To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73345 ) 10/10/2009 8:13:46 PM From: jlallen 1 Recommendation Respond to of 224741 Two key White House aides were both convinced they were being punked when they heard the news, reported ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. “It’s not April 1, is it?” one said. .... the Times of London, declaring that the committee’s made a mockery of the award. .... "Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace… Mr Obama becomes the third sitting US President to receive the prize. The committee said today that he had “captured the world’s attention”. .... So ridiculous is this that George Stephanopoulos has taken to pulling the best Obama/Nobel jokes off of Twitter. More than one was written by a liberal. ....hotair.com Best Obama-Nobel Jokes October 09, 2009 10:09 AM Courtesy of conservative activist Keith Appell: Barack Obama’s Teleprompter: Big Guy says Bill Clinton called and was gracious in defeat; offered to fly Kanye West over 4 the Nobel awards ceremony. Erick Erickson: Obama is becoming Jimmy Carter faster than Jimmy Carter became Jimmy Carter. Ana Marie Cox: Apparently Nobel prizes now being awarded to anyone who is not George Bush. Headline over AP analysis by White House correspondent Jennifer Loven: He Won, But For What? Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review: I want to buy the world a coke. Ezra Klein: Obama also awarded Nobel prize in chemistry. "He's just got great chemistry," says Nobel Committee. Adam Bromberg, CRC: Nobel Prize Committee must be staffed by out of work comedy writers. Kristina Hernandez, CRC: It was the Beer Summit that put Obama over the edge. - George Stephanopoulosblogs.abcnews.com Whoops, seems even George Stephanopoulos, like Barack Obama himself, is a terror supporter ... per the DNC anyway.