Nobody outside the “Trekkie” community would have believed
it, but does the Tweeted photo of Nichelle Nichols and President Obama proof that
he is now a bona fide Star Trek fan?
By: Ringo Bones
It’s now official folks – at least back in Thursday, April
5, 2012 when actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the
original Star Trek TV series Tweeted a photo of herself alongside President
Obama while flashing the iconic “live long and prosper” hand signal made famous
by the character Mr. Spock. The photo was originally taken in late February,
2012 when Nichols visited the White House and later headed to NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center.
In the past, President Obama has revealed that he had a
crush on Nichelle Nichols as a kid, given that she was one of the first
African-American women who have a major role on a TV series back in the 1960s.
So does the Tweeted photo now serve to make President Obama a bona fide “Trekkie”?
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