I honestly never thought of that comparison before. We just got Netflix and were looking to watch the series again (we missed the last few years and were going to start back at the beginning...). Anyway, I wonder if I’ll even be able to stomach those scenes with Palmer - who I always really liked as a character.
Obama is a genius in his own mind - only. The folks in our world with half a brain who aren’t completely pre-occupied by miscellaneous unimportant things, or so completely emotionally invested in their political ideology and the “party” games that they are pathetically blind, can clearly see he has no clothes on.
When I remembered this was broadcast in 2001/2002, I realized it was the other way around. To think we have a president who modeled himself after a fictional television character is beyond creepy.
He can act like Palmer but he will never have the integrity of a fictional television character.
Let me know what you think, I'd be interested in your take.