Posted on 10/09/2009 6:19:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what?
For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less than nine months — and only for 12 days before the Nobel nomination deadline last February — it was an enormous honor.
The prize seems to be more for Obama's promise than for his performance.
The Nobel committee, it seems, had the audacity to hope that he'll eventually produce a record worthy of its prize.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
How about a Nobel prize for economics. That would be a complimentary twofer and just as valid.
LOL!
This is a way of paying Obama off in advance for doing nothing to stop A-jad from getting his Bomb.
ESDD (European Self-Destrucion Disease) strikes again.
All of these threads kind of have the same underlying theme. In the abstract, it would appear the world has higher expectations of what one must do to receive the award than those who give the award.
BTTT!
LOL!!
>>> I am surprised that they are cheerleading this choice. <<<
Just to clarify, the *worst* of Euroweenie opinion seems to be “It’s too early.”
Wow, Bill Clinton must be a little jealous - he had to work at peace making, and that cut into his nookie time, but the new guy gets a free pass based on his 'promise'. Looks like the Nobel committee bought his Hope and Change campaign slogans.
The AP. I remember when that stood for Associated Press.
I will be unable to watch Obozo’s acceptance comments now. I tripped over a black cord behind my TV and now my TV doesn’t work, *sigh*
and after the game he’ll accept the Woman of the Year Award from Woman’s Day Magazine....
I promised to get 4.0 all through high school.
Should I have been given the valedictorian spot 11 days into my 9th grade year based on the promise?
I say we return the favor by kicking the UN out of the United States forever and stop funding it altogether.
If the Nobel Prize is based on good intentions, I intend to plant a field of space tulips on Jupiter thereby averting Earth’s destruction by the Insectoid Galactic Empire (which I plan on discovering in January with the telescope my Mom is giving me for Christmas).
that’s hilarious. actually got me to literally lol
Did they give it to Obummer just because he’s black? Couldn’t that be considered a kind of racism?
If this isn’t rich fodder for SNL and the late night comedians, I do not know what is.
Soros and the Chicago mob (who really are mobs rather than town hall protestors) told the NPP committee that if they didn’t vote this way, they’d be feeding the fishes in cement overshoes and let’s face it Sweden has a lot of water and fishes.
“An honor?? Being nominated on your 12th day in office should be an embarassment, its a joke.”
If ever there was proof that the NPP automatically honors the marxist du jour, this is it.
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