Obama Peace Prize Links
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- stevebruskCNN: State Dept. spokesman on Pres's Nobel Prize: "gives us a sense of momentum when (US) has accolades tossed its way rather than shoes"
- @stevebruskCNN
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 2:53PM EDT
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 12:35PM EDT
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Chris said:
Quote: He gets at least the same amount of glory--and helps solve his narcissism problem and his Fred Armisen ('What's he done?') problem, demonstrating that he's uncomfortable with his reputation as a man overcelebrated for his potential long before he's started to realize it.
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 12:33PM EDT
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Chris said:
Quote: In the Kenyan city of Kisumu, the home province of Obama's father, local radio shows interrupted broadcasting to have live phone-ins so callers could congratulate Obama on his win. Traders in the market huddled around hand-held radios and touts shouted the news from the windows of local minibuses.
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 12:32PM EDT
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Chris said:
Quote: "Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 on the grounds that it was incompatible with his role as a writer."
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- DNC: Stele And GOP Have Thrown In Their Lot With The Terrorists By Criticizing Obama's Nobel
- The Plum Line
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 12:22PM EDT
- Quote: The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize - an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride - unless of course you are the Republican Party.
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- chucktpolitical: Reality Check: He begins his day receiving the Nobel Peace prize... He ends it having to discussing ramping up a war.
- @chucktpolitical
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 11:36AM EDT
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- dangillmor: When did they rename it the Nobel Prize for Really Good Intentions?
- @dangillmor
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 11:31AM EDT
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 11:27AM EDT
- Quote: I think it's more an award to America for rejoining the world than recognition of President Obama per se. People here underestimate how relieved the world is to have a more engaged, less bullying America.
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 11:00AM EDT
- Quote: "We have seen no change in his strategy for peace. He has done nothing for peace in Afghanistan," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP. "We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama," he said by telephone from an undisclosed location.
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- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on October 9, 2009 at 10:30AM EDT
- Quote: Perhaps next they'll start giving Oscars not to the people who have made the best movies of last year, but to the people who have the best chance of making the best movies next year.
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