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Allen's Handlers: "Look here, Senator Blow-Dry, you need to say something to get out in front of this issue if you want to keep the right-wing nut jobs...er, conservative voters interested in your 2008 campaign. Here. Read this text on Face the Nation."

Allen: "Uhhhh...I think the Senate needs to put the pedal to the metal, get moving, make decisions and first and foremost, secure the borders."

The Gullible Conservative Majority: "Allen's our man for 2008!"

~meanwhile, back in DC...~

K Street Power-Broker #1: "I'm a little worried about the rhetoric coming from this Allen character...I thought he was our man, bought and paid-for?"

K Street Power-Broker #2: "He is, but our...ahem, his handlers have told how to play the game. He doesn't want to cut the cartel money pipleline any more than we do, but the "citizens" are getting restless. Why don't they just get in their SUV's, drive to the mall, spend lots of money, and appreciate the society we've created for them? There is no need for them to meddle in affairs that are beyond their understanding. They trusted Bush for a while, until that Meirs fiasco...maybe Allen's little speech will keep them quiet for a bit, before they get any ideas about resisting our agenda. It's for their own good, after all."

K Street Power-Broker #1: "You think Allen can quiet them down in 2008?"

K Street Power-Broker #2: "He's just what the country trusts - a tough-talking Southerner who isn't bright enough to do any real damage. Hillary would give the game away...besides, she loves exercising power too much to be trusted with the big chair. We'll keep her around through - she's good for frightening the mental midgets in fly-over country. If we can threaten them with the prospect of her as President, they'll accept almost any alternative."

K Street Power-Broker #1: "And he won't get any big ideas that he really is in charge?"

K Street Power-Broker #2: ""We haven't had a guy think that since Reagan. He messed up our timetable a little, but we're back on track now. And believe me, Allen is no Reagan..."