Pres. Obama and Nobel Peace Prize

[darksyndrem]

I'm confused. He was nominated 11 days after taking office....but what about before he had taken office? Couldn't he have been nominated for things he had done before he was president?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by samurai007

His nomination was just 11 days after taking office. That is true. And he had done absolutely nothing in 11 days to warrant a nomination. It's like a movie being nominated for an Academy Award 11 days into filming... even if the actual decision came a little later, it should never have been nominated in the first place, no matter how good you think the finished product will be!

Who knows who nominated him? You can't blame the committee for that.

[samurai007]

Originally Posted by darksyndrem

I'm confused. He was nominated 11 days after taking office....but what about before he had taken office? Couldn't he have been nominated for things he had done before he was president?

And just what did he do before taking office? He was a Senator who only showed up to work for about 140 days before effectively dropping out to run for President, and never did anything of substance and import. Before that, he was a "community organizer" in bed with scum like Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, and Rashid Khalidi, among many others. So no, he has never done anything in his life to warrant a nomination, much less win.

[clintjm]

Originally Posted by darksyndrem

I'm confused. He was nominated 11 days after taking office....but what about before he had taken office? Couldn't he have been nominated for things he had done before he was president?

That is true... he could of been nominated for his work before becoming president.
Does anyone know what these could be? Anyone?

[clintjm]

Originally Posted by MMM

Who knows who nominated him? You can't blame the committee for that.

[samurai007]

Originally Posted by MMM

Who knows who nominated him? You can't blame the committee for that.

There must be some checks on the process. You can't just nominate yourself or your mom or your dog. I'm sure someone, somewhere, is required to weed out the ridiculous and pointless nominations, but they missed this one.

And then the committee actually decided to award it to him, despite having done nothing, with many, many more qualified nominees passed over for purely political reasons.

[darksyndrem]

Originally Posted by samurai007

And just what did he do before taking office? He was a Senator who only showed up to work for about 140 days before effectively dropping out to run for President, and never did anything of substance and import. Before that, he was a "community organizer" in bed with scum like Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, and Rashid Khalidi, among many others. So no, he has never done anything in his life to warrant a nomination, much less win.

Wow.....in my mind, you're on the same level as everyone who's worshiping/defending Obama at every cost.

[samurai007]

Originally Posted by darksyndrem

Wow.....in my mind, you're on the same level as everyone who's worshiping/defending Obama at every cost.

I'm simply stating the facts on the ground. If Obama does something praiseworthy, I'll say good job. But I'm not going to sugar-coat the truth of the politics behind this award... why should I?

[darksyndrem]

Originally Posted by samurai007

I'm simply stating the facts on the ground. If Obama does something praiseworthy, I'll say good job. But I'm not going to sugar-coat the truth of the politics behind this award... why should I?

I don't think you're sugar-coating anything, and I don't think you should. The problem is, I really don't think it's raw truth, I think it's the exact opposite of sugar-coating (w/e you want to call the opposite of sugar coating).

[clintjm]

Originally Posted by Corvin

Obama get the Prize. It's a fact, but it doesn't mean, it's is good desicions. It doesnn't mean all American people must be happy just because US Prezident won the Prize. Is your duty? Is it my duty to be happy, because Lech Walesa won the Peace Nobel in the past? Do you thin the 305(?) millions of people must to be happy? People in Soviet Russia, the Soviet Union must loved Lenin and Stalin, and they loved them. The Campaign looked like total insanity, and this insanity made one step more. That prize is the confirmation of the changing in US and global politics. Socialism, protectionism, trade unions, ecology instead freedom.

Samurai said that Nobel has been given by commies to commies, and he's right. That's why Obama and Walesa won.

Well said.
A follow up well said to Samurai007 for your quote from her.