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I've Invented a New Game

I've invented a game where first you take what Pres. Obama wrote about the dire consequences without his stimulus:

And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits.

Then you switch it around so that he's talking about what did happen with the stimulus:

And if [we pass my stimulus], this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits.

And suddenly he's a prophet!

Jon Stewart invented a similar game a few years back, one about Bush's justifications for invading Iraq. For some reason he isn't up for making up similar games with a Democrat in the White House.

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Joseph Lawler was formerly managing editor of The American Spectator. Follow him on twitter: @josephlawler.

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/11/06/ive-invented-a-new-game

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