Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
It is so funny to me how the conservatives are havng conniption fits
over Obama's selection for the honor. As you said before, Obama did not
nominate himself.
Paul Krugman writes a regular column for the NY Times. In his piece last Sunday, he said this -

If Republicans think something might be good for the president, they’re against it — whether or not it’s good for America.
BTW - Mr. Krugman was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.