Taking a cue from the Best Fictional President Ever (be quiet, Editrix,he was so!), the Obama administration held a "Virtual Big Block of Cheese Day" Wednesday in a blatant ploy to make West Wing fans go "Squeeeee!"
SQUEEEEE!
The idea is a nod to an actual historical event, when supporters presented Andrew Jackson with a 1400-pound cheese and Jackson invited people to come eat the damn thing. In two episodes of The West Wing, White House staffers meet with representatives of marginalized interest groups like UFO enthusiasts, environmentalists asking for a wildlife corridor to help wolves migrate, and of course the earnest map geeks of Cartographers For Social Justice.
Peter Sellers as Pres. Adlai Stevenson in Strangelove kicks all other fictional presidential ass.
That's no cheese wheel.