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Those efforts have resulted in five nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and four nominations for the Nobel Prize for literature.

The Nobel Prize ... and the nominees are ...

Q: Has X [name of person] been nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize?

A: Information about the nominations, investigations, and opinions concerning the award is kept secret for fifty years.

Q: Can I nominate someone for the Nobel Prize?

A: No, you cannot if you're not invited. Qualifications to nominate candidates vary somewhat among the different Nobel Prizes. To find out who has the right to submit proposals for an award, see information for each prize category:

Actually, the L.A. Times, of all newspapers, has an honest article on this subject. It notes at paragraph 21 that Tookie's Nobel Prize nominations "were made by friends of his." As I said in an earlier post, these are self-nominations, regardless of what the official Nobel Rules say.

Of course, saying that in print would drastically undercut the MSM's "Save Tookie" effort, as would the fact that he has never admitted or apologized for the murders, nor has he ever talked about his associates in the Crips -- despite his much-publicized rejections of gang violence.

In short, the L.A. Times has run one of the most thorough and accurate articles on this subject of any articles in the whole MSM. How could that have happened? Well, maybe it was during the recent turmoil in which all the editors of the paper were either on their way out the door, or distracted by the prospect of being justifiably fired. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

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