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Obama, the empty-suit Nobel laureate
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Dec 10, 2009 04:10am |
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| Category | Editorial |
| News Date | Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In Oslo today, President Obama will accept the least-merited Nobel Peace Prize since former Vice President Al Gore picked up the award in 2007 for spreading alarmist propaganda about climate change. Bestowal of the prize, which purportedly recognizes substantial achievement of some kind, actually calls attention to the fact that Mr. Obama has done precious little for international peace. It's ironic that this major international honor actually diminishes this president.
The decision to award Mr. Obama the peace prize was made during the period of irrational exuberance - the Obamamania - that attended his ascent to power. Nominations closed Feb. 1, when he had been in office less than two weeks. The lingering sense developed that the noteworthy achievement the committee wanted to recognize was either that Mr. Obama was not George W. Bush, or that he was black. Unless you are Barack Hussein Obama, you generally don't get awards in life for just showing up.
Eleven months later, the hangover has set in. When running a superpower, it is not enough simply not to be Mr. Bush, or to be the historic first black president. Mr. Obama was expected to actually do something, and the public is no longer enthralled with his lackluster leadership. Mr. Obama currently has the lowest Gallup approval rating of any president at this stage of his presidency since the polling firm began keeping these records over 60 years ago. The magic faded fast. The clothes had no emperor. |
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