President Barack Obama seems to be a fan of the Netflix series House of Cards, which succeeded overwhelmingly with Washington when the first season went viral around the world last year, and now the second season is set to launch on Feb. 14, 2014 while the trailer has already been released.
On Teusday Morning, President Obama invited the CEOs of tech industries to the White House to talk about the disturbed start up of Obamacare website Healthcare.gov and National Security Agency's (NSA) litigious surveillance strategies. Before starting the meeting at the roundtable, Obama said “I’m just wondering if Netflix CEO Reed Hastings brought advance copies of House of Cards,” as can be seen in a pool camera video of the official meeting being circulated in various media sources.
There was quite amusing environment for a moment, as the CEOs chuckled and lightheartedly offered President Obama to appear as a Cameo in the TV series that is based on American Politics and revolves around a power-hungry Congressman Francis Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey) who teams up with his likewise manipulative wife to get things done even if they have to resort to the extreme violence and treachery.
“You willing to do a little cameo?” asked one of the tech industry leaders.
However, President avoided to answer about the offer and he continued to praise the show saying, “I wish things were that ruthlessly efficient. It’s true. It’s like Kevin Spacey, man this guy’s getting a lot of stuff done.”
(Spoiler Alert!) By "ruthlessly efficient", President Obama refers to the ruthless character of Congressman Francis Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey) who really kills one of his fellow senators Peter Russo (played by Corey Stoll), manipulates media persons and involves himself in a continuous stream of deceit and exploitation for "getting a lot of stuff done."
President Obama’s remarks on “House of Cards” and admiration for Kevin Spacey’s deceitful House Majority Whip character may further help to spark the popularity of the show and compell the people to start watching it. However, it turns out that President Obama is not the only well-known DC resident to be an admirer of the show and the character Francis Underwood, this outstanding show has been much loved by a number of other prominent politicians since its launch in the start of year 2013.
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