OK, yawn, I'm up way too early and have been web surfing and coffee drinking while my brain cells tried to kick start themselves into consciousness.
The royal couple are having a great week. They are in Copenhagen today, collecting the Nobel Peace Prize. Yawn. Oh, and Mrs. Obama has been selected as Barbara Walter's "Most Fascinating Person of the Year".
According to the LA Times, the number of American's who believe the president deserves to win a Nobel prize is dropping like a rock. He isn't gaining much favor from the European's either:
And according to news reports early today, Obama's decision to cancel numerous traditional visits by a prizewinner, including a news conference, a meeting on peace with children, viewing an exhibit in his honor and a concert, isn't going over too well up there. The president also rejected a lunch with Norway's king.
The CNN poll found only one percent of Americans do not have an opinion on the president's peace prize.
Doing the math from those numbers, that means that during the past eight weeks or so the proportion of fellow countrypersons who think the Chicago Democrat is undeserving of the global peace prize distinction has gone from an overwhelming 67% majority up to a gargantuan, groundshaking tsunami landslide majority of 80%.
I'm not going to comment on the Peace Prize this morning. I'll just direct you to a post I wrote on my other site. I still stand by that post.
As for the First Lady's honor, I'll again quote the LA Times:
Well, the long wait is over.
The holidays can now proceed.
Barbara Walters has announced the official Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of 2009.
It's not Adam Lambert, the oral sex mime. No, it's not Lady Gaga, the whatever. Nor is it Kate Gosselin. Or even Brett Favre.
And it is definitely not
Sarah Palin, who is a Republican making her second unsuccessful bid for the coveted national broadcast honor.
They were all just thrown in for the ratings mix anyway. Along with, of all people, Fox News' Glenn Beck.
Are you sitting down?
Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of the Year is .......Michelle Obama. A Democrat.
No, really.
Well, I'm not surprised, are you? Be sure to read the whole article. It is amazing that the First Lady was stammering in her replies to Ms. Walters. Maybe she was star-struck. Or maybe she needed to borrow Dear Leader's teleprompter…
I don't know about you, but I need some more coffee. Maybe with a shot of something else thrown in for good measure.
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