GOP, even some liberals, dismiss Obama peace prize

WASHINGTON – Gee, you'd think a U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize might get rave reviews from his party's activists and polite congrats from top Republicans.

But news of Barack Obama's award Friday drew a rebuke from the Republican Party chairman, ridicule from conservative bloggers, and even gripes from some liberals who think he hasn't done enough to wind down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Former President Jimmy Carter,.. "bold statement of international support for his vision and commitment."

he gets attacked, by the rest.

I am reminded of a scientific experiment I once read. It seems five chimpanzees were placed in a cage. In that cage hung a bunch of bananas; under the bananas were stairs that made the fruit easily accessible. As chimps will do, it was not long before one of them got the nerve up to climb the stairs but as soon as he touched the banana, he was sprayed with ice-cold water.
Before long, each chimp attempted to get the banana only to meet the same fate. The scientists who were running the experiment then turned off the water but as a group, the chimps would not allow any of the five to attempt to retrieve the fruit.
One by one, the chimps were replaced in the cage but to the dismay of each new chimp, when he attempted to retrieve the bananas he was attached by members of group. After suffering these attacks a few times, the new chimp not only no longer attempts to retrieve the bananas but also participates in keeping the subsequent new chimps from getting to the bananas.
Once all the original chimps were replaced, the second-generation chimps will not attempt to gain access to the bananas even though they were never sprayed with the water.

This is just a sign of how desperate the international Socialists (and their high priests the persons of the Nobel Committee) are to legitimize their dying movement.

The backlash will be twofold: First, anything that leftists say from now on will not be taken seriously. Second, everyone knows this is affirmative action, and it will induce much resentment at the whole affirmative action movement.

Unfortunately, this desperation on the part of the Left is sooner or later going to lead to conflict.

Today was not a good day for these reasons.

Dang! I was hoping I would get it.

Don't lose heart! It's super easy now.

One of the PP judges said this was awarded to bambalina for his 'good intentions." (I was stunned that he admitted that - but what else could he say? He couldn't name any actual accomplishments.

So, all you have to do is come up with some 'good intentions."

(Actually,what it was all about was to interfere with the decisions Washington will make as to Afghanistan, Iran,et al.

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