We all won the prize. We elected Obama and wanted change.

[LeftHander]

We voted to remove the scourge of Republican rule.

In doing so this WAS a major step for creating peace. We first had to not allow Republicans to call the shots anymore. We had to start making the moves to living lighter.

Remember the vitriolic and uncooperative, unilateral, condition laden foreign policy from the previous administration?

Well the world is really relieved we didn't elect more stupid goddamn republicans to office.

The Repukes will wonder why he won. They never will because they can't understand social change and justice or that this prize is a recognition for them LOSING.

The selfish will never understand this.

The rest of us do.

America won the Nobel Peace Prize for recognizing the root cause of numerous problems in the world were caused and exacerbated by Republican ideology.

Yeah America is going to be forever changed by BO presidency. The ugly underside that has been there all along is finally going to be neutered.

[arcadian]

1. Puh-lease

[FiveGoodMen]

2. What you said!

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. +1 nt

[Swamp Rat]

3. Don't give up arcadian. It has only been 9 months.

Obama has met with so much internal resistance that it is understandable (in my opinion) why he has not completed the gargantuan tasks of ending two wars, fixing the economy, a defunct healthcare system, et al.

:patriot:

[FiveGoodMen]

5. "ending two wars"

By escalating one of them.

Nixon tried that.

[Swamp Rat]

6. We have not escalated Afghanistan yet.

Obama is receiving lots of flack and interference from within (I'm thinking of the pro-war generals left by Bushler and the GOP/DLC hawks).

The Nobel Committee is thanking the American People while also trying to push Obama to do the right thing - get out of Afghanistan. He needs more time and help from us.

[Swamp Rat]

4. The prize is for the American People just as much as it is for pushing Obama to fulfill his duties

:patriot::grouphug::patriot:

[Posteritatis]

7. Isn't that actually the president's interpretation of it? (nt)

[Swamp Rat]

8. Mine, and I hope it is his too.

What has he said so far?

[Posteritatis]

10. Still casting about for info, I found out about this whole thing five minutes ago. (nt)

[Posteritatis]

Here we go:

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-obama.html

"I will accept this award as a call to action — a call for all nations to confront the challenges of the 21st century," Obama said in a press conference from the White House Rose Garden on Friday morning.

The Norwegian Nobel committee said the president was selected "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between people."

The committee attached special importance to Obama's vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons in the prize citation, which was read in Oslo on Friday.

. . .

But the president said he isn't sure he "deserves to be in the company of so many transformative figures that have been honoured by this prize," Obama said, adding that previous Nobel laureates have been an inspiration to setting his own global goals.

[Swamp Rat]

12. Glad he agrees... makes me feel even better about voting for him.

:D Thanks for the info. :hi:

[kiranon]

11. Yes! n/t

[cally]

13. I got stopped on the street in Morocco

by random folks praising Obama when I travelled there this summer. People would find out I was American and then their faces would light up and they want to know what I thought about Obama--basically they wanted confirmation that we were proud of our President. It hit home to me that the election of Obama has made a huge difference. I was welcomed because I was American and we had a leader they admired. What a difference from a few years ago.

We elected him, in part, because we wanted a new direction and relationship with the world. We have much to accomplish but I believe the election of Obama has led us towards peace and that he's earned this prestigious award.