Dear Leader wins Nobel Peace Prize.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by kev20

talking about the fact that LG actually didn't blindly defend his comrade for winning.

got it.

He's one of the few. The rest are scrambling right now to try and make this thing real.

[TennTradition]

I know that the like Obama in Norway, but this is a bit much (to say the least). I think that they view America as a lot more racist than it is, so his winning was like scaling Mt. Everest in your underwear or something. Any time they would bring up something negative about America, it was followed with "but now Obama is President." They certainly bought the 'hope' speech.

Maybe they have a lower opinion of him in Sweden....if so, we may not have to worry about the prize for Economics coming his way

[droski]

apparently obama took office only 2 weeks before the nomination deadline.

[lawgator1]

Originally Posted by kev20

talking about the fact that LG actually didn't blindly defend his comrade for winning.

I don't blindly defend anything. I am the Purveyor of Truth, the Moderator of Logic, the Shepherd of Intellectual Honesty.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

I don't blindly defend anything. I am the Purveyor of Truth, the Moderator of Logic, the Shepherd of Intellectual Honesty.

yes. You are our own little version of MSNBC.

[allvol123]

This is an obvious makeup call for the Olympics. Happens in sports all the time.

[DC Vol]

Originally Posted by droski

apparently obama took office only 2 weeks before the nomination deadline.

He courageously went against supreme odds in a backwards nation such as the US. We're a nation filled with religious zealots and xenophobic racists... in Europe's eyes.



Basically, anyone who followed Bush would win one in Europe's eyes. His citation states:

for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

Look at the wording. This is simply because Europe got "one of their kind" in office.

[hohenfelsvol]

Well Obama is now in the esteemed club with Arafat and Gore.

[IBlvNTmWrk]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

I don't blindly defend anything. I am the Purveyor of Truth, the Moderator of Logic, the Shepherd of Intellectual Honesty.

Don't forget about your humility.

[DC Vol]

Originally Posted by allvol123

This is an obvious makeup call for the Olympics. Happens in sports all the time.

Good make-up. Instead of Obama receiving millions for plugging and winning the Olympics he now just gets one million and a cemented legacy.

He could utterly fail as a president (not saying anything here) but his presidency could still be called a resounding success due to his receipt of the Nobel Prize.


"Obama was a failure as a president. He did nothing to right the wrongs that he promised prior to his election. He socialized the nation and undid everything that this nation did right to win the Cold War. He levied such high taxes on corporations that they had to move their R&D labs overseas. He has cost this nation huge volumes in depreciating our technological and financial dominance"
"Nuh uh, he won the Nobel Prize"

[DC Vol]

Originally Posted by hohenfelsvol

Well Obama is now in the esteemed club with Arafat and Gore.

Don't forget Kissinger. He doesn't have any blood on his hands.

[WA_Vol]

He's going to have Nobel Prize bookends after he wins the award for economics

[DC Vol]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

I don't blindly defend anything. I am the Purveyor of Truth, the Moderator of Logic, the Shepherd of Intellectual Honesty.

The Issuer of Lies Through One's Teeth.

[TennTradition]

So, this is being awarded for:

1) A stated policy for the reduction of the nuclear weapons stockpile and speeches aimed at nonproliferation. There have been meetings with the Russians, but no accords or no treaties.

2) Efforts to reach out to other nations, particularly the Muslim world. Through speeches. He went on a speech tour. No accords, no treaties.

So, it is all pretty much stated policies and speeches. Over the course of 9 months.

Nice.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by TennTradition

So, this is being awarded for:

1) A stated policy for the reduction of the nuclear weapons stockpile and speeches aimed at nonproliferation. There have been meetings with the Russians, but no accords or no treaties.

2) Efforts to reach out to other nations, particularly the Muslim world. Through speeches. He went on a speech tour. No accords, no treaties.

So, it is all pretty much stated policies and speeches. Over the course of 9 months.

Nice.

but the application deadline was Feb 1, which is less than two weeks after he was inaugurated. Prior to that he was an absentee Senator and professional campaign fund raiser.