Do you think a Republican politician will ever win the Nobel Peace prize for service to mankind?

After their tenure in office Nixon wrote books, Ford played golf, Reagan, well, he was sick soon after he left office, Bush, the other won, hunkered down in Maine. Carter has spent the balance of his career helping hundreds of causes, Clinton established a vital world reknown Aids organization and encouraged America's youth to become involved, Gore, an activist for conservation. Um, why do you think there is such a vast difference in how ACTIVE on behalf of causes Democrats are when compared to Republicans?

Of course not.
Democrats go into politics as public service, and continue after they leave office.

Republicans go into politics to serve themselves.

note: Theodore Roosevelt was a progressive, not a typical Republican. All Republican recipients except Kissinger were connected to this administration.
Kissinger is in a unique position for having to watch what country he travels to for fear of being arrested for war crimes - evidenced by declassified documents from Nixon & Ford administrations.
The MLK claim by Republicans is undocumented conjecture from selecting out of context snippets from his speeches and going back to the Civil War Republcian party.

13 visible answers out of 14 all of a sudden.
Somebody hiding from me?

Are you bashing Kissinger because he was Republican, the same way Conservatives are bashing Gore for being a Democrat? You act like the Nobel prize only counts when a Liberal wins. I feel sorry for both of you. Report It

You forgot that Carter is also a part of that "Old Farts for Peace" group.

I always thought the stereotype was that liberals were the lazy ones...you proved me wrong on that one...

Republicans do the same thing that Rudy did when he was supposed to be working withthe 9-11 Commission,
they neglect their country and go make money for themselves

Reagan should still win...he ended the cold war...but I know that isn't important compared to scaring children about global warming nonsense.

The very first American to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize was a Republican politician: Teddy Roosevelt. He won it for helping to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese war.

More recently, Henry Kissenger shared the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Vietnam Peace Accord.

So, clearly, the answer is yes.

This is ideologically improbable, since Republicans are guided by self-interests rather than altruism.

Why anyone would choose a Republican for public service (i.e. elect them) is the most oxymoronic phenomena in the modern world.

Carter has spent the balance of his career meddling in world affairs to the detriment of mankind, providing support for tyrannical dictators and generally making a mess of things

no forget that pipedream

Let's see...

Carter is probably just trying to help the people he made destitute during his administration.

Clinton, well, Clinton likes sex so it is only natural he would start an organization that he may someday need.

Gore may be an activist, but he's also a hypocrite. He's kind of like a fat guy with a Big Mac in his hand telling us that we have to diet.

Probably not.

Their obviously whoring the award out.

Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. He was the US Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford.
He was a Republican.

Also, believe it or not, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. If you don't believe me, check the link.

As long as Carter kept his mouth shut he was doing good in the world as an X President. Hos mouth negated his good.

Many Republicans do good quietly. Most aren't Glory hogs. Many are just the little person doing their life.

Absolutely. If and when social darwinianism, "survival of the fitest", is more fully recognized to be in the best interest of mankind.

Serving social darwinianism... to be the best manner of serving mankind.

Lets get real here! Republicans are for the rich and powerful! They are war mongers! They call Democrats bleeding hearts, and tree huggers. Who would care more about Peace a bleeding heart? Or a war monger?