The Onion foresaw CNN's rapist sympathy story.

[Courtesy Flush]

[AtheistCrusader]

1. The Onion is entirely too accurate for a satire show.

Too accurate by MILES.

[iandhr]

2. Agreed

Many headlines in the Onion are realistic.

[NewJeffCT]

3. yeah - "Our long national nightmare of peace & prosperity is finally over"

The Onion quoting George Bush before he was inaugerated in Jan of 2001. In the article, Bush promised to get us into at least 2 wars and to also run up the deficit via tax cuts.

[Bibliovore]

6. I love/hate that one. Here's the article.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

[mojowork_n]

7. Satire, or ...Prescient Forecast? You be the judge.

Here's the link:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/?ref=auto

Maybe the funniest -- and saddest -- thing that's ever appeared in The Onion.

[zeemike]

4. OMG....can't figure out whether to laugh or cry.

But it is just like the media would do it...and too true to laugh at.
but sometimes the best comedy is like that.

[ReRe]

5. True

The other day, I had to read down a couple paragraphs, before I thought..."Wait a minute, is this a Onion article?" when I scrolled down and found out for sure.

[Electric Monk]

8. "...I mean, he's averaged 22 points a game for us, and no amount of raping is gonna change that."

[PolitFreak]

9. KR

But I have to admit that I laughed at this clip.