European Reactions to Obama’s Victory: Are you kidding me?
posted at 7:50 am on October 9, 2009 by Michael van der Galien
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Well, well, from the looks of it, Obama and his friends at the Nobel Prize Committee have done what no one could do before them: unite the world.
In utter disbelief, of course, but hey, why obsess over details?
At influential Dutch blog Dagelijkse Standaard readers write:
Joshua Livestro: And deservedly so. He gives me hope Sarah Palin will win in 2012.
Jimmy: I’m no Palin-fan but if it means we won’t be bothered by this insane progressive idolatry of Obama she has my vote.
Jamal Yasin: The Nobel Prize in Literature will be next. He’ll have to write his umptieth biography to win that one though.
Frank Verhoef: Congratulations Obama! Please, keep working hard on doing absolutely nothing!
De Snotverlosser: Well done, my Big O, you barely succeeded in defeating Ahmadinejad. By the way, Arafat says ‘hi.’
Carel Kauffman: What peace?
Popular blog GeenStijl is unimpressed as well:
This is ridiculous. He should’ve won it for mathematics: beating the odds of having an African American in the White House.
Peppievankokkie: Who is that man?
Vieze buitenlander: More positive discrimination
Readers of well known right-of-center magazine Elsevier can’t believe it:
Bobson: reminds me of the banks; get your bonus first, do something later
Whiskey: Nobel Peace Prize? What peace?
Vincent: Bwahahaha! Wake up people!
dd: Painful.
A-thee-ist: That’s insulting to his predecessors who actually did something to deserve this prize.
Conservatives shouldn’t get angry over this, they should make fun of it. Even Europeans – where the MSM continues to worship at the altar of Obama – believe this to be insane.
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Oh, please. How many European countries have had heads of state from non-European minorities?
Crawford on October 9, 2009 at 8:25 AM
This is confirmation that the whole world has “ROCK STAR”
written all over it. “BARACK STAR”.
psychocyber on October 9, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Obama said in his speech that he doesn’t believe he’s worthy… it’s the first time he’s spoken the truth since he took office.
Mad Mad Monica on October 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Did he break his arm while patting himself on the back over his own humility?
Crawford on October 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM
He wasn’t speaking the truth. He said he doesn’t believe he’s worthy. Are you kidding? with his ego? Of course he thinks he’s worthy!
hachiban on October 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Beautiful, Michael.
Well, yeah. The thing is, Obama is worthy of this honor. Puts him right up there with Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter. Obama’s worth is a measure of the honor, not the other way around.
J.E. Dyer on October 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Obama is more deserving than Al Gore was. At least Obama’s speeches are peripherally related to peace.
malclave on October 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM
I really haven’t detected anger; just solid, heaping helpings of ridicule.
Midas on October 9, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Make fun of it?
I welcome it. The more that see this d-bag for what he is, the better.
Ryan Gandy on October 10, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Well, no European country that i know of as nearly the kind of racial diversity that the US has. Even the most diverse countries (i’m thinking France, Holland, the UK) are what, 85-90% white, at least.
madne0 on October 10, 2009 at 6:53 AM