"I was elected to lead, not to read."
Posted on 07/28/2015 10:31:29 AM PDT by McGruff
I always knew "The Simpsons" was a show ahead of its time. But, not even I remembered that the show had predicted the idea of President Donald Trump way back in 2000.
The Simpsons predicted President Trump in 2000 That scene, as loyal Simpsons fans like myself remember, comes from an episode called "Bart to the Future" in which the show jumps ahead 30 years (to 2030) and imagines what each of the main characters will be doing. Lisa Simpson has just been elected president, following Trump's tenure in office.
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Lisa Simpson - another saxophone playing president?
And who was the Vice-President? Jerry Lewis?
2030???
The Hairpiece will be 84 years old in 2030.
Still mouthing off and verbally kicking butt, I’m sure.
That episode also says that Lisa Simpson is “the first STRAIGHT female President”. So they outed Hillary as well.
I like how Lisa has to specify that she is the first “Straight Female President”
ahahaha
PS: and it wont.
"I was elected to lead, not to read."
President Simpson also refers to a tax hike as a “retroactive refund adjustment”.
‘Laugh-In’ (late ‘60s - early ‘70s) would do ‘dateline future’ skits about US President Ronald Reagan.
Back to the Future also predicted the Cubs would win the World Series in 2015.
Well played Frogman
“A little humor folks.” Or, predictive programming.
“Missed it by this <-> much!”
‘Laugh-In’ (late ‘60s - early ‘70s) would do ‘dateline future’ skits about US President Ronald Reagan.
One I saw fairly recently was "1988: President Reagan announces he will not run for re-election". Of course, having served his two terms, he couldn't...
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