Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize....no, really.

[rhienelleth]

Are you kidding me?

I'm doing something extremely rare, and breaking my politics free zone with this.

So, President Obama gets to stand with people like Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa? Giving this award to our President for things he hasn't done yet, is flat out ridiculous. I'm sorry if you don't agree. It doesn't matter if he's the best

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[roseaponi]

Yes, exactly. When I saw this headline on msn news, I checked to see if it was April 1st.

He hasn't even had a chance yet to do what he's aiming to do - and he's awarded for what precisely? I'll admit I'm no fan of his in the first place, but really, how can anyone who isn't a completely irrational Obama fanboy argue that he deserves this?

[dagnylilytable]

Here's a link about Sima Samar, the passed over activist.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/Sima+Samar/

[rhienelleth]

Thank you!

And this just makes me more sad that apparently the things she's accomplished and continues to fight for do not measure up to what Obama has not yet even done, at least in the eyes of the Nobel committee.

[kayjayuu]

Here you go.

Others here, ignore the source if you are so inclined, it's just the first source I've seen for the list.

Obama had been in office 11 days when he was nominated.

[rhienelleth]

Thanks! Wow. That is a very interesting list.

[purple_shoes]

Well said - this reflects, 100%, my reservations with this decision.

I'm too much of a political-phobe to address these things on my own, so it was nice to see on my flist today someone voicing my thoughts on it better than I could have.

[lizardbeth_j]

Yes, this. It's become the award for Not Being Bush, I guess.

But otoh, imagine the cartoons if Obama ends up ordering air strikes against Iran or something. epic!