On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made an surprising announcement. Was it the fact that the news came only nine months into The President’s first term that made the news so shocking or was it the conceptual nature of the Nobel Committee’s kudos that caused so many waves to bristle?
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Are Obama’s, “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” deserving of such a distinguished acknowledgment?
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More context for how this decision was made -
Here’s the Nobel Committee’s announcement
Here’s the Reuters’ run down on what earned Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter their Nobels.
Saturday Night Live’s Obama acceptance speech sketch
Read what Maureen Dowd, channeling Bill Clinton and W, has to say -or-
Check out my friend, Thomas Huynh’s Sun Tzu based commentary on the topic.
Just like Obama,
I am also not George Bush.
So where’s my Nobel?
The Nobel Dem Prize:
Carter, Gore, now Obama
Next year: Dukakis.
Rhetorical dud
Republican sour grapes
Repeat again and…
Obama wins Prize
What do you think, premature?
I hope he earns it.
Thanks for all the posts. Submitted everything to Huffington and will, presumably, post once it’s through editorial.
The Bush administration, through lies and cohersion convinced the American people and the world that we were justified in invading Iraq. When the lies were exposed there were no apologies, no regrets expressed. This from the leadership of the most powerful nation in the world. Our underregulated financial markets nearly wrecked the world economy. Many Americans and citizens of the international community lost everything. This happened under the watch of George Bush. How can President Obama, leader of the most powerful nation in the world, trying to bring about greater international cooperation and trust in American objectives in the world arena be heckled for winning the nobel peace prize? At this time in world history Mr. Obama’s push for “fraternity among nations” through his efforts for diplomacy among nations has been inspiring to millions. If this kind of effort had occured some eight years ago I wonder where the world would be today.