BillsNYC Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1255078857...DNewsCollection What a joke.
olivier in france Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1255078857...DNewsCollection What a joke. Well for many american neocons, Peace is a liberal joke!...
Jim in Anchorage Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 The illusion of any meaning was over after Carter and sealed by Gore.
erynthered Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 The Nobel vote for the peace prize stopped 12 days into his presidency. He won on promises not achievements. What a fuucking joke.
Magox Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1255078857...DNewsCollection What a joke. my favorite part is: the Nobel Committee praised him for giving the world hope There you go, no tangible achievements, but "hope"
Nanker Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Great. He wins the Peace Prize and the first thing we do is bomb the friggin moon! What a consolation prize for losing the Olympics for Shoekago. He should turn it down as an unwarranted attempt at influencing American foreign policy.
John Adams Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I honestly thought it was an Onion headline. My liberal wife is even laughing at it. "What has he done" and "Isn't he debating about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan" were her initial responses. Then she remembered that he's not against torture! How deserving. BTW, nominations were submitted in February.
GG Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 There is absolutely no tangible justification for it. Bill Clinton has done infinitely more than Obama on the world stage and should have gotten the award based on whatever criteria they're using. Wouldn't you imagine that the global nucular stockpile should have been reduced maybe by one gram for the award to be justified? Has the US taken out any nukes out of commission in the last 9 months?
Philly McButterpants Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 As an American, I'm happy for him . . . But I do feel that it is undeserved at this time.
finknottle Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 History is going to look back upon this and see it through the prism of race. In 20 years, anyone looking at his accomplishemnts will view this as the set-aside Nobel. This is unfortunate on several levels. It is unfortunate because there is a grain of truth to it, for affirmitive action is indeed the reason for his meteroric rise and instant acceptance at every level - it's not every law student who gets a book deal while they are still in school! But it is also unfortunate because it is only a grain of truth, and somewhat incidental at that. Race does not fully explain the whole hope/change/we are the future pied piper spell that the nobel comittee has fallen for. But for future generations looking at his name and accomplishments to this point, the context may be lost and they will reach for the simpler explanation.
Beerball Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 But I do feel that it is undeserved at this time. ya think? undeserved and unfugginbelievable.
/dev/null Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 So when is the actual ceremony where he gives (yet another) speech? Will it be before or after Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan?
finknottle Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Fascinating tidbit - Obama entered office 12 days before the nomination deadline for this years peace prize. Which raises the question: what did he do in his first 12 day's of office to shake the world so? The only thing I can think of is (possibily) his promise to close Gitmo within a year. Wow - that was easy!
PearlHowardman Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Unfortunately for Obama, his detractors will EASILY point out the reasons why he doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize while his supporters will labor to find any kind of reason why he DOES deserve it. It's gonna get real ugly! We need to know who the other nominees were that DIDN'T get the award and why Obama was selected over them!
erynthered Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Fascinating tidbit - Obama entered office 12 days before the nomination deadline for this years peace prize. Which raises the question: what did he do in his first 12 day's of office to shake the world so? The only thing I can think of is (possibily) his promise to close Gitmo within a year. Wow - that was easy! http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/index.php?...t&p=1589951
PearlHowardman Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Well for many american neocons, Peace is a liberal joke!... I wonder if Obama is going to give due credit to his Teleprompter in his acceptance speech (which he will be reading from his Teleprompter)!
pBills Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Ya know I was wondering where I could go to see people crap on this. I FOUND IT!! Not surprisingly either. Congratulations President Obama!!!
swede316 Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Get off his rooster...You are beyond help if you think he deserved this.
finknottle Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 You ain't seen nothin' yet! I have it on good authority that canonization proceedings were initiated 15 days into his administration. Expect an announcement from the Pope any day now.
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