"Amen, bro."
Posted on 10/10/2009 3:35:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MY FIRST three thoughts upon hearing that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize were:
■ For what!?!?
■ So this is how low our image sunk under President Bush?
■ This is our Nobel!
Even the most fervent Obama supporters have to scratch their heads. The Nobel Committee praised Obama’s “extraordinary efforts’’ on international diplomacy and cooperation, citing his nascent efforts to reduce nuclear weapons and America’s “more constructive role’’ on climate change. The committee said Obama had become “the world’s leading spokesman’’ for international policies the committee has sought to “stimulate’’ for 108 years.
Talk about giving ultimate meaning to Obama’s original campaign slogan of “Hope.’’ Nobel nominations were due Feb. 1, less than two weeks after Obama took office. He has indeed been a far better spokesman for America these last 8 1/2 months than George W. Bush was for his entire eight years, but he knows he is nowhere yet in the same league as imprisoned and assassinated human rights leaders or even Jimmy Carter for years of post-presidency peacemaking.
Obama acknowledged that yesterday by saying, “To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize - men and women who’ve inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.’’
Since there is nothing concrete about Obama’s accomplishments in office - like dismantling apartheid or pulling down the curtain of communism - what this particular award is really about is America’s power to inspire, or depress, the world. Anyone who traveled abroad during Bush’s presidency knows that power.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
How tragic it is that some people in our country find affirmation in approval from our enemies.
Well, if this is “our” Nobel, WHEN THE HELL DO I GET THE CHECK? They can keep their medal, SHOW ME THE MONEY BOSTON GLOBE BOY!
These lib commentators are trying to stretch the very fabric of reality to justify this. The rest of us will continue to laugh at 0. Although he has accomplished something, he is successfully destroying the economy and troop moral.
Comment? This guy is a prink...
Well, if it's an either/or proposition than Ubama's selection was a no-brainer. Nobody has done more to depress the world than Ubama.
"Amen, bro."
Derrick, I don’t remember doing anything to advance world peace, either.
The author
zero was in the Senate when all hell broke lose, his fellow rats controlled the House, zero's money buddies were stealing multi millions from Freddie and Fannie.....
the Iraq and Afghan people have been given a chance....
and yet this imposter American president with no college that we know of, no birth certificate, born from a promiscuous leftist,who has tripled the national deficit,and is in the process of destroying our military advantages, well this AP gets the Nobel....
Dear Sleeper cells, the address for the Boston Globe is; 73 Columbia Rd
Dorchester, MA.
*VOMITS*
*wipes off screen*
*VOMITS AGAIN*
How do libs hold the hammer as they’re nailing themselves to these crosses?
LOL! I’m stealing this. :-)
Ahhhh, Derrick, such a tool.
It took the Nobel Prize to finally unveil the conspiracies of Ohaha/Rahm (and all the Dem sheeps in wolves clothing). When candidate Obama suggested he wanted to be another Reagan, the intent was to gull the electorate. Now the lefty Nobelists blew his cover.
Obama's handler, the wily Rahm Emanuel, duped the American electorate time and time again. (a) He ran the Marxist Ohaha as a clone of Ronald Reagan. (b) As 2006 Dem Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, Wonder Boy ran Godless, lefty Congressional candidates in solid Republican districts as "reverential believers."
Wonder Boy Rahm's motto: "Party First, America Last." The Wonder Boy is obsessed with party politics. Installing a permanent leftist majority of Dims is his game. This nasty toad evinces an utter contempt for US culture. Calculated Rahm softly/coyly speaks the language to appeal to American values, but this conniver is nothing more than a latter-day Uriah Heep. Like Uriah Heep, power-hungry Rahm feeds on others, and deploys self-serving strategies for his own self-absorbed purposes.
Dickens' ingratiating scoundrel (from David Copperfield) fits Rahm to a tee. Uriah Heep was notorious for wielding undue influence, a manipulative bounder who was always planning and plotting, ingratiating himself into the confidence of others. Uriah Heep was obsequious, manipulative, and wormed his way into positions of influence. Uriah was a consummate con man, and not to be trusted. Translated into the language of the popular culture, Uriah Heep Rahm, positions himself as amenable to American values but is insincere in these feelings; he uses issues and crises to advance his hidden agendas and political ambitions.
REFERENCE Obama was the Peace Prize winner b/c of the Committee's hopes for his world-impact -- but at home Obama has been on a roll . In 9 months, he has breathed life into Republicans, boosted pro-lifers, tarnished regulation, bolstered traditional values, increased the public's desire for immigration restriction, and shifted independent voters rightward......revivifying conservatism qualifies as a feat almost as miraculous as Moses turning back oceans. Gallup surveys are a long catalog of the Obama snap-back. 40% describe themselves as conservative -- a level last seen in 2004. 51% call themselves pro-life -- a significant shift. 57% say government is trying to do too many things best left to the private sector. It's the worst showing for govt regulation ever in a Gallup survey. When candidate Obama suggested he wanted to be "another Reagan," this wasn't what he had in mind. But for now, he's the right's best community organizer....for Republicans.
SOURCE: NY POST BY NATIONAL REVIEW'S RICH LOWRY.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_the_gop_should_give_prize_4POGGHqMOW0OLzsXz7Cf9K)
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