# George W. Bush Did Not Win the Nobel Peace Prize **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642 "2003-10-10T09:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/1 "2003-10-10T09:04:19Z")
Instead, it went to an Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi - for her advocacy of human rights for women and children. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle\_east/3180302.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3180302.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/2 "2003-10-10T09:12:45Z")
Thank you for bringing that to my attention… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/3 "2003-10-10T09:12:51Z")
Why is this in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/4 "2003-10-10T09:14:38Z")
Also, I’d like to make it clear that I did not win the Nobel Peace Prize either. Maybe next year. Unfortunately, Athletics closer Keith Foulke did not win, nor did jailed mobster Jon Gotti, nor did Billy Joel. Generalissimo Francisco Franco, unfortunately, did not win the Nobel Peace Prize either, which adds insult to injury, as he is still dead. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/5 "2003-10-10T09:17:25Z")
Damn. If it’s any consolation, **Zuma** , _I_ voted for you. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/6 "2003-10-10T09:18:07Z")
I am shocked, shocked, that GWB didn’t win this time round. Next year, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/7 "2003-10-10T09:19:22Z")
That’s not much of a rant, is it? GWB increased the demand for lots and lots of trinitrotoluene, though, so I imagine that is somewhat pleasing to the shade of Alfred Nobel. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/8 "2003-10-10T09:21:36Z")
It has not yet been confirmed that MEBuckner has not won the Nobel Peace Prize. We’ll see what happens ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/9 "2003-10-10T09:23:06Z")
Bush was nominated. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1801773.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1801773.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/10 "2003-10-10T09:25:03Z")
…Then again, so were 164 other people, including Tony Blair. Anybody can get nominated. The fact that he was nominated doesn’t mean he ever had a chance. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/11 "2003-10-10T09:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmason32 \* > \*\*Bush was nominated. > > [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1801773.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1801773.stm) \*\* I had no idea. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/12 "2003-10-10T09:27:46Z")
so, The pope didn’t win? Un-fucking-believable ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/13 "2003-10-10T09:30:31Z")
Just because, here’s a list of Nobel Peace Prize [winners](http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/peace.html). And why is this in the pit, again? ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/14 "2003-10-10T09:33:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Darth Nader \* > \*\*Just because, here’s a list of Nobel Peace Prize [winners](http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/peace.html). > > And why is this in the pit, again? \*\* Maybe it’s because I have two posts (well, now three) and am not sure exactly where this post belongs and so I chose to be safe. Forgive the inexcusable action. How shall I make up for this transgression? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/15 "2003-10-10T09:34:09Z")
FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/16 "2003-10-10T09:39:27Z")
The Pit’s generally for stuff that really, really pisses you off, **cmason**. No harm done, just a little confusing. > [@](#): > > so, The pope didn’t win? Un-fucking-believable What’s un-fucking-believable about that? ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/17 "2003-10-10T09:40:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*The Pit’s generally for stuff that really, really pisses you off, **cmason**. No harm done, just a little confusing. > \*\* :smack: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/18 "2003-10-10T09:47:30Z")
He hasn’t won the Literature prize, either. [Ode to a Lump in the Bed](http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/bush.poem.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/19 "2003-10-10T09:49:26Z")
And you might have gotten a better welcome wagon. Uh, never done this before– Greetings! Welcome aboard, **cmason32** … Read the [Sticky FAQs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=2). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642/20 "2003-10-10T09:49:56Z")
> [@](#): > > “Roses are redder/Bluer am I/Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy.” Much to my surprise, I find myself wondering if GeeDubyah is capable of irony after all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-did-not-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/206642.md?page=2)