Thoughts on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: Al Gore grew a beard
I don't know if Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize quite yet, and I'm actually serious when I say he won it in no small part for simply not being George W. Bush - for seeking to reengage with the world in the sort of way that decent, non-rogue countries do. That said, who cares? What's fun is that this sets up the sort of massive, overwhelming, out-of-control right-wing freakout that money can't buy.
I mean, what's the over/under on the first wingnut claiming that the selection of the sitting American president is proof that the Nobel committee hates America? Or the first one to claim that Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize proves he's a communist? 7 AM? 6? They certainly won't wait 'til 8, will they? Who will complain that Dubya should have won, for his success in invading foreign countries? Who will congratulate Kenya on their second winner in six years? And how will they tie this to ACORN?
It should be glorious. Even better than when Paul Krugman won the Economics Prize. Start popping the popcorn. Phone the neighbors, wake the kids. This is going to be a good day.
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henry kissenger
henry kissenger won the noble peace prize too! shouldn't we judge a person by the company he keeps?
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