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Personally, I Preferred Airlock As A VP Choice [Political Science (fiction)]
io9 — ... a little further: The parallels continue! McCain is a military man who spent time in a Vietnam prison camp, the character of Col. Tigh is a military man who spent time in a Cylon prison camp. Sarah Palin comes from a family of school teachers, the character of Laura Roslin was school teacher before becoming Secretary of Education (and then later President). Plus, Palin has also slept with Edward James Olmos*! OMG! The Battlestar Bloggers knew what to do with this kind of meme and jumped right into action: Okay, ...

Nerd Elections
GALACTICA SITREP — ... one-eyed cylon and a certain political candidate. We remained quiet when a well-known sci-fi versemaster also made comparisons between his lauded Knights and another high-profile politico. We failed to mention the continued chatter about certain similarities, real and imagined. But this month, it has become completely impossible to ignore the pop cultural rumblings and ramblings about who looks like who. Fandom was not gonna let go of this one, no sir. And the press were just as ...