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...like many West Wing staffers on Friday, Deputy White House Spokesman Bill Burton had been awoken by a phone call, in this case from an ABC News correspondent, Yunji De Nies, who told Burton that President Obama had just won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. "That is good," quipped Burton...
...minutes later, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called the President to wake him up with the news, which had been sent around internally to White House staff in an email from Situation Room Staff at about 5 a.m. that read: "Item of Interest: President Obama Wins Nobel Prize." (See pictures of President Obama's first eight months of diplomacy...
...used to describe his surprise at the news, but the President was happy to boast about his own daughters' comments to him later in the morning, an anecdote that served to highlight Obama's humble acceptance of the controversial award. "Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" (See TIME's photo-essay "Fun with Photoshop: Obama's Other Awards...
...award. "The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?'" Steele said in the statement. "One thing is certain - President Obama won't be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action." (Read "Obama's Nobel: The Last Thing He Needs...
...Nobel award has done nothing to assuage Israeli suspicions. Knesset Chairman Reuven Rivlin said he thought it was "very strange" that Obama had won the award and feared that the President would use it as an opportunity to force Israel into a peace deal. Bloggers have been harsher. "Thank you Nobel Prize Committee for awarding the most ridiculous Nobel Prize for Peace since 1994, when you awarded one to the terrorist leader Yasser Arafat," wrote jewliscious.com blogger Dahlia, a student living in Israel. "Well done and kudos...