I'd Like to Thank the Comittee

[womzilla]

As nearly as I can tell, one can now win a Nobel Prize for Not Being George "Woody" Bush or Dick "Dick" Cheney.

Or, as AtriosAttaturk put it

I guess Krauthammer was right, the international regard for the United States has so fallen after Obama became President that they just awarded our Chief Executive the Nobel Peace Prize -- probably for not being like Charles Krauthammer.

So, as someone who is not Bush, Cheney, or Krauthammer, I gratefully accept.

(ETA: Attribution corrected. Thanks, Bat!)

Comments

[sarah-ovenall.livejournal.com]

You know how much of an Obama supporter I am, and even I was like "what in the what now?"

Only 9 months into his presidency Obama hasn't yet accomplished anything .. well, hardly anything at all, much less something worthy of a Nobel Prize.

[sarah-ovenall.livejournal.com]

now that I've read the whole article, it seems clear that they are indeed giving it to him for not being George Bush. Carter, Gore, now Obama ... I bet Bill Clinton is more pissed off than the most wacked out wingnut on Free Republic.

Just imagine, if Hillary does anything really impressive as Sec. of State, they'll probably give it to her too. I don't know if Bill's heart could take that.

[patricksmalone.livejournal.com]

Minor correction -- that was Attaturk, not Atrios.

On the main point, not being McCain was probably also a contributing factor.

[nojay.livejournal.com]

Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously. The committee may believe that President Obama will not make it through his term of office without getting killed by some whacko so they had better give it to him now.

[washa-way.livejournal.com]

If only the Lit Prize worked that way. I could win one for not being Tom Clancy.

Yeah as I said to my Mother

[dmsherwood53.livejournal.com]

Their handing out Nobel Prizws as lollypops for being a good boy