for christ sake are the republicans and gop out of their minds,or?
2007-10-17 11:19:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
OMG,,,pnac ,,,you right,,,lol,,,I did not think of that,,,I like one too...hee,heee
2007-10-17 11:30:20 · update #1
The Lama gave him one of those fat buddist statues to rub for good luck!
2007-10-17 11:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by PNAC ~ Penelope 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who knows how these things happen...
I mean, Al Gore creates the Internet, and doesn't get the Nobel Peace Prize, then he makes a movie and hugs a tree....and BOOM...Big Nobel Peace Prize!
It's madness, I say, total Madness!
Seriously... Congress gave the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, which is the Highest civilian award given by Congress....What was Bush supposed to do?
And Just an FYI....
The Democrats have control of Congress.... This was Not the GOP/Republicans who did this...
2007-10-17 18:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mommacat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whenever a politician does something of this nature it is almost always PR stunt. Undoubtedly so in this case. I'm sure it was an effort on the Dalia Lamas part to avoid cringing.
2007-10-17 19:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by ThoughtCriminal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The medal was endorsed by over two-thirds of both houses of Congress, and giving a medal to the Dalai Lama is probably the best thing Bush ever did.
2007-10-17 18:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. WD 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He might have thought it was a good opportunity to piss-off the Chinese. It is not like we need their cooperation or their continued support of our economy or their pressure on North Korea. Since he had already done an equivalent for the Russians and the Turks in the last week it was probably China's turn to be shown that the US is their boss.
2007-10-17 18:23:58 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tibetans hate the Chinese too. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Buddhists are one of the oldest and biggest religions in the world. Plus he is a lot smarter then Bush, he speaks like 50 languages, written hundreds of books, and is living in exile because of the communists. Buddhists are fighting commies in Asia. What else do you need.
2007-10-17 18:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by John S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody embraces the Dalai Lama. He is a man of peace that was run out of his own country, Tibet years ago. Tibetan Buddhists are good and peaceful people. They are no threat to anybody.
2007-10-17 18:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why not? The Dali Lama is a great man. He favors freedom of religion. He wants China to stop the purging of religions from their country and Tibet.
I might disagree with him on most things but not this.
2007-10-17 18:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why wouldn't he? The Dalai Lama is a widely respected religious figure, and a voice of peace. Sure, it ruffles China's feathers, but so what?
2007-10-17 18:26:41 · answer #9 · answered by Beardog 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the frkin Lama. Rather he punched the guy in the face and laughed? He did what everyone does. What's so unusual?
2007-10-17 18:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by Hax A 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