Obama Owes It All To Star Trek Hottie

According to tmz.com:

If Barack Obama ends up winning the White House, the first person he should probably thank on Election Night is ... Jeri Ryan. Like, "Star Trek's" Seven of Nine Jeri Ryan? Yup.

Let's explain.

Back in 2004, when Obama was a small-time State Senator from Illinois and running for a U.S. Senate seat, his GOP opponent was Jack Ryan, a super-wealthy businessman who was actually favored in the contest -- and who had gone through a messy divorce from ... Jeri Ryan.

The divorce was a slapfight of Hasselhoffian proportions, and Jeri's allegations that Jack had forced her to go to sex clubs in New York and Paris -- and wanted her to have sex with him in the clubs -- completely ruined Jack's campaign ... and Obama went on to win the seat. And now, perhaps, the one in the Oval Office.

We asked Ryan's rep how she feels about it, but haven't heard back yet.

I live in Illinois

Submitted by markg8 on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 9:07am.

And I can tell you Ryan had no chance. It would have been closer than it was with Keyes but still, no chance.The Republican party is in a shambles here. The Republican governor George Ryan (no relation) was on the verge of going to prison. While Jack Ryan appeared to be the ideal canddiate for them except for that unfortunate name he wasn't nearly the choice Obama was. Ryan had lots of money, quit his day job to teach inner city kids for awhile to shine up his resume, and was a handosme WHITE man.

But early on he'd started in wiith the same old tricks Repubs can't help themselves form taking a step too far. One of his minions followed Obama around day and night trying to catch him in a flub. That's fair, George Allen's "macaca moment" helped undo him in VA. But this guy was shoving reporters out of the way and practically in Obama's hip pocket. Obama finally made a joke out of it to reporters when the guy followed him into the bathroom and stood at the urinal next to him watching him pee. It was hilarious.