President Obama is only the third sitting president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  Conservative Americans should be cheering.

Instead, we read only jeering from FOX News:

In a clear dig at former President George W. Bush, a State Department spokesman compared President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to the flying footwear his predecessor faced in Iraq.

“From our standpoint, you know, we think that this gives us a sense of momentum … when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters on Friday.

Crowley was referring to a 2008 incident in which an Iraqi reporter hurled his shoe at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad. The act of protest struck a chord with millions in the Arab and Muslim worlds who had been captivated and angered by daily images of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

This is from the only article on the FOX News home page this evening relating to the honor afforded the president today:
State Department Lauds Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize by Making Jab at Bush.

This is not a dig at former President Bush. This is the truth. It was not a long ago that President Bush stood at a podium and dodged shoes thrown at him. Look:

FOX News should be cheering the fact that the United States of America has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, FOX News is still fixated with former President Bush.

We should all cheer America today. This is our day.

We’re finished with FOX News.

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