The Best Nobel Prize Tweets
Twitter has been buzzing about the president's Nobel prize this morning, and it's been enormously entertaining. Here's a sampling of our favorite tweets so far, a tweet-ology if you will. (Blogging about tweeting, alarmingly postmodern I know.)
Farhad Manjoo, Slate (@fmanjoo)
- Yo Barack, I'm really happy for you and imma let you finish, but Morgan Tsvangirai was one the most peaceful dudes ever.
Pour Me Coffee (@pourmecoffee)
- Nobel committee: Please DO NOT invite Joe Wilson to the awards presentation.
- Obama probably should have started with People Magazine's "Peaciest Man Alive" and worked up to the Nobel.
- Obama named Ricoh District 3 Salesperson of the Year for "presiding over new era of duplication sales and service."
- Nobel committee picks Obama for its fantasy peace team.
Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo (@brianbeutler)
- RT @SenArlenSpecter: Congratulations President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize/Translation: I'M A DEMOCRAT AND I LOVE YOU
- Conservatives last week: Hooray, America failed! Conservatives this week: Boo, America succeeded :(
- Clearly Obama should appoint an unaccountable Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Czar
Baratunde Thurston, Liberal Political Comedian (@baratunde):
- Possible US/Norway quid pro quo in the Obama #Nobel decision: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Leif-Erikson-Day/
Mike Madden, Salon.com (@mikemadden)
- Oslo must have realized it might take a Nobel laureate to get Blue Dogs, progressives to agree on healthcare reform.
Ana Marie Cox, Air America (@anamariecox)
- You know who also has a Nobel Peace Prize? Kissinger. (Not actually a joke.)
- Apparently Nobel prizes now being awarded to anyone who is not George Bush.
Ezra Klein, Washington Post (@ezraklein)
- Think the Right is mad now? Wait till Obama donates his winnings to ACORN.
- Obama also awarded Nobel prize in chemistry. "He's just got great chemistry," says Nobel committee.
Richard Kim, The Nation (@richard_kim)
- Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Behaving Like Normal American Imperial President
Mike Memoli, Real Clear Politics (@mikememoli)
- Breaking: MLB has awarded the Yankees the World Championship in recognition of their pursuit of excellence
Elvis Dingeldein, Writer (@elding)
- Nobel Prize means world only hates CHICAGO, not Obama.
Dave Wiegel, Washington Independent (@davewiegel)
- OK, still laughing at Fark's headline: "Barack Obama linked to terrorist Yasser Arafat"
- Remember when the rest of the world hated our failed president who started two wars? Man, that was awesome.
Matt Ygleasis, Think Progress (@mattygleasis)
- They should institute a Nobel Prize for driving conservatives crazy.
Rosie, not really sure who she is (@rosieandtheband)
- BREAKING: Nobel committee admits the reason Obama won Nobel Prize was for calling Kanye West a jackass
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