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Obama Will Give Nobel Peace Prize Money to Charity
cnn ^ | Posted: 02:04 PM ET

Posted on 10/09/2009 6:40:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin

President Barack Obama will donate the roughly $1.4 million award from his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to charity, a White House spokesman said Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bribery; corruption; cultureofcorruption; impropriety
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Wait a minute?

Isn't it OUR MONEY?

1 posted on 10/09/2009 6:40:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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How can a sitting President receive cash from anyone and then exercise control over it?

What an easy way to hide a BRIBE.

2 posted on 10/09/2009 6:41:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh thats nice. Would one think he wouldnt. Could you imagine if he bought a car or something. lol


3 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:13 PM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: BenLurkin

Zer0 will donate it to Acorn.


4 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:15 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: BenLurkin

He CAN”T do that. He by law has to turn it over to the GOVERNMENT.


5 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:19 PM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: BenLurkin

Well ... good for him.


6 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:26 PM PDT by Irish Rose (Will work for chocolate.)
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To: BenLurkin

Will he give it to Rev Wright or to ACORN?


7 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:28 PM PDT by mathprof
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To: BenLurkin

If he flies AF1 to Norway at taxpayer expense to accept the prize, then it will be our money.


8 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:34 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: BenLurkin

He’ll be giving it to Acorn?


9 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:48 PM PDT by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: BenLurkin

Shouldn’t he be in downtown Detroit giving it out to his people?


10 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: BenLurkin

How bout he keeps the 1.4 million . . . and our children keep the trillion he’s stealing from them.


11 posted on 10/09/2009 6:42:51 PM PDT by TheVitaminPress
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To: BenLurkin

I think he’d be an embarrassment if he dared keep it. He’s probably already got all the money he’s going to need for the rest of his life. He’s set up for life.


12 posted on 10/09/2009 6:43:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (DUDE! Where's MY Nobel Peace Prize?)
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To: mathprof

If he takes the money and then donates — doesn’t he have to pay taxes on it?


13 posted on 10/09/2009 6:43:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: BenLurkin

Let me be the first to call B.S. on this.


14 posted on 10/09/2009 6:43:56 PM PDT by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: BenLurkin

Just an announcement to make him seem nice.

If I remember correctly he can NOT accept the cash legally

So the press makes him seem like something special.


15 posted on 10/09/2009 6:44:31 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
In the basement of the Ronald Reagan library is a literal treasure trove of gifts that the President received while in office — he could not keep ANY of them.
16 posted on 10/09/2009 6:44:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
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To: BenLurkin

We get to pay to fly him and his whole damned entourage over to get the stupid thing. Michelle will need a whole new wardrobe too!


17 posted on 10/09/2009 6:45:05 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: BenLurkin

It will go to CAIR!!!!!


18 posted on 10/09/2009 6:45:27 PM PDT by GregB (God sent us Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

No, he hasn’t changed the limits for deductability for charities yet. That comes later.


19 posted on 10/09/2009 6:45:35 PM PDT by mathprof
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To: BenLurkin

I have been intending to do great things with 1.4 million dollars for most of my life. To honor the thought process behind his selection, he should give it to me.


20 posted on 10/09/2009 6:46:08 PM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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