Public reaction to Obama Nobel: Huh?
posted at 4:51 pm on October 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
As funny as all the goofs today are, I feel some sympathy for him insofar as he didn’t campaign for this the way he did for the Olympics. Watching him get stuffed in the first round in Copenhagen was amusing because he strutted in there trying to “Zeus” the IOC into giving him the games. Hubris and nemesis. The Nobel is more like a flaming bag of sh*t left on his doorstep: He didn’t ask for it but now he has to deal with it, and no matter what he does he ends up a bit soiled. The last thing the White House wants is an excuse for voters to ponder the thinness of The One’s record, yet that’s precisely what this achieves — on a global scale, vastly beyond the reach of the SNL skit that the media’s been chirping about and even McCain’s viral “celebrity” campaign ad last summer. Like Ace said, Obama’s failure to produce meaningful Change is the elephant in the room and “the Nobel Prize committee has painted that elephant in hot-pink and gold-flake and thrown a ten thousand watt spotlight on it.”
CBS actually takes it as far as this:
Today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement raises the question: Is a negative caricature of President Obama now fully developed?
One thing that eluded Mr. Obama during his presidential campaign was that he was never successfully lampooned by the Republican Party…
Well, today’s announcement – while totally out of the president’s control – finally may have handed his critics their own “Mission Accomplished” moment.
Like the Democrats did after President Bush prematurely declared the Iraq war “accomplished” on that aircraft carrier in 2003, the right is already using the Nobel prize as an opportunity to hammer Mr. Obama for not having accomplished what he’s being honored for.
My question: How much added pressure does this put on Obama to get something done soon, and does that something have to be in the context of international relations or will passing health care suffice? He’d better hope it’s the latter because he’s going to get jack from negotiations with Iran and Palestine. Perhaps a treaty of some sort with our new Taliban non-enemies will secure his peacemaking legacy?
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Not huh, but HA!
As in Hilirious.
chicagotrauma on October 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Don’t laugh until you check your mailbox tonight. I got a Nobel prize in the mail today as well. Maybe everyone got one…
Vashta.Nerada on October 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Dear Liar has announced that He’s giving the prize money to charity.
Probably to ACORN for their work with young Central American girls.
rbj on October 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM
…So it’s actually not comparable to “Mission Accomplished” at all.
Alrighty then.
crr6 on October 9, 2009 at 4:54 PM
NICE ONE!!!
John the Libertarian on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Are they still peddling that lie?
Count to 10 on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Awesome video.
rockmom on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
How many magazines do you need to subscribe?
WashJeff on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
And then there’s this.
txag92 on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Can the Obama Award Generator be far behind?
R Square on October 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Not because of lack of trying mind you, but because of Media-whitewash (that racist?) and protection, and the fact that a coward who would rather berate his own supporters rather than attack his opponent was the nominee.
Rogue on October 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM
He didn’t withdraw his name from nomination. Perhaps he didn’t know, but commenters on Hotair did, since someone mentioned The Precedent winning the Nobel a day or two ago, as a half joke, saying that he had been nominated and that it was possible.
progressoverpeace on October 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM
AP – ok, I agree with you on this one :) But don’t let it go to your head…
jeffthevoter on October 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Let me try to work up some empathy about poor Mr. Obama’s quandry. Nope, can’t. What was it Mr. Will said, the sheer force of his personality? If there are failures none can be attached to The Won.
Cindy Munford on October 9, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I got one, but it seems to also be a chia pet that i have to add grass seed and water to.
Midas on October 9, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Sorry- don’t believe him. I want to see receipts for it. He’s had big cash in his grubby paws before and never managed to share a dime of it- except of course to further enable his pal, Jeremiah Wright’s church.
anniekc on October 9, 2009 at 4:58 PM
The message is clear…a bunch of euro-lefties (the Nobel prize committee) are pushing him to completely fulfill his potential as the US version of Chavez…they want him to keep moving left…just as SNL does with their goof on him.
That’s where the only ‘criticism’ from the left and the ‘global’ community is coming from.
AUINSC on October 9, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Let him bask in the glow of his own megalomania and the Albatross he’ll wear for the rest of his life. Like Coleridges’s sailor, he who wears the Albatross is doomed to suffer watching his mates wither and die before his eyes. Jimmy has already seen it in Yasser Arafat’s death by AIDS while Algore is watching his Ponzi scheme dissolve into nothing.
SeniorD on October 9, 2009 at 4:59 PM
You know what can put more pressure on baracky to achieve something? A second nobel peace prize. Is it too early to nominate him for 2010 NPL ?
he knows what kind of taxes he is gonna bestow on this nation, so wants to get rid of cash ASAP
runner on October 9, 2009 at 4:59 PM
It’s not how many, but which ones that counts.
