The Onion has been credited with being ahead of its time for its famous January 17, 2001 story, "Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over." But in light of Bush's "romance of combat" musings yesterday, this March 26, 2003 Onion piece deserves a second look:
According to reports from the front, many of the soldiers were initially suspicious of the president, doubtful that an Ivy Leaguer who once used powerful family connections to avoid service in Vietnam had what it took to face enemy fire head-on. However, Bush -- or, as his fellow soldiers nicknamed him in a spirit of battlefield camaraderie, 'Big Tex' -- quickly overcame the platoon's reluctance to having a "fancy-pants Yalie" in its ranks.
Stranger than fiction.
--Mori Dinauer
