Did President Obama Deserve The Nobel Peace Prize?

I voted no also but I doubt it will really do him much harm politically. As far as I can tell he did nothing to seek it. Pretty much those who support him will continue to and those who don't won't.

Honestly, I think his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize will do more to lower the prestige of it in many peoples eyes (and not because of Obama mind you).

I agree with that Bryant.

It's just another thing for the right wing to @!$%# about. Although, with their mindsets, it seems they will @!$%# about the way he walks even if he catered to their every desire.

Honestly, I think his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize will do more to lower the prestige of it in many peoples eyes.

Only in the eyes of Republicans and they don't count.

Only in the eyes of Republicans and they don't count.

If only you realized what is so wrong with that statement, and how it effects the world.

It's just another thing for the right wing to @!$%# about. Although, with their mindsets, it seems they will @!$%# about the way he walks even if he catered to their every desire

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Both sides do it - the only question is which side is in power.

they count because they need to feel as though their concerns have been heard and considered by the President before they will consider supporting him in his attempts to improve the country and its relations with countries around the world.

But they are not going to support him no matter what.

He has to continue reaching out to them and allow them to slap his hand away so that the public can see what is truly happening:

OK. I buy this.

#3: ..."Give it back? Please pass some of what you're smoking, sounds like it's good stuff..."

Hi Nicey, your post has been one of the best ones I have read on here today. "Give it back"? is right. For what - these nuts? Are you kidding? That would be all that they would want - for now. And make these haters happy? No way. I would personally call the White House if he did and ask to speak to Michelle!

They must have lost their entire minds if they think the President should give back this Prestigious International Award that comes with $1.4 million that the President is giving to charity. Come on now- {and pass the cigarette)!

"Give it back"?

And insult the giver? Don't think that will contribute to world peace.

#3.2:..."And insult the giver?"

And according to the rules/myths of the Committee, you can not rescind it or take it back. Conversely, I don't think a recipient can "give it back".

btw, I don't think the President should even consider "giving it back! Not for these haters, not ever. I even said that ifPresident Obama would even consider it, I was calling Michelle!{remember the "radical angela davis with the firearm" one? :-)}

Since he did not earn it, and does not deserve it, I could care less what he does with it. By being given it, the entire Nobel Peace Prize committee has put the final nail in their own coffin (two other nails were AL GORE and JIMMY EARL). They will forevermore be known as an international joke for violating their own principles (it is supposed to be for results, or at least years of effort at diplomacy, or good works, not for 10 days and a historical election.

#3.4: ...."(it is supposed to be for results, or at least years of effort at diplomacy, or good works, not for 10 days and a historical election....

And who told you that? Or is that the way YOU would like for the rules to be? You cannot turn their rules into your rules!

If their rules are not to your liking, then come up with your own Rules, Selection Committee, and money$$, and give it to whomever you like the most!

I could care less what he does with it.

And he and the Norwegians could care less that you care less.

THis is an opinion poll, and I gave it. If you don't like opposing opinions, DON'T READ THEM!!!

If you don't like opposing opinions

I love them so I can give my opinion back in kind.

Exactly my point.

DON'T READ THEM!!!

I thought this was your point.

#5: ..."I think he should give it to someone else who has already accomplished peace already. He can still get one in the future.

As you will see if you download or just go to the video of the Nobel Prize Committee President, the award is not just given for "accomplishments/done deeds" but the direction being taken in the name of peace and harmony. The award was not given for any "electoral politics" but for the emphasis on human rights" that has an affect on the international climate" at large.

This is an "international award" not just something that the President has not done in the United States.

I'm sure there is someone out there.

President Obama got it for what now? I feel he should get it if his policies work out. Jimmy Carter got Egypt and Israel to sit down and sign a peace treaty. I think it's too early for awards for things that haven't happened yet.

I'm sure there is someone out there.

Just any old someone will do.

#6.2: ..."Just any old someone will do.

What they all are really saying is anybody except President Obama!

Please see what the President of the Nobel Prize Committee said was the reason they gave it to President Obama-unanimously: "he has shown Hope for a better future; he creates a new intentional climate of good will and peace; he follows the ideals of the committee with the emphasis on human rights and not electoral politics; he follows the ideals of the committee; they like the direction he is going towards diplomacy and peace and they are happy with their choice ;and so on and so on.

President Obama was not selected to receive the prize for what he has done, but what he REPRESENTS for the future and he how he wants the world To BE not HOW IT IS.

President Obama was not selected to receive the prize for what he has done, but what he REPRESENTS for the future and he how he wants the world To BE not HOW IT IS.

Most people of all stripes want a better world. Many times we even agree on how the world should be improved..........where we disagree is how do you accomplish the goal.

Here though is the problem with what the Nobel committee has done. They have honored him with the award for his ability to give a speech saying how he stands against nuclear proliferation. Fine, well and good. What happens though if by the end of his term as President we find that Iran and Korea (both very real possibilities) have nuclear weapons and as a result other countries in there respective areas increase their arsenal? How is that going to look? That is the difference between setting the goal and achieving the goal. It isn't enough to set it - people do that every New Year, but only a few get the benefits by achieving it.

Here is another question beyond those speeches has he actually taken action. Even symbolic ones like standing down our arsenal. Can you imagine the uproar over that? Isn't that electoral politics. How about signing a treaty? Granted I don't think it would get past the Senate but at least it is an action. Has a date for any disarmament talks been set? Has one country been inspired by President Obama's speeches to change their nuclear policies?

