[fivecatsandadog]

First response: R U KIDDING?/?????? What the @#$%$! did he do to deserve it?

Okay, now - my first question was how? and then why? so I went to Wikipedia, and wa-la: the Nobel Peace Prize is, in itself, sometimes a “joke” - awarded on political basis.... and “Still others are selected for tireless efforts, as in the examples of Jimmy Carter and Mohamed ElBaradei. Others, even today, are quite controversial, due to the recipient’s political activity, as in the case of Henry Kissinger (1973 laureate), Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat (1978 laureates), Mikhail Gorbachev (1990 laureate) or Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat (1994 laureates). A widely discussed[who?] criticism of the peace-prize are the notable omissions, namely the failure to award individuals with widely recognized contributions to peace.”
And here’s the clincher: “Other infamous nominees included Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini. However, since nomination requires only support from one qualified person (e.g., a history professor), these unusual nominations do not represent the opinions of the Nobel committee itself.”

Would be VERY interesting to know who nominated this ding-a-ling. UN F***** BELIEVABLE.

[csense]

Would be VERY interesting to know who nominated this ding-a-ling.

Wouldn't it be interesting if it was his buddy, "Skip" Gates.

[Red_Devil 232]

Nominations had to be made before Feb. 1. He was only in office for two weeks.

[piasa]

The Weather Underground terrorist Ayers probably nominated him. After all, he does everything else for him.

[Dan Nunn]

And here’s the clincher: “Other infamous nominees included Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini. However, since nomination requires only support from one qualified person (e.g., a history professor), these unusual nominations do not represent the opinions of the Nobel committee itself.”

I'm surprised they didn't include Rush Limbaugh with those two names. Remember when Mark Levin nominated him a couple years back? Oh how hilarious the media coverage was!