Montalban Khan

Barack Obama is a Nerd

Apparently, it’s the slowest news day on the calendar…
The Associated Press is running an article about the level of nerd Barack Obama fits in…
Re: President-elect Barack Obama used to collect comic books, can’t part with his BlackBerry, and once flashed Leonard “Mr. Spock” Nimoy the Vulcan “Live Long and Prosper” sign, evidence to some that he’ll be the first American president to show distinct signs of geekiness.

The pièce de résistance from this article, is where the writer tries to say in a roundabout way that Obama can’t be a geek because he’s a hot black guy who can shoot hoops:
Re: In some ways, though, experts say Obama is just too cool, too athletic, too normal to wear the geek cape. Obama did use drugs and was a high school athlete, missing out on two prime nerd qualities, [some dork interviewed by the Associated Press] said.
article is HERE