Having learned that cartoons can be used as powerful political tools, the Bush administration has started a new program to discredit their rivals. The plan? Send spies, disguised as artsy caricaturists, into areas heavily populated by liberals, then have them set up easels and sketch various leaders involved with what they consider dangerous ideas. Residents, according to their forecast, will finally turn with disgust away from rival candidates and welcome republicans with open arms and flowers. One recent order to a high level agent, was recently decoded:

• Go bandanaed, draw, oh, Howard Dean, a DNA bog.