President Obama breaks record with most Medals of Freedom awarded

Washington Examiner ^ | November 22, 2016 | Gabby Morrongiello

[Road Warrior ‘04]

The “everybody gets a trophy” thing! Diminishes the value. If everybody is a super hero, nobody is a super hero!

[Luke21]

Just like a box of Cracker Jacks. Commie of the week.

[dp0622]

Why didn’t I get one? :)

[Da Coyote]

He gave one to a Rap “artist”.

Ergo, the medal is more worthless than a pike of sh*t.

Oh, forgot, it was crap to a crapper.

[WakeUpAndVote]

Play at fund raisers.

[logi_cal869]

Well, now...

Talk about the perfect post to get my morning constitutional going...

[castlegreyskull]

So they are giving him a medal of freedom of being a modern day equivalent of a court jester.

[A CA Guy]

Mostly the liberal awards. Cosby IMO loves his.

[rlmorel]

"What did Bruce Springsteen do to get one of these?"

[pgkdan]

Less than two months to go! Can’t wait for January 20!

[unread]

"President Obama breaks record with most Medals of Freedom awarded."

Cheap....dime a dozen...just like the folks "HE" gave them to....

[John 3_19-21]

From a thread the other day Obama has changed America. But the left will find that these changes will be largely non-ideological. Radical change breaks the system. It leaves scars. It crushes civic institutions. That. more than any of the ideological victories, will be the real impact of the Obama years.

[hal ogen]

Clown Prince nobama’s legacy: Degrade Everything.

[Rummyfan]

This is the most egregious case of celebrity brown-nosing I’ve ever seen. Ellen DeGeneres? Robert de Niro? Michael Jordan?

[Spok]

He’s desperate to leave a mark. Maybe another Nobel Prize...?

[DungeonMaster]

Getting a Nobel Peace price for doing nothing makes you really generous with other people’s things.

[Michael.SF.]

Here is the list:

Michael Jordan,
Diana Ross,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Bruce Springsteen,
Tom Hanks,
Robert De Niro,
Lorne Michaels,
Robert Redford,
Maya Lin,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Vin Scully,
Eduardo Pedron,
Cicely Tyson,
Bill and Melinda Gates,
Richard Garwin,
Frank Gehry,
Margaret Hamilton
and Newt Minow.

[angcat]

Partying while dead troops come home. I hope this bastard doesn’t live too long.

[Right Wing Assault]

His last order will be the awarding of the Medal of Freedom of ALL democrats.

[ConservativeDude]

Truly.

And sadly, there is some real talent there. Let’s face it: DeNiro and Springsteen....not to mention Kareem and Michael Jordan are obviously geniuses in their respective fields of endeavor. But obama has to tee everything up this way.

You know what would be a good reform? Presidents should only be able to give the medal to people in the other party. Yeah, the democrats would have to find recipients who are not as much in the limelight. And they would never do that, because they are unable to see the world in this way. But just in theory....it would restore the legitimacy to this award, which, in an ideal world, could actually have meaning.