re: #24 Varek Raith

Can’t you just imagine what the wingnut reaction would’ve been had Obama turned it down?

You mean the approval he would have garnered for realistically assessing his accomplishments to date, politely declining the prize, and asking the committee to come back in a few years and see what he’s been up to?

Really, what could anybody possible find objectionable in that? He would have won admirers among his critics.