tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post4557443300981930809..comments2024-01-19T00:52:12.231-05:00Comments on I Me My: Nobel Peace Prize a "Political Liability" for President Obama?Id it ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-81138322240745122732009-11-11T09:47:43.350-05:002009-11-11T09:47:43.350-05:00Obama has a lot of issues at hands, i don't th...Obama has a lot of issues at hands, i don't think he'll commit a political suicide by not first dealing with issue back home. Also, to register in the books of history, he'll have to complete two terms...Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251502196387434095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-26010346559397567732009-11-04T19:26:14.739-05:002009-11-04T19:26:14.739-05:00yeah, i am an Obama fan too, not even sure if it&#...yeah, i am an Obama fan too, not even sure if it's 'cause of who he is, or the hope that he represents for this & other countries, so hopefully he will live up all these expectations... I do think the prize was a little early, but then again, when you think globally of some of the issues he attacked right when he came to power, like the closing of Guantanamo Bay, then it seems that bereweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212294373903204510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-63913949814169966952009-10-25T16:00:18.526-04:002009-10-25T16:00:18.526-04:00There is great potential here. I am a huge Obama f...There is great potential here. I am a huge Obama fan and hope he can demonstrate this!Dr. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340730498047128203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-27869368348201235432009-10-23T06:47:36.788-04:002009-10-23T06:47:36.788-04:00So he gets a Nobel for things that he has yet to a...So he gets a Nobel for things that he has yet to accomplish !?cubanohttp://www.eccentricoptimism.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-33363599255625187812009-10-22T03:46:28.320-04:002009-10-22T03:46:28.320-04:00I voted for President Obama, but I think that some...I voted for President Obama, but I think that someone jumped the gun a little when it comes to honoring him with the Nobel Peace Prize. Or did I miss something here.<br /> Of course I think he probably would have gotten it somewhere down the line anyway. And that would be great.EXSENOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439855607574342872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-82903573324380101102009-10-21T17:29:26.739-04:002009-10-21T17:29:26.739-04:00I think you are right to have some hesitancy about...I think you are right to have some hesitancy about this. It seemed and still seems premature...to me. It is an aawrd for rhetoric, nothing tangible, and that unsettles me, as a principle.A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-29437083469776496782009-10-19T12:29:21.505-04:002009-10-19T12:29:21.505-04:00Bonjour Id,
Being a kind of idealist, I don't...Bonjour Id,<br /><br />Being a kind of idealist, I don't like the idea to give a price to someone for his good intentions. Being old-fashioned as well, I can't help thinking any price should come after an accomplishment.<br /><br />Barack Obama is certainly a big chance for his country on a great variety of subjects. But he will certainly accomplish nothing as to atom bombs. Humanity has Georghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-81068685651363863202009-10-18T12:23:37.695-04:002009-10-18T12:23:37.695-04:00Hiya,
I don't think I'm a fan of Obama jus...Hiya,<br />I don't think I'm a fan of Obama just yet, actually, though I think he has done quite well so far considering the mess he inherited (and he has only been at the helm since this past January). :o)<br /><br />Oy, don't know why you're having trouble accessing my blog, bro. Were you going for <i>SmorgZone</i>? If you saw another blog on my list, though (like <i>Smauging Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-84948862594680691772009-10-17T14:07:28.182-04:002009-10-17T14:07:28.182-04:00Smorg,
Appears you are an Obama fan just as I am.....Smorg,<br />Appears you are an Obama fan just as I am... so let's be positive and see what he does.<br /><br />On a different note, why am I not able to access your blog?Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-53069296658422586802009-10-17T13:46:30.399-04:002009-10-17T13:46:30.399-04:00SR,
True..a Nobel Peace Prize is hard to beat, eve...SR,<br />True..a Nobel Peace Prize is hard to beat, even live upto I guess; that's what I meant by a premptive strategy on the part of the selection committee...now Obama has an agenda drawn up for him...<br /><br />You haven't posted in a while...Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-76843713023412092532009-10-16T12:07:39.157-04:002009-10-16T12:07:39.157-04:00It's a prudent question to ask. :o) Though I d...It's a prudent question to ask. :o) Though I doubt that it'll really change the way Obama would do thing since he wasn't courting for that prize to begin with. The dude has been pretty impressive in his ability to make his own decision, I think. <br /><br />Good post as always!Smorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604438508775705758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-64379774332077346602009-10-16T09:07:09.795-04:002009-10-16T09:07:09.795-04:00I don't think it will hurt Obama's domesti...I don't think it will hurt Obama's domestic agenda and it will only make his global agenda even harder to stand against. Overall, I think the naysayers are just jealous that their favorite presidents didn't receive a Nobel. Of course, that is not to say that I think the Nobel committee was smart in its early award (his nomination would have gone in just a few weeks after he came into srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.com