{"id":6709,"date":"2009-10-11T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T16:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/maureen-dowd-gandhi-wuz-robbed.html"},"modified":"2009-10-11T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T16:40:59","slug":"maureen-dowd-gandhi-wuz-robbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/maureen-dowd-gandhi-wuz-robbed.html","title":{"rendered":"Maureen Dowd: &#8220;Gandhi Wuz Robbed&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/11\/opinion\/11dowd.html?adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1255288076-Ir0NoXDoxlcIpZfZvaRlcg\">mildly amusing column by Dowd<\/a>, her take of what Clinton and W&#8217;s reaction to the Obama Nobel Peace Prize win might have been:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CLINTON: The only peace Obama has made is bringing together the Taliban, Rush Limbaugh, the Palestinians and the Israelis to agree the guy is undeserving. It just confirms everyone&#8217;s suspicion that all this dude knows how to do is dazzle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And SNL, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/obama-won-the-nobel-peace-priz.html\">Matt Lauer, the nation of Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/noel-sheppard\/2009\/10\/11\/stephanopoulos-laughs-when-brazile-says-obamas-nobel-prize-was-well-d\">Stephanopoulos, George Will <\/a> (Brazile states that &#8220;it&#8217;s well deserved but he must earn it&#8221; :-), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/tvguide\/411026_tvgif11.html\">Jay Leno<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/09\/AR2009100903860.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">Washington Post<\/a> (btw, I applaud them in their choice of an alternative recipient and if Obama had any humility, he would offer the award to her family),<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/us_and_americas\/article6869506.ece\"> the British<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/blogs\/kausfiles\/archive\/2009\/10\/09\/what-obama-should-do-with-his-nobel-peace-prize.aspx\">Democrats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/time\/20091009\/us_time\/08599192939500\">Time Magazine<\/a> and even<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/10\/world\/10nobel.html?hp\"> Obama<\/a>, himself. All have expressed surprise over the choice and thought it should go to someone more deserving.<br \/>\nBTW, the reason Bill Clinton didn&#8217;t get it? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/us_and_americas\/article6869506.ece\">Monica Lewinsky<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mildly amusing column by Dowd, her take of what Clinton and W&#8217;s reaction to the Obama Nobel Peace Prize win might have been: CLINTON: The only peace Obama has made is bringing together the Taliban, Rush Limbaugh, the Palestinians and the Israelis to agree the guy is undeserving. 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