a february 9, 2001 transcript of a cnn interview shows bush using the term, presumably as an intentional nod to the comedy sketch. affectionately embracing satirical portrayals has been a bush tactic at other times as well, such as when he presented a self-parodying slide show at the may 2004 radio and television correspondents dinner about looking for weapons of mass destruction in the oval office after the political comic strip "doonesbury" satirically portrayed him on a similar comical search.