President Obama receives "Profile in Courage" award

[Claudette]

What a load of horseshit.

Anyone can win an award, doesn't mean they deserve it. The Nobel is a prime example.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Loved it. Listening to him and remembering the past 8years - damn, I miss him.

Yes, I still cry myself to sleep every night.

 

[S.J.]

Have they ever given it to a conservative?

Yes, Presidents Ford and Bush, Sr.

I said "conservatives".

No Nazis have received it.

To you, that would be anyone to the right of Josef Stalin.

 

[LaDexter]

One of the things completely devoid of courage = the O Administration

If O had any courage or patriotism, US history would be completely different.

 

[toomuchtime_]

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The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.

The winners of the award are selected by a bi-partisan committee named by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes members of the Kennedy family and other prominent Americans. It is generally awarded each year around the time of Kennedy's birthday (May 29) at a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is generally presented by Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy. Also before their deaths Senator Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Two recipients, John Lewis (in 2001) and William Winter (in 2008), were designated as honorees for Lifetime Achievement.

The winner is presented with a sterling silver lantern made by Tiffany's which was designed by Edwin Schlossberg. The lantern is patterned after the lanterns on USS Constitution, the last sail-powered ship to remain part of the US Navy, which is permanently moored nearby.

Profile in Courage Award - Wikipedia

So the Kennedy family has a sense of humor. They saw how many laughs the Nobel Committee got for giving Obama a Nobel Peace Prize despite the fact he had done nothing to earn it and they thought it would be a good joke to give him an award for courage despite the fact he had never shown any.

 

[percysunshine]

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This is sad. The people harmed by this stuff are the previous winners. Jimmy Carter deserved the Nobel Peace prize for bringing about peace between Israel and Egypt. No one had even come close to something like that in the prior 30 years.

Whereas Obama was selected before he was in office long enough to change the toilet paper in the bathrooms. Bombing Libya for the fun of it and opening a new military arms bazaar in north africa must have had the prize committee running in circles.

When peoples rhetorical claims are the metric, and not their actions, it just destroys the entire purpose of the recognition in the first place.

Why should Obama's mistakes detract and nullify Carter's accomplishments?

 

[bodecea]

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The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.

The winners of the award are selected by a bi-partisan committee named by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes members of the Kennedy family and other prominent Americans. It is generally awarded each year around the time of Kennedy's birthday (May 29) at a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is generally presented by Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy. Also before their deaths Senator Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Two recipients, John Lewis (in 2001) and William Winter (in 2008), were designated as honorees for Lifetime Achievement.

The winner is presented with a sterling silver lantern made by Tiffany's which was designed by Edwin Schlossberg. The lantern is patterned after the lanterns on USS Constitution, the last sail-powered ship to remain part of the US Navy, which is permanently moored nearby.

Profile in Courage Award - Wikipedia

And.....the Alt-Right is exploding.....

 

[S.J.]

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The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.

The winners of the award are selected by a bi-partisan committee named by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes members of the Kennedy family and other prominent Americans. It is generally awarded each year around the time of Kennedy's birthday (May 29) at a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is generally presented by Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy. Also before their deaths Senator Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Two recipients, John Lewis (in 2001) and William Winter (in 2008), were designated as honorees for Lifetime Achievement.

The winner is presented with a sterling silver lantern made by Tiffany's which was designed by Edwin Schlossberg. The lantern is patterned after the lanterns on USS Constitution, the last sail-powered ship to remain part of the US Navy, which is permanently moored nearby.

Profile in Courage Award - Wikipedia

And.....the Alt-Right is exploding.....

Laughing is the word you're looking for.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Maybe he got it for being married to that big ugly tranny?

Not fair.

I think we should leaver family out of it.

You mean the way snowflakes leave the Trump family out of it?

I expect the left to show no class.

It's what they do.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Yes, we understand that courage to you means something beside having the fortitude to stand up for what's right.

Not to be confused with current conservatives who stand up for what's wrong.

Take your ADD meds.

This thread is about courage...not right or wrong (which, of course, is a matter of opinion).

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Maybe he got it for being married to that big ugly tranny?

Not fair.

I think we should leaver family out of it.

You mean the way snowflakes leave the Trump family out of it?

I expect the left to show no class.

It's what they do.

How do you show something God never blessed you with?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Why should Obama's mistakes detract and nullify Carter's accomplishments?

Because Carter is white.

 

[OldLady]

Whatever for?

Just keeping us afloat and safe in spite of an obstructionist NaziCon Congress should be enough.

Now, that's funny.

There would have been no obstructionist congress if Obama hadn't screwed up in his first two years.

The house was supposed to stay democrat for 10 years (at the very least) after 2008.

Two years later....poooof. It's gone.

How about profile in arrogance or profile in stupidity.

That's why they gave him the award, Sun; he knew Obamacare would hurt and he did it anyway because he believed in it. Courage.

 

[OldLady]

Obama was and is a great man...Too many hate because he is a caring man that made life trillions of times easier during the great recession.

You seem to think being forced to spend trillions on his ideas is support. Nobody I know is better off today than when he took office. Nobody.

