Madame Secretary, What Do You Think About That Prize?

Secretary's Remarks: Interview With Ann Curry of the Today Show

October 10, 2009

QUESTION: The President is joining the ranks of Martin Luther King, of Mother Teresa, of Nelson Mandela. Does he deserve to be in those ranks? What has he done specifically for world peace?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, the fact that the Nobel committee – and I can’t read their minds, none of us can – but the fact that they recognized that his attitude toward America’s role in the world, his willingness to challenge everyone, to kind of step up and take responsibility, really restores an image and appreciation of our country.

Uh, but what does it say about The One?

And this just came through:-

In a decision as shocking as Friday's surprise peace prize win, President Obama failed to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.

While few observers think Obama has done anything for world peace in the nearly nine months he's been in office, the same clearly can't be said for economics.

The president has worked tirelessly since even before his inauguration to wrest control of the U.S. economy from failed free markets, and the evil CEOs who profit from them, and to turn it over to wise, fair and benevolent bureaucrats...