From the Volokh Conspiracy, we have these Top 10 Reasons President Obama Won the Nobel Peace Prize:
10. Consolation prize for losing the Olympics;
9. Who gives a rat’s you-know-what about Afghanistan, anyway;
8. The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology were already taken;
7. “We couldn’t give an ‘un-prize’ to George W. Bush, and this was the next best thing”;
6. For extraordinary diplomacy at the Gates-Crowley “Beer Summit”;
5. “Obama? I thought we were giving it to Osama“;
4. The Norwegians wanted to honor one of their own, and the committee discovered that Obama was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a Volvo factory worker;
3. Norway needed to stimulate its prize industry, and Obama was willing to trade in an older, less efficient prize;
2. He was the 10th caller;
And the Number One Reason Obama Won the Nobel Peace Prize:
1. Bill Clinton’s write-in votes for himself didn’t count.