that<\/em> would have been an accomplishment.<\/p>\nAs it were, at that point in time, and arguably at the current one as well, the President had not advanced the cause of peace, or frankly any cause for which he campaigned so vigorously.<\/p>\n
Even the President himself said he didn’t deserve it. In this case I don’t think he was employing his signature brand of transparently false humility. I think he really meant<\/em> it.<\/p>\nIt would appear the Nobel committee has so depreciated the value of their vaunted prize that even the winners think it a joke.<\/p>\n
The White House has canceled many of the events peace prize laureates traditionally submit to, including a dinner with the Norwegian Nobel committee, a press conference, a television interview, appearances at a children’s event promoting peace and a music concert, as well as a visit to an exhibition in his honour at the Nobel peace centre.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You might have considered the consequences of awarding your “prize” to an opportunistic fraud like Al Gore and America’s (heretofore) worst President, Jimmy Carter. Word has it\u00a0 Kanye West is on the short list for 2010.<\/p>\n
The visit will test Obama’s rhetorical skills as he seeks to reconcile acceptance of the Nobel peace prize with sending an extra 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, because troops have never brought peace to anyone anywhere, right? God only knows what form of “peace” Norway would have today without the Russian troop invasion of 1944, liberating Norway from the (then fleeing) Germans. Maybe Hitler would still be hiding out at the foot of the Galdh\u00f8piggen.<\/p>\n
White House officials said that Obama, who was planning to work on the final draft of his speech on his flight from Washington to Oslo, would directly address the issue of the irony of being awarded the peace prize while escalating the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Just his speed as he just finished one featuring the irony of spending our way out of the federal deficit. Wait’ll he tries to plug his teleprompter’s 120 volt American plug into those goofy European outlets.<\/p>\n
Choke.<\/p>\n
The Norsks will have the last laugh then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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