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Star Wars Analogies..yes I'm a nerd

Thu Oct 07, 2004 at 08:25:01 AM PDT

So on a drunken binge, a friend and I came up with what would probably be way too many Star Wars analogies for politics.  Let go for a second your ideas of the movies and how good each was in respect to another, and try to read this in the context of the story.

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A New Hope = Bill Clinton
Empire Strikes Back = Bush 2

This obviously makes Democrats JEDI and the GOP is the Sith or darkside for non nerds.

Han Solo = The Democratic party, frozen in carbonite at the end of Empire

Luke Skywalker = John Kerry, key to the Return of the Jedi

Jabba the Hut = Ralph Nader, requesting just dues from the democratic party.

Darth Vader = Zell Miller, lured to the darkside.

Jar Jar Binks = Joe Leibermann, annoying, partly responsible for the fall of the republic.

Obi Wan = Jimmy Carter, an old school Jedi who is in the background helping the winning team

Yoda = James Carville, training young Skywalker to be a successful Jedi

Emperor Palapatine = Dick Cheney, pulling the strings

Stormtrooper = W, figurehead

Mace Windu = Howard Dean, kicks ass

The force = actual will of american public

Boba Fett = Swift Boat vets.  Land a blow, but has little long term value.  If rumors are true, he kills Mace Windu, so this could also be the Iowa scream.

Chewbacca = 527s, helping Han Solo (The democratic party)

Darth Maul = Reagan

Count Dooku = Mondale

Luke's Uncle = Dukakis

I'm sure there could be many more connections made.  Also I know this would make Zell Miller the father of John Kerry but I couldn't let Vader be unassigned.

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