Reuters Headline: Nobel is sweet revenge for Gore, blow to Bush

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12207344.htm

The Nobel Peace Prize he won on Friday was a blow to U.S. President George W. Bush and his widely criticized environmental policy and will long be savored by the man who lost the bitter 2000 presidential election by a whisker.

The honor was bestowed jointly on the former vice president and the U.N. climate panel for campaigning against the threat of global warming, in a not-so-subtle swipe at Bush, a latecomer to the battle against climate change.

It may also be interpreted as a part of an international backlash not only against seven years of what many see as environmental backsliding under Bush but also against his Iraq war policy and perceived arrogance in world affairs.

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Increasing international recognition of the threat of climate change helped make Gore the betting choice to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Bush had been considered by betting services to be the definitive longshot -- at more than 100 to 1.

:rofl:

[aquart]

1. Living well is the best revenge.

What a shining example to every disappointed child in the world.

[JuniperLea]

2. Well deserved!

So, I wonder what all the whimpering, whining Gore bashers are going to say today. Yesterday, it was, "He won't win the Nobel Prize... He won't run for president... He's going to endorse Hillary."

One down, two to go.

[bdamomma]

3. sweet revenge is correct.

Congratulations again VP Gore.