Obama has won a Nobel

Beryana · #1 10-09-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Little32

As the Foundation is a private entity,

While the Nobel Foundation may be a private entity, the committee that selects the Peace Prize is made up of members elected by the Norwegian Parliament. . . .that being, the Peace Prize committee is rather political in nature. . .

Little32 · #2 10-09-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Beryana

While the Nobel Foundation may be a private entity, the committee that selects the Peace Prize is made up of members elected by the Swedish Parliament. . . .that being, the Peace Prize committee is rather political in nature. . .

And I have never said that it is not. Even if there weren't that association, the prize would still be political (most stuff is, right). It is not, however, only political in this particular case.