Obama to donate $1.4M prize money to charity (obvious move, verified by WH)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

From Andrea Mitchell on the TV machine.

As a gesture, I would give it to whichever NGO is doing the best humanitarian work in Afghanistan.

[valerief]

1. Hope he gives it to freeclinics.us. nt

[ingac70]

2. +1

[Ineeda]

13. Good choice. Wouldn't it be nice if that choice wasn't necessary? n/t

[valerief]

29. Oh, yeah, Ineeda. It sure would. Someday. Maybe someday.

I made my $100 donation to them right after Keith's Death show. If our govt did what it was supposed to do, I could be buying cheap Chinese imports with that money!

[pennylane100]

18. ws just going to post that but reread the post s

and saw that some brilliant person had beat me to it. Great choice

[valerief]

30. (blush) Why thank you. It's not often I'm called brilliant. I kinda like it. nt

[Parker CA]

3. I bet he will donate 150%

of the winnings to....

ACORN!!!!

:7

[rubberducky]

4. I wish he would give it to Acorn! That would put the cream on the cake today!

[CakeGrrl]

6. Maybe Fox News would finally collapse itself into a black hole over that one. n/t

[WeDidIt]

5. Hopefully it'll go to doctors without borders. n/t

[gateley]

7. Yes -- I'm hoping it'll go to a global effort. Doctors Without Borders is a wonderful choice! nt

[WeDidIt]

19. since it's an international award

and Doctors without Borders won the prize in 1999, it'd be very apt.

[gateley]

26. Really - the more I think about it, the more perfect it seems! Absolutely no

political tinge at all.

E-mail the WH with your suggestion!

[alsame]

8. I hope it gets divided among charities dealing with

famine, medicine and education.

[Arkana]

11. Give half to humanitarian efforts in the Middle East, the other half

to free clinics here in America.

[hokies]

12. Even though the award is for diplomacy and nuclear non-proliferation?

I say give it to charities dealing with the causes that he was recognized for.

[Posteritatis]

28. Fighting famine and helping families and education leads to those in the long run. (nt)

[DevonRex]

9. But he's evil, I tells ya!!

:sarcasm:

[hokies]

10. I say give it to ACORN

Take that Republicans! :rofl:

[Renew Deal]

15. Split it with Planned Parenthood

:hide:

[drm604]

17. Don't forget the ACLU!

[nolabear]

14. That, my friends, is a mensch.

And I hope he gives it wherever it will do the most good, not to make any kind of snarky political statement. And I trust him to do that. And I feel so damn glad I can have that trust in our President.

[drm604]

16. I like the ACORN idea

from the point of sheer entertainment from popping heads (along with the good it would do, of course). Free clinics is also a good idea.

But I think that some global organization or organizations would be more appropriate. This is a global prize and probably should be spent accordingly.

[NYC Liberal]

20. I agree. And the RW meme will be

"Obama hates America. He should be giving it to a 'MERKIN charity!"

[tomm2thumbs]

21. he should donate it to the 9/12 Project to f*ck with the teabaggers

bwahahahahahaha

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. Make a campaign contribution to Joe Wilson

You Lie!

You Schmuck!!

[tomm2thumbs]

23. me likey

[drm604]

24. LOL

:rofl:

[drm604]

25. How about this

An ACORN outreach program to reach out to teabaggers.

[tomm2thumbs]

27. oh geeesh that would cause their brains to break - again

a double break in 9 months - has that ever been attempted?

[Clio the Leo]

31. He should spend it on tanks!!!!

Just kidding!!!

I dont know how in the world you go about deciding who to give it to ..... I dont envy him of that decision.