Twenty-four million people would disagree. Maybe you don't know them; that's okay.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Whatever for?

Just keeping us afloat and safe in spite of an obstructionist NaziCon Congress should be enough.

Now, that's funny.

There would have been no obstructionist congress if Obama hadn't screwed up in his first two years.

The house was supposed to stay democrat for 10 years (at the very least) after 2008.

Two years later....poooof. It's gone.

How about profile in arrogance or profile in stupidity.

That's why they gave him the award, Sun; he knew Obamacare would hurt and he did it anyway because he believed in it. Courage.

He knew Commie Care would create more new government dependents which was the only goal in the first place. 20 million new government dependents on Commie Care, another 20 million new government dependents on food stamps. Those to programs alone netted the Democrat party with 40 million more new government dependents.

The more government dependents, the more likely Democrat voters.

 

[OldLady]

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This is sad. The people harmed by this stuff are the previous winners. Jimmy Carter deserved the Nobel Peace prize for bringing about peace between Israel and Egypt. No one had even come close to something like that in the prior 30 years.

Whereas Obama was selected before he was in office long enough to change the toilet paper in the bathrooms. Bombing Libya for the fun of it and opening a new military arms bazaar in north africa must have had the prize committee running in circles.

When peoples rhetorical claims are the metric, and not their actions, it just destroys the entire purpose of the recognition in the first place.

Why should Obama's mistakes detract and nullify Carter's accomplishments?

Not all "courage" is reflected by MOABS and wars.

 

[OldLady]

Whatever for?

Just keeping us afloat and safe in spite of an obstructionist NaziCon Congress should be enough.

Now, that's funny.

There would have been no obstructionist congress if Obama hadn't screwed up in his first two years.

The house was supposed to stay democrat for 10 years (at the very least) after 2008.

Two years later....poooof. It's gone.

How about profile in arrogance or profile in stupidity.

That's why they gave him the award, Sun; he knew Obamacare would hurt and he did it anyway because he believed in it. Courage.

He knew Commie Care would create more new government dependents which was the only goal in the first place. 20 million new government dependents on Commie Care, another 20 million new government dependents on food stamps. Those to programs alone netted the Democrat party with 40 million more new government dependents.

The more government dependents, the more likely Democrat voters.

Tell that to every other civilized nation in the world.
We're the ones that are behind here. Nothing to be proud of.

 

[PredFan]

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The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.

The winners of the award are selected by a bi-partisan committee named by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes members of the Kennedy family and other prominent Americans. It is generally awarded each year around the time of Kennedy's birthday (May 29) at a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is generally presented by Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy. Also before their deaths Senator Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Two recipients, John Lewis (in 2001) and William Winter (in 2008), were designated as honorees for Lifetime Achievement.

The winner is presented with a sterling silver lantern made by Tiffany's which was designed by Edwin Schlossberg. The lantern is patterned after the lanterns on USS Constitution, the last sail-powered ship to remain part of the US Navy, which is permanently moored nearby.

Profile in Courage Award - Wikipedia

And he deserves it just as much as he deserved the Nobel. That is to say not one bit.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Obama was and is a great man...Too many hate because he is a caring man that made life trillions of times easier during the great recession.

You seem to think being forced to spend trillions on his ideas is support. Nobody I know is better off today than when he took office. Nobody.

Twenty-four million people would disagree. Maybe you don't know them; that's okay.

I know some of those 24 million who are only on it because they lost what they had before (which was better).

Nobody I know, in the working class, is happy with it.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Whatever for?

Just keeping us afloat and safe in spite of an obstructionist NaziCon Congress should be enough.

Now, that's funny.

There would have been no obstructionist congress if Obama hadn't screwed up in his first two years.

The house was supposed to stay democrat for 10 years (at the very least) after 2008.

Two years later....poooof. It's gone.

How about profile in arrogance or profile in stupidity.

That's why they gave him the award, Sun; he knew Obamacare would hurt and he did it anyway because he believed in it. Courage.

He knew Commie Care would create more new government dependents which was the only goal in the first place. 20 million new government dependents on Commie Care, another 20 million new government dependents on food stamps. Those to programs alone netted the Democrat party with 40 million more new government dependents.

The more government dependents, the more likely Democrat voters.

Tell that to every other civilized nation in the world.
We're the ones that are behind here. Nothing to be proud of.

Can you stop being so stupid ?

Countries like Canada and England have private systems too. You know why...? Think about it. The NHS must not be perfect. Many in Canada love their healthcare system and would not trade it, even though they don't use it. They use the private system something like 75% of all companies provide.

Next.....England and Canada would die if they had our levels of spending. And don't kid yourself. Canada, for the longest time kept costs down by using 2nd and 3rd generation drugs (earlier). You want that ? It's what you'll get. But we still spend way to freaking much on health care. Under a single payer, granny would not live in the waiting room like she sometimes does now.

Finally, we have states bigger than those countries. Why don't they pass it and make their states happy. Why do you need to force your ideas onto Kentucky when Mass can have it's own Romneycare ? Why must you push what you think is right onto everyone else ?