# Nostradamaus and George W Bush?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamaus-and-george-w-bush/46284>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamaus-and-george-w-bush/46284 "2000-12-19T03:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrWhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@MrWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrWhy)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamaus-and-george-w-bush/46284/1 "2000-12-19T03:57:56Z")

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I received the following email from some idiot at work.

> [@](#):
>
> A Prediction by Nostradamus
> 
> In 1555, Nostradamus wrote:
> 
> ```
> Come the millennium, month 12,
> In the home of greatest power,
> The village idiot will come forth
> To be acclaimed the leader.
> 
> ```

Am I correct in assuming that it is completely without any basis in fact?

I thought I should check with the most knowledgeable group of people I have yet come across before making a complete fool of myself. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamaus-and-george-w-bush/46284/2 "2000-12-19T04:02:57Z")

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[http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/stooopid/nostra.htm](http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/stooopid/nostra.htm)

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**Author:** ![Opus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@Opus1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opus1)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamaus-and-george-w-bush/46284/3 "2000-12-19T04:05:01Z")

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Funny, why is it we only see this prediction _after_ Bush has won? This would have been at least somewhat more impressive had it been floating around when the election was still in doubt. It seems that Nostradamus, like all psychics, is much better at “predicting” things which have already happened.

Of course, the master has already spoken:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_051.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_051.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnostradamus.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnostradamus.html)