Nobel Prize, and the conservative comments

First, I want to congratulate President Obama on being only the third sitting President in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize. When the votes were calculated, during the first month of the Presidency, I remember the feelings of hope that inspired me and the enthusiasm that I felt for the future of the country. This is the framework in which our President won this award, not for any of his actions (or perceived inactions) since.

While I probably should not be, I am shocked at the reaction of the conservations to this award. Should we not be proud that not only a fellow American won this prestigious award, but that OUR sitting President won it? This lends cred to the idea that the conservatives wish to demean everything Obama does, and I for one feel it is time to start to echo their cries of "unpatriotism" that were levied on the Left during Bush's presidency. Could you imagine the response from the Right if Democrats said they wished the Olympics went to Rio De Janeiro instead of Chicago?? We would all be told to move down to Venezuela while we are at it and live under Chavez. Imagine the calls of unpatriotism if the chairman of the DNC said it was "unfortunate that the president's star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights." All of the Liberals that said this would be told to move to Europe, since we obviously are too un-American to want our President to win the award. It is the height of hypocrisy in my opinion and we need to start calling them out on it! This is my very small part of doing so and I hope others help out as well...

In a final note, there needs to be a call to influence anyone that supports RedState.com monetary. Erick Erickson's comment that "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," Erickson wrote. "There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period." is extremely racist and offensive - which I fear is the root of all the blind hatred towards our President.

~as posted on my blog, http://amoreperfectunion-dc.blogspot.com/"

Well Done on your commentary

We HAVE TO start calling them out on it, and the more ruthless and pointed and sharp-edged, the better.

We HAVE TO remind people that THIS is the "America First" crowd.

We HAVE TO remind everyone that the republi-CONS stood SQUARELY with such adorable groups as Hamas and the Taliban ("America First My Ass").

And we have to LAMINATE that to EVERY bad guy flying the "r" banner in EVERY election to come. Maybe even beyond Obama's time. We have to shove it back in their faces, up their noses, down their throats, and up their asses. Let them wear this dubious distinction FOREVER. Let them be shown for the selfish, cheapskate, jingoistic, hate-mongering, America-hating ASSHOLES they are.

They, like America at large, should NEVER be allowed to forget this. They should be forced to live with this, and have to live it down, for as long as the GOP exists. This needs to be their new permanent label.

The don't give one shit about this country, they care only about "winning". They want Obama to fail at anything and everything he does just to say "I told you so". 99% of the conservatives out there have the mind of a 2nd grader and they act like it.

They could not stop Bush from making them look like idiots day after day during his term and so they are trying like hell to make Obama look worse and it obviously isn't happening.

Couldn't agree more.


Peace,
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I also wanted to comment about the allegations by the conservatives that the Nobel Prize has become a politicized award. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican that won the award while he was in office, was it a liberal award then? He negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese war, which at the time was a great feat of international leadership and was the beginning of the US exerting its growing global influence. We'll give the Republicans a break that the treaty eventually led to the Bolshevik Revolution, but that is besides the point. The overall point that needs to be realized is that conservatives do not stand for peaceful achievements. It seems fairly obvious that at least a part of the award being given to the President was due to the committee wanting it to serve as a repudiation of the Bush administration. Let that sink in for a minute, the Bush Administration was such a threat to world peace that the election of Obama by the American people signified such a change that it was the most important movement towards peace of 2008. Conservatives can complain about the award being politicized, but until they actually embrace the tenets of peace they will always be on the sidelines complaining that only Democrats win the Nobel Prize.

This might be a little too simplistic but the whole debate by the conservative side seems to be akin to a bunch of basketball players complaining that only football players win the Heisman Trophy...