Posted on 10/09/2009 1:34:05 PM PDT by kristinn
The Democratic party and their allies are mounting an afternoon public relations offensive to counter the jokes and other negative reactions to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama for no apparent reason or accomplishment.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:
"President Obama is working to restore American leadership worldwide and build bonds of friendship across the globe. The Nobel Peace Prize is a testament to his leadership and vision and a tribute to American values. I offer my congratulations to President Obama on this outstanding achievement.
"Diplomacy and cooperation are the cornerstones of a strong, effective foreign policy. President Obama has worked tirelessly to put these principles into practice. In an age when the actions of one nation can affect the future of all nations, the President has recognized the need for global solutions to our most pressing challenges. And he is rallying the world around the common causes of building a world free of nuclear weapons, combating climate change, defeating the forces of terror, securing human rights, and pursuing peace among all nations."
Gov. Tim Kaine, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee:
"The Nobel Committee's decision to award this year's Peace Prize to President Obama is an affirmation of the fact that the United States has returned to its longstanding role as a world leader. The President has made a conscious decision from the beginning of his presidency to reinvigorate diplomacy, by talking to our friends and our rivals. Those efforts to bring world leaders together are helping the people of the world to face monumental challenges like nuclear arms proliferation, conflict resolution and climate change.
"With this prize comes a sense of enormous pride, but also an enormous sense of humility about the work that remains if we are to resolve the global problems facing humanity. Democrats will continue to work with President Obama to keep moving America forward, as we continue in earnest to sow peace, progress and understanding around the world."
John Gage, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE):
AFGE congratulates President Obama on the 2009 Nobel Peace prize, a well-earned and well-deserved honor. While the Nobel committee recognized President Obama for his work in international politics and nuclear disarmament, the committee also recognized that he brings vision and hope to the people of the world for a better future -- a message that he brought to all Americans and the federal workforce last November.
We were proud to stand by President Obama in 2008 and we are proud still to stand by him today. We share his vision of good government, reforming our broken health care system, ensuring pay equality, and fully funding our government agencies so we can better service the American public. AFGE looks forward to continuing our work with the Obama administration as we celebrate the accomplishments of our great country, our great union and our president.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.
"It's a stunning announcement and it reflects well on America's ideals and the world's yearning for American leadership.
"Little is possible without leadership. No one can force other nations to follow, but President Obama is reintroducing America to the rest of the world, and people of goodwill everywhere do have hope about working together for progress on some of the world's most daunting and dangerous problems."
The four statements were all posted within minutes of each other on PR Newswire.
Don’t these people ever shut up? What a crock. The fact that these clowns are in office is a sad commentary on their folks back home.
Like most things in America today, the award will be adored by some and scorned by others.
It’s a pretty deep divide.
Projectile vomiting may now commence.
They must be kidding. The best thing they could possably do is shut up and act like nothing happened and let it blow over.
But nooooooooo, they just gotta justify every move Hussein The Magnificent makes.
Apparently that includes moves he hasn’t made yet as well...
While they all laugh at him? Kinda tough to do.
The Nobel Peace prize has been reduced to total excrement by this formerly prestigious award being given to this fraud. There is no posturing these morons can do that will change people’s minds. In fact their shrill lecturing will only translate into more contempt for Obozo and themselves.
I thought this was a joke. It’s pretty sad when it’s getting harder to tell lately..
The Nobel Peace prize has been reduced to total excrement by this formerly prestigious award being given to this fraud. There is no posturing these morons can do that will change people’s minds. In fact their shrill lecturing will only translate into more contempt for Obozo and themselves.
Too late for them...
The biggest problem here is the ones that adore the prize given to him haven’t a leg to stand on. What has he done other than have future dreams?
So, that's who's posting all of the vanities about stopping the obviously very effective ridicule about "The One". Thanks for the heads up.
Regards,
TS
Hey Nazi - it’s called politics. Stop whining!
One good thing about all this; this will at least cause some libs to stop and think about what, if anything, 0 has actually accomplished.
These people have demonstrated yet again their utter contempt and disdain for the American people - who they believe are incapable of seeing what actually has taken place here. Come the 2010 Election (and the 2012 election) all of this will come back to bite them where they live.
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