Posted on 10/15/2009 6:31:20 AM PDT by LottieDah
OSLO — Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.
"VG has spoken to a number of sources who confirmed the impression that a majority of the Nobel committee, at first, had not decided to give the peace prize to Barack Obama," the newspaper said.
In a surprise move last Friday, the Nobel committee attributed the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama less than nine months after he had taken office.
The committee, appointed by the Norwegian parliament, honoured Obama for "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
"The committee was unanimous," its influential secretary Geir Lundestad told AFP on Friday.
But Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who represented the right-wing populist Progress Party on the committee, led the way in objecting to the choice of Obama because she questioned his ability to keep his promises, the newspaper said.
It also said the representative of the Conservative Party, Kaci Kullmann Five, and Aagot Valle, the representative of the Socialist Left, had objections.
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee is now vying for a Nobel Ass-Covering Prize after their Obama award fiasco.
Follow the Money!!!
Maybe they weren’t ALL smoking the same thing.
They voted against him before they voted for him, like Kerry.
The link doesn’t work.
But the Nobel Com. did win the International Egg-on-Your-Face Award for 2009.
Perhaps in the future the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded on April 1, so that in the event of their selection turning into an international joke, they could say “April Fool” and correct their mistake.
Maybe they weren’t ALL smoking the same thing.
A committee that would give Obama such a prize cannot be trusted not to fake the history of its deliberations if it thinks that will help to salvage its reputation.
They voted against him before they voted for him, like Kerry.
Yep...or so they would have us believe.
Ja, I vas out gettin’ a pack of cigarettes when dose knuckleheads did dat.
Damage Control, report to Oslo. Damage Control ...
Ironically, the minority wins.
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Whatever. The prize has alrady been awarded. I could care less about the in-fighting amongst the weegians on the committee.
Or drinking tea..... ya... lotsa tea I drink....
Yeah, I think they’ve been struck full in the face with a clue bat. Too late, though...fortunately.
Now....for that breathlessly awaited golden moment when America awakens from its thrall to see how far it has compromised itself!!!!!!
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