I was curious about what the right-wing pundits would have to say about Obama's Nobel speech. While some of them actually found things to praise about the speech, and the president, most found at least something to attack and sneer at.
Just about everyone, across the spectrum, thinks the award was premature, and had to be somewhat embarrassing for a president who's just escalated a war, so I won't bother with that line of criticism. Aside from that, what they did decide to criticize was interesting, for what it expresses about where they still are on the right, and the values they hold.
As a public service, and in the spirit of bridging divides through the light of understanding, here are my summaries, in no particular order, of some of the most serious philosophical criticisms (such as they are) from the right, as found on memeorandum, leaving aside the usual juvenile sniping and name calling (which as you might expect makes up most of it).
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