# I wish this were a real article (Obama article from the Onion) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533 "2012-01-05T19:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/1 "2012-01-05T19:19:21Z")
When I read [this article](http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-openly-asks-nation-why-on-earth-he-would-wan,26933/), I actually thought for a minute it was real. Then realised it was from the Onion and sighed because quite frankly it’s exactly how I would feel if I was Obama. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/2 "2012-01-05T19:33:49Z")
Nice. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/3 "2012-01-05T19:51:41Z")
When I was a kid, I went through a brief phase where I thought it’d be cool to be the President. Now I know better. There’s no way in hell I’d take that job. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/4 "2012-01-05T20:02:41Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > When I was a kid, I went through a brief phase where I thought it’d be cool to be the President. > > Now I know better. There’s no way in hell I’d take that job. Well, sure. But aren’t you just dying to be asked? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/5 "2012-01-05T22:02:33Z")
I still remember the Onion headline after the election: Black man gets America’s worst job. They didn’t know how right they were. ---
**Author:** ![SeaCanary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SeaCanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaCanary)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/6 "2012-01-05T22:15:24Z")
Clearly you \*\*can \*\*make this stuff up and have it be very believable. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/7 "2012-01-05T22:31:16Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I still remember the Onion headline after the election: Black man gets America’s worst job. They didn’t know how right they were. That was one of my favorite headlines ever. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/8 "2012-01-05T22:47:15Z")
An alternate headline: “Contractor Discovers How Hard It Is Working Fulltime”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/9 "2012-01-05T23:26:57Z")
Yup, they nailed it, every part of it. My favourite Onion article is still [God angrily clarifies “Don’t kill” rule.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/10 "2012-01-06T10:13:19Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I still remember the Onion headline after the election: Black man gets America’s worst job. They didn’t know how right they were. They did a similarly prophetic article at the start of the Bush administration, too: [Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’](http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/11 "2012-01-06T11:03:00Z")
I’ve often wondered how many politicians who actually got into it because they wanted to \*do \*something reached the point where they wanted to say “Screw you guys, I’m going home!” - in Cartman’s voice, of course. Can’t you just see that in a City Council meeting or a School Board meeting? Heck, I’d like to get elected just to do that myself! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/12 "2012-01-06T11:07:35Z")
I loved this: “…I’m reminded of the 2007 Obama,” Democratic strategist Karen Finney said. “The one who thought he could make a difference before a broken, nonsensical political system and an insane populace robbed him of his humanity, ripped out his heart, and left him for dead.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/13 "2012-01-06T11:11:43Z")
Great link! Thank you, **biddee**. I also clicked on the fake Bachmann video at that page, and was amused. (Curious where the line of legality is drawn.) ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/14 "2012-01-06T11:15:44Z")
He’s just missing [Mars](http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/obama-mars/). ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/15 "2012-01-06T13:26:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yup, they nailed it, every part of it. > > My favourite Onion article is still [God angrily clarifies “Don’t kill” rule.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/) 🙂 That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/16 "2012-01-06T20:53:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve often wondered how many politicians who actually got into it because they wanted to \*do \*something reached the point where they wanted to say “Screw you guys, I’m going home!” - in Cartman’s voice, of course. Can’t you just see that in a City Council meeting or a School Board meeting? Heck, I’d like to get elected just to do that myself! 😃 I’m afraid Calgary’s new mayor is going to do just that - he’s fighting with all the incumbent idiots who do stupid things for stupid reasons, and I’m afraid he’s just going to give up and go back to the private sector where he won’t have as many idiots being quite as stupid. ---
**Author:** ![SeaCanary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SeaCanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaCanary)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/17 "2012-01-06T22:56:52Z")
> [@'\[Undecided](#): > > Adrian;14639227’]They did a similarly prophetic article at the start of the Bush administration, too: [Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’](http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/) OMG !! :eek: Nailed it!! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-were-a-real-article-obama-article-from-the-onion/608533/18 "2012-01-06T23:05:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My favourite Onion article is still [God angrily clarifies “Don’t kill” rule.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/) 🙂 [Didn’t work out too well for him I guess.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/nasa-completes-52year-mission-to-find-kill-god,19263/)