CORRECTION: They are stooping to all kinds of depths to defend or otherwise try (and fail) to rationalize this award, as well as exploiting this event to politicize it as much as, or more so, than the Nobel Committee itself, while being predictably rabid and stupid toward anything right of somewher left of center.

(This, while even some more-intelligent leftists are as confused or embarrassed, or even angry about this bogus award, as the mainstream is, angry when they identify actual, more deserving candidates this year, like the Chinese dissidents, for example, who were slighted in order to see another low-IQ superficial play-pen “anti-Bush” feeble-minded political statement being made. Either that, or the Nobel Committee was simply among the most trivial among the Idol Obama personality-cult crowd, which doesn't recover any credit for them, either.)

At best, it was mis-awarded, and should have been awarded to the US electorate for electing a black American to the office. That's about the most substantial claim that could be associated with this award.

I noticed the same was true with the Olympics nonsense – the republicans expressing hatred of America and glee over America's failure were almost entirely the republican talk show hosts and bloggers – the silence from the elected officials (with the exception of Cantor) was almost deafening.

Looks to me like there is a definite and growing disconnect between the talk show screechers and “hate-triots” (new word I learned last week!) and the republicans in office – and I'm relieved to see that the elected republicans at least have a minimal sense of self-preservation not to put their lot in with the anti-America crowd.