Nobel Intentions Prize

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The Morning Bell


FRIDAY, OCT 9, 2009


The Nobel Intentions Prize



As fellow Americans we always take pride in the achievements and awards of our compatriots. While we congratulate President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize today, he should accept the award on behalf of the American people for all our many sacrifices to make the world a better place. Everyone recognizes, however, that the Nobel Committee awarded the prize to President Obama on the basis of hope for the future than achievements of the past. The politicization of this award saddens us when dissident leaders in China, Zimbabwe, Cuba and other dictatorships are passed over despite substantial achievements and not just hope for things to come.
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More recently, Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, and Former Vice President Al Gore won the award in 2007 for his environmental activism. It is clear to everyone that in recent years, the Nobel Prize has taken on a form of a political football that Europeans are able to lob into U.S. domestic politics when they desire to.

President Obama has built high expectations for himself since he began his campaign in 2007. He was going to turn around Afghanistan, the “good war.â€

[ELE]

obama should get the un-peace award for all the damage he has done to our people and allies.

[April]

obama should get the un-peace award for all the damage he has done to our people and allies.

YES he has caused MUCH unrest!

[SOSADFORUS]

obama should get the un-peace award for all the damage he has done to our people and allies.

YES he has caused MUCH unrest!

Ditto!