Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by Robert Zimmer on 10.09.2009
Distinguished award goes to President Obama for international diplomatic efforts...
In an early-morning surprise, The Nobel Committee announced President Obama was awarded its prestigious Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples," citing the president's efforts at nuclear disarmament and bridging gaps between estranged world cultures.
Obama was chosen from a record 205 nominees this year.
Will this win make up for the Olympic loss, or will Glenn Beck's troglo-acolytes find a way to label the president a Nazi for bringing home the Nobel bacon?
This one's gonna get ugly... better pop some popcorn for next time I check the blog.
Posted By: Scotty H (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Although this does seem more like a vote of confidence for things to come from the international community than an award for actual achievement thus far, It is an interesting move, and I'd like to think it's to send a certain message from the rest of the world to America. Whether or not most of us will get that message (or care to) is another matter.
Now, let the shitstorm tidal wave of negativity begin in 3...2...1...
Posted By: BJC (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Obama should wear that Nobel Medallion everyday for at least a year.
Posted By: AdmChesterMynutz (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Actually, you really can't direct any negativity at Obama for this. He didn't do anything (slight pun intended) to get the award. It was given to him.
But, it does say quite a bit about how political the award has become. Hell, the chairman of the commitee basically said it was given to him in the hopes of things to come (I'm paraphrasing, but you can find the article).
I always thought the award was to reward deeds, not in anticipation of deeds. But I will say this, if he does all the things the committee expects him to do, I'll be the first to tip my hat to him.
Posted By: Duke (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Sure beats Jimmy Carter getting one this year or Bill Clinton for his efforts in rescuing those two people from Korea.
Posted By: Guest#0698 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Oh, this should be entertaining...
Posted By: Guest#8883 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I dont get it. Why not next year or the year after...you know, after he has actually done something to earn it. If all it takes is to say your going to do these great things then I'll change the world for the better!...now give me that prize money and go away
Posted By: Huh? (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:07 PM
...Hoo boy.
Posted By: The 8th Samurai (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I'm not here to bash Obama, but Mr. Zimmer...you do realize that he was nominated for the award within 12 days of taking office, don't you? Not even Lincoln or Washington could find the White House water cooler within that time. I'm not a right wing nutjob nor do I wish to be full of negativity, but can you objectivley say that ANY person, regardless of political background, should be eligable for a Nobel Peace Prize after less then two weeks in power? If you say yes, then I begin to worry about 2 things:
1. How a Bush Presidencey has really disinfranchised people so much to the point that they are willing to go beyond the point of common sense in order to defend those who would never defend Bush or those like him.
2. How much our current President can do wrong and how long he can do it before his supporters fully realize it.
And as far as only people like Glen Beck crying foul on this one, you should go to the Op-Ed's of BBC, Time, MSNBC, CNN, or the AP...even normal supporters of President Obama conceed that this is at least a bit premature. Of a poll of close to 300,000 on MSNBC a combination of 76% say that this accolade is not deserved.
Take care and have a good weekend.
Posted By: Chris (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Not meeting with the Dali Lama this week clinched it for him.
Posted By: Da Man (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Bud Selig also announced Obama will be presented the 2009 MLB MVP award at a press conference on Monday.
Posted By: Stone Cold (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:59 PM
After what that sob did to me this morning how can you give him a peace prize.
Posted By: The Moon (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 01:13 PM
he should rock it like kurt angle.
fox news is going crap all over this story for sure. bush alienated the world. obama is willing to talk to them.
Posted By: jd (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 01:14 PM
Considering he had only been inaugurated for 2 weeks when the deadline for nominations came up and the fact that he's accomplished almost NOTHING except piss people off, he shouldn't receive SHIT! I'm sure there were many other nominees that are far more deserving... Then again, look at the other Presidents that won the Nobel Peace Prize: Carter (WHY WON'T HE DIE ALREADY?!), Wilson, and Roosevelt!
Can anyone say PUPPETS?!
I wonder whose dick he sucked to get the award! Or maybe it was sympathy because we can't afford the Olympic Games, the dollar is almost extinct, and we have a dictator worse than Bush for a President (hell, even Chavez and Castro know it)!
Posted By: Spyke (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 01:46 PM
Lets be clear: he didn't get it for anything he has done - he got it for NOT being George Bush!!
Posted By: Mikel (too lazy to log in) (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 01:53 PM
I'm no Obama hater, and I actually like the guy and hope he does well, but he doesn't deserve the award.
