# Al Gore nominated for the Nobel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-nominated-for-the-nobel/390412>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-nominated-for-the-nobel/390412 "2007-02-01T14:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-nominated-for-the-nobel/390412/21 "2007-02-02T10:51:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Antinor01]  
From the Nobel website, [If you are not invited you cannot nominate. Qualifications to nominate candidates vary somewhat among the different Nobel Prize Committees.](http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html)  
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Okay, thanks. In fairness to Gaudere, though, maybe that has changed.

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**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-nominated-for-the-nobel/390412/22 "2007-02-02T14:17:21Z")

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Hey, what about that other great [hero](http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070201/pl_usnw/landmark_legal_foundation_nominates_rush_limbaugh_for2007_nobel_peace_prize) who received a nomination?  
I can’t wait to see the Pit thread that will get started about that!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-nominated-for-the-nobel/390412/23 "2007-02-02T15:47:51Z")

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[QUOTE=erie774]  
Hey, what about that other great [hero](http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070201/pl_usnw/landmark_legal_foundation_nominates_rush_limbaugh_for2007_nobel_peace_prize) who received a nomination?  
I can’t wait to see the Pit thread that will get started about that!  
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Means nothing. The Landmark Legal Foundation does not meet any of the criteria – see post #9.

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