A Nobel Peace Prize?
October 9th 2009 21:52
Seriously? Barack Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize? The nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize were due twelve days after Obama was inaugurated. TWELVE DAYS. What did he do in those twelve days to merit a nomination? And who submitted the nomination? Can we get some answers here? It's a joke that he was nominated so early in his presidency. What's even more hilarious, though, is that he WON the award nine months into his presidency. What has he accomplished? There were 205 nominees. Are you telling me that none of the others accomplished more to advance world peace than Obama? If they accomplished anything at ALL, they accomplished more than Obama. He has done nothing but talk. If the award was based on just his words, then his teleprompter should've received the award. It supplied the words that have apparently healed the world.
As I thought further about this, however, it dawned on me. I figured out what Obama accomplished and why he won. He was very skilled at not being named George Bush. The selection committee so despised George Bush that they'd bestow their weightiest honor on any liberal in charge of America who doesn't have that name. That's what Obama accomplished. Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency, she would have snared the "honor". And this is not the first time the committee's loathing of Bush influenced their choice. Jimmy Carter won a few years ago. At the time, it was largely viewed as a slap at Dubya and his foreign policy. And don't forget Al Gore. He was the anti-Bush in terms of environmental issues. So there have been three Nobel Peace Prizes awarded in the last eight years that were directly attributable to Dubya. Had he not been president, it's likely that none of the three would've won.
The Nobel Peace Prize selection committee has turned itself into a laughingstock. My suggestion? Change the name of the award from the Nobel Peace Prize to the Ultra-Liberal, Anti-Bush Prize. At least that would be an honest representation of what the award is about.
As I thought further about this, however, it dawned on me. I figured out what Obama accomplished and why he won. He was very skilled at not being named George Bush. The selection committee so despised George Bush that they'd bestow their weightiest honor on any liberal in charge of America who doesn't have that name. That's what Obama accomplished. Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency, she would have snared the "honor". And this is not the first time the committee's loathing of Bush influenced their choice. Jimmy Carter won a few years ago. At the time, it was largely viewed as a slap at Dubya and his foreign policy. And don't forget Al Gore. He was the anti-Bush in terms of environmental issues. So there have been three Nobel Peace Prizes awarded in the last eight years that were directly attributable to Dubya. Had he not been president, it's likely that none of the three would've won.
The Nobel Peace Prize selection committee has turned itself into a laughingstock. My suggestion? Change the name of the award from the Nobel Peace Prize to the Ultra-Liberal, Anti-Bush Prize. At least that would be an honest representation of what the award is about.
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