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WaPo's Columnists Mock Obama's Nobel Prize

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Posted by Mike 2009-10-09 09:29|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I'll bet Michelle nominated him. A million bucks will buy a lot of organic arugula.

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-10-09 11:29|| 2009-10-09 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 A couple of thoughts:
* Richard Cohen mocking this award to Bambi is almost as mind boggling as the Nobel Committee's decision to award it to the ONE.
** This is simply further evidence of the ongoing social trend of giving awards/grades/trophies/etc. to people simply for showing up and/or expressing an idea or thought, however original or not.

Posted by WolfDog 2009-10-09 11:32|| 2009-10-09 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone should write a book about that....

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-09 12:43|| 2009-10-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#4 As President, I don't see how he can accept the prize. it seems to me that the medal and the cash are property of the state, since both are worth more than nomimal value. So, the United States has gotten a Nobel Peace Prize, long overdue in my opinion.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-10-09 13:04|| 2009-10-09 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Richard, there is precedent for a sitting President to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Teddy Roosevelt won for negotiating an end to the Russian-Japanese War, and Woodrow Wilson for helping to end WWI and starting the League of Nations.
A quick Google search didn't explain what happened to the money for the prize - whether Roosevelt and Wilson were able to keep the money or if it became the property of the US.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-10-09 18:09|| 2009-10-09 18:09|| Front Page Top

#6 he's already promised to give the cash to a charity: "Acorm or SEIYou or something" - it was kinda vague

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-09 19:33|| 2009-10-09 19:33|| Front Page Top

#7 You saw the piece on Eugene Volokh's blog, Rambler?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-10-09 22:25|| 2009-10-09 22:25|| Front Page Top

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