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KOOL-AID DRINKING NOBEL COMMITTTEE JUMPS SHARK, GIVES OBAMA PEACE PRIZE!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... + Discussion: The Corner on National … and Erick's blog – Discussion: John J. Miller / The Corner on National Review Online: ...
RedState Plays The Race Card On Peace Prize
The Political Carnival —
Classy. Via WT. I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period. ...
I love days like today
Sadly, No! —
... While I don’t think Obama deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, I applaud the committee for giving it to him just to see the hilarious reaction it’s produced here at home. Many, many stupid things have been said about this story already today, but it’ll be tough to top Erick “The Dim” Erickson: ...
Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Doesn’t Bring American Partisan Peace Ceasefire
The Moderate Voice —
... conservatives reacted with outrage, anger and some demonization (one writer even suggested it was an “affirmative action” decision) while the DNC seemingly morphed into conservatives and the RNC, issuing a ...
Right Wingers Pitch Fits Over Nobel Peace Prize
TPM Election Central —
... Erick Erickson decided that the intuitive attacks on the award (European wimps, Obama hasn't accomplished anything, etc.) just weren't good enough for him, and gave a racial angle to the whole thing: "I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period." ...
Reaction to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize mixed
Top of the Ticket —
... Clearly McCain hadn't read RedState.com, which immediately went to the race card when explaining how the Nobel could go to the president. "I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it," Red State blogger Erik Erickson wrote, "but that is the only thing I can think of for this news." ...
Malkin Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
"I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota
for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news," - Erick Erickson, Redstate. ...
Erick Erickson: Obama Won the Nobel Prize Because He’s Black
Firedoglake —
No one could've predicted that a Southern Teabagger like Erickson would immediately bring up Obama's race. (h/t watertiger) ...
Redstate CEO: Nobel Prize Has an Affirmative Action Quota
Little Green Footballs —
Redstate.com CEO Erick Erickson gets right down into the gutter.
I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period.
Stay classy, Redstate!
Picture My Amazement
Whiskey Fire —
... I see some Scandinavian communist fascists have given the Communist Fascist Award to America's Communist Fascist in Chief, presumably because he's black: "I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota
for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news." ...
The Great Appeaser Gets His Due
WTF Is It Now?!? —
While reacting to the Hussein Peace Prize announcement with exploding heads, one distinguished loony-nut has actually played the Race card: ...
Chip Reid Concern Trolls WH Briefing on Obama's Nobel Prize; Worries That Prize Is "Partisan" and "Liberal"
Crooks and Liars —
... right . But what threw me for a loop was how nakedly partisan CBS's Chip Reid was in attacking Obama for having the audacity to win the Nobel Prize, something even the great St. Ronnie didn't do: REID: I mean, most Democrats have praised it, and most Republicans have said, you have got to be kidding me -- Ronald Reagan didn't get one, but Barack Obama, nominated 12 days after he was sworn in, gets a Nobel Peace Prize. And the fear among some, even some Democrats, is that this is going to widen the partisan divide and make things even more difficult to accomplish on every front. ...
Ralph D'Andrea: I'm OK With It
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Peace Prize is to be awarded to whoever ...shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.By those criteria, simply putting the most powerful nation on Earth back on a course of real diplomacy, as opposed to cowboy diplomacy, makes him deserving of the award.
Of course, not everyone sees it that way. Right-wing blog Redstate.com said the following: I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize ...
