LOL: President Obama and His Lightsaber

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President Obama was photographed swinging a Star Wars lightsaber toy around during an announcement of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. I’m not exactly sure what the Olympics has to do with lightsabers (apparently something to do with fencing), but I thought the photo was interesting enough to pass along. And how cool is it that the President of the United States is a Jedi? … or is he a Sith?

  • dogcandy
    Definitely a Jedi. McCain looked like Palpatine, so by default, Obama is a Jedi.
  • thorofthunder
    HAHAHAHAHAHA. Win comment of the day.
  • Gelman
    Let's see: Obama wants a more powerful central government, he wants the gov't to have control over your health, his plan will require more of your paycheck going to D.C. and NOW he's going to head up a U.N. committee with no oversight whatsoever. Oh, and he's put his birth certificate under lock and key so that we don't know when or where he was born.

    Sith, without a doubt.
  • Gelman
    Plus, see the Obama Deathstar:

    politicaldemotivation.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/obama_empire.jpg
  • oh, oh, oh! let me guess. You're one of those Birther morons, right?
  • Gelman
    Wow, Peter. I didn't know it was illegal on /Film to compare Obama to the Sith. YOU asked the question...

    Diversity of opinion will not be tolerated. Another mark of the Sith.
  • Gelman
    Thanks for reposting my initial response, Pete, despite the effort by the Sith to flag me!
  • Math You
    Leave it to the "-ists" to call the decent people "-ers".
  • thespiansheldon
    He called Kanye a jackass. He's a Jedi in my mind.
  • Ender
    Blue, green, and purple are Jedi sabres.
  • fanboy_d
    correction: blue and green are jedi. purple is bamf.
  • zebrat
    bamf? you mean nightcrawler teleported himself?
  • fanboy_d
    lol *snikt* argh!
  • Anon
    Further correction: Sith and Jedi can have whatever color lightsaber they want, sith simply prefer red because it represents power to them.
  • Obama's on fire. First Kanye (listen to the audio if you can, hilarious), and now this...
  • Why Audio? There is a video of it on youtube. :D
  • Keith
    photoshop contest!
  • capawesome
    haha nice :D
  • Love Obama. Voted twice for him. But,... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3njjD41f48
  • Joe Wilson
    Definitely a Sith. Screw free health care.
  • fanboy_d
    "screw free healthcare" -_-

    crazytalk...
  • Gelman
    "free" healthcare = crazytalk
  • Lance_HBomb
    "Who needs health care? Get shot, take the bullet out yourself. America ain't for pussies."
  • Name
    Our current system prioritizing money over health = crazy
  • Lance_HBomb
    Yes, because Darth Vader got his WONDERFUL body plastic surgery included in his Sith Empire health care package.

    (I knew you were joking as soon as I saw your name :P)
  • bigtones
    Dude, you lie!
  • tort
    That's not true.
  • Craigasorusrex
    If only he could gain the courage to put an end to this entire "bipartisan" schtick.

    Its not working. Republicans were in power for 8 years and could care less about what the Democrats had to say.

    Be more like Republicans in the sense of not giving a damn. Just ram the health bill through congress and sign.

    Easy as that. Oh and the blue dog Democrats who aren't buying into Health Care reform have completely sold themselves out to pharmaceutical/health insurance companies.

    Then and only then will he truly reach the position of Jedi master. Admittedly this is no easy task. 7 presidents before him tried reforming health care to no avail. I wish you the best dear sir.
  • Hey Obama, I'm really happy for you, and I'm going to let you finish but OBI-WAN WAS THE BEST JEDI OF ALL TIME!!!
  • MarkoP
    I dunno. I'm quite partial to George Clooney.
  • rockinrors
    Wasn't Senator Palpatine a Republican?
    So Obama is our Mace Windu. :)
  • Pete (original)
    Doesn't Mace Windu die horribly.
  • Chris_Hanson
    Barack Obi- bama
  • Jabalka
    Dude, blue lightsaber = Jedi.
  • Dura
    I knew it!

    Obama is in Lucas' pocket!
  • Merciful_budah
    Well that's just silly. He'd never fit in there...

    Plus flannel wouldn't match his suits...
  • bigtones
    Lol, Lucas did contribute $4600 to his campaign.
  • johnbo01
    I don't know have you seen Lucas recently? Super large pants= plenty of room for a president.
  • JPX
    Actually I'd say that Cheney was the Emperor and Bush was his apprentice.
  • bigtones
    Please. Cheney would own the Emperor.
  • Lance_HBomb
    Cheney would Force Stare/Kill Palatine in one glance.
  • Daniel
    I wonder what his Metaclorin count is?
  • Lance_HBomb
    Who knows- It keeps Changing.
  • Colonel_Kurtz
    The blue lightsaber indicates he's a Jedi...or a Republican.
  • richmcleod
    He looks fucking awesome there.
  • dannyderub
    You're an Obama Bot Zombie
  • differentdrummer
    And you're a butthurt troll. Your point?
  • dannyderub
    He looks fucking awesome? Really? This is the first time in history that people refer to the president as "awesome". He was marketed to you and everyone else as being this cool, geeky, "awesome" president. He's really none of those things. But you and all your fellow zombies eat everything that the mainstream biased media throws at you. I've never seen so many people buy into such a huge load of crap. It's really funny to sit back and watch, but it's also kinda scary. He can pretty much say and do anything he wants and people like you will agree with it without a second thought. You are a zombie just like the rest of them. Walking around in a daze, thinking the president is 'cool', but not looking closer into the way he's permanently changing our country into one that's just like all the other shitty ones. Go ahead and reply to this. Write something stupid that you heard on tv. I'm sure it'll be something about Bush. And what the hell is a butthurt troll? What are you 13?
  • differentdrummer
    I'm not the one who said he looks awesome; I think he looks rather silly.
    Not that being a regular human being with a sense of humor is a bad thing,
    but it doesn't impress me. Neither does your knee-jerk unthinking invective.
    How long did it take you to cut and paste your diatribe from Glenn Beck's
    website?

    And a butthurt troll is a troll - like yourself, someone who posts something
    inflammatory for the sheer entertainment value of having people notice him
    and react - whining because his butt hurts something fierce from the
    whupping it got in two consecutive election cycles.
  • differentdrummer
    I'm not the one who said he looks awesome; I think he looks rather silly.
    Not that being a regular human being with a sense of humor is a bad thing,
    but it doesn't impress me. Neither does your knee-jerk unthinking invective.
    How long did it take you to cut and paste your diatribe from Glenn Beck's
    website?

    And a butthurt troll is a troll - like yourself, someone who posts something
    inflammatory for the sheer entertainment value of having people notice him
    and react - whining because his butt hurts something fierce from the
    whupping it got in two consecutive election cycles.
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