IN SURPRISE MOVE, KARL ROVE PUPATES

WASHINGTON (Aug.13)--White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove pupated yesterday, spinning an oblong structure around himself out of a threadlike mass "that he seemed to spit right out of his mouth," according to observers at the scene.

"One minute he's sitting there telling us how we're going to win big in 2008, and the next minute he's spinning around in his chair kicking his shoes around in a horrible sort of flutter and spitting this green stuff," a staff member said.

A White House source who asked to remain anonymous expressed "surprise" at the move, adding that "this is pretty creepy, even for Karl."