Your desire to dictate is the prob,” tweeted Texas business owner Geary Hughes, a k a White House quickly maneuvered to turn the sci-fi slip-up to his advantage.

I think it’s time to impeach,” tweeted one “Darth Vader” parody account, to Obama: Mind-melds are not about control, they are for greater understanding. “Obama just confused Star Trek and Star Wars by saying Jedi Mind Meld. The blunder set off a frenzy of ridicule across the Twitterverse. Obama - a professed Trekkie - was conflating the “Jedi mind tricks” of “Star Wars” with the “Vulcan mind meld” of “Star Trek” lore.

the fact that don’t take it means that I should somehow do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right,” the president said. “I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that’s been floating around Washington, that somehow, even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable.

Speaking at a White House press conference, Obama joked that he couldn’t use a “Jedi mind meld” to get Republicans to agree to his budget plan. President Obama yesterday outraged nerds everywhere when he committed sci-fi heresy by mixing up “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” in remarks about budget cuts.

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