Barack Obama owes much to science fiction

Despite the fact that he’s apparently BFF with Spiderman, Barack Obama actually owes it all to Star Trek: Voyager, and more specifically Seven-Of-Nine actress Jeri Ryan. Ryan appears fourth in this list of hot women who took down powerful men (which, I might add, is an awesome premise for a list):

Jeri Ryan
Before getting the Republican nomination for Illinois senate in 2004, businessman Jack Ryan had been married to TV actress Jeri Ryan. While their union ended in a 1999 divorce, it became a campaign issue when unsealed documents from their child custody hearings revealed that Jeri had alleged Jack insisted she have public intercourse with him at a sex club. Ryan dropped out of the race, clearing the way for Barack Obama to waltz to his first major political victory. (FTA)

Now, this probably would have surfaced during the campaign even if it weren’t for the fairer Ryan’s high-profile occupation, but it’s way more fun to credit the franchise that televised the first interracial kiss with being instrumental to the election of the first black president.

And so the question naturally follows: is there anything Star Trek can’t do?

And, no, “get you laid” is not an acceptable answer.

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