Was The Onion Clairvoyant?

[kpete]

Was The Onion Clairvoyant?
by Bidabunch
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 11:28:04 PM PST

So I'm thinking our country's long national nightmare is over. And I google the term to go back and read Ford's speech (hey, what can I say... I'm bored)

And I find this article from January 21, 2001 in the Onion which quotes Bush as saying what is plans for America are:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/20/21557/0882/139/686346

[Coexist]

1. it'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

[pokerfan]

2. And SNL back in 2000

November 4, 2000

Had it all. Natural disaster, crumbling infrastructure, war and the VP involved in a hunting accident.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00dglimpse1.phtml">A Glimpse Of Our Possible Future

[Ilsa]

3. And then today: "Bush Dies Peacefully In His Sleep" ???

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_dies_peacefully_in_his

Really dark.

[TankLV]

5. He should be so lucky...

if only at LEAST that could be true, if we can't bring him to JUSTICE and PUNISHMENT...

[Swede]

7. I loved the last sentence.

Plans for Bush's funeral have been postponed indefinitely following an unexpected incident in which the president's corpse was sucked through an Air Force One jet engine.

:rofl:

[baldguy]

4. Just observant.

[siligut]

6. It is the nature of the beast.

George W. just did it with so little panache.

[krispos42]

8. I took a screen capture of that a long time ago

I can imagine the writers screaming in fustration at Bush "It's a parody! Not a plan, a PARODY!!!!"

[shimmergal]

9. To take a halfway turn...

I also like that comment from the Onion after last November's election:

"Black man given nation's worst job."

--- clearning up the giant mess made by Bush and his henchmen!

He needs all our help to do it!

[nickgutierrez]

10. They were way too optimistic, as it turns out.

Top 15%? We wish. Try top 1%.