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35. I think he has about as much chance as the 300-500 other nominees

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 01:02 PM

Jan 2014

This isn't the Oscars or Grammys. The Nobel Prize Committee does not give us the list of nominees so we can all start our office pools as to who will win. That list is sealed for 50 years. So in the end when you hear people make claims of nomination in reality you're making an assumption that whomever submitted the name got thru all the nomination process to be considered. Because of this process it's very common for people to brag about nominations because really - who can prove someone wrong if no one will see the list for 50 years.

As for your second statement - if he won then yes it would. Even I would have no doubt about that. But as a 'nominee' it is foolish to think there's any positive/game changer meaning to it.

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Really? Did you think Rush Limbaugh's nomination was a game changer LynneSin Jan 2014 #29

Rush Limbaugh never had a ghost of a chance to win. another_liberal Jan 2014 #31

I think he has about as much chance as the 300-500 other nominees LynneSin Jan 2014 #35

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