Today’s announcement that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - having been nominated a grand total of 12 days into his presidency - officially places Obama and the Nobel Committee alike beyond parody.
This award shows that the intellectual integrity of the Nobel committee has been seriously compromised.
Even Obama himself, in an uncharacteristic expression of humility, said he hasn’t done anything to deserve it. For once, I am in complete agreement with the president this time.. They have become a joke - a banal parody of a once great and prestigious organization. Once more, a golden idol has been shown to have feet of clay. The idea that Barack Obama woke up this morning and was “surprised” by the announcement that he had won the prize is perhaps the biggest lie that has ever been told.
Let’s make no mistake about it: this award is a Quid Pro Quo. Obama should, if he had any conscience whatsoever, award the Prize to America’s men and women fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. And those brave people are going to suffer because of it.
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President Obama was as surprised as anyone about this. And I would think that you as a republican would be at least proud the President did the all American thing and take the prize money LTM. Of course he probably donated it to ACORN.
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