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They nominated Obama simply because he won over Bush and before he was even in office. I have lost faith in the Noble prize system as a whole.
by planetzero 7y ago
They nominated Obama simply because he won over Bush and before he was even in office. I have lost faith in the Noble prize system as a whole.
- diabeetusman 7y agoObama never ran against Bush. 2008 was Obama and McCain and 2012 was Obama and Romney
- planetzero 7y agoso Bush was never president?
- doubleunplussed 7y ago*Nobel, and for what it's worth, the peace prize was added after Alfred Nobel's death and is considered by many not to serve the same purpose at the other Nobel prizes, and so it has a different reputation. It is sometimes used as a nudge to people who have the power to do good things, rather than as recognition after the fact.
- opo 7y agoAll of the Nobel prizes were established after his death.
- doubleunplussed 7y agoWell, he established them in his will. I was under the impression that the Peace prize was not in his will, but I just looked it up on wikipedia and it was. Looks like I got it confused with the "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences", which shares his name and is administered by the same committee, but was established by others.
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