Battlestar Galactica and the 2008 Election: Vote or Be Resurrected

Does the 2008 presidential election have something to do with the final 5? Is Battlestar Galactica giving us subtle hints about the last Cylon? Are we about to elect a Cylon into the White House? These questions and others may be answered right here, right now.

(SPOILER ALERT for those who aren't up to BSG season 4)

First of all, we have a secret Cylon aboard the Battlestar Galactica. Colonel Saul Tigh was revealed as a skin job at the end of Season 3, Crossroads Part 2. He also bears a striking resemblance to presidential candidate John McCain – in more ways than one:

John McCain	Colonel Saul Tigh –XO – Cylon
Hot blonde wife	Hot blonde wife
Captured in Hanoi, tortured by the Vietnamese	Captured on New Caprica, tortured by the Cylons
Naval Aviator	Naval Aviator
Grew up in a military family	Grew up in a military family
Secretary named Lincoln	Secretary named Kennedy
Favors extreme military measures	Favors extreme military measures
Occasional ill-considered remarks	Overall gruff manner
Creepy old dude	Creepy old dude
Horseshoe baldness	Horseshoe baldness
Has never publicly said that he's NOT not a Cylon	Secretly a Cylon

Then, we have a known Cylon — Number 4, Simon, was revealed in the Season 2 episode, The Farm. Doesn't he kind of resemble another presidential candidate?

Barack Obama	Number 4 – Simon – Cylon
African American	Caprican American (you know what I mean)
Campaigns as a "Washington Outsider"	Only cylon model that has not been used as infiltration within the fleet
Plays basketball	Assume he plays basketball – or, er, Pyramid
Comforting voice	Comforting voice
Has two daughters	Worked at a human/Cylon insemination facility on Caprica
Attended Columbia University & Harvard Law School	Model based primarily on human intellectualism and logic
Barack frakking kills a Starbucks grande soy latte every morning	One of his models is killed by Starbuck
Kinda looks like a Cylon – but he’s so damn inspiring	A known Cylon

Finally, we're left with one presidential hopeful and one potential Cylon. Are the BSG writers giving us some frakking clues to the identity of the final Cylon?

Hillary Clinton	President Laura Roslin (Cylon?)
Wants to be President	Female President (it's space, anything can happen)
Hair always perfect in time of crisis	Hair always perfect in time of crisis
Important guy named Bill in her life	Important guy named Bill in her life
Big on education	Big on education
Loves power. I mean she's a woman, right? Am I right?	Loves power. I mean she's a woman, right? Am I right?
Lady Suits	Lady Suits
Has hope for America's future	Has hope for future on Earth
Writes memos on paper	Writes memos on eight-sided paper
She's not as hot as Six – but definitely frakkable	Definitely frakkable – the final Cylon?

Tags: Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica, Hillary Clinton, John McCain