President Obama Wins Nobel "Peace" Prize -- What!?

Now that is funny. Barack Obama, winning the Nobel "Peace" Prize for 2009. He hasn't accomplished anything of note, besides being elected President of the United States; which doesn't say a whole lot; this country elected George Bush twice. He won the prize, for what, being the first black President? What kind of accomplishment is that? The majority of white voters voted for Obama because he's black; the same is true of the black voters who voted for Obama. He was literally elected in the name of "making history." He was elected to the highest office in the name of affirmative action.

The only thing Barack Obama has accomplished is reading the teleprompter; even that he has problems with. He's flip-flopped on so many issues, lied, tripled the deficit in 9 short months, has dodgy associations (if the media actually did its job during the election, Obama wouldn't even be President right now), and got where he is today, because the media covered for him!

While I was trying to take in the absurdity of Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize - not knowing whether to laugh or cry - and believe me, I still sometimes think it might be a practical joke played on us all - I soon learned that Obama was nominated for the Nobel, only 11 days into his Presidency! Are you kidding me? So basically, Obama was awarded the prize for his ideals - for his rhetoric - NOT for his actions.

The conspiracy theorist in me was saying that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize after being slapped down by the IOC just a week before; too convenient I thought. Or because his approval ratings keep sinking lower. But upon finding out that Obama was nominated only 11 days after he took office, I retracted those thoughts and just chalked it up to more Obamania worship from extreme left-wing wackos.

There is another way to look at Obama getting the Nobel: Maybe he was awarded the Nobel "Peace" Prize so he has to take a different foreign policy stance against Iran; maybe the prize being awarded to Obama, is in effect, a way to influence America's hawk-like posturing against the middle east? It certainly would be smart; because the irony of Obama winning the "peace" prize is laughable, when we are fighting two wars, and are about to send an additional amount of troops into Afghanistan. Obama's rhetoric has made it clear in the past that he intends to focus our man-power and resources on winning the war in Afghanistan.

I doubt it though. I prescribe to the notion that it's Obamania that won him the award.

To the President's credit, he did seem somewhat shocked and 'humbled' that he won. I'm sure when he was first notified that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, he let out a "WTF?" I know I did. As did many others.