Sad Commentary

**Bruno** · 10-12-2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by billyjeff2

Well here is exactly my point. Agree or disagree over whether he was the right choice, it still amazes me people are unhappy their president was honored with an award. Reminds me of the video showing the conservatives clapping their hands upon hearing the olympics weren't going to be held in the US--they'd rather their country lose than see those they politically oppose get recognized. Sad.

There is a difference. For the olympics it is indeed a bit childish (though the olympics cost a ton of money so that may have been a factor). For the nobel prize, there is nothing he did to deserve it imo.

Granted, he did no start a war and he has extended diplomatic talks to countries like Iran. And that is very much a positive thing. Bu it is nothing that other countries don't do already. It's like being awarded for not beating your wife. You're supposed to not beat your wife. You don't get credit for it.

**Bruno** · 10-12-2009, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by loueedacat

how cool would it have been if obama had said "this is quite an honor, but I don't deserve it and insist that it be given to one of the many who deeply deserve it this year. I hope I will earn it over the course of my presidency and will be back if I do."

Nah, too used to getting worshipping applause from desperate liberals to even remember when he deserves something and when he doesn't.

That would have been a true sign of greatness imo, all the more because it is actually true, and he wants to EARN it.

**59caddy** · 10-13-2009, 05:03 PM

i do not know if some of you know this, i just found out a couple of days ago. obama was only in office 12 days when the nobel prize committee voted to award this to him...this sounds too great to believe, he did not even know where the all the bathrooms were in the white house, but he won the award

**gugi** · 10-13-2009, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by 59caddy

obama was only in office 12 days when the nobel prize committee voted to award this to him...

I don't know if it is true, and I am highly skeptical about it. What evidence do you have to support this claim?

**mhailey** · 10-13-2009, 06:14 PM

It is true (kind of). The nomination deadline is Feburary 1 of each year (or the envelope containing the nomination must be postmarked no later than Feburary 1 of that year). Process of Nomination and Selection from the Nobel site itself.

Obama took office on January 20, 2009, and the nomination deadline was Feburary 1, 2009.

He was not chosen only 12 days after taking office, but his nomination was entered 12 days after taking office.

**honedright** · 10-13-2009, 06:24 PM

Oh rules! Hell with rules. See, there's rules, and then there are Obama rules.

**mhailey** · 10-13-2009, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by honedright

Oh rules! Hell with rules. See, there's rules, and then there are Obama rules.

And then there is "SanDemis High School Football RULES!!!"

**loueedacat** · 10-13-2009, 06:40 PM

Isn't it ironic that Norway, a home of the Vikings, awards the big peace award. Maybe there is an irony here that we are missing........and all these vikings in valhalla with odin are laughing at this silly peace award they give out for a bunch of laughs, and how funny it is that all these international girlie men care about it.

**shuka** · 10-13-2009, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by riooso

No one.....absolutely no one deserves the Nobel Peace Prize afer being in office for 12 days, which is when the final vote took place. Give me a break! The same prize that Martin Luther King got! Talk about President Obama worship. What a shame! It used to mean something to get a peace prize. To be relegated to the statue of a Cracker Jack box prize. Is there nothing anybody takes pride in anymore?

Later,
Richard

Hi -
I was under the impression that the cut-off for nomination occurred 12 days after Obama was elected, but that the committee's evaluation of his performance was based on a longer time scale (couldn't have been really long, though!).

Is this correct?
Thanks,
Shuka

**hoglahoo** · 10-13-2009, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by shuka

I was under the impression that the cut-off for nomination occurred 12 days after Obama was elected, but that the committee's evaluation of his performance was based on a longer time scale (couldn't have been really long, though!).

Is this correct?

I'm under the impression that he was a shoo-in for the peace prize based on his campaign promises long before the election

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