Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

When someone else explains something so much better than you ever could then why re-invent the wheel? Rachel Maddow lays out the case for why our president was deserving of the honor that was announced on Friday morning and how strange it is that people are getting so bent out of shape over it.

Rachel Maddow: The Nobel Prize & Obama Derangement Syndrome

"The American president just won the Nobel Peace Prize. By any reasonable measure, all Americans should be proud." - Rachel Maddow

UPDATE - I can't resist adding this comment from Bill Maher.

"Republicans would bitch if Obama got a BET award."

- BILL MAHER, on the right’s reaction to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, on Real Time