# Can Obama legally accept the Nobel Prize? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-legally-accept-the-nobel-prize/514020 "2009-10-16T13:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-legally-accept-the-nobel-prize/514020/41 "2009-10-17T15:57:58Z")
> [@](#): > > The smart thing to do IMHO would be to treat the monetary portion of the prize as the property of the American people and turn it in to the Treasury. I say he should donate the prize money to the NRA. Then we can have fun watching the conservative media denouncing the NRA as a liberal front organization. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-legally-accept-the-nobel-prize/514020/42 "2009-10-17T16:31:03Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > like most dopers i am pretty tired of the whole obama = kenyan/not american/whatever garbage. > > it has long since moved to the realm of really _not_ funny anymore. [Moderating] Then let’s not comment on it further, since it has already been addressed by two moderators. If you want to criticize another poster, take it to the Pit. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I say he should donate the prize money to the NRA. Then we can have fun watching the conservative media denouncing the NRA as a liberal front organization. And let’s avoid political commentary in GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-obama-legally-accept-the-nobel-prize/514020.md?page=2)