President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

[editec]

The PEACE PRIZE?!!

These guys are nuts.

 

[paperview]

good morning Immie...
Maybe they thought he had done enough in his first 10 days that looked promising to them?

I don't think so, Care, and good morning.

He might deserve the prize in 2010 or 2011, but I just don't think he had done enough to have earned the prize by Feb 1, 2009. It appears that this award was undeserved at the time he was nominated.

Immie

I agree. At best, this has to be seen as premature.

Perhaps.

We could be looking at a case of Norwegian premature acclamation.


<it's OK honey, really. >

 

[Ame®icano]

Doesn't it just SUCK when the majority in your own country as well a majority of the international community don't agree with your biases?????

These apoplectic whinings are the icing on the cake. What a GREAT day!

Doesn't it suck when people win awards for nothing?
Its fun to watch people like you cheer on a hollow and meaningless 'victory.'

What's next?

Obama for an Emmy, Oscar, Teen Choice award etc. - being such a great liar... errr actor, he qualifies for every one of them.

 

[Coyote]

Bush AIDS fight saved 1.1M, study says - and what he gets in return? Did he asked for anything?

Obama hands out false hope and promises, accomplishes basically nothing and he gets Nobel prize.

Next year Obama could be nominated for Nobel prize for economy... or mathematics, for paying $829 B health care bill and stay deficit neutral.

Considering Bush started the two wars we're now embroiled in...the Nobel Peace Prize might not be appropriate.

Other than that - I don't think ANY of the recipients "asked" for it.

 

[Xenophon]

Obama wins dancing with the stars!

Why not, he didn't do that either.

 

[Coyote]

True...

Today, peace in the Middle East depends on Hezbolah, Hamas and Ahmadinejad. Should they be nominated too?

You completely missed the point didn't you?

On the contrary, I'm right at it.

The Nobel Peace Price was awarded to three people working together to jointly craft a peace plan that came far closer to success than any other to date. It was quite a monumental effort. An effort that cost one of them his life at the hands of extremists on his own side.

Perhaps you can explain how Hezbolah, Hamas, and Ahmadinejad are crafting a joint peace plan for that region? Some evidence of ongoing negotiations for peace would be handy. Just to clarify, the definition of peace does not include lobbing rockets into another country or exploding oneself in a crowded market place.

 

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Cost of Nomination: 1 sheet Laid Linen stationary, 3.44 postage.

Award of Prize money: $1.94 million.

Head implosion of the Right Wing: Priceless.

 

[Xenophon]

Barry wins NFL MVP!

You just can't stop him!

 

[Zoom-boing]

I don't think so, Care, and good morning.

He might deserve the prize in 2010 or 2011, but I just don't think he had done enough to have earned the prize by Feb 1, 2009. It appears that this award was undeserved at the time he was nominated.

Immie

I agree. At best, this has to be seen as premature.

Perhaps.

We could be looking at a case of Norwegian premature acclamation.


<it's OK honey, really. >

 

[WillowTree]

Cost of Nomination: 1 sheet Laid Linen stationary, 3.44 postage.

Award of Prize money: $1.94 million.

Head implosion of the Right Wing: Priceless.

price of trip to Oslow? Ten million.

 

[Sinatra]

This will harm Obama far more than help. The collective reaction has been one of confusion and disbelief over this - only the far left is rejoicing.

The backlash is already underway - and the Obama White House knows it. The president's speech this morning was very much along the lines of "sorry about this".

His team should have told him to refuse the award - that would have gained him far more prestige and respect than accepting it. They miscalculated, and his already declining approval numbers will suffer even more...

 

[Care4all]

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you. A person does not get nominated for a prize before he or she has earned the right to win the prize. The nomination and prize are to be awarded after the deed has been done.

I'm not saying that the President's effort should never be recognized, but they should not have been recognized before they were actually done. IMHO.

And no, I do not blame President Obama for this.

Immie

good morning Immie...
Maybe they thought he had done enough in his first 10 days that looked promising to them?

In the first days of his presidency, his operatives say, Obama will hit the ground running.

Number one: focus on the economy with meetings with his economic advisers.

He'll try and get support for that economic stimulus plan on Capitol Hill.

But he'll also take some actions to signal a fresh start in foreign policy.

On Wednesday, his first full day in office, he will call in his military commanders as he promised during the campaign in order to come up with a withdrawal plan from Iraq.

On Wednesday or Thursday, he also will issue executive orders to issue the closing of Guantanamo Bay, though he won't say a time.

And in week one, he's going to appoint new envoys to carry out his diplomatic missions: Dennis Ross, a longtime middle east peace negotiator will focus on Iran and other areas and Richard Holbrooke, who negotiated the Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia, will focus on India and Pakistan.

--George Stephanopoulos

I don't think so, Care, and good morning.

He might deserve the prize in 2010 or 2011, but I just don't think he had done enough to have earned the prize by Feb 1, 2009. It appears that this award was undeserved at the time he was nominated.

Immie

disagree with what? I too think it was premature of this committee, and none of those things that looked promising, that they may have thought was promising, actually came in to fruition...

we are still in iraq, we are still in Guantanamo and the two peace makers he hired have not brought even the promise of peace in the regions he hired them for....so i am as clueless as the rest at this point!

I did the google search, because after reading the initial post, i thought, WHAT in the world were these guys thinking when they nominated him....did THEY know something that we didn't know or are they just picking nominees on promises of hope and change?

so I googled, Obama, first 10 days.....and i came up with that article.

 

[Xenophon]

This will harm Obama far more than help. The collective reaction has been one of confusion and disbelief over this - only the far left is rejoicing.

The backlash is already underway - and the Obama White House knows it. The president's speech this morning was very much along the lines of "sorry about this".

His team should have told him to refuse the award - that would have gained him far more prestige and respect than accepting it. They miscalculated, and his already declining approval numbers will suffer even more...

If he refused it I would gain a measure of respect for him.

But he's already made it clear he thinks he deserved it.

 

[JimH52]

I think the honor, and it is an honor, is more for what he has promised than for what he has done.

My problem with Obama, at this point, is he needs to get off his duff and do something with Afganistan. The longer he waits, the more young people we are losing over there. Kick the crap out of the Taliban abd Al Quida and get out of there.

As for the Nobel Peace Prize, we all should be honored. But I am sure that is not the case and that the honor will somehow be used against him. So be it...

 

[namvet]

it was given to him based on race only

 

[Zoom-boing]

I think the honor, and it is an honor, is more for what he has promised than for what he has done.

My problem with Obama, at this point, is he needs to get off his duff and do something with Afganistan. The longer he waits, the more young people we are losing over there. Kick the crap out of the Taliban abd Al Quida and get out of there.

As for the Nobel Peace Prize, we all should be honored. But I am sure that is not the case and that the honor will somehow be used against him. So be it...

So Nobel Peace Prizes are now given out for 'promises'? What a ******* joke.

Talk is cheap, it's what you do that counts.

 

[Zoom-boing]

it was given to him based on race only

Doh! He accomplished being the first 'black' president of the U.S. Could it be this simple?

 

[del]

i promise to perfect cold fusion on my kitchen table.

do i get the prize in physics, now?

i need to know so i can go shopping for my outfit.

thanks in advance

del
nobel laureate

 

[Xenophon]

Barry wins Wheel of fortune!

What a guy!!

 

[Sinatra]

it was given to him based on race only

Doh! He accomplished being the first 'black' president of the U.S. Could it be this simple?

Yes.

Obama is the classic noble savage syndrome...