Vashta.Nerada on October 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Even the supporters of Teh Gelding are saying WTF….
Priceless!
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Adopting a Publisher’s Clearing House strategy….sweet.
Too bad Ed Mcmahon couldn’t be there to deliver the check…..
You may already be a winner!
R Square on October 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM
One thing that is getting missed in all this talk af “what has The Precedent done?” is the fact that he has done SO MUCH DAMAGE. Now, I can understand his getting the Nobel for having done such enormous damage to the US, but the idea that anyone is saying it was given for “future expectations of rhetoric coming true” is missing the point that The Precedent has been the most destructive force this nation has ever seen. On top of that, he’s made more of a fool of himself during his time in office than anyone in history. That ‘reset’ button was just one example of what they do every single day.
progressoverpeace on October 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM
You’re such a wordsmith.
Gotta admit, has anyone in the blogosphere come up with this metaphor?
I sure hope Dowd doesn’t read it. It’ll be in her next column.
Or two.
SteveMG on October 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM
It’s not exactly the same, but it certainly is comparable. They’re both in a position of declaring victory when the battle is far from being won.
And yes, Obama could’ve turned it down. But he didn’t. So he believes he deserves it.
amerpundit on October 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM
If he can make peace with Beck, then I’ll be willing to swallow this.
Until then….
SteveMG on October 9, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Is the Nobel Prize run by the Publisher’s Clearinghouse?
Dhuka on October 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I wonder if Michael Steele is going to send a thank you note to the Nobel committee b/c the RNC couldn’t have drawn up a better parody.
Erich66 on October 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM
This beyond ridiculous. Obama is the laughing stock of the world
cubachi on October 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Maybe Obama was the fifth caller.
Erich66 on October 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM
the won is now the whine
pre-ejaculated awards b-4 his time
how far I fear we will fall
with a prez whose ballsack is so gawd-awful small
Ris4victory on October 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM
One thing about the whole “thinness of his record” thing> Of course it’s thin. He’s only been in office eight months and half of that’s been spent trying to deal with the various crises he inherited and the other half has been spent on what will be a defining achievement one way or the other when it gets through. When was he supposed to do the other stuff, and what was the other stuff, anyway?
Bleeds Blue on October 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM
I got a badly needed laugh at that one. Thank you sir/madame!
Bob's Kid on October 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM
If I were Dinner Jacket, this would be the perfect opportunity to really put the screws to The One. I mean, what’s Mr. Peace Prize going to do to me now?
munchnstuf on October 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM
If anyone bothered to listen to the speeches “Mission Accomplished” refered to the Mission of the aircraft carrier group. That mission had been accomplished, and successfully. Nobody ever claimed the war was over, in fact they stated that there was a lot of work left to do.
Why does the left find it necessary to lie about everything?
MarkTheGreat on October 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM
The Norwegians didn’t even accomplish their main objective–to flip-off American conservatives. That’s how stupid they are.
RBMN on October 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM
RSquare
Ooops, didn’t see your post.
Dhuka on October 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Because the truth hurts their cause.
ROCnPhilly on October 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM
The left never lets go of a good lie.
MarkTheGreat on October 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM
“As funny as all the goofs today are, I feel some sympathy for him” AP
And you wonder why you get so much crap from us.
Go get a room with Huck.
LtE126 on October 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Another fiery bag o’ sh*t:
President Barack Obama has been named Mr. Universe for 2009. Said Horst Lundgren, president of the Mr. Universe Committee…
“While ve realize that Mr. Obama is today a skinny weakling, ve know dat he intends to bulk up by ze end of his first term and ve hope dis award will encourage him to do so. And, ve vill be mit him all de vay…
and ve vill pump him up.”
TXUS on October 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM
First guy says zer0bama has been in office a year and a half. It sure seems at least that long, eh? zer0bama has been in office 9 months. Too late for a late-term abortion, but perhaps we can give up for adoption to Norway.
SouthernGent on October 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM
SeniorD on October 9, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Agreed. Obama’s Nobel Appease Prize has turned into his own personal millstone.
ZeeMI on October 9, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Given the current status of the U.S. dollar, I’d keep it in Kronars for a while.
hawksruleva on October 9, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Indeed. You deserve a raise.
They must be so red-faced in there. It couldn’t happen to a better featherweight, though.
Limbaugh must have submitted his name, or Sarah Palin.
