But can you say with 100 percent dead certainty that he didn't? I didn't think so. Sure, you can argue that there's almost no chance that Obama is such a "Star Wars" geek that he knew about that obscure reference, from later "Star Wars" novels. The blunder set off a frenzy of ridicule across the Twitterverse. While battle meditation could influence both the Force-sensitives and the insensitives of both sides, Force Meld concentrates on coordinating and improving the Force-sensitives of the user's side." Obama a professed Trekkie was conflating the Jedi mind tricks of Star Wars with the Vulcan mind meld of Star Trek lore. A refinement of battle meditation, it was known to the ancient Jedi, though dangerous. President Barack Obama jumbled the two most successful science fiction franchises during a news conference to discuss automatic spending cuts. That's major league changing the subject, in my book.Īs it turns out, there is in fact a "Jedi mind meld," as you can see on the Wookieepedia: "Force Meld, otherwise known as Jedi meld or Battle meld, was a technique where a number of Force users joined their minds together through the Force, drawing strength from each other. And now, what is everyone talking about today? Whether Obama knows his "Star Wars" or not. Now, he's working hard to beat Republicans at the budget game, and everyone is kicking and screaming about who's to blame for impending sequestration and what everyone is sure is the other side being responsible for the imminent collapse of civilization. Argue if you want over what he's done as president, but you can't quibble with his ability to succeed in the face of heavy headwinds. The Fix (TheFix) MaLoose talk of a Jedi mind meld is the inevitable result of the JJ Abrams Cliff. After all, this is a president who has managed some pretty impressive sleight of hand over the years, getting health care reform passed over the universal opposition of Republicans, for example, and, hey, even getting re-elected when many people were sure that he was destined to be a failed, one-term leader. Obama lost the Star Wars vote with that Jedi Mind meld gaffe. It's been much reported that, speaking about his negotiations with Republicans over budget reform, he complained that he can't perform a " Jedi mind meld." Cue a million anguished Twitter users in outrage, jokingly insisting on impeaching the president over his inability to remember that the line is actually "Jedi mind trick."īut maybe, just maybe, Obama was playing a Jedi mind trick on everyone. As just about everyone knows by now, President Obama got the entire Internet in a tizzy this morning by seemingly mixing up "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" references and trying to pass them off as a clever " Star Wars" line. Obama noted that some seem to believe he can do 'a Jedi mind-meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right.' To us, it sounds like he meant Jedi mind trick as in, influencing the.
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