How come President Obama receives it for speeches but President Clinton doesn't deserve it for brokering a deal to keep nuclear weapons out North Korea? An actual action (granted we later find out Kim Jong Ill didn't keep up his end, but that wasn't figured out till much later and at least Clinton did something)

As to others who might be more worthy, well how about:

--Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia – imprisoned for campaigning for human rights in the PRC,
--Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China's communist system. (Not to mention the symbolic value of awarding a Chinese dissident on the 20th Anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre.)
--Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years
--Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims,
--Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar. She currently leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N. special envoy to Darfur

These are people who not only give speeches but have take action and do so at great risk to themselves. Isn't that more worthy ?

In the end this is just one last "kick in the leg" (their words from what I hear) to President Bush that started with President Carter and VP Gore. At least they had accomplishments that could be pointed to beyond a couple of speeches. At least with them the first thing said receiving the Peace Prize isn't universally "For what?"

#6.4: .."In the end this is just one last "kick in the leg" (their words from what I hear) to President Bush that started with President Carter and VP Gore. At least they had accomplishments that could be pointed to beyond a couple of speeches. At least with them the first thing said receiving the Peace Prize isn't universally "For what?"

The video of the President of the Nobel Prize Committee is on line and available to see exactly why the Committee selected the President of the United States for the Award. He explains, in detail, why President Obama was the choice of the Committee by a unanimous vote.

I looked at the video on last evening and again today, so I have done my homework. And trust me it is for more than "giving speeches".

So, I'm asking again here - what has he done. Name one policy, one treaty, one agreement, one action - anything that Obama has done to can be listed as an accomplisnment for World Peace.

I can sum up your link with a simple statement "We like this guy better than the last guy". Do you really think lives up to the ideals that the Nobel Peace Prize supposedly represents? Particularly when you compare it others that have been nominated and have won the Peace Prize.

I'm not saying in 4 years President Obama won't have any accomplishment or two of his own that could at least be argued as being worthy but right now all he has is what amounts to campaign promises (how are those working out by the way?).

#6.7: ...So, I'm asking again here - what has he done. Name one policy, one treaty, one agreement, one action - anything that Obama has done to can be listed as an accomplisnment for World Peace...."

So why aren't you contacting the Committee and asking them, again, what criterion they used to select President Obama; they made the choice unanimously!

You want to discourse with me over a decision that the Committee made, which I agree with and you don't. But you can not overrule their decision because you don't like it. You can't tell them that they were wrong in their decision without knowing the criteria they used. Apparently you would not have used the same criteria they used, {you would probably count accomplishments, but that is not what they surveyed and analyzed) and they did select President Obama using their criteria - NOT YOURS.

You keep asking a question hoping that the "answers" will change, but they won't.

And as far as perhaps "in 4 years", I see a pattern here which is "delay, delay, kill". Does that sound familiar?

--Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia – imprisoned for campaigning for human rights in the PRC,
--Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China's communist system. (Not to mention the symbolic value of awarding a Chinese dissident on the 20th Anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre.)
--Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years
--Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims,
--Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar. She currently leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N. special envoy to Darfur

We'll put these worthy folk on the list but none of them have world wide recognition.

Why is it when someone disagrees with President Obama they are a hater? I wish the President nothing but success because I want the country to succeed. Unfortunately some of the things he is doing are not to my beliefs and as a US citizen, I have the right to say so. Some of the things he wants to accomplish are in agreement with me but I think he is moving too fast without planning.

According to the list of Nobel Prize winners: Anwar Al-Sadat,Mother Teresa, Menachim Begin, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr., Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt are just a few who have won the award. How could President Obama have already accomplished what they have? I know he is trying to promote peace but what has actually been accomplished? In my opinion, the award needs to be given for accomplishments . I just think it's too early to say that is all.

Why is it when someone disagrees with President Obama they are a hater? I wish the President nothing but success because I want the country to succeed. Unfortunately some of the things he is doing are not to my beliefs and as a US citizen, I have the right to say so. Some of the things he wants to accomplish are in agreement with me but I think he is moving too fast without planning.

No one is saying YOU are a hater. Of course, you can disagree with the President. We Democrats disagree with him, too. It's those who are praying for him to die and go to hell who are the haters.

I mean, hey, I'm sure my neighbor has just as many ideas as Obama on ways to make the world and our country a better place, but his theories wouldn't merit him a nomination, let alone the prize.

Well, let him run for President. Then maybe he can make the world a better place and merit a nomination.

the real problem is that this just gives the entire right-wing of america an extremely valid point to make, in another effort to criticize the president as nothing more than a figurehead for scary socialism.

Don't worry. They don't need valid points to criticize him. They criticize him for breathing regularly.

Don't worry. They don't need valid points to criticize him. They criticize him for breathing regularly.

no, i know! thats why i'm worried. they are dominating the media by using patently ridiculous claims. having a valid complaint will only strengthen their position.

Ask the Nobel Committee.

#14.1: Ask the Nobel Committee. This information doesn't fare too well for your repug leaders/war criminals, who gutted American and help ruin the world economy does it?

{shrug} They didn't agree with policies of the last administration. Personally I think it reflects badly upon them. It has long been the impression that the Nobel Peace Prize was about honoring someones achievements to further world peace. The idea that they awarded it to a person more to make a political point and less about that recipients achievements just cheapens the prestige of the award I think. So, much so that 7 years later it still looks like they are trying to snub the last administration.

I happen to like President Obama as a dad and human being. Even though I didn't vote for him as the candidate I wanted for President, I still happen to get a smile out of a lot of the things he does. I didn't think President Obama or John McCain met what I believed would make a good match for my requirements for President. I do support the office of President and want the country to succeed. President Obama has a lot of the goals that are important to me but I disagree with the way he wants them done.

As far as this award, it's now water under the bridge and the committee has made their choice. I know of many people who have worked all of their life to make a difference , like cancer research and education, that have deserved it. Like I said , in my opinion it needs to be about accomplishments.

I do support the office of President and want the country to succeed.

You are a rare one. Wish we had more like you.