It sure is in play, on several levels. On the top you have Teresa doing an AC current thing on some screws in Lurch (or is that reversed? You figure it out). Then you have a bunch of shameless actors that practically name themselves "Hosemonsters for Kerry". Clinton goes to Hawaii looking half-dead.
If somebody gooses Madeline Half-bright on one of those shows, she'll leave a puddle of blood.
BOO!
or worse.