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I'd like someone to inform me of one accomplishment of his that warrants his receiving of the award. And pushing a catchy a slogan of 'change,' to get elected,

by kyro 17y ago

I'd like someone to inform me of one accomplishment of his that warrants his receiving of the award. And pushing a catchy a slogan of 'change,' to get elected, isn't one of them.

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jeromec 17y ago
The predominant sentiment here seems to be Obama is a bad guy. I'm not saying he deserves the peace prize, but he didn't ask for it, nor, I'm sure, do anything he has done in pursuit of it. He didn't "push a catchy slogan of change" to get elected, at least, not the way you portray it. He adopted his "change" mantra from his earliest days as a politician, actually as a community group organizer. He sympathized with the disconnect he saw with poverty stricken blacks in Chicago contrasted with the wealth, indifference, and apparent self-interest of high level American politics. That's why he has repeatedly reminded fellow politicians of a duty to actually serve the people, and done things like put limits on staff salaries. The "change" message was coincidentally on time, and took on new meaning in light of Bush's performance, but not something he cooked up at the last minute. Edit: for those voting me down would you please delineate which of my points you disagree with? I'm genuinely curious.
- ananthrk 17y ago
  "The predominant sentiment here seems to be Obama is a bad guy" You got this wrong. Most of them are only questioning the thought-process of the nobel committee (in awarding the prize to Obama) and not of Obama, the person.
  - billswift 17y ago
    There's a sickening amount of Obama-love on this thread.
kyl 17y ago
Does this count? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiiuAu6pX_Cw http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiiu...
- steve19 17y ago
  no. every prior US president has also worked on nuclear disarmament. Probably every Russian president as well. Only one Nobel winner ever achieved disarmament ... and I don't think he should have gotten the award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_W_de_Klerk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_W_de_Klerk

by kyro 17y ago

I'd like someone to inform me of one accomplishment of his that warrants his receiving of the award. And pushing a catchy a slogan of 'change,' to get elected, isn't one of them.

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jeromec 17y ago

The predominant sentiment here seems to be Obama is a bad guy. I'm not saying he deserves the peace prize, but he didn't ask for it, nor, I'm sure, do anything he has done in pursuit of it. He didn't "push a catchy slogan of change" to get elected, at least, not the way you portray it. He adopted his "change" mantra from his earliest days as a politician, actually as a community group organizer. He sympathized with the disconnect he saw with poverty stricken blacks in Chicago contrasted with the wealth, indifference, and apparent self-interest of high level American politics. That's why he has repeatedly reminded fellow politicians of a duty to actually serve the people, and done things like put limits on staff salaries. The "change" message was coincidentally on time, and took on new meaning in light of Bush's performance, but not something he cooked up at the last minute. Edit: for those voting me down would you please delineate which of my points you disagree with? I'm genuinely curious.

ananthrk 17y ago
"The predominant sentiment here seems to be Obama is a bad guy" You got this wrong. Most of them are only questioning the thought-process of the nobel committee (in awarding the prize to Obama) and not of Obama, the person.
- billswift 17y ago
  There's a sickening amount of Obama-love on this thread.

kyl 17y ago

Does this count? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiiuAu6pX_Cw http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiiu...

steve19 17y ago
no. every prior US president has also worked on nuclear disarmament. Probably every Russian president as well. Only one Nobel winner ever achieved disarmament ... and I don't think he should have gotten the award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_W_de_Klerk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_W_de_Klerk