# Political Satire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-satire/123835>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-satire/123835 "2002-08-14T13:07:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-satire/123835/1 "2002-08-14T13:07:29Z")

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Is [this Onion article](http://www.theonion.com/onion3829/millionaire_vows.html) a satire of a particular politician/candidate or a general spoof on crossover buisiness/politicians?

Thanks

Grim

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-satire/123835/2 "2002-08-14T15:22:57Z")

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I vote for general spoof with perhaps a pointed barb at Perot who talked so much about running government like a corporation in his campaigns.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-satire/123835/3 "2002-08-14T17:15:58Z")

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It seems to me to be a general parody of businessmen (most of them Republicans, but many Democrats as well) who make this kind of claim, that their success in running a business qualifies them for political office. In fact, it’s so common that had I not known that this was an _Onion_ article, I might not have suspected that it was a parody. This is _exactly_ the kind of things these guys say.