While the aggravation that today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement has caused conservatives is fun (and fitting, after all their gloating over the Olympics news), the award itself rather strange. Especially considering that nominations were due about 10 days after President Obama took office.
If Obama is winning the prize for speeches he’s given, promises he’s made, and his potential to have America use it’s global influence to work towards peace and understanding, I think the award should go to the people that voted for him. Then, when Obama actually does something substantial, he can win. (I should disclose a financial stake in this position: as one of the 67 million people who voted for Obama, I would be entitled to 2 cents from the $1.4 million prize.)
-AR
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