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2009-10-09, 06:14 | Link #4223 | |
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Since I'm quite a fan, I'd like to think that he deserved it. Either way, I believe that he'll deserve several of those sooner of later. |
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2009-10-09, 06:39 | Link #4224 |
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I've yet to see any convincing "achievement" and any praise for his politics, including that of the committee makes sense only in context, and that context is called GWB. Obama is in a very comfortable position not because he's at the top but because the only way is up. He can go into a restaurant and order a steak and people will cheer for him just because they know Bush would have bitten the waiter instead.
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2009-10-09, 11:47 | Link #4228 |
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I think the award says that Bush/Cheney(McCain/Palin) set the bar so low that almost anyone would look golden as a consequence.
I'd have preferred any awarding wait until we'd dealt with our Iraq and Afghanistan conundrums though.... Obama himself seems rather perplexed at the award.
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2009-10-09, 11:53 | Link #4229 |
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And that justifies this... how?
The fact of the matter is that he has yet to actually accomplish anything truly substantial, and he's the Commander in Chief of a nation involved in two wars. If he accomplished his goals and wins the prize in a few years, I'd applaud the man. But as things are now... People should be judged on their actions, not their intentions.
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2009-10-09, 12:12 | Link #4230 | |
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It's interesting that he wins the Peace Prize... then immediately bombs the moon. |
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2009-10-09, 12:50 | Link #4233 | |
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Seriously though, if Obama succeeds in some of his goals, like nuclear disarmament, he definately would deserve the nobel peace prize. But they should have at least waited to see how things work out. Obama has a lot of his plate, so they should have at least waited to see how things went.
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2009-10-09, 12:55 | Link #4234 |
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...being the Messiah, duh!
But seriously now, I for one don't see this coming. Neither does Obama, I'd think. o_0 I mean, I get it, everybody loves Obama (except for you neanderthals and minutemen types, all curiously concentrated in Jesusland :P), but they should at least wait until he succeeds in something big before, you know, giving him a freaking Nobel. |
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He does deserve a prize (maybe not the peace prize) if he can get the US out of iraq and afghanistan intact and not collaspe like the soviets.
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2009-10-09, 13:15 | Link #4238 |
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Honestly? I hate to be cynical, but I kind of expect this "award" to be a strong arm political tactic in order to sway Obama or at least try to force him to act in a certain manner. Who is trying to sway him? I have no idea (the "Europeans" (I use this word partially in jest, since many conservative comentators like to lump everyone from Europe together (and they also use the word as a slur...somehow))...but that sounds like too much of a conspiracy theory.). That being said, it will obviously hurt Obama's reputation if he receives a Peace Prize and then starts attacking foreign nations (or escalates the violence in currently occupied nations).
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