Comments on: NYC Mayoral Candidate Talks Star Trek – Is Trek The New Thing In Politics?

By: cagmar

cagmar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:31:39 +0000

“.. it opened up new frontiers, and it made you think.”

Ahh, those were the days….

By: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:44:46 +0000

How opportunistic this is? Where was their “trekiness” by the time NEMESIS was around?

By: Adam Bomb 1701

Adam Bomb 1701 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:56:59 +0000

I live and work in New York City, and I just might vote for Thompson. I won’t be voting for Bloomberg (if he makes it to the general election) for two reasons – 1. He did an end run around a term limits law to give himself the chance at a third term, and 2. His overemphasis on the “NYC 2012″ campaign, to make New York the host city for the 2012 Olympics. London won (or lost, depending on your point of view.) BTW – The store Mr.Thompson’s in is “J&R” in downtown Manhattan. And, I thought those two-episode DVDs were out of print since the season sets came out.

By: Locke for President

Locke for President — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:59:12 +0000

If you don’t want this to become a political debate, then why post articles where you’re just asking for it to go there? I’m sure some guy running for office in Canton, Ohio is a Star Trek fan, too, but who cares.

By: 7 of 69

7 of 69 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:12:16 +0000

Politicians of both parties just pander to the masses. Star Trek is the biggest movie of the year so far, therefore it’s in the news and if you want to tie into the positive buzz, say you’re a trekkie. If we’re honest about our political mess, It’s not because Obama is turning us into the Soviet Union, or because George Bush squandered the lives of our soldiers in a pointless war, it’s because both parties have abandoned their principles to remain in power purely for the sake of that power.

By: krikzil

krikzil — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:43:28 +0000

#27 — too funny. Guess you missed that Bush polluted, choked, diverted and dammed up the river long before Obama got here.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:29:51 +0000

Yes, 26, cause if you have a clue about NYC politics, you’d know Bloomberg was an Independent now

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:01:48 +0000

Not saying this as a republican or democrat, but there’s not gonna be an America left if we don’t get a strong opposition party in 2010 in Washington… Not the way Obama’s selling us up the river…

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:36:27 +0000

Yeah, because Leonard Nimoy has a clue about NYC politics. He probably only sees the democrat label and blindly throws his support, not knowing what he is talking about. Bottom line is that Bloomberg is going to win. No one can compete because Bloomberg has billions in the bank to flood the airwaves. Plus, he’s the incumbent, and hasn’t done that bad of a job. He was best in his first term though. If Nimoy even bothered, at best he sees the Republican part of Bloomberg’s candidacy, and automatically assumes evil. What he probably doesn’t know is that Bloomberg is not really a Republican. He just uses the party to get on the ballot. He’s as democrat as they come.

I doubt Nimoy knows that. Either way, unless an actor wants to run for something, actors and politics should be separate.

By: Dovile

Dovile — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:29:25 +0000

Looks like, with Star Trek becoming cool, more secret Trekkies can be expected to come out of their closets ;))