XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.fan.starwars   
   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   > Actor Mark Hamill crashed Friday’s White House press briefing — the day   
   > before Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) — and instead of taking questions about   
   > the popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy franchise, all he wanted to do was gush about   
   > President Joe Biden.   
   >   
   > Hamill, who played the role of Jedi Luke Skywalker in George Lucas’ original   
   > trilogy, joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the lectern   
   > and told reporters how happy he had been to meet the president’s staff.   
   >   
   > He opened with a joke, saying that when Biden had invited the actor to call   
   > him “Joe,” he’d asked whether he could call him “Joe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi.”   
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   > WATCH:   
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   > 	Mark Hamill is at the White House press briefing today making cringe   
   > 	Star Wars jokes.   
   >   
   > 	Not like there’s anything important going on in the world at the   
   > 	moment!   
   > 	pic.twitter.com/Qjryh8Wx1M   
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   > 	— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 3, 2024   
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   > WATCH:   
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   > 	.@MarkHamill at the White House press briefing:   
   >   
   > 	“I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the   
   > 	President, the most legislatively successful president in my   
   > 	lifetime. And you know, I don't have to go through the list of   
   > 	bipartisan infrastructure law, the PACT   
   >  pic.twitter.com/6BuWLHEJ9g   
   >   
   > 	— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 3, 2024   
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   > “I was honored to be asked to come to the White House to meet the president,   
   > the most legislatively successful president in my lifetime,” Hamill began,   
   > listing off a series of legislative actions that he counted as Biden wins.   
   > “And you know, I don’t have to go through the list of bipartisan   
   > infrastructure law, the PACT Act, the Chips Act, all of that inflation — 15   
   > million jobs.”   
   >   
   > “Look, it’s all good,” Hamill continued, praising Biden’s staff and raving   
   > about how much work the president did day-to-day. “I mean, I was really   
   > thrilled to meet the entire staff because, you know, it’s not just one   
   > person. It’s like a composite endeavor and all these people, my goodness, you   
   > know, I mean, I have no idea — I — I had no idea. Just what went into what is   
   > on his plate on a daily basis.”   
   >   
   > “So, that’s pretty much it. I’m open to questions, although no Star Wars   
   > questions, please,” Hamill concluded. “But I want to say once again how   
   > grateful I am, and it just shows you that just one person can be so   
   > influential and so positive in our lives and, again thank you so much. And   
   > @PeterBakerNYT, I loved your book.”   
   >   
   > “Hamill was born in 1951,” Mike Cote pointed out in an X post. “Even for his   
   > personal politics, Biden isn’t remotely close to the most legislatively   
   > successful president of his lifetime. LBJ, anyone? Very sad to see a Jedi   
   > turn into a Sith before our eyes.”   
   >   
   > 	Hamill was born in 1951. Even for his personal politics, Biden isn't   
   > 	remotely close to the most legislatively successful president of his   
   > 	lifetime. LBJ, anyone?   
   >   
   > 	Very sad to see a Jedi turn into a Sith before our eyes.   
   > 	https://t.co/7gLEWGahxz   
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   > 	— Mike Coté (@ratlpolicy) May 3, 2024   
      
   Do I detect more than a bit of wingerdinger jealously in all this snarkiness?   
      
   But hey Trumplicans, you still have Lee Greenwood & the 60 buck   
   church/state combo Bibles.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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