Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over

[smoogatz]

From The Onion, way back on 1/18/01. You'd think those boys were clairvoyant, or something.


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."

"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.

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http://chak.org/pages/onion/bush_nightmare.html

[getmeouttahere]

1. OMG....that's freakin' scary...

I don't read the Onion, do they ever bring up the fact that they called it?

[progressoid]

2. I remember when that came out...

I tried to see the humor but it seemed a little sad. Now its just depressing.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Sure make you want to cry....

[niallmac]

4. OMG! That gave me chills.

:scared:

[Greyhound]

5. Kind of like, Laff-In predicting "President Ronald Reagun" *TwighliteZone*

[GCP]

6. I printed that one out, it was clairvoyance in action

I sent it around my friends, I think most of them thought it was an exaggeration - for a while.
Having read "Shrub" before the 2000 election, I had no delusions that he could be anything other than a disaster for the country.
Molly Ivins and the Onion, spot on.

[Ilsa]

7. I remember the first time I read it back in 2001, I was hoping they

were would be totally wrong for the sake of the nation. Unfortunately, they have nailed it.