…but lets look at blog reaction so far:
Tim Blair: What for?
Riehl World View:
I do not freakin’ believe this. But via the BBC- it appears to be true. For what? Are you frickin’ kidding me? What a stupid joke. What a worthless award. Video of the announcement here. They put weight on his WORK? For Nuclear Weapons? All he has done is TALK! This is total BS!
THE MAN HASN’T DONE ANYTHING!! I can’t believe this. Really, I can’t. What a waste. One sensed this was just a worthless political award anymore. But this removes all doubt. If I were on the committee I’d be embarrassed. This is an absolute disgrace.
Hot Air:in addition to also thinking they might not be awake said this:
In other words, they gave him a Nobel for … being Hopenchange-y. And you thought Mark Halperin’s grade inflation was bad. This makes three times, incidentally, in just seven years that the committee’s turned the Peace Prize into a “f*** Bush” award by bestowing it on a liberal American Democrat. The Goracle got it in 2007 and Carter received it in 2002, making today’s announcement yet one more reason to consider The One his presidential heir.
Legal Insurrection:
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. For what? Peace in Afghanistan? Peace in Iraq? Peace in the Middle East? Nope.
How about peace in Chicago, Honduras, Detroit, or somewhere? Nope.
What a joke. Was Chris Matthews on the committee?
What an embarrassment to the Nobel Peace Prize legacy. How about waiting until Obama actually did something, then give him the prize?
But then again, we elected Obama before he accomplished anything, so who are we to criticize.
Israellycool: (not actually reaction but in the post containing it)
Yesterday, Israeli President told US Middle East envoy George Mitchell that Israel had full faith in the policies of US President Barack Obama, who he said was trying to advance peace in an extremely fair way by listening to both sides and trying to find a common denominator.
Mr Peres lied.
Instapundit:
It’s Frank J. Fleming’s world. The rest of us just live in it.
Michael Graham:
Barack Obama has brought peace to the world by giving it an America that does what it’s told.
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