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October 12, 2007
Gore gets Nobel -- conservatives scoff
Conservatives reacted to the long-awaited news this morning that Al
Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with mocking derision.
For those on the right, the decision to confer the prize to the former
vice-president and U.N.'s climate change panel for their efforts to
increase awareness of global warming represents the further
politicization of what has traditionally been viewed as a prestigious
award.
"So now 'Algore' will join Yasir Arafat among the list of noble Nobel
peace laureates," Rush Limbaugh said with much sarcasm at the top of
his broadcast today.
The Norwegian committee, Limbaugh said, has "rendered themselves a
pure, 100 percent joke."
Citing Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, and former President
Jimmy Carter's award in 2002, Limbaugh added that "The Nobel committee
has lost all credibility since long before they awarded this award to
'Algore.'"
Conservatives think that the Oslo-based committee has become little
more than a vehicle for the international community to stick its
collective finger in the eye of the Bush administration.
In addition to Carter and Gore, the awarding of the prize to the
International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed
ElBaradei, in 2005 for their effort to promote diplomacy and
de-nuclearization was also widely seen on the right as a slap.
"I confess, I have been in a bit of a funk after learning of the
Gore/Nobel news," conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham said in
an e-mail.
"I really thought Cindy Sheehan should have been recognized."
Blogger and former Bush campaign staffer Patrick Ruffini also took the
sarcastic route, predicting future Nobels should Hillary Clinton win
the presidency next year.
In a post on TownHall.com, Ruffini predicted Hillary Clinton would win
the peace prize in 2010 "for ending the Iraq war" before her husband,
"Special Presidential Emissary Bill Clinton," picked up the honor in
2012 "for the so-called Bubbahmedinejahd Pact guaranteeing no U.S.
attack on Iran in exchange for a cap of 20 Iranian nuclear weapons."
Limbaugh, though, seemed to capture the views of most conservatives
(not to mention most political reporters) by expressing delight at
what the award would mean for the complicated Gore-Clinton
relationship.
"This majordomo of his, Albert Arnold 'Algore,' wins the Nobel for a
movie!?" Limbaugh said of Bill Clinton.
"He's supposed to be the guy who gets away with lies."
As for Gore's award, Limbaugh had a suggestion:
"I call on Albert Arnold 'Algore' to redirect his Nobel Peace Prize to
genuine agents of peace."
And who might that be?
Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. troops in Iraq.
"If there has ever been an engine of peace, it
October 12, 2007
Gore gets Nobel -- conservatives scoff
Conservatives reacted to the long-awaited news this morning that Al
Gore has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with mocking derision.
For those on the right, the decision to confer the prize to the former
vice-president and U.N.'s climate change panel for their efforts to
increase awareness of global warming represents the further
politicization of what has traditionally been viewed as a prestigious
award.
"So now 'Algore' will join Yasir Arafat among the list of noble Nobel
peace laureates," Rush Limbaugh said with much sarcasm at the top of
his broadcast today.
The Norwegian committee, Limbaugh said, has "rendered themselves a
pure, 100 percent joke."
Citing Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, and former President
Jimmy Carter's award in 2002, Limbaugh added that "The Nobel committee
has lost all credibility since long before they awarded this award to
'Algore.'"
Conservatives think that the Oslo-based committee has become little
more than a vehicle for the international community to stick its
collective finger in the eye of the Bush administration.
In addition to Carter and Gore, the awarding of the prize to the
International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed
ElBaradei, in 2005 for their effort to promote diplomacy and
de-nuclearization was also widely seen on the right as a slap.
"I confess, I have been in a bit of a funk after learning of the
Gore/Nobel news," conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham said in
an e-mail.
"I really thought Cindy Sheehan should have been recognized."
Blogger and former Bush campaign staffer Patrick Ruffini also took the
sarcastic route, predicting future Nobels should Hillary Clinton win
the presidency next year.
In a post on TownHall.com, Ruffini predicted Hillary Clinton would win
the peace prize in 2010 "for ending the Iraq war" before her husband,
"Special Presidential Emissary Bill Clinton," picked up the honor in
2012 "for the so-called Bubbahmedinejahd Pact guaranteeing no U.S.
attack on Iran in exchange for a cap of 20 Iranian nuclear weapons."
Limbaugh, though, seemed to capture the views of most conservatives
(not to mention most political reporters) by expressing delight at
what the award would mean for the complicated Gore-Clinton
relationship.
"This majordomo of his, Albert Arnold 'Algore,' wins the Nobel for a
movie!?" Limbaugh said of Bill Clinton.
"He's supposed to be the guy who gets away with lies."
As for Gore's award, Limbaugh had a suggestion:
"I call on Albert Arnold 'Algore' to redirect his Nobel Peace Prize to
genuine agents of peace."
And who might that be?
Army Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. troops in Iraq.
"If there has ever been an engine of peace, it
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