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October 9, 2009 By Fausta

Obama gets the Nobel

I’m sure Bill Clinton will be out celebrating with his family.

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

“Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.”

It’s all about placing the US’s best interest second, isn’t it?

If you don’t think that’s cause to worry, go read Richard Fernandez.

Update Mickey Kaus wants Obama to turn down his prize. Fat chance of that.

But hey, maybe McChrystal will get another 25 minutes between the prize ceremony and the banquet.

Update 2
Dan Riehl‘s going live on the BBC at 11:30AM today.

Rick Moran noticed that

According to their own website, the deadline for the submission of names to be considered for the prize is February 1.

Obama was not nominated based on what he had accomplished as president because he had been in office for about 11 days.

I would add a simple, declarative WTF and leave it at that.

Over in the UK,
Benedict Brogan also wants Obama to turn down the prize.

James Delingpole has a question.

More awards!
Obama has just won the Heisman!

Ouch: The Michael Moore of Oslo

The Nobel Committee chose him wisely because he does, in fact, represent the organization’s highest ideals.

He is an American president queasy about the projection of American power. He is an American president who rejects the notion of American exceptionalism. He is an American president eagerly in pursuit of legitimacy to be granted him not by those who voted for him but by those who do not cast a vote and who chafe at American leadership. It is his devout wish that America become one of many nations, influencing the world indirectly or not influencing it at all, rather than “the indispensable nation,” as Madeleine Albright characterized it. He is the encapsulation, the representative, the wish fulfillment, the very embodiment, of the multilateralist impulse. He is, almost literally, a dream come true for the sorts of people who treasure and value the Nobel Peace Prize.

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  1. Obi's Sister says

    October 9, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Unbelievable!

    The world is going to hell in a handbasket….

  2. foutsc says

    October 9, 2009 at 9:01 am

    This has given me a really good laugh, and so early in the morning.

    The Nobel Peace Prize is a joke. Stone cold killer Yassir Arafat got one, the well-meaning but mendacious Rigoberta Menchu got one, and fairy tale teller Reverend Al Gore of the International Church of Gaia and millionaire indulgences seller, got one.

    So why not give one to Obama for sending more troops to Afghanistan, sending swarms of killer drones over Pakistan, and now, bombing the moon.

    This is a testament to the incredible lightness of the award, giving it to the incredible lightness that is Obama…

  3. E.M.H. says

    October 9, 2009 at 9:10 am

    Ok, quickly now: Without looking at the news articles or Nobel press release, can anyone actually state what Obama won it for? Or rather, what the Nobel committee says he won it for? Yes, I know we can all state the real reason, but the question is, what’s the Nobel committee’s justification?

    I’ll bet no one who approves of this can answer that without handwaving.

  4. E.M.H. says

    October 9, 2009 at 9:49 am

    LMAO!… New headline: “Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, then Launches Attack on Moon”

  5. Obi's Sister says

    October 9, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Gerard (among others) points out that the deadline for nomination was 10 days AFTER the inauguration. Who bought who off? Maybe there was another reason for the Copenhagen trip after all…

  6. TWoPolitics says

    October 9, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Yet another prize taken from Hillary Clinton. First the Presidency, now this.

  7. newton says

    October 9, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    It’s official. The World Has Gone Insane.

  8. marc in calgary says

    October 9, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Having spent the better part of a few hours reading through *official* news outlets and the group of blogs I regularly read, some of which are liberal leading, most of which lean to the right, I can only sum up that it is at 1.30 pm, much too early for my friday bottle of Chilean red.
    I feel like Richard Fernandez’ new hair foto, a sudden shocking gray has appeared overnight, quite without warning. His entry for today should be required reading.

    On a completely unrelated note… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6284816/Al-Qaeda-suspect-was-Cern-nuclear-researcher-plotting-attacks-on-France.html
    … they are simply misunderstood, it is us that has been wrong for 1300 years. I am curious as to where the 2005 winners of said Peace Prize stand on this…

    Again, at some point in the future, a worthwhile group or individual will be awarded this Nobel, and have its award be tainted by award winners past that have shone a dark pall over whatever is their achievement.

    Was it only 2 weeks past that this years Nobel winner refused to meet with the 1989 Nobel winner in order to appease the People’s Republic of China?

    “It’s official. The World Has Gone Insane”.

  9. La Gringa says

    October 9, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    “He is an American president queasy about the projection of American power.” — and how does that fit with the bullying and meddling in Honduras, where as late as this weekend, US Ambassador Llorens was summoning Honduran citizens to his office to bully and threaten them?

  10. Kathy says

    October 9, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    The Nobel Peace Prize is becoming meaningless. The deadline date is very fishy for President Obama to win this year. Furthermore, who would want to be included in the group that contains both Yassir Arafat and Al Gore? The prize is like the US dollar, rapidly shrinking in value and importance.

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