Siding with the Taliban...

More on Obama's Nobel...

As dedalus mentioned, this award has already got Rightards in high dudgeon. Michael Steele has already put his foot in his mouth this morning, Limbaugh appears to have gotten out of bed early in order to bitch, and the Usual Suspects are on the Rightard blogs demanding that Obama return the prize because... well, because they said so.

But the kicker to all of this, the one thing that reveals the small-minded, knee-jerk opposition to anything concerning President Obama and puts it right into perspective is this:

The Taliban doesn't like it, either.

Are the Obama haters really going to keep up their empty whining about this prize while knowing that one of the enemies they hate most on this planet - the freakin' Taliban - is right along side them, kvetching about the unfairness of it all?

Do Republicans really want to go there? Really??

Addendum: Ha. Someone at the DNC has had the same thought:

"The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO. "Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize - an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride - unless of course you are the Republican Party.

"The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It's no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore - it's an embarrassing label to claim," Woodhouse said.

Heh. Indeedy.