Karl Rove Promoted to Level Approaching Visibility

WASHINGTON: White House adviser Karl Rove, formerly almost completely invisible, has been brought out from the shadows under his rock. Despite being made up almost entirely of white bread and unflavored marshmallows, Rove is described by President Bush, his bigtime mealticket, as the "architecturalist" of the so-called "re-election" last year. Epicine political strategist and former Pillsbury Doughboy, Rove will have an expanded second-term role in policy-making, sort of a yeast-like function, which will bring him more into light-of-day visibility, with all its potential for insult and severe sunburn.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that Rove, 54, would "coordinate" the National Security Council, the National Economic Council and other advisory panels, so as to ensure that GOP appointees got the most M&Ms.