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  Obama: I can't do 'Jedi mind meld'
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Mar 02, 2013 12:34am
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AuthorDONOVAN SLACK
News DateFriday, March 1, 2013 05:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPresident Barack Obama, seeking to illustrate Friday that he has done all he can to avert sequester cuts, invoked a few memorable analogies.

First there was one from the movie "Star Wars" -- although he mixed up his space dramas a bit.

"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, that most people agree that I'm presenting a fair deal -- the fact that they don't take it, means that I should somehow do a Jedi mindmeld with these folks and convince them to do what's right," he said. "Well, they're elected. We have a constitutional system of government."

The "mind meld" actually comes from "Star Trek," while Jedis are from "Star Wars" and what they did was a "mind trick."
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