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Good find! I bet the Dems are having apoplexy.

But we don't need to excerpt the Iconoclast.

Here is the satire in full:

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SADDAM CAPTURED: DEMOCRATS REACT.....

December 14, 2003: Democratic leadership hopefuls have responded today to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Their responses follow:

Howard Dean: This arbitrary, unilateral capture will provoke more anti-American terror. Why weren't UN forces involved? It only highlights Bush's failure to capture Osama bin Laden.

John Kerry: It's another Bush blunder. Force should always be a last resort. Why couldn't we have continued UN sanctions? I'm suspending my campaign and moving to Paris.

Richard Gephardt: Okay, so Pres. Bush isn't a "miserable failure", he's just a failure. If he'd pay as much attention to our own elderly as he did to Saddam, we'd have a compassionate Presidency.

John Edwards: Does this help our kid's futures? I don't think so. This may in fact make President Bush an even greater danger to them. Let's make sure we work to prevent him from using force against other leaders, or maybe against the kids themselves.

Al Sharpton: Why were there so few African-Americans in the special forces that captured Saddam? Another sorrowful example of why affirmative action is so badly needed in racist America.

Dennis Kucinich: When I'm elected, the new Department of Peace will avoid such heavy-handed use of military force. Let's hope the policy of 'Don't ask, Don't tell' applies to our questioning of this strong leader.

Carol Mosely Braun: Why were so few African-American women involved in the capture? Another example of misogynist white men hogging the spotlight.

Hillary Clinton: Why wasn't I involved in the capture? Another example of the Bush administration's high-handed attempt to manage the depressing news from Iraq.

Stephen Rittenberg, Co-Publisher, Horsefeathers