Author: Aaron
When I woke up this morning, turned on my computer and saw my homepage (Real Clear Politics) pop-up with the headline, “Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize.” I started laughing, literally I thought it was going to be a great op-ed about how there is absolutely no way, this man can win a Nobel Prize. Then I clicked on the link, and started laughing even harder when I saw that the site was serious.
But the real question here is, does anyone really care about the Nobel Prize anymore? Today’s results of the selection committee, cement the fact that this once storied organizations has zero credibility. It was strange when they chose Al Gore for making a documentary, Yasser Arafat for killing Israelis and Barack Obama for…speaking well? I am seriously speculating whether or not ACORN fixed this election, like they tried to fix the 2008 Presidential election, or perhaps the Nobel Selection Committee consisted of David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chris Matthews (with the tingley feeling and all).
Whether or not you like Barack Obama or his policies, you have to admit that this is his most unwarranted election win ever. The deadline to submit a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is February 1st. Which put the nomination of President Obama under two scenarios, either he was nominated before he became President (basically making his nomination based solely on campaign rhetoric and a speech in Germany), or he was nominated within 10 days after he was sworn in as President (basically making his nominated based solely on campaign rhetoric, a speech in Germany, and “promising” to close Guantanamo Bay).
I personally don’t mind that he won the award, it just discredits the entire organization and the organizations entire history. People lost faith in the winners of the Nobel when they granted one to an international terrorist in Yasser Arafat, but now this is just a complete joke, something SNL will run with for weeks-on-end.
If President Obama has any “respect” for international institutions, like he claims he does, than he should politely decline the award, and ask the selection committee, to choose someone who has actually done philanthropic work to make this world a better place. Obama literally has done nothing to deserve this prize.
I couldnt agree with you more. He could win the Nobel but not the Olympic gold. Never before has someone received so many accolades for speaking well, looking good and doing nothing.