Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 23, 1991
Transcript:
Aide: Sir, if the press asks you about the drumming today, just say you respect all dissenters, even those who abuse the freedoms our troops are defending. It's textbook Nixon, of course - innuendo 10-A - but it'll keep the protesters off-balance. They're terrified of appearing unpatriotic. President Bush: Can't we at least arrest the bass player? Aide: We'd just be playing into their hands, sir.