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Bob Corker is running for Bill Frist’s Senate seat, and he’s already demonstrating that he can be just as great a politician as the Senator Daktari himself. You see, Senator Frist hasn’t been particularly happy with, well, us for (along with others) publicizing the wacky (but harmless!) exploits of his strapping young sons. Not very happy at all. We even suspect he might be partly responsible for this.

So, after seeing all that, you’d think Mr. Corker might have let his lovely daughter know that she probably shouldn’t let pictures of her making out with chicks and dancing at underwear parties show up on a publicly accessible social networking website. Thankfully for all of you, they never had that talk.

Mr. Corker’s daughter is on the left. Another hard-partyin’ pic, after the jump.

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Yesterday, Roll Call, whose crack staff is clearly as easily entertained as we are, tracked down the Facebook profile of yet another spawn of the Senate Majority Leader. This is the middle son, Jonathan, who’s attending Vanderbilt. The profile, alas, has been deleted permanently. But not before our operatives got their hands on this picture of John Frist:

Makeshift Beer belt/holster: Totally classic. Height of pants: Weird. MORE »

From the “About Me” section: MORE »

* This is how the world will end, not with a bang, but a clank, and the thump of a pneumatic hammer on an elevator. We’re relieved that no one was hurt, but it sure was exciting covering all the action. Er, whatever it is that passes for action. In the end, the biggest danger of the day was the risk of some soiled gabardine, but even that was averted. MORE »

* If you can’t tax it, then God hates it. [Circle V] MORE »

Really, what is there to say, but WHAT THE FUCK.

Frist, at heart, is a doctor. At 5:45 a.m., before a recent Senate workday, he prepared for a quirky slice of surgery. During congressional breaks, Frist, 54, has been known to fly to Africa to operate. But in Washington, he has quietly cultivated another practice: gorillas at the National Zoo.

It is very difficult to refrain from quoting this entire column. This entire insane, hideous fever dream of a column. It is the story of BILL FRIST — GORILLA SURGEON!

Won’t you join us after the jump?

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• Heard on the Hill: Rep. Kartherine Harris was seen barefoot outside of her house, screaming into her mail slot, “Let me in”. . . Does Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) support the KKK?. . . “Lots of would-be Cabinet and high-level White House officials in a Gore administration” attended the reception for his film. [Roll Call]
• Washington Whispers: Democrats will scare voters about Republican plans for Social Security. . . Rumsfeld found “United 93″ to be “really tough to watch”. . . Democrats are concerned about a Speaker Pelosi. . . Harry Reid loves his iPod. . . Bill Frist’s wife is releasing a book about fathers and daughters. [USN&WR]
• Inside the Beltway: Dick Cheney: “I will consider a book when that time comes.” [WT]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Clarence Thomas thinks Bush is in “real trouble.” [NYDN]
• Names & Faces: Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks on Bush: “I don’t feel he is owed any respect whatsoever.”. . . Arianna Huffington: “You can smell the fear in Hillary Clinton. What happened to that fearless woman? Everything she does is poll-tested.” [WP]

* John Negroponte will get Bill Frist’s phone records when he pries them from his cold dead hands! [Rude Pundit] MORE »

Legislative Achievements [Bill Frist, M.D. via Hotline On Call]
GOP Legislative Achievements [The Corner]

• Heard on the Hill: Claire Shipman gave 16 House Members a pop quiz on the lyrics of the national anthem for tonight’s Nightline. . . Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s office has been fielding funny messages from constituents following last week’s incident. “Oh yeah, right, Ambien my butt,” said one caller. [Roll Call]
• Cindy Adams: The ousting of Porter Goss was an “emergency decision”. . . Rep. Patrick Kennedy knows “he couldn’t cut it” as president or senator. [NYP]
• Page Six: Pataki, Romney, and Frist court big donors at the Kentucky Derby. . . Clinton and Vernon Jordan receive a standing ovation for eating “mountains” of food at a Harlem restaurant. . . Sen. Kennedy seen on the Acela with George Clooney and Ron Silver. [NYP]
• Names & Faces: Sen. Obama, despite plea from Neil Young, has no plans to run in ‘08. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: James Carville reportedly likes Cosmo magazine. . . Wolf Blitzer’s daughter likes his beard. [WT]

• Top Republicans and Democrats express reservations about the expected nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden to replace Porter Goss at the CIA; “Bush is politically at his weakest and members of his party are distancing themselves from the White House in the hopes of retaining their grip on Congress in the midterm elections.” Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.): “We should not have a military person leading a civilian agency at this time.” [WP, NYT, WSJ, NYT, USAT, USAT]
• Patrick Fitzgerald “is weighing Rove’s foggy-memory defense against evidence he has acquired or accumulated over nearly 2 1/2 years that shows Rove was very involved in White House efforts to beat back allegations that Bush twisted U.S. intelligence to justify the Iraq war”; decision on an indictment could come this month. [WP]
• Fear of losing seats in November is Rove’s “best weapon” for “motivating his party’s conservative base to turn out”; officials are “trying to turn vulnerability to advantage” and are “telling fellow Republicans that criticizing the president risks bringing the party down with him.” [NYT]
• Bush may close Gitmo prison: “I would like to close the camp and put the prisoners on trial. [The Supreme Court] must still rule on whether they should go before a civil or military court. They will get their day in court. One can’t say that of the people that they killed.” [NYT]
• Sen. Frist seeks to start partisan confrontation over judicial nominations. Sen. Thune: “A good fight on judges does nothing but energize our base. Right now our folks are feeling a little flat. They need a reason to get engaged, and fights over judges will do that.” [NYT]

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Things you shouldn’t get too excited about: MORE »

* Tony Snow will be appointed White House press secretary as soon as today; he intends to “function as an advocate for reporters.” Brit Hume: “I think he’s excited by the idea of being on the inside. He believes he will be at the table when decisions are made. For someone of his bent, that’s too good to pass up.” [WP, NYT]
* Bush, “amid growing Republican unrest about the politics of $3-plus gasoline,” offers to investigate price gouging, stop shipments to the reserve, and ease environmental regulations. [WP, NYT, W$J, USAT]
* Bush seeks $2.2B for levee reconstruction and $14B in cost reductions from non-emergency spending. [NYT, W$J]
* Republicans block tax hike on oil company profits. [WP]
* Rumsfeld makes surprise trip to Baghdad; Senate Armed Service Committee may invite testimony from former generals who have called for his resignation. [WP, WP]
* Frist, Reid are optimistic that compromise on immigration can be reached by Memorial Day. [NYT]

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