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Six People Irked by Obama's Nobel Prize

What do Sarkozy, Clinton and the Taliban have in common?

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 3:30 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has clearly made some people unhappy, writes Katie Connolly for Newsweek. Here are six of the most peeved:

  1. Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president was also up for the honor but was passed over for someone he’s described as “naïve and inexperienced.”
  2. Michelle Obama: If you thought controlling “the one’s” ego was hard before…

  1. Bill Clinton: Clinton can make a strong case for winning the prize himself. What’s worse is that having given it to an American president, and his own vice president, the Nobel committee probably won’t consider him anytime soon.
  2. George W. Bush: Giving Obama the Peace Prize after less than a year in office is basically an expression of how much the Nobel committee is glad to have Dubya gone.
  3. Brangelina: These two could just lie back and enjoy their millions for the rest of their lives, but instead have taken serious steps to promote international peace.
  4. The Taliban: It must be kind of funny to see the guy who is ordering marines to find and kill you get a prize for peace.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses local officials in Woippy, northeastern France, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses local officials in Woippy, northeastern France, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Cedric Joubert)
Former President Bill Clinton, right, makes remarks as filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and Linda E. Johnson, look on during the Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
Former President Bill Clinton, right, makes remarks as filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and Linda E. Johnson, look on during the Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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cognitivefilter
Oct 13, 2009 5:15 AM CDT
fluff
jagerhans
Oct 11, 2009 6:02 AM CDT
8. Silvio Berlusconi ________________ italian site run by madmen who claimed the nobel prize for the infamous dwarf: http://silvioperilnobel.sitonl.../
jagerhans
Oct 11, 2009 6:00 AM CDT
it is totally stupid to blame someone for something like that. obama himself is embarassed with this odd nobel prize, it is obvious that this 'honor' is a trojan horse devised to attract undeserved criticism. to decline or accept it won't add nothing to the debate, right wingers will keep bashing Obama no matter what he decides to do with that encumbering prize. if he keeps it, that will be the proof that he is an elitist, a crazed tyrant backed by the nobel commission and international bad guys etc. etc. if he refuses it, they will say it was all a big maneuver to make him appear modest honest and wise. every way you look at this prize, it is more of a pain in the ass and a two-edge sword.

 
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