Earth Day vs. Primary Day: which smells worse?

President George W. Bush celebrates Earth Day by digging dirt without help from Karl Rove.

With all the media attention on Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, let's not forget that April 22 is also Earth Day, the one day a year when Americans guiltily turn the faucet off while brushing their teeth. The annual celebration began 38 years ago as a series of grassroots "teach-ins" about environmental conservation and pollution, but has morphed into a feel-good, corporate-sponsored, ultimately empty and ineffectual symbolic gesture — just like Pennsylvania's primary!

How do we tell them apart? 23/6 can help.

Earth Day vs. the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary

How to tell them apart.

EARTH DAY	PA PRIMARY
Hybrid cars	Hybrid candidate
Recycling trash	Pandering to trash
How green are you?	How much green you got?
Earth's future hangs in the balance	Hillary's future hangs in the balance
Rallies for Mother Earth	Rallies for Mother of Chelsea
Raise awareness about harmful gases	Pass harmful gases at polling place
Doing a hairy vegan at a concert	Dodging a hairy question at a diner
Planting trees	Planting seeds of doubt about opponent
Big blue marble	Big blue rumble