# The Onion Having a Great Week

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591 "2008-11-07T04:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/1 "2008-11-07T04:04:37Z")

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The Onion hasn’t always been at the top of its game lately, but this week’s election articles are just hilarious. Just a sampling of headlines:

Kobe Bryant Scores 25 In Holy Shit We Just Elected a Black President

Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job

Obama Win Causes Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Magical Voting Booth Transforms Clearheaded Americans Into Reactionist Morons

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/2 "2008-11-07T18:24:00Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job

It’s funny 'cause it’s true. Basically, it’s an executive-level janitor operation…

As far as the “Oh Shit” interjections, the Onion’s best was their page on the [Apollo moon landing](http://members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon.html) from _Our Dumb Century_. “HOLY SHIT - MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON”.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/3 "2008-11-07T18:58:04Z")

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> [@robardin](#):
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> It’s funny 'cause it’s true. Basically, it’s an executive-level janitor operation…

[“Congratulations, you’ll be the highest-paid janitor in America.”](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75ginterview.phtml)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/4 "2008-11-07T19:07:02Z")

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[Bush: “Can I Stop Being President Now?”](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_can_i_stop_being_president)

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**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/5 "2008-11-07T19:09:52Z")

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[Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_finally_shitty_enough_to)

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**Author:** ![UTejas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UTejas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UTejas)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/6 "2008-11-07T19:19:06Z")

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[Barbara Bush Runs Aground Off Coast of Maine](http://www.theonion.com/content/video/barbara_bush_runs_aground_off) (_warning: video_)

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-having-a-great-week/471591/7 "2008-11-07T19:30:39Z")

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‘I would make a bad President,’ Obama says in huge campaign blunder.

That’s hilarious