• February 13, 2012

pt prescience

We posted this image from a McCain campaign fundraising e-mail last November when the landscape of the election was (a) John McCain is flat broke but is the only Republican who can win this election and (b) Hillary Clinton is a deadly monster who can only be killed by the hero-prophet Walnuts. Hmm. Instead, Hillary [...]

Yup, a 1993 page from the 1999 Onion book Our Dumb Century with this article and subhed, “Nation Eagerly Awaits Ohio Man’s Profound Insights Into Current Events.” See, everyone, just make up a story — type any random crap in your comments about anything, just try it! — and American capitalism can make it happen. [...]