I'm Unsure As To The Cultural Significance Of Any Of This (Or: Obama Is A Cylon)
UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers. Please note that we're proudly running WordPress, despite Prof. Reynolds' unkind words about it. *grin* (Surviving the Instalanche thanks entirely to Donncha's excellent WP Super Cache plugin)
Aron and I have long noted that Battlestar Galactica's Colonel Tigh (played by Michael Hogan) bears a more-than-striking resemblance to one Senator John McCain, an observation evidently shared by others (click the pic above to see the full image). However, we were unprepared for the sheer BSG-related brilliance a slip of the tongue could unleash.
Evidently, Aron's wife inadvertently let current events slip into her speech the other night and, in referring to Edward James Olmos' character, called him "Admiral Obama". Aron shared this with me the next day and we had a good laugh over the prospects for a BSG-themed campaign.
And then he went and did something, well, brilliant:
(Click the picture for full-size.)
That's right, he gimped Obama and Clinton into the BSG continuum, with Barack as Lee Adama and Hillary as Starbuck. The disturbing mental Lee-Starbuck smooching visions this conjures up should likely be avoided by most thinking adults, as they are quite difficult to shake, I assure you, but the humor value far outweighs the risks in my opinion. [NOTE: Some seem to be under the misapprehension that the above picture is actually one of Obama and Clinton "smooching" -- not so. Clicking the link only takes you to the full-sized version, I assure you. -ed.]
Now we just need to get Jeff Harrell to update his t-shirt design to read "Obama is a Cylon" and the circle shall be complete.
PS: I hereby declare myself the Official Google Winner for the first recorded electronic use of the phrase "Obama Is A Cylon".
*grin*
PPS: Non-watermarked version available upon request.
UPDATE 2:
Here's the rendering of the GOP that Aron gimp'd, back when this was still fresh and there was more than TighMcCain standing in the Republican field:
Click the image to see the embiggened source.
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Haha. Having just watched a bit of Razor the other night this is so funny. Glad my plugin helped too!
Neither of them is Baltar? What gives?
No Baltar, but Aron did follow up with another eerie image of the GOP candidates striking BSG poses.
Giuliani, in particular, is horrifyingly realized as Sharon.