Why President Obama:

[elleng]

"We have not given the prize for what may happen in the future. We are awarding Obama for what he has done in the past year. And we are hoping this may contribute a little bit for what he is trying to do."

In making the announcement, the committee said Obama has "created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play."

"Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts . . . the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100900914.html?hpid=topnews

[malaise]

1. Send this to the RNC and to Joe Scum

They need to see this NOW. :rofl:

[elleng]

8. Has scumboro mess this up?

If so, what's his address?

[FrenchieCat]

2. Hell, send it to CNN....cause they obviously don't have a clue!

[Turborama]

3. Yep, Jonathon Mann spent 2 hours solid trying to push people to say Obama doesn't deserve it

Even the guy who announced it!

[elleng]

7. Wanted to do that, Frenchie, but couldn't find WHERE!

[FrenchieCat]

12. Here..... :)

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[elleng]

13. Thanks for this list, Frenchie!

[KharmaTrain]

4. Translation: He's Not boooosh

This prize really belongs to US...all who voted for President Obama last year and sent a message to the world we had had enough of the rushpublicans and the cowboy diplomacy of the past regime.

The world's problems may not be solved, President Obama still has plenty of work ahead, but there's little doubt the world is a far better place today than it was a year ago...and for that, it's worth the prize and celebrating!

[malaise]

5. Ding ding

the world is breathing a collective sign of relief. And that's despite Afghanistan, Iraq and the drones in Pakistan.

David Gregory - a left wing body endorsing change.

Fuck you David Gregory
add

[KharmaTrain]

9. He Won Despite....They Hate That

Watching the coverage this morning, you could see the disdain of the corporates...how dare those Arugula eaters do this!

The sour grapes are flowing this morning. To that I say..."life's a bitch ain't it".

:rofl:

:hi:

[mogster]

6. Yeah

I think so too. It's a recognition of the US struggle through the years. Look at this vid, lol:
http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/10/09/nyheter/nobelkomiteen/nobels_fredspris/obama/8501055/
It's a Norwegian paper, but the video is in English, just click the arrow. An American couple on a trip to Norway, just passing by the Nobel institute as the prize were being announced, having no idea that their president will be awarded :D

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Exactly What I Told My Wife

He's changing the tone by not being a pompous, entitled, childish jerk.

I'm really hesitant to suggest that that isn't enough to deserve the award.
GAC

[saltpoint]

11. Sarah Palin, who aspires to the presidency, quit before the end of her first

term as Alaska's governor.

Barack Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize before the close of the first year of his first term.

In a complex world, who ya gonna call?

[Lorien]

14. Since the nomination deadline was Feb. 1st they WERE expecting

that he would do something worthy of the prize before he actually did much of anything. Whether that's a good or a bad thing depends on who's reading it.