Nobel Peace Prize

[Catty1]

With all the flak the guy gets, I'd be a fan of his getting this simply as a big act of encouragement! He ain't getting it anywhere else!

[Puckstop31]

The biggest joke of all will be if he actually has the cajones to accept the award. Is his ego that grand?

This is akin to all the kids on a team getting a trophy for participating.

Its also interesting to note that only two other sitting US Presidents have been given the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Note that both of those men were no friend of the individual Liberty this nation was founded on.

Interesting indeed.

[Grace]

Responses from three Americans -

Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty — both potential 2012 presidential contenders — urged restraint.

"There will be an outcry from those on the right who will say that Obama's nomination, made two weeks into his Presidency, is impossible to justify, but I think such an outcry will sound like right-wing whining," Huckabee said in a statement. "The better response is simply to allow those on the left to explain what he did in his first two weeks as President that merited such recognition."

Pawlenty, speaking on NPR, said there "will be some people who are saying 'Was it based on good intentions and thoughts or is it going to be based on good results?'"

"But I think the appropriate response is when anybody wins a Nobel Prize, that is a very noteworthy development and designation and I think the appropriate response is to say 'Congratulations,'" said the Minnesota governor.


John McCain, on CNN: "I can't divine all their intentions, but I think part of their decision-making was expectations. And I'm sure the president understands that he now has even more to live up to. But as Americans, we're proud when our president receives an award of that prestigious category.

[Edwina's Secretary]

"There will be an outcry from those on the right who will say that Obama's nomination, made two weeks into his Presidency, is impossible to justify, but I think such an outcry will sound like right-wing whining," Huckabee said in a statement. "The better response is simply to allow those on the left to explain what he did in his first two weeks as President that merited such recognition."

Interesting to note ...Mr. Huckabee doesn't seem to think there are any people in the middle???

[Pam]

Interesting to note ...Mr. Huckabee doesn't seem to think there are any people in the middle???

How can you be in the middle as far as thinking that 1) he deserved it or 2) he didn't. Is there a third option: 3) maybe he deserved it?

[Grace]

How can you be in the middle as far as thinking that 1) he deserved it or 2) he didn't. Is there a third option: 3) maybe he deserved it?

Yes, I believe there is a third option. And I'm one of those in the middle

[Edwina's Secretary]

Yes, I believe there is a third option. And I'm one of those in the middle

Me too.

[Pam]

Responses from three Americans -

Huckabee said in a statement. "The better response is simply to allow those on the left to explain what he did in his first two weeks as President that merited such recognition."

I like Huckabee's answer. I would like to hear that explanation as well. I am glad that I left the house this morning before the hubby heard the news. I am sure he had some choice words.

[RICHARD]

I was up this morning when they did a NEWS ALERT to announce the award.

One of the other nomines was a guy that built something like 25 schools with nothing in the way of funds or help.

It could only be more tragic if we, ourselves, had given him the award.


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Handing the NPP to BO is akin to having your sports team give a new/rookie player a contract for four years and paying him on how you expect him to perform.

Not a good comparison, but look at all the people who have been given GIANT paychecks, then stink up the locker room after they figure out they cannot cut the mustard......

IT makes no sense and the NPP award should be based on the way I roll.....

I only get paid/acknowledged AFTER I have done the work.

Anything else is just BS.

[Grace]

Handing the NPP to BO is akin to having your sports team give a new/rookie player a contract for four years and paying him on how you expect him to perform.

Not a good comparison, but look at all the people who have been given GIANT paychecks, then stink up the locker room after they figure out they cannot cut the mustard......

IT makes no sense and the NPP award should be based on the way I roll.....

I only get paid/acknowledged AFTER I have done the work.

Anything else is just BS.

Tell it to the Norwegians - they're the ones who made the unanimous decision.

[RICHARD]

Tell it to the Norwegians - they're the ones who made the unanimous decision.

I don't know Norway from Sweden-you expect me to comment on that part of the story????

As a matter of fact, Where is Nobel?

[Grace]

I don't know Norway from Sweden-you expect me to comment on that part of the story????

As a matter of fact, Where is Nobel?

Nobel is dead. That was Alfred Nobel. And you are correct - he was Swedish.

Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Norway and Sweden were at that time still in union, and with Sweden responsible for all foreign policy, Nobel felt that the prize might be less subject to political corruption if awarded by Norway. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the king, on December 10 (the anniversary of Nobel's death), and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Its also interesting to note that only two other sitting US Presidents have been given the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Note that both of those men were no friend of the individual Liberty this nation was founded on.

Interesting indeed.

I suppose you do not include Jimmy Carter because he was not sitting at the time (standing I suppose?)

[Puckstop31]

I suppose you do not include Jimmy Carter because he was not sitting at the time (standing I suppose?)

Uhhh, right. Sitting, as in "currently in office".

Its interesting that when the Nobel Peace Prize is given to a US President (current or former) that they are less than champions of individual freedom. In fact, they are/were rather authortarian.

Why not Ronald Reagan? Did he not win the Cold War?

Then again, if they give it to a life long terrorist like Yassir Arafat....

[Edwina's Secretary]

Why not Ronald Reagan? Did he not win the Cold War?

No, he did not.