I hope this doesn't interfere with G-20 negotiations…

According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month's two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.

"The president seems to be someplace else lately," said one high-level official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Yesterday we were all being briefed on the encroachment of Iranian drone planes into Iraq, when he just looked up from the table and blurted out, 'What am I supposed to watch on Fridays at 10 p.m. now? Numb3rs?'"…

In addition, sources confirmed that instead of meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday, the depressed president sat alone in the Oval Office, scouring Internet message boards for posts by other fans about the series conclusion.

I hear Jimmy Carter went through a similar funk when the original Battlestar Galactica went off the air in 1979. Same with Lyndon B. Johnson after F Troop was canceled and John Kennedy after he and his brother Bobby orchestrated Marilyn Monroe's "accidental" overdose.

Those Democrats sure do get attached to their little distractions, don't they?

**MINOR SPOILER ALERT** – Do not read further if you do not want to learn information about Battlestar Galactica akin to knowing that **CON AIR SPOILER ALERT** Dave Chappelle gets caught in the landing gear of the plane about 2/3 of the way through Con Air.

The lowest blow delivered in the 2008 campaign as far as I'm concerned was when Sarah Palin dismissed bloggers as dorks who write in their pajamas from their parents basements. I mean, what do you call a guy who spent last Friday night watching Battlestar Galactica and last Saturday in his parents' basement writing up a public policy brief regarding the legitimacy of the Gaeta-Zarek coup? I mean, you'd probably call him a hero. A real, sex-getting hero.

**MAJOR SPOILER ALERT** – Do not read further if you do not want to learn information about Battlestar Galactica akin to knowing that **MAJOR CON AIR SPOILER ALERT** – Nick Cage saves the day at the end of Con Air.

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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?