you know what's sad?

The Guardian has the satire:

The change we need
After eight long, tiresome years, President Al Gore won't be missed. Even if he did save the planet

The Onion? Not so much.

January 17, 2001: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

You must see Patrick Nielsen Hayden's stupendous archive of The Onion's coverage of Bush over the last nine years. It's horrifying.

I, for one, welcome our Barack Obama overlord.