Be quiet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
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Be quiet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...l-peace-prize/Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
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The award appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for his largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage.
Man that's out there, even for you. So if McCain would have been elected, he should have gotten the prize too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
My name's not Bush, don't I deserve a prize?
I'll be grabbing some popcorn and watching FoxNews tonight...
You honestly think this was not a political statement from the nobel committee?Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
All Nobel credability was lost on me when Gore was awarded one :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
It quite clearly was. Does that make it right? Shouldn't the committee be a-political?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
Either him or Carter. But still ... I think this is even beyond that.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Also seems odd to me that Yassar Arafat won it, yet Mahatma Ghandi never did....Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
It's per definition political because the members are chosen by Norwegian parliament.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34