Last Year's Winner Was a Sarah Palin Impersonator. This Year's Winner is a George W. Bush Impersonator

What am I talking about?  The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.  Last year it went to Tina Fey for no reason I could figure other than her impersonation of Sarah Palin.  This year's award goes to Will Ferrell who made a big hit on SNL impersonating George W. Bush and giving us the word "strategery".   Is it just me or has the criteria for this award really slipped?  Take a look at the past winners before Fey:

1998 – Richard Pryor

1999 – Jonathan Winters

2000 – Carl Reiner

2001 – Whoopi Goldberg

2002 – Bob Newhart

2003 – Lily Tomlin

2004 – Lorne Michaels

2005 – Steve Martin

2006 – Neil Simon

2007 – Billy Crystal

2008 – George Carlin

2009 – Bill Cosby

Not in the same league at all.