Posted on 12/09/2009 3:59:28 PM PST by george76
Trip to Norway Reignites Debate Over Obama's Qualifications for Prestigious Award.
There is a bit of irony in that just 10 days after announcing the deployment of 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan, President Obama will accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Thursday in Oslo, Norway.
the White House said he will acknowledge that he accepts the peace prize as a war president.
Aides said he will address Afghanistan and the decision to add troops there and present it in the overall context of the award he is accepting.
The peace prize sparked considerable debate over Obama's qualifications: Was his resume too thin?
"It's like giving an Oscar award halfway through the movie when you haven't seen how it ends,"
likely his other sister, Auma Obama, would meet him there .
The award comes with a $1.4 million prize, which the Obamas will donate to charity. Gibbs said that while "a series of charities are being looked at," no final decision has been made.
Jimmy Carter won in 2002,
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Awarding the Nobel prize to Obama has to be the most idiotic thing I have ever heard of from people who are supposed to not be stupid.
“likely his other sister, Auma Obama, would meet him there.”
Auma will be there? How about Mama? Auma and Momma Obama...you can’t make this stuff up...
well as much i hate it to defend obama.but this is really not his fault. it´s the fault of the stupid people who awarded it “pre-emptive” and there for made this “prize” absolutely worthless for all future generations.
Perhaps ... but he just does not have the class to have politely declined (which would have been a political masterstroke). He is so 'special' after all!
The fix was in and he gladly played along, IMO.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
- Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, United States Constitution
odumbo could of and should of denied it. He decided to be there chump. It is his fault
Perhaps ... but he just does not have the class to have politely declined (which would have been a political masterstroke). He is so ‘special’ after all!
Actually his political enemies just might have gained a grain of respect for him. I certainly don’t think any conservative who are mainly his opponents would attack him for doing the right thing.
really? i don´t think this way. btw. if you think that Obamas enemys sit only in the US then you are definetly wrong. Fact is the EU welcomes every desicion which makes the US more “weak”. this is politics. the EU wants to be the lone superpower again and the US is some kind of hinderniss in the way (not a real problem in the long way if you believe the “elites” but still something which should be dealt in the next years). remeber the EU is not your friend. nor is the US government the friend of the EU. the people here like you by the most. this is it. nothing more nothing less.
well as much i hate it to defend obama.but this is really not his fault. it´s the fault of the stupid people who awarded it “pre-emptive” and there for made this “prize” absolutely worthless for all future generations.
Sorry, but he did accept it. He could have respectfully declined, like President Eisenhower did.
Hoo-haa!
He ought to have immediately recognized this for the absurdity it was and remains, then taken immediate steps to mitigate.
But, that Jiminy Cricket on his shoulder told him ... 'go ahead! take it! yo deserve it'.
What a guy, our Putz-Pres ...
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