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  1. nomad2112

    nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

    Five liberals give another liberal somebody else’s money. It’s just politics as usual.

  2. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Here’s Hope all over again.
    Let me just add to that cartoon a ball and chain to Obama’s right ankle, to represent those Americans that cheer every setback or delay Obama encounters.

  3. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Why do the righties like Rush, and his toadies like Nomad, hate peace so much???

    It’s obvious that they never went to war.

  4. cdward

    cdward said, 4 months ago

    The Peace Prize is one of the more interesting Nobel prizes because it does not merely represent accomplishments. And it is often given to people who have not accomplished their goals. Rather, it’s regularly given to folks in the middle of something not finished, but are working for peace, and whose efforts made a big impact that year.

    Having said that, I think Obama sees the award as an unwelcome distraction – one he would have happily done without. However, I disagree with those who think he could have easily or gracefully refused it. That would have simply earned him another round of criticism. In essence, no matter what he did, many would scream.

  5. Paulo Santos

    Paulo Santos said, 4 months ago

    @Magnaut That’s just so awful!

  6. Corosive Frog

    Corosive FrogGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    The toon nailed it.

  7. richardelguru

    richardelguruGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    I have a sneaking suspicion that they REALLY awarded the prize to him for not being W—and as a sort of final slap or nose-thumbing at Bush.
    If that’s true then the charge of getting it too early becomes moot, as Obama has not been W for most (if not all) of his life so far.

  8. Copperdomebodhi

    Copperdomebodhi said, 4 months ago

    Liberals win prizes for promoting peace because liberals promote peace. Obama only needed nine months to redirect the foreign policy of the world’s foremost superpower away from the “clash of civilizations” model and towards intercultural unity against extremist violence. Right-wingers’ plan for promoting peace is, “After we kill all the bad guys and bully the rest of the world into doing what we want, everything will be hunky-dory”.

    The winner in 2006 was Mohammed Yunus, the guy who figured out we could promote social stability in the third world with ‘micro-loans’. That’s a capitalist solution that American conservatives could have come up with, if only they gave a dang about the world outside the borders of the red states.

    When the Nobel committee offers prizes for arrogance, name-calling and mindless devotion to dogma, Republicans will win in a walk.

  9. harleyquinn

    harleyquinnGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    They think if they give him the “prize” they can lead him around with it. But just look who won it in the past and we can see how baseless the “prize” really is.

  10. Magnaut

    MagnautGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Paulo Santos…tell us what qualifications you think Obama offered for his job or the prize?

  11. HUMPHRIES

    HUMPHRIESGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Magnaut - how about the possibility of the US working with the rest of the word instead of a ham fisted poli who couldn’t control an “inner circle” that left the world on the edge of destabilization.

  12. ahab

    ahabGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Magnut, can you name one person in the Bush administration who deserved it by comparison?

  13. seablood

    seablood said, 4 months ago

    The Nobel chairman said that he understands all the doubts that people have about the prematurity of Obama’s prize. But he said the prize was given in order to “strengthen Obama’s hand”. In other words, they have confidence that Obama will accomplish much more if only people would get off his bleeepin’ back!! I say it’s worth it.

  14. Ira Nayman

    Ira Nayman said, 4 months ago

    Obama stopped the creation of missile defense batteries in Poland and the Czech Republic, which brought Russia back to the table, where the two countries are talking about nuclear arms limitations again. He is also engaging Iran in diplomacy instead of invading it. He addressed the Arab world, telling it that respects it and does not believe we are engaged in a clash of civilizations. He wants to wind down the war in Iraq (although the warmongers in the US are making it difficult) and he is having second thoughts about the War in Afghanistan.

    While I would agree that the Nobel Peace Prize is partially about hopes for the future, we shouldn’t let that blind us from the fact that Obama has done a lot of concrete things that have made the world safer.

  15. Tecolote

    TecoloteGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Obama can’t be forgiven for not being “W” Not for bush but for NOT BEING WHITE!
    A black man leading this country? That is sure scary. just ask Rush.

  16. seablood

    seablood said, 4 months ago

    Ira, I had forgotten about the missile defense brouhaha. It now makes sense that Lech Walenca was a bit negative about Obama’s Nobel Prize. He was just looking at things from his own selfish view point,

  17. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Hey, Maggot, What did Bush do for the world ? He should be in the Hague, and you want to snivel about Obama raising the level of respect for our country ? The world is recognizing that we, as a country can lead again. We have a man of morals, integrity and intelligence.
    The more republicans try to trip him up, the more the rest of the world will back him up.

