Hannity makes “sense” out of the Nobel prize

Posted on October 14th, 2009 by ecthompson md

Now, this is priceless.

From TP:

Last night, Fox News host Sean Hannity hosted a panel that debated the merits of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. After complaining about Obama’s goal of eliminating nuclear weapons and claiming that the Nobel is undesirable because Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat receieved it, Hannity suggested an alternative recipient for the award — former President George W. Bush:

HANNITY: [Yasser Arafat] got the Nobel peace prize. Excuse me, a terrorist got the Nobel peace prize. Some people deservedly so. You know who else deserved it? Ronald Reagan. And frankly, I would’ve given it to George Bush.

As many commentators have noted, the Nobel Prize appears to have been motivated in part by anti-Bush sentiment, which makes Hannity’s suggestion particularly absurd. After all, George W. Bush engaged in the torture of detainees, waged an unprovoked and illegal war, and brought about the largest protests in history against U.S. policies — hardly behavior that is fitting for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Tags: Obama administration, Party Politics // 4 Comments »

  • askcherlock

    Hannity is completely out of touch. There is not one world leader who, in this past year, has done more in the interest of promoting peace than Barack Obama. This is such a departure from the previous administration, and a lot of damage control is being done by Obama to rectify that. The world needs peace-starters to step up and Obama has done that. His effort on this alone makes him deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • ecthompson

    :)

    I’m happy that Obama is president. Now, there are a few things that I need him to deliver on – out of Iraq, fixing the environment, Al Qaeda, restoring civil liberties and jailing the of Cheney, Rumsfeld are a few that come to mind.

    Thanks for you comments.

  • Guest

    He has only been in office 9 months give him time to try and change things. Congress is his obstacle not the other country leaders. Bush was ” You are either with us or against us” not a peace maker in my opinion.

  • ecthompson

    your opinion is correct.

    Thanks for your comment.

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