How does a guy who’s been in office nine months with no notable achievements win a Nobel Peace Prize? How does a guy who even gets mocked by liberals for having accomplished “jack squat” get bestowed with such an honor?

They figure he deserved one because he promised to do good. I shit you not.

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president…

The Nobel committee praised Obama’s creation of “a new climate in international politics” and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage. The plaudit appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama’s predecessor for resorting to largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Rather than recognizing concrete achievement, the 2009 prize appeared intended to support initiatives that have yet to bear fruit: reducing the world stock of nuclear arms, easing American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthening the U.S. role in combating climate change.

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said.

Not a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize? FDR. Also not a recipient? Ronald Reagan. But Obama wins won for…promising to change things. Promising.

The cult of personality keeps on-a-chugging. Now the left (in a global sense) can point to their Dear Leader having won a Nobel Peace Prize as if he actually accomplished something to deserve it.

How unworthy is he? There were audible gasps when the Obama groupees in Oslo announced this stupidity. The White House initially refused to comment,  perhaps thinking it was an elaborate prank. Foreign papers are actually calling this a mockery of the prize.

But I’m sure we’ll hear from CNN and the rest of the left-wing media how he totally deserved this. You know, for being, like, awesome ‘n stuff.

It would seem that the world can no longer make a distinction between hopes  or promises and actual achievement. If Obama has any shame, he’ll turn down the prize awarded to Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela. Even he knows he doesn’t deserve it.