XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.fan.starwars
From: weberm@polaris.net
In article , super70s@super70s.invalid wrote:
>> 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.”
>>
>> WATCH:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> — Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 3, 2024
>>
>> WATCH:
>>
>> .@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
>>
>> “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
>>
>> — Mike Coté (@ratlpolicy) May 3, 2024
>
>Do I detect more than a bit of wingerdinger jealously in all this snarkiness?
No, that's you feeling triggered.
>But hey Trumplicans, you still have Lee Greenwood & the 60 buck
>church/state combo Bibles.
Nonresponse noted.
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Let's go Brandon!
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