After nine months in office.
We suppose it was awarded for his most extraordinary accomplishment to date, keeping the Clintons usefully employed and out of the limelight. Because -- and we say this as great admirers of the guy, who nourish comically immense hopes for his future success -- what else has the guy actually done yet?
In a few years, when the Taliban has been crushed, Iran and North Korea have agreed to give up on nukes and pursue decent relations with the West, when Africa is stable and headed toward prosperity, when there are two tiny little nations living peacefully together on the banks of the Jordan and every American has affordable, effective health care -- at that point, the President will deserve every conceivable medal, trophy, badge and laurel wreath.
Right now? We're waiting.
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I suppose we could get get into a discussion of the relative merits of Norwegian vs. Swedish committees, but I don't want to get you in trouble.
Honestly when I saw the headline on the internet this morning I thought it was from the Onion and was a joke.
The upside is that it's kind of fun to hear all the right wingnuts on the radio go nutso.
Woke up early today to see if I'd won any prizes overnight. web
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