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"I realize this will sound geeky, but for me a good character match for Hillary Clinton is the old Star Trek character of Dr. Janice Lester, played in the original late '60s series by Sandra Smith. All it takes is her breakdown scene at the finale when she sobs, 'I'll never be the Captain!' If you haven't seen it or don't recall, I'm sure plot capsules abound on the net." -- HE reader ChuckW, writing this morning.

A reliable-seeming online synopsis of episode #79 (original airdate: 6.3.69) states that Dr. Lester, "once involved with Captain Kirk, harbors a deep hatred of the captain, because she, herself, has never been able to captain a starship."
The best Hillary/Obama analogy so far has come from HE reader Nate West, to wit: "Hillary is Orson Welles' Hank Quinlan character in Touch of Evil. Obama is [Charlton Heston's] Vargas."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM
comment #1
Wrecktum
says ...
Turnabout Intruder is a terrible episode, saved only by Shatner's vampy performace. It's the final epidode of Star Trek ever filmed or aired, and the "who gives a shit" attitude is abundantly apparent.
I loved the Johnny Guitar Mercedes McCambridge/Hillary comparison myself. I don't know who'd be Joan Crawford or Sterling Hayden in that fantasy, though.
Posted by Wrecktum
at March 29, 2008 1:34 PM
comment #2
Mgmax
says ...
Well, at least you didn't compare her to the woman coming out of the bathtub in The Shining.
Posted by Mgmax
at March 29, 2008 1:34 PM
comment #3
The Hoyk
says ...
"Turnabout Intruder" is no worse an episode than, say, "Spock's Brain;" I always thought that was the show's nadir.
Personally, Hillary's behavior smacks more of the malevolent entity Redjac in "Wolf in the Fold;" when her advisors finally tell her she can't win, I could easily see Hillary breaking down like little John Fiedler yelling, "Die, die, everybody die..."
Posted by The Hoyk
at March 29, 2008 2:59 PM
comment #4
Wrecktum
says ...
We'd all have to turn to heavy drug use. "With an arm full of this stuff, I wouldn't be afraid of a supernova."
Posted by Wrecktum
at March 29, 2008 3:05 PM
comment #5
BurmaShave
says ...
Quinlan to Vargas is fucking fantastic.
Posted by BurmaShave
at March 29, 2008 7:52 PM
comment #6
DarthCorleone
says ...
Hillary is just like Uhura when she does the fan dance in Star Trek V.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at March 30, 2008 11:19 AM
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