As soon as those "job creators" see that their tax evasion techniques are safe, they'll be building new factories left and right! In these new job centers, they'll hire a buncha folks at slave labor wages and produce stuffs that no one has any money to buy!
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)the "job creators", once they see all their money is safe, will simply pile even more of it into banks in the Bahamas or wherever. I sincerely doubt they will build a new factory anywhere, unless it's in whatever country is currently offering the lowest wages for the workers.
All they have done for years now is to remove jobs from this country, and they will continue to do so for as long as possible.
I honestly can't think of a realistic solution. I wish I could.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)You are correct. Sigh.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)I guess I too often figure my sarcasm doesn't need labelling.
msongs
(67,420 posts)Meaniepants
(19 posts)The bridges and roads among other infrastructure is Obama's job program. It is hysterical how that was lost on both of you.
tblue37
(65,409 posts)Response to tblue37 (Reply #41)
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wordpix
(18,652 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)fixed it.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)The people in this country are so STOOPID - how about blame a few corporations running overseas sweatshops instead of a decent president, why dontcha?
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)"Please proceed, Governor" is the classic example
He was mixing his sci fi references, so now we've all gone Sheldon Cooper on him.
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)He's right...even if he got the reference garbled in the moment. I could've done the same in a pinch...
However, Jedi mind tricks work on the weak-minded...it really wouldn't be THAT hard to do LOL
Dryvinwhileblind
(153 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)or the star wars trek?
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Which episode did Spock use his mind meld to force someone to do something?
Whereas I distinctly remember a phrase, "These are not the droids your looking for" in Star Wars.
The crime here is mixing the two, not mistaking one for the other.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:35 PM - Edit history (1)
a junior officer to confess.
This one:
Star Trek The Undiscovered Country
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)he did in Star Trek VI, TUC. On Valeris.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)This is the mark of a nation in decline.
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)Which are you?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Obama to Bankers: "I'm Standing Between You and the Pitchforks"
Maybe you just need to move to our side.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)...afflicted with the disability of not having a fucking life. - Frank Conniff
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)A friend of mine met and impressed another of Frank's coworkers on the show at a lecture a couple of weeks ago. Posted pics with him on FB and everything. So excited.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)of both Houses?
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)And head back home for a round of golf.
Obama acts like he can't pull the levers of presidential power.
Make em sweat!
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)forestpath
(3,102 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)MessiahRp
(5,405 posts)-smh-
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)He probably not only knows the difference, but can quote scenes and lines.
Redford
(373 posts)As a Star Wars geek, I am simply appalled.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Kennah
(14,276 posts)magellan
(13,257 posts)...and do a retake.
Kennah
(14,276 posts)magellan
(13,257 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Whereas, if he'd said "...do a Psi-Corp mindwipe with these folks and convince them to do what's right. The Corp is Mother. The Corp is Father," no one would have gotten the reference
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)He can't say it outright, but that's what he's saying.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)government programs are being cut.
Stop being so professorial that the stoopids can't follow.