There's an episode from the fourth season of The West Wing where a temp work comes in to work in Josh's office, and she's wearing a Star Trek pin. Donna notices it and tells Josh, and Josh tells the worker that she can't wear it while she's working in the White House. The woman doesn't understand and gets upset. At the end of the episode, Josh explains to the woman that he's a Star Trek fan, too, and he'll even try to get a Star Trek holiday declared by the government. But while she's working there, she can't wear it, and the woman understands.
I thought of that while watching the video after the jump. It's from January 10, and shows Congressman David Wu (D-Oregon) talking about the war and how the people in the White House are Klingons, not logical Vulcans. But they're not like the "real" Klingons of Star Trek, because they've never fought a real battle.
As he warns: "Don't let faux Klingons send real Americans to war!" There's a bumper sticker waiting to be made
[via Marty Beckerman]















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1-15-2007 @ 3:24PM
Alicia said...
There must be a Sulu joke to be made here, but it escapes me.
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1-15-2007 @ 4:26PM
Tom said...
I saw this picture and all I could think was...
WORF FOR CONGRESS!
Or senate, or whatever. He can complain on a platform of honour, duty and gagh for the poor.
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1-15-2007 @ 4:33PM
Holly said...
As was said on The West Wing, he's one of the special people.
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1-15-2007 @ 5:15PM
kel said...
Any thoughts, Wil Wheaton?
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1-16-2007 @ 5:00PM
RAB said...
Wu was making a very pointed and specific political reference here beyond the obvious Star Trek one. Bush's foreign policy team has been calling themselves "the Vulcans" for reasons having nothing to do with Trek. See here for more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vulcans
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