Stardate, oh wait, that’s pajama boy talk.
Quark’s place was quiet for a Friday afternoon happy hour. Probably because Cisco has his pajama boys working overtime on a new project of his. I was on my second round of Guinness and and Tribble Sweat when Quark disled up to my spot at the bar.
“Hey, Kahuna,” he said, “did you hear the news? Obama is being touted as the heir to JFK!”
“Flipper Kerry? Not surprising. He is a bit of a moonbat.”
“No, not that JFK, the other one. Kennedy.”
“The one with The Medal? How did they come up with that comparison? Kennedy was a hero in some ancient war while Obama doesn’t even know who to salute in the armed forces. No surprise, non-military whelp that he is,” I said.
“Naw, they think he’s the next JFK because of his winning smile and ease in front of an audience.”
“So, is he auditioning for a role a role on a TV sitcom or running for President.”
“Point taken,” Quark responded. “But that’s the basis, at least in part, that they are making the comparison.”
“Let’s see: winning smile, easy with audiences, at least with the ones full of lefties…”
“And we all know leftie girls are easy,” Quark interjected.
“Right. And he wants to abandon Bajor, pull the Federation out and leave it to the Cardasians to surge back in here.”
“No, that’s not why they think he is JFK.”
“Can’t be his tax policy. Kennedy implemented some of the biggest tax cuts in the history of that historical nation, the U.S.A, while Obama keeps calling for more taxation.”
“They also say he has great judgement…”
“Okay Quark, we are talking about the same Barack Obama, right? The guy who has stated that he would invade a close ally if he had operation intelligence to get that dufus bin Ladin, right?’
“Uhm, yeah.”
“Call that good judgment?”
“Point taken.”
“Okay, how about his plan to abandon Bajor and let the Cardasians have it back. Is that like JFK?” I shot back.
“Well, JFK did abandon the Cuban refugees during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Does that qualify?”
“Yep, sure does,” I agreed. Quark is up on his Earth history. That would be similar to JFK. Kennedy had changed the original invasion plan from landing at the city of Trinidad, Cuba, where Brigade 2506 would have been able to secure help from anti-communist locals and a more defensible position to the Bay of Pigs where they had little chance of success, then they ran out of ammo as the U.S. failed to resupply them, leaving them to be cut up by Castro’s troops and forced to surrender.
“So, let’s sum up,” I said. “JFK abandoned a close ally to a totalitarian regime, looked good in front of the camera, and cut taxes. Obama wants to abandon a fledgling ally to a totalitarian regime, looks good in front of a camera, and wants to raise taxes. Okay, two out of three ain’t bad.”
“Another round?” Quark asked.
“Yeah. Make it a double, will you.” Debating with Quark is thirsty work.
Kahuna out.
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