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A record 157 nominations ranging from President Bush to the Salvation Army have been made for this year's Nobel Peace Prize after the awards committee added six names Thursday at its first meeting of the year -- Salon, Feb. 21, 2002
President Bush's staff was delighted to learn that he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his fight against terrorism. However, they spent much of day responding to critics who claimed George Bush didn't deserve a nomination for the world's most prestigious peace prize while he was simultaneously prosecuting a world wide war against terrorism.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer disagreed with the critics and said George Bush certainly had the necessary credentials for the award.
Well it's not like Martin Luther King or Ghandi are running. I mean Kofi Annan won it last year and what has he ever done for anybody?"
Vice President Dick Cheney concurred with Ari Fleischer's assessment.
Even that little weasel Arafat won a Nobel Peace Prize so it's not like it's all that hard to win. I mean if not the president, then who? Are you going to give it to the whole nation of Switzerland or something?"
The debate raged across Capital Hill where Tom Daschle chimed in on the debate with a unique perspective.
What about Enron? There's corruption going on there, we've got 11 Congressional investigations happening right now so that proves something's going on. While we certainly can't prove George W. Bush was involved I'm going still going to use his name and Enron in a sentence as many times as possible. See? Or like this: George Bush is up for a Nobel Peace Prize and Enron is a corrupt company, is that a coincidence?"
Donald Rumsfeld jumped into the debate after being asked by a reporter if he thought George Bush deserved a Nobel Peace Prize.
"Well of course he does. In fact, Saddam Hussein, the mullahs in Iran, and that little kook who runs North Korea are soon going to know the sweet peace that only death can bring when we blow the Hell out of them."
President Bush himself welcomed the nomination in a radio address to the nation today.
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