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To: JohnM who wrote (51076)	10/11/2002 10:46:55 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Whatever one thinks of Carter's presidency, his actions since have been Nobel Prize worthy. Let's see, Carter ruled Arafat's rigged election in 1996 "free and fair", and he gave some lovely PR to Fidel recently, praising the advances in Cuban health care (well worth giving up freedom and prosperity for, apparently). What is the Nobel for, being suckered by dictators? I will admit that the work on Habitat for Humanity seems praiseworthy, but hardly Peace Prize material. I heard a BBC reporter as the Nobel Prize board spokesman if this prize wasn't just meant as a slam aginst President Bush, and the answer was "that's a valid interpretation". The spokesman also said that President Carter had earned the prize for the Camp David talks in 1979, but since he had not been nominated, he could not receive the award back then. Of course, this is the board that regrets giving the Peace Prize to Shimon Peres in 1994, but not to Yasser Arafat.