Obama: "I loved Spock"

[BlueStater]

President Obama is an admitted Star Trek fan, and a fan of one character in particular: Mr. Spock, the pointy-eared Vulcan played by Leonard Nimoy.

"Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy," Obama said in a statement released by the White House Friday after Nimoy's death. "Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek's optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity's future.

"I loved Spock," Obama said.

Obama said he met Nimoy in person in 2007. "It was only logical to greet him with the Vulcan salute, the universal sign for 'Live long and prosper.' And after 83 years on this planet – and on his visits to many others – it's clear Leonard Nimoy did just that. Michelle and I join his family, friends, and countless fans who miss him so dearly today."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/02/27/obama-statement-on-leonard-nimoy-spock/24136695/

[gratuitous]

1. CPAC statement on the evils of the Spock character in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

You know it's got to be coming.

[central scrutinizer]

8. Spock was the Science Officer

Science is anathema to CPAC.

[NewJeffCT]

28. damn your facts and logic Mr Spock

CPAC has a Senator with a Snowball!

[Liberal Veteran]

37. The Republicans would be Pakleds.

[hunter]

40. Excellent!

[hifiguy]

44. Nah. Ferengi. I can see no difference between pukes and Ferengi.

[daredtowork]

2. I like Obama the nerd! :D nt

[Skittles]

3. a wonderful tribute

[Auggie]

4. Obama would make a good Vulcan

Perfect face structure

[mindwalker_i]

6. He would have kicked Tuvok's ass :)

[yuiyoshida]

9. hehe...

I think you might be right!

[mindwalker_i]

10. I do have to admit

it's not a terribly high bar

In the new start trek movies, Syler makes a great Spock! Different era, different actor I guess.

[handmade34]

5. Of course he did...

[Enrique]

7. "Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed"

no wonder Obama liked him.

He could have added an aptitude for 3-d chess

[Hekate]

17. That jumped out at me too :-)

[sheshe2]

20. Great post Enrique!

RIP Leonard/ Spock

[progressoid]

11. yup...

[hifiguy]

12. That is a GREAT pic.

[vankuria]

15. I love it!!!

Thanks for posting this great photo!

[cyberswede]

24. One of my favorite pictures ever. nt

[adieu]

13. He's already got the ears and the

rice-bowl hairline. Just work on his eye brows and he's set.

[malaise]

14. We all loved him

Nice tribute

[1monster]

16. Rest in peace

#t=130

[Hekate]

21. "...His was the most ... human." I can't add anything to that; it's perfect.

Thank you so much for posting that. I loved Mr. Spock too, having "met" him on the first tv series, which meant so much to so many of us.

Rest in peace, Leonard Nimoy, and thanks for all the memories.

[sarge43]

18. Lovely tribute and well deserved. nt

[randome]

19. I hate to wallow in generalities but...

...can any of us imagine a current member of the GOP saying how much they liked Spock?

It just doesn't seem possible to me. They might pay lip service to the idea but it couldn't be sincere, could it?

The character of Spock is emblematic of the vast gulf between Liberals and Conservatives. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

[Hekate]

23. It didn't used to be that way, honestly. It's a loss to our shared culture that it is now.

OTT, when it comes to plain ordinary humans (not politicians) Mr. Spock's passing will be felt keenly regardless of party.

Night before last I discovered that my next door neighbor (fundamentalist Christian, Republican) was as much a fan of sci-fi in his youth as I was in mine. Haven't seen him today, but I'm sure he'll notice this passing just as I have.

[randome]

32. "Ordinary humans". Yeah.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[Hekate]

34. This is the man who plucked a hummingbird out of my skylight with his hand...

....which I never could have accomplished, and freed it outdoors.

Maybe not so ordinary after all.

In a way, he has become my touchstone to remind me that GOP politicians may be assholes, but other Republicans are your friends and neighbors. There are just certain things I don't discuss with him, though I do make a joke about our "dueling yard signs."

[surrealAmerican]

22. What a sweet thing to say.

... he really does have a way with words, this president ...

[yuiyoshida]

25. O.O"

[hifiguy]

30. Love it!

[spanone]

26. k&r...

[misterhighwasted]

27. Well, President Obama sort of DID put the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on Boner & that whole..

..Great American Government DHS/Immigration Shutdown.
Among other masterful swipes upside the heads of the inept GOP.

Cool Post.
Appreciate it
Thanks

[Fred Sanders]

29. "Live short and wither", Spock might have said to the current alien anti-science and logic GOP.

[Sheelanagig]

31. I loved this!

[niyad]

42. welcome to du.

have to ask--does your name refer to the band, or to the carvings and symbols?

[Sheelanagig]

43. Thank you! I just like the association with pagan goddesses.

[niyad]

45. you are most welcome. as you can probably see by my avatar, I share that view.

[Sheelanagig]

46. I think we will get along. :)

[DinahMoeHum]

35. Truth be told, though, Obama looks more like Tuvok. . .

. . .the "full-blooded" Vulcan (from Star Trek: Voyager)

[Stellar]

39. In my opinion...

..not even close.

[slumcamper]

36. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one."

Let us never forget this line from Nimoy's final act on Next Generation.

This is the Democratic creed.

[Stellar]

38. We all loved Spock Mr President.

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[Gothmog]

41. This is a fitting tribute to Nimoy