Are there any famous politicians who are trekkies?

I was just wondering if there are any famous (or infamous) political figures who are known trekkies. If you know of any, post what you know about their fan status (let's leave our opinions of their political views out of here, though). Anyone?

 

I think, if my addled brain recalls, Canadian Prime Minister and all around right wing guy (and I mean round, check the belly on this guy!) Stephen Harper once ssaid he was a trekkie.

Hey, anyone remember the old Canadian $5 dollar bill/Spock trick?

 

Wasn't there a congressman who accused the Bush Administration of being faux Klingons?

 

Hmm, don't think so, I'd think I would remember that (I read a lot of journalism). *shrug*

Oh, but the Republicans have been mentioning Trek once in a while. Star Trek is very popular with right wing magazines and such, it's weird frankly.

 

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Yeah, that really cracked me up, especially his misinterpretation of the word 'Vulcan'. I saw it on youtube a while back... and here it is!

 

Wow Frank Sinatra and the Dalai Lama. We're so cool! :thumbsup:

 

... oh you're kidding me. That's priceless!

 

I thought I'd heard Bill Clinton was a fan, but I didn't see him in that list.

 

How about Sabrina Scharf, a former California state senator, who before that played Miramanee in TOS: The Paradise Syndrome?

http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Sabrina_Scharf

And here's a tidbit from startrek.com about Garrett Wang and Bill Clinton:

 

I don't think it went over his head -- I think he was just trying to undermine their ideology by comparing them to warmongers, and used the "Vulcan" thing as a jumping-off point. It's a deliberate reinterpretation, not a misinterpretation.

 

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Sorta like ENT was with Vulcans. I get that.

 

According to this page, Corey Booker, mayor of Newark NJ, told the NY Times that his guilty pleasure is watching Star Trek.
http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3853122.html

 

Former Democratic Senator from Illinois, Ambassador, and brief 2004 Presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun appeared on The Daily Show in 2004 and not only dropped a "Live Long and Prosper" complete with hand sign, but also outed herself as a Dune fan by saying “Fear is the mindkiller.”

Here's the clip:
http://www.indecision2008.com/blog.jhtml?c=vc&videoId=108990


King Abdullah II of Jordan is not only a fan, but appeared in the Voyager episode "Investigations."
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Abdullah_ibn_al-Hussein

 

What about Cleveland, Ohio, politician Tim Hagan? He married Kate Mulgrew...... :thumbsup:

 

And there's Illinois Republican Jack Ryan, who was married to Jeri Ryan.

 

Let's not talk about him.

 

Tom Clancy's fictional President Jack Ryan is also a Trek fan.

 

A major figure of royalty, and *still* he wasn't allowed to have any lines - just because he's not in SAG. It must have taken some balls, some pure NADS, for some pissant union to dare say that to the King of Jordan.