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Friday, October 9, 2009

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Is Causing Drama...Sour Grapes, Jealousy


































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Six People Ticked Off by Obama's Nobel Win

Pres. Obama has won the presidency, a Grammy and now the Nobel Peace Prize. The only award he can’t get it seems, is an honorary degree from Arizona State University. His award today is clearly ruffling a few feathers. Here’s six people who must be seriously ticked off.

1.) Nicolas Sarkozy. Pres. Obama’s French frenemy is already tired of living in the American’s shadow, both literally and figuratively. The diminutive president’s days of being the world’s most dashing leader—complete with notably fashionable wife—came to an abrupt end when Obama was elected. A few months later, he was busted trashing Obama as naive and inexperienced. This morning he expressed his “very great joy” for Obama. Holly informs me that is French for “drop dead.”

2.) Michelle Obama. Not only is her stinky, snore-y husband president, but he’s now an internationally-honored Nobel Laureate. Keeping his ego in check must already be a daily struggle for the first lady. Imagine trying to get him to lift a finger around the house now.

3.) Bill Clinton. Somewhere in Brooklyn or upstate New York this morning, Bill Clinton quietly imploded. First Obama beat Hillary, then he stripped Clinton of his "first black president" title and managed to make him look a little bit racist in the process. And now this. How many times can Clinton look bad in front of his wife? Seriously though, Clinton was devastated by his own inaction in the Rwandan genocide and devoted the latter half of his presidency to pursuing peace. He promoted peace in Northern Ireland, sending his good buddy George Mitchell to help broker a deal. He sent troops to keep the peace in the Balkans and at Camp David, he got about as close as any president has gotten to a peace deal in the Middle East. And yet, no prize. Even his vice president won it. What’s worse—having granted the award to an American president this year, the Committee won’t likely give it to another one any time soon.

4.) George W. Bush. By the end of his presidency, Bush was under no delusion that he was liked around the world, but this award is essentially an “in your face” from the international community. That’s gotta sting. (It's also a bit of a “shut up already” to Republican leaders in Congress who’ve been blocking Obama’s legislative agenda. But it won’t help him pass health- care reform. If anything it will strengthen the resolve of his already-skeptical opposition.)

5.) Brangelina. Just how many disadvantaged children must one adopt in order to be considered peacemakers? But seriously, these two have done their fair share in promoting peace. Since 2001, Jolie has visited Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Thailand, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Chad, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq—to name a few—all in the name of drawing attention to humanitarian crises and the plight of refugees. She’s met with presidents and prime ministers. She and Pitt have a foundation that gives grants to humanitarian organizations. We bet they’re really hoping Obama doesn’t decide to take up acting—Pitt doesn’t want to go up against him for that Oscar he’s been hoping for.

6.) The Taliban. So that guy who’s ordering attacks on them just got given a peace prize? The Taliban is no doubt collectively thinking “what the ???” this morning. And they tend not to be the kind of folks one wants to mess with. A Taliban spokesperson in an undisclosed location has already been harshly critical, telling the AFP that Obama had done nothing to advance peace. (Surely it's only a matter of time before the Taliban starts twittering: @talibanundisclosedlocation anyone?)




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Sources: MSNBC, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Nobel Prize.org, Google Maps

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