What has he done for peace, really? It seems to me he was given this mostly for not being George W Bush (which, admittedly, is a very good thing in a leader). I hope it serves to influence him to work for peace, so after his term(s) are over people can genuinely say he deserves the award though.
This isn't his fault, but look for FOX to bash him for this somehow.
Posted By: Vordeo (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 01:54 PM
Obama should wear that Nobel Medallion everyday for at least a year.
Posted By: AdmChesterMynutz (Guest
that would be awesome! Like Kurt Angle with his gold medels.
Posted By: Huh? (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 02:01 PM
This only goes to show that the rest of the world in general views Obama in a higher light than Americans do.
Posted By: Chaz (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 02:03 PM
"1. How a Bush Presidencey has really disinfranchised people so much to the point that they are willing to go beyond the point of common sense in order to defend those who would never defend Bush or those like him."
Had Bush stayed out of Iraq, he probably would have had a good case for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Africa. No American president has done as much for the people of Africa as George W. Bush did... and he wasn't even born there!
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 09, 2009 at 02:34 PM
"(WHY WON'T HE DIE ALREADY?!),"
Classy.
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 09, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Lets be clear: he didn't get it for anything he has done - he got it for NOT being George Bush!!
Posted By: Mikel (too lazy to log in) (Guest)
HAHA. You know what? I couldn't agree more.
Posted By: Guest#0523 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 03:03 PM
Lech Walesa gets shit on once again.
Posted By: Guest#5107 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 03:08 PM
for doing what?
Posted By: Guest#4051 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 03:35 PM
Notice how Zimmer left out how was only in office for 12 days before being nominated.
Why shouldn't he be nominated, look at what he accomplished for futhering world peace in those 12 days:................................................................. ............................................
Exactly.
Posted By: John (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 03:58 PM
This is about as silly as Robert Zimmer winning a Pulitzer for contributions to opinion journalism.
What a joke.
Posted By: Guest#666 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:01 PM
In a unrelated story Obama has been named MVP of the NBA for the 2010 season.
Posted By: Guest#8680 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:09 PM
The academy awards would like to recognize President Obama with a lifetime acheivement Oscar.
Posted By: Guest#1190 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Well hopefully Kanye will show up and bitch about that award as well.
Posted By: John (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:17 PM
Well he did pretty much completely cave to the republicans on health care instead of actually acting like a president and fighting to reform a broken system. That's pretty peaceful.
Posted By: Guest#8196 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:18 PM
I almost seriously wonder if the international committee that selected Obama did so deliberately just for the amusement of watching Americans divide themselves again and look stupid for the entertainment of the rest of the world. I think the brilliant folks knew what would happen if Obama won and Americans are playing right into their hands getting their tails wagged.
Posted By: Chuk (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:19 PM
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush, it really is that simple. It sure as hell was not for actually doing anything unless "thinking good thoughts about peace" constitutes "doing something". And if you read the global press, the sneering at this absurdity is by no means confined to the so-called "right".
Posted By: illuminatus (Registered) on October 09, 2009 at 04:27 PM
..... And in the MSNBC studios, Chris Mathews had a tingling running up his leg.
Olbermann just got done jerking off.
Maddow proclaimed she would go straight for the messiah.
Ed is busy begging people to watch his show.
Eugene Robinson is calling some one racist.
All is good in the liberal world.
Posted By: Guest#5917 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Obama needed a victory to save face after the loss of the Olympics, an all-but-dead public option in the Health care Bill and Acorn controversy. I would bet his people pulled some strings to get this for him.
Posted By: Guest#1989 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 05:19 PM
Barack Hussein Obama has been given the Nobel Peace Prize?! You have GOT to be shitting me! For what?! I thought one had to actually achieve something to be given this honor. I was unaware that all it took was a bunch of empty promises to snag the award. If I'd have known, I would have thrown my hat into the ring as well, seeing as how I'm going to solve the thousand-years-old conflict in the Middle East with only Guitar Hero and a couple of large pizzas. See how easy that was?! Sheesh.
Posted By: Joey. (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 05:33 PM
The emmy for greatest performance on TV goes to.........
Posted By: Guest#4393 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 05:59 PM
Gotta think Obama is a shoe in for a Tony award for great stage presents.
Posted By: Guest#1934 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 06:01 PM
who cares?! marge simpson is in playboy!
Posted By: shaydee (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 06:16 PM
Can we proclaim him our Lord and Savior already?
