Hugo Can't Believe Obama Won the Nobel
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Strange times indeed when Hugo says something that’s actually right:
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize.
Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government’s “imperialist” policies, said he thought it was a mistake when he read the U.S. leader had won.
“What has Obama done to deserve this prize? The jury put store on his hope for a nuclear arms-free world, forgetting his role in perpetuating his battalions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his decision to install new military bases in Colombia,” Chavez wrote in a column.
“For the first time, we are witnessing an award with the nominee having done nothing to deserve it: rewarding someone for a wish that is very far from becoming reality.”
Chavez said giving Obama the Nobel award was like giving a baseball pitcher a prize simply for saying he was going to win 50 games and strike out 500 batters.
Although mild compared to some of the virulent rhetoric he often uses against the United States, Chavez’s criticism contrasted with the assessment of his mentor, Fidel Castro.
The former Cuban leader said it was “a positive measure” that implied criticism of the “genocidal” policies of Obama’s predecessors in the White House.
Though Caracas and Washington have hostile political relations, the United States remains the main buyer of oil from the OPEC member nation.
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6:58 PM
Next year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to…to…Hugo Chavez for promoting peace, fairness, equality, and most of all for spreading the wealth around!
After this year’s absurdity, I actually won’t be surprised if he did get it: It would make sense and be consistent.
.-= vulcanhammer´s last blog ..Obama wins Nobel Prize for Peace!! =-.
7:13 PM
If Hugo Chavez says Obama did not deserve the prize, maybe the logical conclusion you should draw from that is that he did deserve it.
Hugo Chavez is a troublemaker; he is not a peacemaker.
.-= Joe Markowitz´s last blog ..More Peace Prize Reaction =-.
7:17 PM
So Castro said Obama did deserve it. With whom do you side?
8:57 PM
This all says more about the prestige and status of Nobel prizes than it does about Barack Obama. I am surprised how much attention this is getting.
.-= burro´s last blog ..Reset Button =-.
9:19 PM
Castro said that? I had not heard that. My guess is that means Castro is trying to curry favor with the US to ease trade sanctions, which is perfectly understandable. Chavez thinks he gets more points at home by thumbing his nose at Americans. I don’t side with either Castro or Chavez. I’m just a knee-jerk Obama supporter as you know.
.-= Joe Markowitz´s last blog ..More Peace Prize Reaction =-.
9:22 PM
You’re not a knee jerk kind of guy though we disagree on this issue.
11:17 AM
I left what I think of this Nobel Peace Prize business on Joe Markowitz’s blog.
We (old ladies in Canada) so admire that you don’t allow any insults on your comments, Harrison…Even self-insults.
I hope you don’t mind self bragging…like “old ladies in Canada”!
Best Wishes.
11:21 AM
Joe may not know it but his piece on the Nobel was put on this website and there are many comments:
http://commonsensepoliticalthought.com/?p=7453
What’s a “self-insult” Claudia? Thanks for the kind words.
11:28 AM
I meant Joe calling himself a knee-jerk kind of guy. Why would people assume that a person will think ill of you if he/she disagrees with you.
I call that self-irony. I prefer self-pride.
11:39 AM
Joe’s a good man he just knows we rarely agree! He’s just taking the piss.