“I did nothing, you can tell
And I won a Peace Nobel
Mhhh, mhhhh, mhhhh”
Schadenfreude on October 9, 2009 at 5:08 PM
More seriously (if that’s possible), this award does represent a slice of the internationalist left’s view of the world, the role of America in it (negative, of course) and how they view issues of war and peace.
Whether we like it or not (I don’t), it’s a view that we need to debate.
SteveMG on October 9, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I have been laughing all day, I certainly haven’t been irate or angry.
rob verdi on October 9, 2009 at 5:09 PM
The Sun Times is doing a series on “Michelle’s slave roots”. Go figure.
There’s a picture of her on her mother’s lap.
OMFG
LtE126 on October 9, 2009 at 5:10 PM
BHO winning the Nobel Peace Prize was a given.
It will REALLY surprise people when he wins the HEISMAN TROPHY.
bannedbyhuffpo on October 9, 2009 at 5:10 PM
God protect the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, because I fully feel that this was the committee’s pressure on Obama to not escalate Afghanistan and to leave both war theaters as quickly as possible. The timing is suspect.
After all, he can’t order a escalation of war after just receiving a the prize for peace.
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 5:10 PM
You’re kidding, right? His entire adult life has been one big “please adore me for the superior being that I am” campaign. This is just enough over the top that sort of embarrasses even him.
peski on October 9, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Is the Nobel Prize run by the Publisher’s Clearinghouse?
Dhuka on October 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM
chai on October 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Heard he is going to win the Vezina, Selke, Norris and of course, the Lady Byng Trophy.
LtE126 on October 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I wonder if Obama got a free Sham Wow with his prize?
Erich66 on October 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Achievement,success,discovery,excellence,honor……are so over-rated.
/
midlander on October 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM
It was “A Call to Action” alright. Everyone dropped their jaws at the same time and started to laugh. Then he came out for his speech (late as usual) and everybody laughed at his teenage attempt at a Don Juan moustache. The Nobel Prize Commitee and their recipient gave the world a much needed laugh today.
kingsjester on October 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Maybe he could’ve worked on the other stuff while dog-shopping, or while goign to NYC for dinner, or while lobbying Copenhagen, or while going to Europe, or while going to the Middle East, or while going to Europe again, or while going on Letterman, or while doing the Sunday talk shows, or while hosting the ABC hour-long health care special, or while giving his presidential address on health care, or while giving one of his 16 other presidential addresses, or while giving his daily publicity appearance in some random town to lobby for this week’s failed policy prescription.
hawksruleva on October 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Yep, Obama isn’t even as close to accomplishing a mission as Bush was then.
Jim Treacher on October 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM
He won a Flobee…gave it back because it won’t work on afros.
LtE126 on October 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I want to know who the other nominees were. A worthy award winner probably wouldn’t be bitter; that’s not very peace-loving, after all. But it must leave a bad taste in the mouths of folks who have worked tirelessly for good, only to see their chance at recognition upstaged by a 1-month President.
hawksruleva on October 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Obama won the Nobel Prize????? I had no idea Acorn went global.
Rovin on October 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM
I want to know who nominated him as late as 10-days into his Presidency, and as early as BEFORE EVEN BEING ELECTED.
10-to-1, I bet it was himself or people close to him.
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Enoxo on October 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM
You’d win that bet.
ZeeMI on October 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Astroturfing gone bad. They expected him to be president of the world by now; instead he is a laughingstock.
Vashta.Nerada on October 9, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Think, crr6, think, hard as that is. It’s the apotheosis of all his other preenings on the global stage. It fits better than Simpson’s glove did.
Schadenfreude on October 9, 2009 at 5:17 PM
ANYONE:
WHO NOMINATED OBAMA BACK IN FEBRUARY?!
Lockstein13 on October 9, 2009 at 5:18 PM
He ain’t getting jack from me on health care either.
d1carter on October 9, 2009 at 5:18 PM
He could have had the integrity to refuse the award. But his ego got in the way. He’s as guilty as the Lib Norwegians still suffering from BDS.
GarandFan on October 9, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Did I hear someone say, “HEISMAN“?!? lol
And for those who don’t want to read through David Freddoso’s article….
http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/
dmh0667 on October 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Lockstein13 on October 9, 2009 at 5:18 PM
I’ll take George Soros and his money for $1,000, Alex.
kingsjester on October 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Barrack “Tookie” Obama!
Blake on October 9, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I don’t think he has to do anything.
They award this ‘peace’ prize to socialists.
He is a socialist.
Case closed. And Oprah jumps for joy. Good for her..she was so sad after losing the Olympic bid.
ugh
bridgetown on October 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Why does everyone seem to think that Obama did nothing to get this award? He craves the adulation and praise of others and seems to want the approval of the rest of the world more than the approval of the American people. After all we are only his “subjects”.
