Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 20, 2001
Transcript:
Senator: Welcome, Mr. Andrews. Given your moderate views on the enviroment, this shouldn't take long! Jim Andrews: I hope not, Senator...with a full-blown energy crisis in California, I feel like I've arrived just in the nick of time! I think people now understand that even if we have to tear apart the whole state of Alaska to get it, sweet crude is our last, great hope! Senator: And yet, as a moderate, you regret using the phrase "tear apart," right? Jim Andrews: Oh...uh, right! I meant "gently probe."