  18. Loco80

    Loco80 said, 4 months ago

    Why is it that only liberals can quote Rush? Well, that’s because only liberals watch Rush. Conservatives know it is a waste of time.
    Teco, many of us voted for a black candidate in the 2000 and 2004 republican primary ahead of Mr Bush, but he never got much puclicity in the media. He was on the wrong side. The scary part about Mr Obama’s candidacy was that he was a freshman senator, and that showed.
    By the way,what does any mention of Mr Bush have to do with this cartoon?
    Anthony - sorry about last week. I had a wedgie about someone else, and took it out on you. My error.

  19. HabaneroBuck

    HabaneroBuck said, 4 months ago

    I think everybody gravely misunderstands the United States when they insinuate that WE should fall into some kind of line with “the rest of the world.” The United States has always, ALWAYS, been the leader of the world in terms of freedoms of speech, religion, property and such. We have absolutely no need to “listen” to the rest of the world, it has tacitly been proven that our way succeeds, is right, and is to be a model for others to follow.

    All that bleeep about “talking” with Iran, Russia, presumably Syria and North Korea is absolute ignorance. The Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded for decades prior to Hitler’s rise and the Communists’ rise to prominence after WWII. Guess what, not everyone is as interested in peace as we are. Fact of life, fact of history.

  20. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    ^ We have absolutely no need to “listen” to the rest of the world, it has tacitly been proven that our way succeeds, is right, and is to be a model for others to follow.

    Are you trolling or just an idiot?

    Guess what, not everyone is as interested in peace as we are. Fact of life, fact of history.

    lol! Ok, you’re a comedian. Your satire is pretty good, sorry I doubted you. :-|

  21. LLeRay

    LLeRayGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    W gave his cronies medals for incompetence and starting wars without provocation. They get bigger paychecks than the Nobel committee gives, too.

  22. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    The Strings don’t start with Cheney or anyone else visible .
    Follow the money and find out who’s yanking OUR chain .

  23. Loco80

    Loco80 said, 4 months ago

    LL - how about slick willie and grenada? Medals for nothin’ and your chicks for free. I want my MTV!
    Senor - blank stare from a neanderthal, how apropriate.

  24. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Habanero is a big fan of Palin, which gives you the needed context.

  25. senorbullwinkle

    senorbullwinkleGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    40 TACOS, Coming from a man that plays with trains, that hurts, I’m your Father !
    And about Bush, We used to say that to you about Clinton, But now we’ve come over to your side. LOL.
    But dont look now, You just did it again.

    BANO BUCK, (if you dont know what “BANO” means, It’s Spanish,look it up. It has something to do with Larry Craig.)
    Guess you never heard of Gitmo, or Rendition’s. Or the Thousands who protested Bush.
    Freedom of speech, cute .
    video 3:20
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jqrifIQ7k

  26. Magnaut

    MagnautGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    heY guys O’BAMBI cancelled the war on terror, W is gone. enjoy living in the past as you watch Afghanistan and Iraq you can rejoice because you brought us into the BUSH-LEAGUE

  27. jmrocher2001

    jmrocher2001 said, 4 months ago

    “We have absolutely no need to “listen” to the rest of the world, it has tacitly been proven that our way succeeds, is right, and is to be a model for others to follow.”

    Have fun driving your GM car, Habanero-san.

  28. deadheadzan

    deadheadzanGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Habanero, dude, please read some history. The USA is a paradox in many ways. Slaves were legal when the Constitution was written, also at that time only property owning men could vote. This country was horrible to the Native Americans. Great Britain and France were many times, (not always) more honorable in dealing with Native American tribes. To think we are perfect is an injustice to ourselves. Otherwise we are complacent and allow injustice to grow.

  29. fritzoid

    fritzoid said, 3 months ago

    “LL - how about slick willie and grenada? Medals for nothin’ and your chicks for free. I want my MTV! ”

    Ummm Loco? The Great Grenada Cavalcade of Medals was Reagan.

  30. churchillwasright

    churchillwasright said, 3 months ago

    Yes, Granada was under Reagan. That’s why we went in, and that’s why we won.

  31. omQ R

    omQ RGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Granada was recaptured from the Muslims by Reagan? Ai caramba! I knew Reagan was old when he took office but I had no idea he was a contemporary of Columbus!

    But if you’re talking of Grenada in 1983 and not Granada in 1492 (incidentaly Columbus sailed to Grenada in 1498! )…

  32. fritzoid

    fritzoid said, 3 months ago

    We won in Grenada because there was virtually nobody there to fight. Didn’t stop the medals from being distributed, though…

  33. senorbullwinkle