Solacing myself with irony

Via Corrente comes this marvelous story from CNN:

Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Posted: 4:19 PM EST (2119 GMT)

On the eve of President Bush's inauguration, a poll shows the nation is split over whether he has united or divided the nation, but a majority believe his inauguration festivities should be toned down because of the war.

During the 2000 campaign, Bush promised to be a "uniter, not a divider."

Forty-nine percent of 1,007 adult Americans said in phone interviews they believe Bush is a "uniter," according to the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Wednesday. Another 49 percent called him a "divider," and 2 percent had no opinion.

Isn't that fabulous, really? I figured if it can make me laugh today, I should certainly share it.

"We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars."
Anatole Broyard