The Millenium Evening of March 6 featured British physicist Stephen Hawking, who prefaced his remarks by showing a Star Trek clip. Hawking went on to discuss the future of genetic engineering, and Hillary knew ahead of time exactly what he was going to say. She'd already set up a briefing earlier that day with a geneticist, the National Human Genome Research Institute's director Dr. Frank Collins, to warn America that genetic testing looms on the horizon, and that without universal health care, we'll all be doomed to genetic discrimination and widespread uninsurability. And that's what scares people like Heidi Wagner, spokeswoman for the Healthcare Leadership Council. Wagner told an AP reporter that the administration's proposal is too sweeping.
Genetic testing is so new.
Nevertheless, influential scientists are seen to hob-nob at the White House and suddenly Hillary's credibility in the medical field takes an unprecedented leap, not unlike her husband's recent rise in the polls. James Carville would likely snatch the job as casting director, depositing unwitting Republicans throughout the ship as stow-away Ferengi. Democrats would break free from Carville's command, grouping themselves together as downtrodden Bajorans, the silent victims of prominent Cardassians like Bill Clinton. Surely that role would require some understanding of foreign policy. Better make Bill a shapeshifter, morphing uncontrollably between a welfare advocate and a welfare reformer during a subspace power fluctuation.