The Nobel Committee shocked the world today by awarding its Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama after only nine months in office. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, upon hearing the news, even emailed a stunned one-word response: "Wow."

For many conservatives, however, surprise turned quickly into derision. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough exemplified this by laughing and comparing the president to Marisa Tomei. A senior White house official reportedly emailed the show to tell Scarborough to "stop being an a**hole." Scarborough declined the offer.

Almost immediately, conservatives began calling on Obama to turn the award down. RNC Chairman Michael Steele joined the dogpile, asking what Obama has done, and the Democratic National Committee classily compared Republicans to terrorists, who also believe the president didn't deserve the award.

Then, the president spoke about the honor this morning and made them all look stupid. Keep reading for video of the President's remarks and our predictions on what this means for the future of politics.

Obama seemed to put it all in perspective with this neat summation:

"I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations. "

He went on to say he would accept the award, and share it with those he felt were deserving, including U.S. troops.

Will the president's humble, unifying words quell conservative apoplexy? What else will unfold? Here's what we expect to see:

-- President Obama will call himself from the White House to congratulate himself.

-- Lou Dobbs will demand the prize be rescinded until Obama produces his "real" birth certificate.

-- Once his purchase is approved, Rush Limbaugh will demand that the NFL award the Rams a Super Bowl trophy.

-- Inhabitants of the moon will file a grievance with the Nobel Committee that simply says "WTF?!?"

-- Al Gore will be a little bit chilly to Obama at fundraisers.

-- The Nobel Prize committee will win a Nobel Prize for getting millions of conservatives to finally Google the word peace.

-- David Letterman will host Nobel Prize Awards Show. "Obama, Oprah. Oprah, Obama."

-- First line of Obama's acceptance speech will be "Is Jack Lemmon here?"

-- Kanye West and Congressman Joe Wilson will double-team Obama's acceptance speech.

-- Asylum staff will begin preparing submissions to the Pulitzer committee.