Comments on: Quote (Zinger) of the Day: State Department On Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: kathykattenburg http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221549 kathykattenburg Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:02:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221549 I linked to this zinger at Comments from Left Field. It's delicious, imo, and very apt. I linked to this zinger at Comments from Left Field. It's delicious, imo, and very apt.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221510 DLS Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:37:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221510 "I think the Norwegian judges may have been smoking to many herring reefers."<br><br>They can find someone in California to reward (heyy, mann -- peace!) if pot is legalized there next year. “I think the Norwegian judges may have been smoking to many herring reefers.”

They can find someone in California to reward (heyy, mann — peace!) if pot is legalized there next year.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221509 DLS Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:36:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221509 "Ask Oslo why he got it, it's not the Administration's fault."<br><br>Note that the criticism is largely directed at Oslo (the Committee) and at the Prize's being a bigger joke than ever this year.<br><br>And unlike a certain earlier Clinton instance [ahem], this Prize isn't seen as having been lobbied for, before it was awarded. (Obama seemed truly surprised and embarrassed by the award, and handled the issue deftly.) That's the real "zinger" attribute, if anything, about this statement and position by State. “Ask Oslo why he got it, it's not the Administration's fault.”

Note that the criticism is largely directed at Oslo (the Committee) and at the Prize's being a bigger joke than ever this year.

And unlike a certain earlier Clinton instance [ahem], this Prize isn't seen as having been lobbied for, before it was awarded. (Obama seemed truly surprised and embarrassed by the award, and handled the issue deftly.) That's the real “zinger” attribute, if anything, about this statement and position by State.

]]> By: dduck12 http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221504 dduck12 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:56:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221504 Obama, please note: Ghandi did not have shoes, only sandals. Perhaps if someone had thrown shoes at Ghandi, maybe he too would have won a Nobel Peace Prize- he never did. I think the Norwegian judges may have been smoking to many herring reefers. Obama, please note: Ghandi did not have shoes, only sandals. Perhaps if someone had thrown shoes at Ghandi, maybe he too would have won a Nobel Peace Prize- he never did. I think the Norwegian judges may have been smoking to many herring reefers.

]]> By: karenvogel http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221500 karenvogel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:42:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221500 The State Department's right - it's better than shoes. But really, why are we asking them to defend Obama's prize? Ask Oslo why he got it, it's not the Administration's fault. The State Department's right – it's better than shoes. But really, why are we asking them to defend Obama's prize? Ask Oslo why he got it, it's not the Administration's fault.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/49156/quote-zinger-of-the-day-state-department-on-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-221496 DLS Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:27:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=49156#comment-221496 More Washington left-wing barrel scraping -- no big news at all.<br><br>All the goings-on in Washington (Dems, GOP, media) are but a sordid side show normal people despise.<br><br>The fringe defenders of the award (and attackers of the many critics, even on the Left, of this award, which was siller and more shallow than ever this year) only exhibit their low intelligence as well as low conduct, once more. They aren't even forthright enough to want "HOPE" and "CHANGE" engraved on a medallion, or for Obama's portrait to replace Nobel's, or (to "progress" beyond this early stunt-only award to what people ask already, what's next for Obama?) to have the award renamed the Barack Obama Hope and Change (if not Peace) Prize. More Washington left-wing barrel scraping — no big news at all.

All the goings-on in Washington (Dems, GOP, media) are but a sordid side show normal people despise.

The fringe defenders of the award (and attackers of the many critics, even on the Left, of this award, which was siller and more shallow than ever this year) only exhibit their low intelligence as well as low conduct, once more. They aren't even forthright enough to want “HOPE” and “CHANGE” engraved on a medallion, or for Obama's portrait to replace Nobel's, or (to “progress” beyond this early stunt-only award to what people ask already, what's next for Obama?) to have the award renamed the Barack Obama Hope and Change (if not Peace) Prize.

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