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(51,590 posts)It represents the reasons for his choosing to run for POTUS...fame and money. I guess he can always cover up Kim's profile on the coin or have a member of his staff scratch it off.
Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Gothmog
(145,172 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)President Obama did not deserve the Nobel Prize, too. Few of the ones who did so are still here and posting. It was the beginning of a trend that continued throughout his presidency. Some simply could not stand it that he'd been elected.
I consider that attitude to be one of the great shames of some people on DU. Some never actually supported him from the day of his inauguration onward. Remember?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)IOW, he hadn't come into the presidency (which he undeniably did deserve for all his great feats of statesmanship).
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)He gave his acceptance speech in December of that year.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Al Gore
"The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 was awarded to Jimmy Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development".
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)He is still making a difference to this day. By contrast the only (R) of
modern times is Kissinger. And the president he served under, Nixon,
called him Jew Boy to his face. That's how much he was appreciated.