Handing Barack Obama an oddly premature Nobel Peace Prize puts the liberal blogger in your life in a bit of an awkward position. Fortunately, thanks to this no-class RNC press release it’s easy to stay on message attacking the Prize’s critics, rather than defending the decision on the merits:
The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?’ It is unfortunate that the president’s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. 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.
The criticism of Barack Obama for not delivering “fiscal responsibility” is particularly inane. George W. Bush inherited a budget surplus and turned it into a large and growing budget deficit. Obama has already taken concrete action to reduce the medium-term deficit. And the health care bill in the Senate will take concrete steps to reduce the long-term budget deficit. Does more need to be done? Yes. But under Obama concrete steps are being taken to get out of the hole Bush dug us into.
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