Obama Donates Peace Prize Money
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Obama Donates Peace Prize Money
All $1.4 million awarded to President Obama in conjunction with his Nobel Peace Prize is going to 10 charities, including the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and the United Negro College Fund. The money comes in tandem with the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded last October for his work toward global peace. At $250,000, the most money went to Fisher House, which "provides housing for families of patients being cared for at major military and VA medical centers." The next highest recipient was the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, which received $200,000. "These organizations do extraordinary work in the United States and abroad helping students, veterans, and countless others in need," President Obama said in a statement. "I'm proud to support their work."
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ViennaLane
can't wait to see how the obama haters trash him for this one!
Plantagenet
Its classy of the president to donate all the Nobel peace prize money to more deserving charities.
Carole65
Agree, Plant. Kudos to the President!
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khepri
Certainly more deserving than the recipient, by any means. Those damned Swedes; they really know how to get results to effect change we can believe in. Lutefisk all 'round boys and girls!
Mauiboy
Plant and Squiggy (I think they are married to one another) always manage to see the cloud around the silver lining. You know that you would have more cred if you didn't constantly follow the same narrative every single time.
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RogueBeast
cbeen, don't you think it looks a bit tawdry when you reply to your own reply?
Can you really come up with any support to your claim that "they" denied he would contribute the money to charity? (Only a real idiot millionaire president would have saved it for "just in case" he needs it.) And regardless of what Al Jazeera said, do you really believe that Obama was deserving of this award?
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squiggy
Bush haters beat the Obama haters out! LOL Classy huh! Of course, big news, as if he would keep it!
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nortonclybourn
Nice that you're LOL again. True, you are not making any sense, but at least you're happy. I hope you're not laughing so loudly that your Depends are overflowing.
reneeiris
He should have donated some to a literacy program for FOX commentators.
Justin
Good for him. More of that in the world would be great.
devilsadvocate
Released just in time to help counteract the new Gallup Poll numbers today!
But seriously though, it's great he's giving it away. I think it was publicized from the beginning when he received the prize that he'd be donating the money.
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devilsadvocate
Uh....well both points were plainly apparent.
darcman
Off topic! More proof that the narrative that President Obama hasn't accomplished anything is completely false and that we should trust his decisions! http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aeSenIUvpSK0&pos=10
RogueBeast
Incredible! What is it?
Mike Stewart
"Trusting" Obama is about the dumbest think anyone would do at this point. I don't believe I've seen any more obvious double dealer in presidential politics with the possible exception of John Edwards.
khepri
Well it's good that he's gotten rid of the money, and to good causes too. Next step would be to return the medal which he does not deserve, given his current foreign policy and military adventures. The Swedes must be totally red-faced at jumping the gun on this Pentagon servant.
Danny-e-Boy
DON'T THINK HE DID ANYTHING BUT KEPT IT HIMSELF...don't trust this clown at all.
socialworklady
There goes Obama
socialworklady
There goes Obama
Acting all socialist again
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