Mark Twain quote: "It is better to deserve honors and not have them, than to have them and not deserve them." Does that fit Barack Obama in more ways than one?

by tncdel Posted 2012/10/27 00:20:30

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	YES [tell us why you think so].	24 votes	86%
	NO [tell us why you think not].	4 votes	14%

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Walt 2012/10/27 00:45:15

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Matt 2012/10/28 04:24:42

YES [tell us why you think so].

I'll bet that the people in Sweden who awarded this are shaking their heads.

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D S 2012/10/27 19:33:29

NO [tell us why you think not].

I am not sure.

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mwg0735 2012/10/27 10:09:38
AL 2012/10/27 08:39:41

YES [tell us why you think so].

Fits Obee to a tee!

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ed 2012/10/27 08:28:24

YES [tell us why you think so].

To a T

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oros 2012/10/27 04:26:54

YES [tell us why you think so].

Perhaps he should give it back did not know they awarded prizes for puling the wool over a nations eyes. But the question still remains who is to blame the con man or the fools who fell for his charm.

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Bob, the reasonable one 2012/10/27 03:09:24

YES [tell us why you think so].

One particular award ceremony....Nobel Peace Prize for this poseur of a president for winning a freakin' election!!

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maquignon 2012/10/27 02:38:34

YES [tell us why you think so].

Barack Obama is the most undeserving person I know.

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santa6642 2012/10/27 02:16:19 (edited)

YES [tell us why you think so].

The peace prize is one prime examplehe did not do anything to deserve it but got it and cheapened it for everyone else who may deserve it

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Azrael-In GOD we trust 2012/10/27 02:14:42

YES [tell us why you think so].

The latter part about having them and not deserving them; i.e. the Nobel Peace Prize and the title of POTUS.

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exhon2009 2012/10/27 02:09:19

YES [tell us why you think so].

Obama being awarded a Nobel Prize was like giving someone an Oscar in the hopes they would then go out and make a good movie.

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USAISME 2012/10/27 01:20:12

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Because my conscience would not allow it.

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DeeB 2012/10/27 01:16:25

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Why he even got the Nobel prize has me shaking my head. He was in office all of 2 minutes and most of the country or world knew nothing about this guy. The people who make the decision need to lose their jobs cuz they stink.

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TheTruth1313 2012/10/27 01:07:52

YES [tell us why you think so].

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You have to love Twain.

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jc 2012/10/27 00:59:54

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Since when does a liberal earn or deserve any type of honors?Or have a sense of pride for that matter?Everything is handed down them without merit.

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sky 2012/10/27 00:51:21

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Not sure, but that is what I tell myself whenever I look at my “Answer to Rave”, ratio, ; P

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sjalan 2012/10/27 00:48:15

NO [tell us why you think not].

They saw what most people see today as being a much greater man than obviously you think he is. That is why he got it then and I think would get it now.

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timothy.hill.14 2012/10/27 00:47:12

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Also fits the UN quite well.

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Walt 2012/10/27 00:45:15

YES [tell us why you think so].

+4

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Azrael-... to Walt 2012/10/27 02:16:02

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I'll have one "to go." HAHAHA!!

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Walt to Azrael-... 2012/10/27 02:18:24

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Don't forget! You can also get a free Nobel Prize with the purchase of a regular oil change!

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Azrael-... to Walt 2012/10/27 02:20:54

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Hey, thanx!!! I didn't know that!

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Walt to Azrael-... 2012/10/27 02:22:46

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Sure thing! You never know when you might need a pair of bookends or a paperweight!

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Azrael-... to Walt 2012/10/27 02:29:10

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Or a doorstop . . . .so many uses!

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KilrQueen 2012/10/27 00:41:15

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Well, he won the Nobel Peace Price for something but I'm not real sure what.....but he is definitely not deserving of any prize for any reason. Maybe a medal for being the biggest traitor to be in the White House.

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tncdel to KilrQueen 2012/10/27 00:48:31

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As a non-U.S. citizen with a fake birth certificate, it would be inaccurate to label him a traitor... at least not a traitor to our country, though maybe Kenya could claim that.

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KilrQueen to tncdel 2012/10/27 01:38:54

Excellent point!

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sockpuppet 2012/10/27 00:39:28

YES [tell us why you think so].

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I remember a Nobel Prize for... uh...

for...

It'll come to me.

ummm...

I'll get back to you on this.

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sockpuppet to sockpuppet 2012/10/27 00:40:38

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...Being a community organizer!

That was it. Must have been.

Mustn't it?

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tncdel to sockpuppet 2012/10/27 00:49:30

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No doubt for the type of "peace" for which Muslims are well known.

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sglmom 2012/10/27 00:34:46

YES [tell us why you think so].

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Oh, I so agree with Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

In every way ..
I'd rather actually EARN what honors I've been awarded ..

than have the degradation ..
the humiliation
of knowing that the ONLY reason this honor was given was because of some 'block' that was filled in (or a vacuous .. empty .. total fantasy of a submission)

HONOR is everything .. and it is EARNED by your choices, your actions .. how RESPONSIBLE you are as an adult, and someone who lives life in a respectful way.

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