Trekker POTUS?

[Dan Goncharoff]

Scratching my head this morning:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/arts/television/chris-hardwick-of-nerdist-industries.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120821

" President Obama calls himself a “Star Trek” fan, or “a
Trekker.”<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/courting-nerd-vote-obama-flashes-star-trek-salute-with-nichelle-nichols/>"

Did the POTUS really mean to call himself a serious fan of the show? I
would have thought the (in this case, self-) deprecating "Trekkie" would
have made more sense.

DanG

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