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Nobel panel saw Obama peace prize as ‘mistake,’ new book claims
The Washington Times ^
| September 16, 2015
| Meghan Bartlett
Posted on 09/16/2015 3:31:14 PM PDT by Hojczyk
[We] thought it would strengthen Obama and it didnt have this effect, he told the Associated Press in an interview.
The award so early in his term appeared to take the Obama White House by surprise, and Mr. Lundestad said U.S. officials privately asked if a Nobel Prize-winner had ever skipped the awards ceremony.
Normally the Nobel committees decision regarding recipients remains private, and Mr. Lundestads frank and revealing remarks regarding internal decisions have caused a stir in Norway, detailing the politicking and compromises that have gone into determining the annual laureate.
Even many of Obamas supporters thought that the prize was a mistake, Mr. Lundestad said. In the book, he expressed regret that the decision had been based in a hope for the future rather than recognition of past accomplishments, and that their expectations for Mr. Obama were not fulfilled.
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To: Hojczyk
Even the clueless Norweigians can look at the smoldering ruins on a world map and see Obama’s failures everywhere. Their prize isn’t worth having if this pathetic character was awarded it for “participating.”
To: Hojczyk
the NPP lost ALL of it's worth the day it was gifted to that murderous goathumper Yazzer PigFAT
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posted on
09/16/2015 4:26:55 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Dilbert San Diego
The day he got the prize was such a funny day here on Free Republic. Countless threads making fun of Obama winning the prize based on no accomplishments crowded out threads about other items in the news that day.Same with the Presidency but I don't remember that as a funny day.
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posted on
09/16/2015 4:27:37 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
To: Hojczyk
Like the article says though, it’s not all bad - at least people now realize the nominating committee works by politics, not facts. No more claims of objectivity.
Trivia question - who was the first winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
* President Teddy Roosevelt
To: Dilbert San Diego
Not only did the Obamanation not achieve peace after his ridiculous award, he caused instability, chaos, suffering, death, destruction, and a nuclear Iran instead.
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posted on
09/16/2015 4:41:43 PM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
“The day he got the prize was such a funny day here on Free Republic...”
That certainly was a fun day to be on Free Republic!
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:09:01 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:09:56 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:10:42 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:13:12 PM PDT
by
RaginRak
To: Hojczyk
Left wing partisan slime. But when haven't they been?
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:17:11 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: sport
Wrong. He got it for WHAT he is.
Not who he is.
To: Cowgirl of Justice
That was the word I was looking for. I just could not come up with it when I was typing the post. Thanks.
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:21:12 PM PDT
by
sport
To: canuck_conservative
Like the article says though, its not all bad - at least people now realize the nominating committee works by politics, not facts. No more claims of objectivity. Trivia question - who was the first winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
* President Teddy Roosevelt
Not so! Roosevelt won in 1906. The first Peace Prize winners (1901) were Henri Dunant and Frederic Passy.
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:22:19 PM PDT
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Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: sport
Great minds.
I just can’t get over the blacks who think he is one of them.
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
09/16/2015 5:44:23 PM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
To: Hojczyk
I knew it was an affirmation action Nobel from the git-go.
To: Hojczyk
[We] thought it would strengthen Obama and it didnt have this effect, he told the Associated Press in an interview. so there is proof that the AP is in the tank for the idiot in the White House.
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09/16/2015 5:54:40 PM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
To: Hojczyk
The Nobel Peace prize is a left wing joke .
To: Hojczyk
AFTER THE OBOZO FIASCO DOES ANYBODY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PISS PRIZE ANYMORE.
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