How to tell if it's an election year

Frist plans June vote on gay marriage

Just a quick glance at the headlines, as inside trading maven/Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist tosses some dripping red meat to the base. Let's see:

• Republicans mired in scandal
• Economic insecurity abounds
• Iraq a failure on so many levels
• Tax cuts and social program cuts to explain
• Increasing numbers uninsured, in poverty
• Agenda geared entirely to corporate sponsors instead of constituents
• Medicare drug benefit, last election year ploy, total disaster

I'm guessing there was a meeting. Picture Karl Rove, Bill Frist, Denny Hastert and a few lackeys kicking around ideas on how to work with all of the issues mentioned above in election year. What to do? What to do? What to do?

And then, like a vision, Karl gets it..."Call Novak and Judy Miller...oh, shit, she's gone. Get Russert and Wolf on the phone, boys. We're going after gay marriage. It kills in the midwest."

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