Comments on: Obama “Surprised” and “Deeply Humbled” by Nobel Peace Prize

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:40:54 +0000

I DID NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA AND AM TOTALLY OPPOSED TO HIS IDEAS, BUT THE PRIZE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM. ALL IT IS, IS THE LIBS IN NORWAY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN THINKING LEADER OF THE USA TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA.

By: espirto

espirto — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:04:00 +0000

There is absolutely nothing humble about Barack Obama.
Posted by: drjohn
why don’t you explain how he’s not ‘humble’

By: Alyson

Alyson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:08:37 +0000

Neda Soltan should have won the Peace Prize.
Posted by: drjohn | Oct 11, 2009 11:56:48 AM
The thing that most bothers me about right wingers is their willingness to exploit people and goodness and courage for their partisan, less-than-noble causes. Children in a classroom, Jesus, and now Neda Soltan. Beyond the fact that Nobel prizes arent’ awarded posthumously, what really bothers me about the Nobel for Neda campaign is that it seems really exploitative and disrespectful of Neda’s courage and humanity. Neda was a very courageous young Iranian woman who can no longer speak for herself. To use her and her death as a symbol for someone else’s partisan and divisive political beliefs feels deeply wrong. It doesn’t surprise me that a commenter here would go there, but it’s sad.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:56:48 +0000

There is absolutely nothing humble about Barack Obama.
Neda Soltan should have won the Peace Prize.
The Nobel Committee has reduced itself to a bad joke.

By: Sam Kaufman

Sam Kaufman — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:09:07 +0000

the committee that decides who will receive a Nobel Peace prize every year can decide on whomever they please, so it would be silly on more levels than one to criticize Obama for winning one

By: Hasan Faris

Hasan Faris — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:08:10 +0000

it is a shame that someone who opposed removing a vicious dictator [Saddam Hussein] is considered a person of peace, an absolute joke from people with little heart and no brains.

By: Sasquatch

Sasquatch — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:07:40 +0000

Norway is a far out of the way, cold, wet, small nobody country in the world and their egoistic politicians must feel slighted for no one listening to their lofty, intellectual Nordic wisdom.
Posted by: Bill
oh my, – sounds like an upcoming ‘right wing’ rationale for invading Norway, … the nerve of them, to make an independent decision without the OK of America..best to turn Norway into a parking lot.

By: WPclassifieds.net

WPclassifieds.net — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:01:03 +0000

The best part is trying to imagine Bill Clinton’s reaction. Think of it: Carter has one, Gore has one, and now Obama. This is not going down well in Chappaqua, you may rest assured.

By: Alyson

Alyson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:33:53 +0000

Paul Raushenbush at Beliefnet:
“Anyone who domestically dismisses these efforts will have explain why America has risen in the past ten months to be the most admired nation in the world after having fallen during President Bush’s terms.”
Juan Cole:
“But the Right in the United States is to peace as velociraptors were to vegetarianism. They don’t believe in the ideal for which the award stands in the first place.”

By: dave

dave — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:39:05 +0000

I personally think we all are ignoring the sacrifice that President Obama will make in accepting the reward. It’s a really long trip, but I’m sure the President will do it selflessly.
Perhaps there should be a prize for accepting the prize, too.