She’s already got one. 1991.
Him winning for not being George Bush was one thing. But him winning because of what they want Obama to do is truly creepy. It’s like PAC money from the Nobel people. If they’re trying to influence policy, Obama should not be allowed to accept it - the money part of it, anyway. Or the actual thing to hang on his neck. It’s a political gift.
So… how big of a bomb are we talking about here?. Five hour drive, bada-bing-bada-boom! and where’s my 1.4 million?
Fuck that noise. Bitch deserved to die in one of her own [del]deathcamps[/del] hospitals, choking on the money she got from the dictators and scum of the world.
“Mr Mandela, the Nobel Committee called…”
Oscar Romero was robbed. He did far more than she did, and got killed for it. During Mass, too.
Mostly true, but, aren’t those the minimum standards of decency for international relations? Winning a peace prize for not starting wars under false pretenses is kind of like getting a MacArthur Genius Grant for not wetting your pants.
My guess is, they figured Obama for the least controversial choice, at least globally. The Colombian senator is bound up with the hot politics of Latin America right now, Alvaro Uribe’s way vs. Hugo Chavez’ way, choosing the Chinese dissident would make the Chinese government mad, don’t get me started about Zimbabwe . . . WRT Obama, there’s a general global consensus for the moment that everybody likes him, or wants to, and he should be given a chance to give peace a chance.
That’d be me neightbor Ted.
Nah, there’s already enough chemistry between him and the Nobel committee.
I have nothing against the guy, but seriously. “In charge, black, and not Dubya” doesn’t say much. By that criteria, you could also nominate Michaelle Jean of Canada, or even Jacob Zuma of South Africa. Can’t they at least wait until the end of his term before deciding that he’s a historical peace figure for the ages?
Thats exactly how I felt about it when I heard. It won’t work however. People determined to hate Obama will hate him no matter what he does. Still, it is fun to see the Right Wing chafe at it.
What’s the problem? The Nobel committee got all mavericky.
You like mavericky. The entire right loves mavericks!
Maybe if they gave Sarah Palin Miss Congeniality?
This prize is a joke. It’s just the Nobel committee slapping Bush again, like they did in 2002 when they gave it to Carter. (Not that Carter might have been deserving of it for his Habitat work, but the reasoning the committee gave was a clear slap to Bush.)
So the lauded committee can take pride in doing for the Nobel Prize what John Kerry did for the Purple Heart.
Fucking idiots. They diminish their own prize
Wow, you’re actually going drag the swiftboat smears into this? That’s so 2004.
They could hardly wait for him to start. 
Oops. Hit “submit” inadvertently. Then missed the edit window. That should be they diminish their own prize by giving it to Obama before he’s delivered. I do think he’'s probably on track to earn one in a few years, and I’ll be glad if that were the case. But this? Sad. Sad for the committee, because they’re a bunch of nitwits. Sad for him because I’d bet anything that he wished they hadn’t given it to him. Yet.
Hell no. I’m going back almost forty years. His scumbaggery holds up well.
You mean while Bush was defending the skies above Amarillo from the Viet Cong Air Force?
Oh, I see, you actually BELIEVE that shit. I thought we generally tried to keep the ignorance out of this place. There must be a hole in the fence.