It was the moment when the entire world laughed at liberals and then lost all respect for the Nobel Prizes. When Barack Obama was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, even the fresh-faced president pretended to be a little shocked. “To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize,” Obama said at the time. Still, he accepted the prize over several other much more worthy candidates. What did he do to deserve the prize?
Now, in a traditional Homer Simpson “doh!” moment, a former director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has acknowledged that, in hindsight, he’s not so sure if giving the prize to Obama was a good move either. More regrets on the next page:
At least they admitted they were wrong, kudos for that.
He didn’t do anything to get it… They were fools to give it to him.
Cannot think of a less deserving recipient EVER.
The Nobel Peace Prize really cheapened itself when they awarded Obama the prize simply based on the “promise” of great things politically to come. That obviously did not work out.
Hell yea I’m sure they were paid well for doing it at the time
Take it back!
Why did you give it to him anyway? What has he done to earn it?
Yeah? Well maybe they should have thought about not politicizing the award, and secondly not giving the award for a campaign
Not sure. But after they said he should never have gotten it, word was they could nullify it but the money of course, would be long gone. At least it could evidently be struck from the record that he received and was denied as a recipient of the award. Just don’t know but I’d like to think it were true or possible.
Aaa dah