NEW YORK, NY - Staff members at a nationally distributed, satirical multimedia publishing syndicate expressed remorse and indignation over the Bush administration's complete and utter fulfillment of a sardonic article (allegedly intended to be humorous) first printed over seven years ago.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784"What the fuck?" exclaimed one assistant editor. "Look at this, it all came true. We were only fucking kidding!!" Other staff members could express only shock and sadness at what appears to be their truly prophetic writing abilities. One staff writer went on to say: "I'm going to write an article about a staff writer named Trey winning the goddamn lottery. Look for it in the next issue."
Former White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer, when approached for comment, did recall that he handed the aforementioned article to the president when it was originally published. He remembers laughing and saying: "Hey G.W., check this shit out..." to which he received only an ominous silent reply.
A call placed to Karl Rove resulted in three minutes of mocking peals of laughter.
The original author of the piece could not be reached for comment, as he apparently went missing some time in February of 2001.
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