Read it and weep conservafools. Guess the world doesn't hate the prez as much as y'all bellowed during your gloatfest after Chicago's bid to get the 2016 Olympics failed.In a surprise decision, Obama became the fourth US president, the third sitting president and the first sitting president since Woodrow Wilson to be given the prestigious honor. The difference is he's getting it only 9 months into his presidency.
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said from the White House this morning.
Predictably, the conservahaters started sniping. GOP puppet Michael Steele stated, that its "unfortunate that the president's star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights."
You and your conservafriends a little jealous, Mikey?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee countered that it was trying "to promote what he stands for and the positive processes that have started now." It lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to reduce the world stock of nuclear arms, ease American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthen the U.S. role in combating climate change.The peace prize was created partly to encourage ongoing peace efforts but Obama's efforts are at far earlier stages than past winners'. The Nobel committee acknowledged that they may not bear fruit at all.
"He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us."
President Obama will be traveling to Oslo on December 10 to pick up his prize.