"This is an encouragement to this president to continue to follow through on those commitments when, inevitably, he hits the bump in the road," said John King, CNN chief national correspondent .
"The committee is essentially saying, 'Stay at it, Mr. President. You have our prestige behind you now.' "
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This, to me, is the most likely reason he won. Has he done anything worthy of a peace prize? No. But he's talked up a lot of great intentions, and the committee is trying to bribe/guilt him into actually following through. I'm not sure this is entirely a bad use of the prize if it gets results, but I can't help but think that it cheapens it into little more than a political tool. In my opinion, a prize should be a recognition, not an incentive.
"The committee is essentially saying, 'Stay at it, Mr. President. You have our prestige behind you now.' "
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This, to me, is the most likely reason he won. Has he done anything worthy of a peace prize? No. But he's talked up a lot of great intentions, and the committee is trying to bribe/guilt him into actually following through. I'm not sure this is entirely a bad use of the prize if it gets results, but I can't help but think that it cheapens it into little more than a political tool. In my opinion, a prize should be a recognition, not an incentive.
So, I was discussing Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize with a friend and...
- 12/10/2009 05:01:38 PM
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I think this was actually the Nobel Committee's rationale, wasn't it?
- 12/10/2009 05:06:12 PM
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wait. Obama won the peace prize? *NM*
- 12/10/2009 05:18:12 PM
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He got it for bombing the moon. *NM*
- 12/10/2009 06:14:10 PM
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I heard it was hiding WMDs. *NM*
- 12/10/2009 08:18:19 PM
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Well, it wouldn't allow the UN inspectors in so what would you think? *NM*
- 12/10/2009 08:34:11 PM
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From a CNN article:
- 12/10/2009 05:57:22 PM
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Obama was probably the best available choice
- 13/10/2009 05:26:26 AM
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Do you have a source for that?
- 13/10/2009 04:03:47 PM
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There's always organizations that have been doing good work for decades.
- 13/10/2009 04:21:55 PM
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Re: There's always organizations that have been doing good work for decades.
- 14/10/2009 07:23:54 AM
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If it was "given to the American voters," the I want my share of the prize money.
- 13/10/2009 04:01:12 PM
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