'Black Man Loses Job:' The Onion mocks Obama on his way out

The Onion has had a pretty good run over the past eight years, mocking Barack Obama and his liberal hypocrisy. As Obama left office on Friday, however, the satire website couldn't help one last shot.

On Friday, The Onion ran a piece entitled "Black Man Out Of Work," mocking President Obama's newly unemployed status.

Here are a few selections from the piece.

Joining the ranks of the unemployed at a time when joblessness remains stubbornly high among African Americans, 55-year-old local black man Barack Obama has lost the full-time job he has held for the past eight years, sources confirmed Friday.

A father of two and his family’s sole breadwinner for much of the past decade, the dismissed African-American employee was reportedly instructed to vacate his workplace by the end of the week, after which he will no longer be on his employer’s payroll.

According to sources, the local black resident has cycled through at least three different occupations since turning 40, and was in serious danger of losing his job four years ago. Reports indicate that after taking the position in 2009, he faced daily antagonism from his mostly white colleagues, who reportedly never stopped questioning his qualifications and competence, a situation that is said to have made it difficult for him to perform the duties assigned to him.

Because he obtained healthcare through his employer, Obama will now have to purchase insurance to cover his family’s medical expenses, which experts said is an option that will soon become exceedingly expensive if lawmakers vote to do away with the few affordable plans currently available to individual consumers.

In another devastating blow, the family is reportedly expected to lose their home.

“Even though everyone in the Obama family is out of a job, it sounds like they’re going to stick around the neighborhood and try to make things work,” Harmon said. “But it wouldn’t be surprising if we eventually see them wind up like millions of others, particularly fellow minorities, who find themselves in the same position: moving back to their hometown, where they have relatives and friends they can lean on.”

“Regardless, the employment outlook isn’t bright for an older person of color with Obama’s work history,” he added. “At his age, someone like him might just while away his remaining years moving between various part-time positions and focusing on his own personal hobbies. It’s unlikely he’ll ever land a job as steady or as meaningful as the one he was just let go from. Unfortunately for him and so many others, that’s just the sad reality of the situation.”

Now Barack Obama knows how most working Americans have felt under his regime.