Audio Effect, deepen voice

Hey, I'm a student and fairly new to working with Adobe Premiere.
For a project I'm working on, I'm looking to deepen my voice and give it a gravely quality to emulate a political attack ad narrator.
(Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1D1jI61ckY )
I have some audio tracks of myself recorded in Adobe Premiere, and I was hoping someone could give me some simple tips on how to deepen my voice some, and give it that sort of dry quality. I don't need a step by step, just some off the top of your head advice on what filters and tools I could look into using would be greatly appreciated. I'm not looking for anything near perfect, just better.
I have access to the full CS6 suite, if a program like After Effects or Audition may be better for such effects.
Thanks in advance

You'll want to ask about this in the Audition forum.

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