Fake President Honored at UN

The UN loves the President.

Hollywood's President, at least.

Geena Davis Honored for Role As President
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS
To the strains of "Hail to the Chief," actress Geena Davis accepted an award night for her television portrayal of the first woman president of the United States from an organization which is seeking to turn fiction into reality.

When the star of the ABC television show "Commander in Chief" got to the podium Tuesday, she was given a red, white and blue sash to put on over her gown, similar to one worn by Chile's first woman president, Michelle Bachelet.

"This is the coolest thing I ever got! Wow I love it!," she said.

"So many countries have had a female head of state before us," she told the 500 guests at a dinner in the U.N. Delegates Dining Room. "So it is certainly time."

Like much of what happens at the UN, the honor is a case of too little, too late.

Davis' show has been yanked from ABC's schedule during the May sweeps and will almost certainly not be back in fall.