Posted By: Guest#2217 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 06:23 PM
Wait, what difference does it make how long he was in office before being nominated?
He wasn't born the day he was nominated. He spent two years on the global stage before that.
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 09, 2009 at 06:57 PM
dont get it. Why not next year or the year after...you know, after he has actually done something to earn it. If all it takes is to say your going to do these great things then I'll change the world for the better!...now give me that prize money and go away
Posted By: Huh? (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:07 PM
He's donating it to charity, retard.
Posted By: Curry Fan (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 07:11 PM
The taste of conservative outrage is delicious.
Posted By: Guest#2337 (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 08:53 PM
Wait, what difference does it make how long he was in office before being nominated?
He wasn't born the day he was nominated. He spent two years on the global stage before that.
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 09, 2009 at 06:57 PM
Thank you! It's not like he just won the life time achievement award of awesome presidency!
Posted By: This is only now being said!? (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 09:19 PM
Obama barely did anything in the Senate, and nothing on the "world stage" that would warrant a Nobel. You liberals are out of your minds. Obama did not even have enough clout to get the Olympics. Please.
Posted By: Todd (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 10:47 PM
my two personal favorite posts are:
Bud Selig also announced Obama will be presented the 2009 MLB MVP award at a press conference on Monday.
Posted By: Stone Cold (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 12:59 PM..................
as well as:
Barack Hussein Obama has been given the Nobel Peace Prize?! You have GOT to be shitting me! For what?! I thought one had to actually achieve something to be given this honor. I was unaware that all it took was a bunch of empty promises to snag the award. If I'd have known, I would have thrown my hat into the ring as well, seeing as how I'm going to solve the thousand-years-old conflict in the Middle East with only Guitar Hero and a couple of large pizzas. See how easy that was?! Sheesh.
Posted By: Joey. (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 05:33 PM
a guitar hero and a couple of large pizzas....absolutely fuckin priceless...gotta tip my hat to you guys, cause you said it all.
Posted By: hartfan (Guest) on October 09, 2009 at 11:11 PM
The President deserves credit for heralding in a new age of modern diplomacy and proving as leader for the greatest nation on the earth that America is ready to step up and try to make the world a better place by working together with its fellow countries on Earth. His election after a campaign run on intelligent discourse, against nuclear proliferation and willingness to talk with our enemies to find a common ground proves that America has graduated from the dark ages of cowboy diplomacy. Congratulations to the President and I am proud for this country to be finally recognized as a true force for real and lasting peace which can only bolster our image in the world.
Posted By: The Weesel (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Being a freshman senator does not put you on the "global stage".
The Nobel people pretty much said he got the award because they hoped it would inspire other countries to listen to his talks about peace and disarmament. Of course, all Obama does is talk about it.
Can someone, anyone, name ONE thing Obama has done (not said, but done) to promote world peace?
Posted By: August (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM
06958, clinton didn't win a nobel peace prize, in fact he's the only modern dem who hasn't won it. plus how silly does this make the nobel peace prize, as mohatma ghandi never won it, but obama wins it for what, becuase he can give a good speech. Why not wait to give obama the peace prize, as hello he could still send 40,000 troops to afgahnstian, plus there were many more deserving people, as some of the fianlists, were the jailed disadents in china, zimbabwe's opposition leader, a muslim woman whose trying to fight hardline isalamits, i mean what next usama bin laden winning, how about a-jad.
the nobel peace prize is basically worthless now, it doesn't mean a thing, and it will not generate any good will for obama, and just fuels the fire with the gop, as also regan was never given the prize, but in 1990, gorbachev got it, but not regan, who did more to stop rouge nations, then obama has, and it looks like the carrot and stick approach isn't going to work with iran, as they continue there nuclear program
Posted By: coby preimesberger (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:41 AM
"Obama barely did anything in the Senate, and nothing on the "world stage" that would warrant a Nobel. You liberals are out of your minds. Obama did not even have enough clout to get the Olympics. Please."
Jesus himself couldn't have pulled the Olympics for America. That had more to do with the International Olympic committee having issues with the USOC than anything else, because the USOC has been reneging on deals and being all-around douchebags. People blaming Obama for losing the Olympic bid are fucking idiots and need to do some basic research. Shit, all you have to do is read Sports Illustrated since even they outlined why we lost out to Brazil, and they don't have any interest in political slant being a fucking sports rag.
Posted By: Guest#8989 (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 02:05 AM
My question is why are the Olympics so damn important? The Olympics have been held here 8 times, and who's bright F******* idea was it to go "hey, lets host he Olympics!" Like this country has the money to do it??
