Posted on 08/08/2013 3:20:24 PM PDT by Zakeet
The White House announced that President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award, to 16 recipients including television star and businesswoman Oprah Winfrey, legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and former President Bill Clinton.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom goes to men and women who have dedicated their own lives to enriching ours, Mr. Obama said in a statement released by the White House. This years honorees have been blessed with extraordinary talent, but what sets them apart is their gift for sharing that talent with the world.
Mr. Obama will award the medals later this year. In total, 16 people will receive the award, the White House said.
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Hitler isn’t getting one. It’s Bill this time. He made the world safe for lying about sex.
He also stained a dress, thereby sparing the world from the progeny of his and Monica Lewinsky’s (yuk) carnal union. That’s contributing to mankind, I guess.
Does oprah’s beard get one too?
Time for an Oprah rodeo clown.....
I stopped watching all “pat-me-on-the-back” shows about 30 years ago.
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