Comments on: OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE http://avocadojungle.com/2009/10/admin/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize truth in understanding Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:19:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David P. Kronmiller http://avocadojungle.com/2009/10/admin/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1#comment-128 David P. Kronmiller Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:22:41 +0000 http://avocadojungle.com/?p=611#comment-128 Zach I wonder if you read my piece really - I agree that this adds pressure on the President to live up to this award and it would have probably been better for him to have won it later in his Presidency but like I laid out above - a lot has changed on the world political stage since his inauguration - he's been a catalyst for calming the world's rhetoric. Regardless - as I've said in a video comment I left on iReport - he's not getting this solely based on the last 9 months - he's getting it because of a consistent public position - in 2003 he was against the Iraq war in 2004 he gave a speech calling for an end to partisanship in this country - a speech many credited for launching him into the international spotlight - and the campaign itself lasted over 2 years during which he consistently called for diplomacy over armed retaliation - he won the election mainly on his opposition to the Bush doctrine of preemptive war. And like I listed above - the world noticed this consistency even if folks here didn't. Zach I wonder if you read my piece really – I agree that this adds pressure on the President to live up to this award and it would have probably been better for him to have won it later in his Presidency but like I laid out above – a lot has changed on the world political stage since his inauguration – he’s been a catalyst for calming the world’s rhetoric.

Regardless – as I’ve said in a video comment I left on iReport – he’s not getting this solely based on the last 9 months – he’s getting it because of a consistent public position – in 2003 he was against the Iraq war in 2004 he gave a speech calling for an end to partisanship in this country – a speech many credited for launching him into the international spotlight – and the campaign itself lasted over 2 years during which he consistently called for diplomacy over armed retaliation – he won the election mainly on his opposition to the Bush doctrine of preemptive war.

And like I listed above – the world noticed this consistency even if folks here didn’t.

]]> By: Zach http://avocadojungle.com/2009/10/admin/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/comment-page-1#comment-127 Zach Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:17:45 +0000 http://avocadojungle.com/?p=611#comment-127 I didn't realize they gave Nobel prizes for good intentions! Where's mine? Look. I think Obama is doing the best he can with a hell of a tough job on all fronts, but he is both the victim of undeserved vitriol from the right, and (yes) the recipient of undeserved and hyperbolic acclaim from the left. A Nobel prize after nine months in office? Is it April first already? (P.S. I left a comment two weeks ago on your last post and it still hasn't posted...what's the deal?) I didn’t realize they gave Nobel prizes for good intentions! Where’s mine? Look. I think Obama is doing the best he can with a hell of a tough job on all fronts, but he is both the victim of undeserved vitriol from the right, and (yes) the recipient of undeserved and hyperbolic acclaim from the left. A Nobel prize after nine months in office? Is it April first already?

(P.S. I left a comment two weeks ago on your last post and it still hasn’t posted…what’s the deal?)

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