« Hedge funds gaining clout in Washington | Hey! I thought Obama wanted conservatives to 'shut up and get out of the way' »
October 17, 2009
Even a majority of the Nobel Committee didn't want to give the prize to Obama
The report out of Norway comes from a "tabloid" news source so perhaps we should take it with a grain of salt. But as I mentioned in my post reporting on Obama's peace prize, these guys are not stupid. They were fully aware when they gave the prize to Obama it would cause controversy and not be taken seriously by many.
So despite the source, this story rings true: (via Politico's Playbook )
'Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday. 'VG has spoken to a number of sources who confirmed the impression that a majority of the Nobel committee, at first, had not decided to give the peace prize to Barack Obama,' the newspaper said. ... The choice for Obama was however strongly supported by committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland and Sissel Roenbeck, both representatives of the Labour Party.'
Was there a little strong arming involved here? Seems so. If that's the case, the award would be tainted even more.
A reluctant choice that is ridiculed and rejected by many. It looks like the Nobel Committee not only played politics with the choice but made itself appear partisan and foolish in the process.
Hat Tip: Ed Lasky
To comment on this or any other American Thinker article or blog, you must be a subscriber to our ad-free service. Login to your subscription to access the comments section. You can subscribe on a monthly basis for $6.79 a month or for a year at $69.99
Login
Subscribe / Change PwdAd Free / Commenting Login
FOLLOW US ON
Recent Articles
- Antisemitism in the Guise of Humanism
- Escaping the State of Sin
- Outsquatting the Squatters
- From Illegal Alien Invaders to Newcomers to Democrats
- The Impact of China-Linked Contractors on U.S. Security
- Debunking the Stupid, Yet Passionately Held, Myths About the 1994 Crime Bill
- The Death of the American Salesman
- The Alarm Bell Is Clanging
- Voting and the Meaning of Honor
- Exploding The Myth That Islam Is An Abrahamic Religion
Blog Posts
- So was Hunter Biden 'Our Man in Ukraine'?
- The suspect who smashed Kaylee Gain’s head into the pavement claims she’s the victim
- About those innocent Palestinian civilians...
- The GOP seems to be on the verge of capitulating before the Democrats, again!
- Biden and the insurmountable
- Universe twice as old as we’ve been told?
- Ketanji Brown Jackson is a fascist who should be removed from the Court
- Can Letitia James handle the rough world of property management?
- It’s time to stop accommodating the crazies in America
- The value of perspective
- And then they voted Democrat in November
- Trump towers in his mastery of words to rally voters
- Planet Fitness loses $400 million in value after banning woman who exposed the company’s anti-female stance
- Schadenfreude: New movie labeling white people ‘dangerous animals’ flops at box office
- Why are American youths so unhappy?