Posted By: Guest#9583 (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 02:46 AM
Umm....Obama didn't proclaim himself the winner. He received the award.
Weird that all the people who claim Obama is inept and an empty suit and blahblarghblah are the same folks who think he is SO POWERFUL that he can declare himself the Nobel Peace Prize winner AND single-handedly with no help from any other person ever ever ever destroy America in the span of 9 months.
Explain that to me fucktards!
Posted By: A. Coolman (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 04:04 AM
Hey, they gave one to Al Gore, Now they are just handing them out like candy. I'm going to say Hello to a Muslim tomorrow and buy a homeless man a pizza. I expect mine in the mail.
Posted By: SStrout (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 05:17 AM
um.. the nuclear disarmament agreement with russia, august?
Posted By: Jamal (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 07:25 AM
"Being a freshman senator does not put you on the "global stage"."
Being a candidate for the highest office of the most-powerful nation puts you on the global stage.
"Can someone, anyone, name ONE thing Obama has done (not said, but done) to promote world peace?"
First, it's asinine to exclude speeches from the threshold for consideration. Most Nobel Prize winners won it for speeches they made or articles they wrote.
Would you say that Carl von Ossietzky didn't deserve it in 1935 for opposing Hitler's rise because he only "wrote" things in his newspaper? Or Linus Carl Pauling for only making speeches against nuclear weapons?
Second, since Obama seems to have a higher threshold than everyone else:
1 He has directed his military leaders to end the War in Iraq.
2. He has opened renegotiations for the extension and expansion of START - the nuclear non-proliferation agreement.
3. He has proposed sweeping changes for climate change legislation.
4. He's doubled U.S. spending on foreign aid.
5. He's set a deadline for the closure of Guantanamo Bay.
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 10, 2009 at 09:34 AM
The President deserves credit for heralding in a new age of modern diplomacy and proving as leader for the greatest nation on the earth that America is ready to step up and try to make the world a better place by working together with its fellow countries on Earth. His election after a campaign run on intelligent discourse, against nuclear proliferation and willingness to talk with our enemies to find a common ground proves that America has graduated from the dark ages of cowboy diplomacy. Congratulations to the President and I am proud for this country to be finally recognized as a true force for real and lasting peace which can only bolster our image in the world.
Posted By: The Weesel (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:16 AM
This.
Posted By: Ramsey (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
"a guitar hero and a couple of large pizzas....absolutely fuckin priceless...gotta tip my hat to you guys, cause you said it all."
Do you need a mint?
Posted By: J.D. Dunn (Registered) on October 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM
just wondering, since he had a cameo on raw shortly before the election will that make him a candidate for wrestler of the year. absolute bullshit. But when you consider that the winner of survivor gets a million dollar prize it puts Obama's "win" into perspective
Posted By: Jeff Albertson (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 10:57 AM
He's donating it to charity, retard.
Posted By: Curry Fan (Guest)
guess what retard, I dont care what he's doing with the money, or was even talking about him. I was saying I can do nothing just as much as him..and everyone knows it comes with a shit load of money. I can only imagine how much people would hate him if he actually kept the money
Posted By: Huh? (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 11:24 AM
This is what happens when most of the Peace Prize voters vote "Present"
Posted By: Guest (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Since this award isn't for anything he's done as President. Technically this should goto Obama's speech writer and telepromoter
Posted By: Guest (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Can someone, anyone, name ONE thing Obama has done (not said, but done) to promote world peace?
Posted By: August (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Well, he stood up and demanded the Iranians stop slaughtering the demonstrators....wait...
Well he stood up for the Honduran government when the president tried to pull a Chavez... wait...
He's taken a hard line with China about their human rights abuses... wait...
Posted By: Chris Connolly (Guest) on October 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM
I don't know what is funnier. Conservative outrage, or lunatic liberals actually applauding this as a major accomplishment. I guess I'll just continue to sit back and enjoy the free entertainment.
Posted By: gwpbrian (Guest) on October 11, 2009 at 04:24 AM
Zimmer, if you think he deserves this, you're a bigger fool than even I thought you were, and that's saying something. Jeezus...what a joke. The Nobel Prize no longer means anything. I promise you, this will damage Obama more than anything, because everyone knows he hasn't done anything to earn it.
Posted By: Zimmer Fan (Guest) on October 12, 2009 at 06:39 PM
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