ABC’s Sawyer Gushes: Obama Nobel Win Is ‘Olympic Gold of Internati
October 9th, 2009 11:17 AM
Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer on Friday used an odd expression to fawn over Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize win. She cooed that the award is "the Olympic gold of international diplomacy." (Was this Sawyer’s way of saying the prize makes up for the Chicago Olympic failure?)In a follow-up segment, former top Democratic aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos touted what an enormous…
NBC's Lauer: Not to Be Rude, But Obama Hasn't Done Anything
October 9th, 2009 10:37 AM
Even Barack Obama’s fan club on NBC’s Today were stunned at the President’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. Co-host Matt Lauer found it baffling: “We’re less than a year into the first term of this president and there are no -- I'm not trying to be, you know, rude here -- no major foreign policy achievements, to date.”Meet the Press moderator David Gregory felt the need to point out the “left-…
White House: Scarborough 'A-Hole' For Mocking Nobel
October 9th, 2009 8:26 AM
Update 12:35 | Lachlan Markay - DNC Communications Director likens GOP to terrorists What a morning at Morning Joe! First, a "senior White House official" sent an email calling Joe Scarborough an "a-----e" for mocking Pres. Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. A bit later, responding to Rush Limbaugh's depiction of Scarborough as a "neutered, chickified moderate," Scarborough repeatedly claimed that Pres.…
