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<p>Lest you forget that our nation&#39;s most prophetic political seers are always cartoons, here&#39;s evidence that <em>The Boondocks </em>predicted a 2020 <em>Oprah for President </em>fervor.</p><p><strong>In their alternate reality, she wins.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Boondocks, 2006 <a href="https://t.co/eoxfnejCHm">pic.twitter.com/eoxfnejCHm</a></p>&mdash; Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/VictorBlackwell/status/950394542100025344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The season one plot line is a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/09/the-boondocks-predicted-an-oprah-2020-presidency-more-than-a-decade-ago/?utm_term=.bc80a2f68d24" target="_blank">Peabody Award-winning episode</a>, titled <em>Return of the King</em>, in which Martin Luther King Jr. never died from the assassin&#39;s bullet.</p><p>Instead, King wakes from a coma in time to witness the aftermath of September 11. &quot;King&#39;s nonviolent views become so unpopular following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,&quot; according to the<em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/09/the-boondocks-predicted-an-oprah-2020-presidency-more-than-a-decade-ago/" target="_blank"> Washington Post&#39;s</a></em> description of the episode, &quot;that he leaves to live in Canada...&quot;</p><p>But not before giving a rousing speech that leads to a revolution at the gates of the White House.</p><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5FR1LGsT7E</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The show ends with <a href="http://boondockstv.wikia.com/wiki/Return_of_the_King" target="_blank">Oprah Winfrey becoming president</a>, symbolizing something like a fulfillment of King&#39;s vision. You can watch the <a href="https://www.hulu.com/the-boondocks" target="_blank">episode over at Hulu</a>.</p><p>You may want to.</p><p>As <em>The Simpsons </em><a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/tv/simpsons-predicted-donald-trump-presidency/">have proven time and again</a>, cartoons are never wrong:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe oembed-full-width"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe width="459" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZtparSnQhFc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

'The Boondocks' predicted Oprah 2020 back in 2006.

Lest you forget that our nation&#39;s most prophetic political seers are always cartoons, here&#39;s evidence that The Boondocks predicted a 2020 Oprah for President fervor.In their alternate reality, she wins.The Boondocks, 2006 pic.twitter.com/eoxfnejCHm&mdash; Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) January 8, 2018 The season one plot line is a Peabody Award-winning episode, titled Return of the King, in which Martin Luther King Jr. never died from the assassin&#39;s bullet.Instead, King wakes from a coma in time to witness the aftermath of September 11. &quot;King&#39;s nonviolent views become so unpopular following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,&quot; according to the Washington Post&#39;s description of the episode, &quot;that he leaves to live in Canada...&quot;But not before giving a rousing speech that leads to a revolution at the gates of the White House.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5FR1LGsT7EThe show ends with Oprah Winfrey becoming president, symbolizing something like a fulfillment of King&#39;s vision. You can watch the episode over at Hulu.You may want to.As The Simpsons have proven time and again, cartoons are never wrong:

'The Boondocks' gave us another reason to never doubt the prophetic ability of cartoons, by predicting Oprah 2020.