It's hard to criticize this without sounding partisan. I'm like President Obama, and I'm generally satisfied with him so far... but... Nobel Peace Prize? Seriously? What has he accomplished? I realize the criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize are highly subjective. Still, as much as I like Obama, I don't see anything Nobel-worthy in his nine months as President. (This ties into a whole other rant of mine, where the media, even the alleged "liberals," already talk as though Obama's time in office is played out. Fer cryin' out loud, he's not even close to finishing his first year.)
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I think this is a political move more than anything else. This could be the Nobel Committee's way of welcoming the United States back into the world community after eight years of reckless cowboy isolationism... more "we appreciate what you're doing" than "we appreciate what you've done.It would be truly tragic if it actually undermined Obama's efforts, since the Elephant Echo Chamber is good at spinning "international approval" as
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I think this is a political move more than anything else. This could be the Nobel Committee's way of welcoming the United States back into the world community after eight years of reckless cowboy isolationism... more "we appreciate what you're doing" than "we appreciate what you've done.It would be truly tragic if it actually undermined Obama's efforts, since the Elephant Echo Chamber is good at spinning "international approval" as ( ... )
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