President Obama + Nobel Peace Prize?
How many conservatives woke up this morning to this 'crushing news' and had to start sucking down antacids? Do you think this will ruin their weekends? Is anybody else loving this as much as I?
How many conservatives woke up this morning to this 'crushing news' and had to start sucking down antacids? Do you think this will ruin their weekends? Is anybody else loving this as much as I?
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Yes, I do.
Anonymous
He won it and we can't ask him to give it back now. I think Cindy Castano, an “ordinary" person working to stop slavery and genocide in the Sudan should have got a Nobel Peace Award. Popularity may get you a 2009 nobel peace prize, but it won't necessarily make
the world a better place.
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I am a conservative, but I am not sucking down antacids, nor do I think this is "crushing news". I think that the tenor of the prize has changed - no longer is it given for achievement, but rather "intent" or "hope" or something like that. Obama gives a great speech, he is very good looking and eloquent, and has all the right symbolism. The Nobel committee is as taken in as the rest of his admirers. I would prefer to wait and see if his hope and change actually accomplishes anything, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The Nobel Prize has become political, just like the UN and other agencies. At least the Olympic Committee isn't blind to this hype.
Smokies Hiker
Now let's see, back in 2002 Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize, and in 2007 Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, and now Barrack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Carter and Gore were both inept in their office and neither lasted very long in Washington DC and they were both losers! See any similarities here!
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I heard and I am so proud that say I am an American. He will have to live up to, I personally believe he can handle it.
I have no doubt. Congradulations President Obama. Don't give it a second thought about your Haters. This Committee said you do deserve this Noble Prize. Keep your head up and trust in God that he will show you the way.