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Obama to receive JFK "Profile in Courage" award
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, March 2, 2017 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 03/02/2017 9:52:45 AM PST by gattaca

Former President Barack Obama was named Thursday as the winner of the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said Mr. Obama is being honored “for his enduring commitment to democratic ideals and elevating the standard of political courage in a new century.”

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late president, and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present Mr. Obama with the award on May 7 in Boston.

Mr. Obama said on Twitter that he is “humbled to be recognized by a family with a legacy of service.”

The foundation said Mr. Obama’s presidency “consistently reflected in so many ways, big and small, the definition of courage” cited by JFK in his 1957 book, “Profiles in Courage.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: blackpresident; jfk; x44
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1 posted on 03/02/2017 9:52:45 AM PST by gattaca
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What has Obama ever done that was courageous?


2 posted on 03/02/2017 9:54:24 AM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: gattaca

He also deserved the Cy Young Award for his opening day prowess.


3 posted on 03/02/2017 9:54:48 AM PST by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: gattaca

I guess setting the Middle East on fire is why he getting this award.


4 posted on 03/02/2017 9:55:01 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Jess Kitting

“What has Obama ever done that was courageous?”

Played golf without balls...


5 posted on 03/02/2017 9:55:12 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: gattaca
I have one reaction: BARF
6 posted on 03/02/2017 9:56:05 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: gattaca

Relations with Japan improved the day President Trump call her home.


7 posted on 03/02/2017 9:56:10 AM PST by ptsal
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To: gattaca

Right next to the meaningless Nobel.......


8 posted on 03/02/2017 9:56:17 AM PST by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: gattaca

ROTFL! Probably because he convinced them that it was he who dressed up in a SEAL suit and killed Osama. Idiots are a dime a dozen in this country these days. After all these years they are still falling for that Nigerian Prince email scam.


9 posted on 03/02/2017 9:56:43 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: gattaca

Another honor made worthless.

The fact that the Main Stream Media, Universities, the Entertainment industry all adored Obama, just where does the courage come in? Because he is (half) Black?

So the Profile in Courage award is just another participation ribbon for I LOVE ME WALL.


10 posted on 03/02/2017 9:58:44 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: gattaca

One thing he and Kennedy have in common is that both had an unattributed author write the book that made their reputations.


11 posted on 03/02/2017 9:59:29 AM PST by Montaignes Cat
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To: gattaca

Of course he gets the award from the woman he had as his Ambassador to Japan.
Typical liberal game: I scratch your back...you scratch mine.


12 posted on 03/02/2017 9:59:45 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: gattaca

It will look good next to his phony Nobel peace prize.


13 posted on 03/02/2017 10:00:04 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: americas.best.days...

He deserves an OSCAR for his role in the real life version of The Mancuhurian Candidate


14 posted on 03/02/2017 10:00:04 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Hahaha...great...put a smile on my face there!


15 posted on 03/02/2017 10:01:27 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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"...After all these years they are still falling for that Nigerian Prince email scam..."

Er...ah...that was a scam?

16 posted on 03/02/2017 10:02:28 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: gattaca

I guess that tells you what that ‘award’ is worth ... Obozo gets ONE-that means your parakeet should get 4 of them


17 posted on 03/02/2017 10:02:29 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Jess Kitting

Right. Leading from behind. Drawing pink lines in the sand. Maybe they meant “outrageous.”


18 posted on 03/02/2017 10:03:04 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: Jess Kitting

Just as the Pulitzer, Nobel, etc etc have degenerated into “My Folks” prizes,we now have-——
Former President Barack Obama was named Thursday as the winner of the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.


19 posted on 03/02/2017 10:03:04 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: Jess Kitting

He had the courage to lie that he opposed faggotry in order to get church going blacks to vote him into office so he could then advance the homosexual agenda.

As Dano Ratherbiased would say, courage.


20 posted on 03/02/2017 10:03:19 AM PST by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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