Woah

[heidi]

They just awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize.

Has it ever been given to a head of state within 9 months of his or her taking office?

Oh, the right wingers' heads will explode! Can't wait to see how this is covered. Were there any rumors of this beforehand? And is a nobel better than bringing Olympics to Chicago?

(and since I'm being political, kudos to both Florida's senators for voting for Franken's bill that would strip govt contracts from companies that require binding arbitration for employees who are sexually assaulted at work. The 30 republicans who voted against it? I have no words for their vile-ness.)

(btw, still have not seen Show. I had a sleepless kid from 915 thru 230 am last night. No spoilers, please - except I know who the Guest Star was.)

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[erinrua.livejournal.com]

I was kind of wondering what they awarded it for. I mean, they had to do the nomination process months ago, before he'd completed his first 100 days, so I'm mainly just ... kind of confused! What had he done, at the time of nomination, that they awarded it? LOL, though I think he said something in his acceptance speach about him applying it towards stuff he hoped to do.

Anyhow. Politics confuse me, and so did this prize. I'm simple that way. ;-)