You don’t think he woke up one morning and said, “You know, I really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Rahm, make it happen.”
Ordinary American on October 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM
This article was written on Oct 6 speculating that Chinese dissidents may win the Nobel Peace Prize.
My money Quote:
WashJeff on October 9, 2009 at 5:24 PM
From Ace:
Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia – imprisoned for campaigning for human rights in the PRC, not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China’s communist system. — not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama. (Not to mention the symbolic value of awarding a Chinese dissident on the 20th Anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre.)
Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years – not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims, also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar. She currently leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N. special envoy to Darfur and is apparently also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
ICBM on October 9, 2009 at 5:24 PM
That is the worst part of this. He is under more pressure now, and thus more likely to do something (more) foolish.
The Nobel will give him more gravitas with people around the world who don’t really matter. If we are doing something that curries favor with the international socialists and appeasement laureates, then we are doing something wrong.
Something terribly wrong.
reaganaut on October 9, 2009 at 5:25 PM
If Obama had refused the award, the message would have been “Obama puts flakey Eurolefties in their place”. It would have blunted the conservatives making fun of him. Luckily, he was too vain to do that.
Speedwagon82 on October 9, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Anyone interview Aunt Zetuni?
LtE126 on October 9, 2009 at 5:25 PM
If you win an award from muddle-headed internationalists who think that a weakened America that is more subordinate to international organizations is a good thing you just might be a muddle-headed internationalist who thinks that a weak……….”.
I read history, I read about how nations (and humans) have behaved for thousands of years and simply cannot understand how these people can believe what they do.
Yes, we don’t have to accept the past; but we have to consider it when we think about the future.
SteveMG on October 9, 2009 at 5:26 PM
I am 99% certain they are filtering out Barack Obama. The voting results are changing, but Barack’s name is not appearing. This joke, unfortuantely, is not going to work.
WashJeff on October 9, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Since it was for the Peace Prize
who else but Osama BinLaden nominated ObamasBin Lyin
macncheez on October 9, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Is there any doubt left as to the character, values, and intent of the Nobel Peace Price committee? I can’t see any, but there will be a large part of the population that sees it as a joke.
Still, over the next five or six years, people may begin to realize that the only part of the Peace Prize worth having is the money.
njcommuter on October 9, 2009 at 5:27 PM
So he’s been in office a year and a half huh?
Maybe it is April 1st and we’ve all just been asleep for 6 months.
(cue Twilight Zone theme…)
Russ
russcote on October 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Doodad Pro.
reaganaut on October 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
I am waiting for the announcement that Bill Clinton won the Nobel Piece Prize.
donkichi on October 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Today officially marks the start of LOLTUS.
-Ace
RushBaby on October 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM
The Taliban must be so proud: one of their own, finally…
Dhuka on October 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM
He should donate it to the U.S. Treasury to help pay off the national debt.
Joe Caps on October 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Oh, and for those of you not on Obama’s mailing list, I got this email from him 5 minutes ago:
So what say you America…have you dared to hope for a better America today?
Russ
russcote on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Yes, one that doesn’t involve him.
Vashta.Nerada on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
The Peace Prize? Yeah, it’s like a flaming bag of sh*t on Obama’s doorstep.
But it’ll soon be forgotten… as he sets ablaze the entire house.
TXUS on October 9, 2009 at 5:33 PM
P L E A S E …
ADD YOUR VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA!
http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/
Lockstein13 on October 9, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.
The banner was put up there by the ship for the people on the ship that were returning home after a successful mission.
It was not ordered up by the President and it was not intended to refer to the entire war effort.
Now, if these guys want to lampoon the ship’s commanders and claim that the sailors had not successfully accomplished what they had been deployed to do, that’s fine. But, continuing to imply that the President put the banner up there to claim the Iraq war was done and over is a flat out lie.
JadeNYU on October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
This just in — The Pope has made Barack a Saint. Details at 11:00
Pelayo on October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Question for the skeptical Chicagoan wearing a parka so early in October: How’s that global warming working out for ya?
Buy Danish on October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I didn’t know hope was a foreign policy and I don’t want it, thank you, unless you intend to give the taxpayers the 1.5 mil that goes with it. Maybe you can buy some insurance for those who don’t have it so we won’t have Obamacare shoved down our throats.(Mr. Speech writer? Sentences are grammatically incorrect if they start with “and.” You must have gone to a public school.)
Beaglemom on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
WashJeff, ESPN members should demand to know how many votes Barry received, even though he obviously won’t win the Nissan promotion.
Calling the Customer Care line will get you through to a live representative quickly.
Christien on October 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM
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