Prophecy From The Onion - Jan 18, 2001

[mzmolly]

Though it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what Bush would do... This is worth a gander.



WASHINGTON, DC—Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

Above: President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years."

Read on here...

http://www.theonion.com/onion3701/bush_nightmare.html

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. It's really scary that an article which was written as exaggerated satire.

...has almost all come true :scared:

[mzmolly]

2. Oh, I know!

I guess I predicted much of this myself being an *informal* student of American Politics but... DAAAAAMN this is some freaky sctuff!

[never cry wolf]

5. Actually, the reality is WORSE than the satire

Simply amazing!

Thanks for posting this, mzmolly!

[Jacobin]

3. Smirk has long since "out-Onioned" the Onion

I think he has befuddled the writers of the Onion. They can't make shit up fast enough to get ahead of the insanity of this administration.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. Yep. The whole admin. is a living, breathing caricature.

The best writers could do no better.

[robertpaulsen]

6. Right on.

The Onion and The Daily Show are so good because they're usually dead accurate.

[VolcanoJen]

7. lmao, molly!!!!

Great catch!!!

That should really be a Kerry Mantra: "Under Bush, our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity has ended."

Hoping we silly Yanks can see the subtle innuendo...

[mzmolly]

8. LOL

:)

[flpoljunkie]

9. Kick! Required reading for every DUer!

Thanks, mzmolly!

[mzmolly]

10. you betcha!

:hi:

This is good for the bookmarks ... I try to post every so often, but it is becoming more interesting as time goes on.

Feel free to bookmark and post it once in a while yourself :)

[flpoljunkie]

13. Already bookmarked it!

Thanks!

[ludwigb]

11. I love this article

A gem. It takes quite an administration to make satire come true.

[mzmolly]

15. Indeed!

Though it was a fairly safe bet considering he's a rethug and all. ;)

[flpoljunkie]

12. Wow, mzmolly, is that prescient or what?

Outstanding! Thanks for posting!

[mzmolly]

14. AS you can see this thread is not getting much attention.

:hi:

But, we'll keep it goin!

[Cocoa]

16. it's a classic

after months of hearing about "Clinton fatigue," the whores made it seem like Bush was going to bring in a new golden age.

[chocolateeater]

17. Downright Swiftian if you ask me.

:scared:

[bloom]

18. Thanks for the link

(sent to friends)

[NNN0LHI]

19. Bush will be best known as the president who killed satire n/t

[mzmolly]

20. dup

...

[mzmolly]

21. LOL

... Now that's funny! ...

[mzmolly]

22. Kickin it up for the night crew.

:kick: :hi:

[Crunchy Frog]

23. It seems like the only real news

you can find nowdays is in satirical publications and programs. I don't even bother to watch TV news anymore except for The Daily Show.

Some of the most accurate and insightful articles that I've ever seen have been in the Onion. {sigh}

By the way, I love your sig, and I voted for the bastard in 2000.

[jsw_81]

24. I remember when that article came out

And not only did virtually all of those horrible things happen, but it's worse than I could have ever imagined. And there are people out there who actually want to vote for this guy again?!?

[mdmc]

25. kick

:kick:

[mzmolly]

26. I know JSW, I just don't get it!

:shrug: