tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post3917948871989572597..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: The Nobel Committee's StatementLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-12206852050270490932009-10-09T12:48:43.567-07:002009-10-09T12:48:43.567-07:00Hear, hear.
"...crawling out of the baseboar...Hear, hear.<br /><br />"...crawling out of the baseboards of our national house" is an excellent turn of phrase.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-80515492539180908662009-10-09T12:45:04.598-07:002009-10-09T12:45:04.598-07:00don't think that in the wildest collective ima...don't think that in the wildest collective imaginations of the members of the Nobel Committee they could ever conceive of the anti-Obama feeding frenzy that giving this Peace Prize would present. Then again, who would have imagined the whole string of "birthers," "tea-baggers," and anti-health-reform screamers that have come crawling out of the baseboards of our national house during the past several months.<br /><br />I am trying to imagine what kinds of distasteful things these people will be saying tomorrow, after Barack Obama's speech about Gay Rights. I suppose, like most of the critics of this administration, the parties who are planning to be responsible for "bringing him down" are working on their reactions a good deal ahead of time. They are probably lined up at the trough already.<br /><br />The world did breathe a collective sigh of relief back in February after Barack Obama was sworn into office. Changing the course of a disaster in progress is enough of an incentive for me to award the person responsible for re-setting the coordinates a prize. This award shows the larger world that there really is a better and more cooperative future ahead.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-29282406822627733692009-10-09T12:43:11.537-07:002009-10-09T12:43:11.537-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.com