In a stunning move that has already sparked outrage in some political circles, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced today that former US President Barack Obama was the 2018 recipient of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Medicine. Shortly after the announcement, a somewhat slack jawed Obama held an impromptu press event on the front porch of his Washington, DC area mansion, saying, “I’m honored that the committee has selected me and hope to continue to contribute to the medical community.” It was not clear, nor did Obama state what those specific contributions were, or would be in the future.
A gobsmacked Bill Clinton was reportedly furious when the news hit his family office. While Clinton did not make an official comment, a family “friend” who was reportedly with him when he received the news in bed this morning stated, “he absolutely hit the roof, he was elected US president twice and never got the award,” and added, “what did Obama do to win it and why hasn’t my snuggly Bubba baby won it?”
Passed over, again, from this year’s award were several exceptional researchers and doctors including Ralph Salacamancus, who just last year found a cure for baldness, as well as Jindae Lee, the Chinese researcher who made radical improvements in human organ transplant technology using prison labor from his home country’s vast pool of inmates. Neither were available for comment.
Swooning fans of the former US President gathered in front of his home during the morning press conference chanting, “Gotta Catch ‘Em All”, in reference to Obama becoming only the third person to receive Nobel prizes in two categories, having received the Nobel Peace Prize shortly after winning the US Presidency. The other two prior recipients were Marie Curie (Physics, Chemistry) and Linus Pauling (Chemistry, Peace).
In unrelated news, it is rumored that the Swedish Central Bank is also considering awarding Obama the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work talking about economics. That prize will be announced next Monday. The Swedish Central Bank had no comment.