Not only does former Rep. Pete Hoekstra want to see President Obama join the ranks of the unemployed next year.
Hoekstra, who is now trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, is calling on Obama to return the Nobel Peace Prize he received in 2009 for what Hoekstra sees as a lackluster performance in promoting a secure world.
The world was overly giddy with Obama when they awarded the prize to him, Hoekstra argues. At the time, Obama had accomplished nothing on the world stage, and he has not accomplished much since, Hoekstra said.
What little has been achieved has resulted from continuing former President Bush’s policies in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hoekstra said.
“So smitten was the international community with the prospect of ‘change’ in American foreign policy, that they awarded President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize before any of his proposed changes had even been implemented and results seen,” Hoekstra said.
Hoekstra does have a point here. It’s hard to say that Obama had merited winning the Nobel Peace Prize when a) he hadn’t done anything yet, and b) he has been, to a large extent, a Bush clone.
So what do you say, Prez? I’m sure that shiny gold medallion has looked good on your mantle for more than a year now. Maybe it’s time to pass it on to someone more deserving.
