(OT)Bush prophecy

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Richard,
At 00:07 12/26/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>List... This was sent to me today as a jib against President elect Bush. 
>Thought it was funny in more ways then one. Its amazing what this fellow 
>Nostradamus can be made to say these days.
>
>  Nostradamus -- who wrote in one of his prophecies
>in 1555:
>
>"Come the millennium, month 12,
>In the home of greatest power,
>The village idiot will come forth
>To be acclaimed the leader."


>Alas, I'd say 'tis a hoax.
>
>I searched  at http://www.nostradamus-repository.org/search/index.htm and 
>found no reference to the above, or to many of the words contained such as 
>millenium.
>
>If I am wrong and didn't search properly or thoroughly enough, I'd like to 
>see someone quote the quatrain number so I can see it having been in print 
>prior to 7.11.00.  Failing that, I'd have to strongly suspect a sore gore 
>supporter, who didn't think anyone would question a Nostradamus quote.
>
>In my book of Nostradamus at home, however, I _did_ find this translation 
>of an _authentic_ quatrain:
>
>VIII. 14
>Great credit and abundant gold and silver
>Honor will be blinded by lust
>The offense of the adulterer will be known
>It will bring great dishonor



Conrad Hoffsommer - Luther College, Decorah, IA
Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will make you sweat a lot.-Haitian proverb