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 From the Onion, shortly after the Inauguration....

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

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

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 [his] 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.
"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point
during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in
military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting
soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having
a military?"
On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by
implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which
would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer
spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession
even further.
Wall Street responded strongly to the Bush speech, with the Dow Jones
industrial fluctuating wildly before closing at an 18-month low. The NASDAQ
composite index, rattled by a gloomy outlook for tech stocks in 2001, also
fell sharply, losing 4.4 percent of its total value between 3 p.m. and the
closing bell.
Asked for comment about the cooling technology sector, Bush said: "That's
hardly my area of expertise."
Turning to the subject of the environment, Bush said he will do whatever it
takes to undo the tremendous damage not done by the Clinton Administration
to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He assured citizens that he will
follow through on his campaign promise to open the 1.5 million acre
refuge's coastal plain to oil drilling. As a sign of his commitment to
bringing about a change in the environment, he pointed to his choice of
Gale Norton for Secretary of the Interior. Norton, Bush noted, has
"extensive experience" fighting environmental causes, working as a lobbyist
for lead-paint manufacturers and as an attorney for loggers and miners, in
addition to suing the EPA to overturn clean-air standards.
Bush had equally high praise for Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft,
whom he praised as "a tireless champion in the battle to protect a woman's
right to give birth."
"Soon, with John Ashcroft's help, we will move out of the Dark Ages and
into a more enlightened time when a woman will be free to think long and
hard before trying to fight her way past throngs of protesters blocking her
entrance to an abortion clinic,"
Bush said. "We as a nation can look forward to lots and lots of babies."
Continued Bush: "John Ashcroft will be invaluable in healing the terrible
wedge President Clinton drove between church and state."
The speech was met with overwhelming approval from Republican leaders.
"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a
close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under
Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of
dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic
social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now
say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."
"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be
stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said.
"And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings,
re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at
peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once
again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass
deficit, and a massive military build-up."
An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the
Bush speech.
"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we
have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said
that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ,
machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of
world I want my children to grow up in."
"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon
Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were
not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands
the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought
tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."
Bush concluded his speech on a note of healing and redemption.
"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."
"The insanity is over," Bush said. "After a long, dark night of peace and
stability, the sun is finally rising again over America.
We look forward to a bright new dawn not seen since the glory days of my dad."

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