Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Barack Obama accepted perhaps the most controversially-awarded Nobel peace prize in history on Thursday at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
“It is now, today, we have the opportunity to support President Obama’s ideas,” said Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland. “This year’s prize is a call to action for all of us.”
The decision by the Nobel Committee to honor Obama – who by all accounts did nothing to earn the award – was met with a torrent of criticism in America and around the world.
After all, the deadline for nominations for the award came just 12 days after Obama was inaugurated, meaning that the award was given to “The One” based on his U.S. presidential campaign – which focused almost exclusively on (unfulfilled) domestic promises.
Critics also pointed out that Obama was receiving an award that had been denied to iconic figures like Pope John Paul II or Mahatma Gandhi.
Even the most left-leaning liberals (i.e. those who may have been initially inclined to support the decision to grant Obama the Nobel prize) have become disenchanted following his decision to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, conservative new media empress Michelle Malkin had a funny take on Obama’s acceptance of this award.
“In honour of President Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think we should declare today Happy National Post-Achievement Day,” Malkin writes. “What award or honour don’t you deserve? Claim it. What unearned prize for unmet aspirations would you like to give yourself? Declare it.”
Clive Crook of The Atlantic, however, praised Obama for “rediscovering his oratorical touch in Oslo.”
“There’s nothing wrong with making people purr,” Crook wrote.
So … what’s your take?
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By William on December 10th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Makes me wanna puke
By dirtbogger on December 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUgasMJs6I
By Really on December 10th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
To William: if this makes U wanna puke, U should have been actually puking during the Wubay years.Ur insides should be messed up by now!
By Stephen on December 10th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
He deserved it
By Cory Owens on December 10th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
This just in!!! Obama has just been awarded the Hiesman trophy for his stellar football skills displayed on the White House lawn in the nationally televised United Way promo!!!
By Orwell on December 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Having over 200,000 US troops fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan gets you the Nobel Peace Prize? Please tell me I’m having a bad dream.
By Crooner on December 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Kind of like “Mission Accomplished!”
By Heidi on December 10th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Orwell —
You said it! This is all just a BAD DREAM here in Upsidedown Land.
War is peace.
“Hang in there” is all the comfort I can offer…
:o
By Chrystal K. on December 10th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Congrats again Obama.
By Probate Attorney on December 10th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Keep up the great work President Obama!
By countryboy on December 10th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Well if you didn’t know it before, you do now. The Nobel Peace prize is a joke.
By cedar chest on December 10th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I don’t know how to react the first time I heard that he had the award. He had not done anything yet for the people of America. But I can’t blame the committee for that , they know what they are doing and hopefully they won’t regret it.
By No Way! on December 10th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
First, I am awaiting Cooter Brown’s comments on this. Second, our negro president has won an award for doing absolutely nothing. If this is not social promotion of the negro, I cannot explain it. Our society is being ruined by this type of negro promotion. Don’t get me wrong, there are some very qualified and deserving African Americans. Obama is just not one of them. It is sad when African American patients will not see an African American physician because they feel these guys have been socially promoted and were not of the same quality as their peers.
By Cooter Brown on December 10th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
W wunder whut side ov dat medal heeze a gonna display?
http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/
Ol’ Cooter’s guess… It aint da side with the profile of Mista Nobel!
By dirtbogger on December 11th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Their went my coffe all over the key board, damn-it Cooter
By hiltonswinger on December 13th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
It used to be that in order to win the Nobel, you had to have accomplished something. How does making more war and killing more people–? Oh. Maybe the prize is for “pacifying” areas like they did in Vietnam. Peace was brought to an area because everyone within stated area were killed. In that sense, I guess he may have earned the Peace Prize. Kill enough people and there won’t be anyone left to fight. Peace is declared!