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The Onion, January 18, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC - Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the
door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush
assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long
national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

Above: President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs
of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end
of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the
Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic
expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The
time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought
by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national
parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and
impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that
drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the
severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring
citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed
conflict in the next four years.
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