Quote Originally Posted by Pam View Post
Before your initial comment, people were expressing opinions as to whether they felt he had earned this recognition this early in his term., i.e., what positive things has he done thus far? I was, and still am, of the opinion that there is a lot about this president that remains to be seen. Of course no one is responsible for explaining the decision of the Nobel prize committee. I never said there was.

I guess I should be happy that there are people with no opinion because it means that they are THINKING.
I am thinking ... that I agree with the person who wondered why Obama was chosen over others to receive such a prestigious honor, since he is less than one year into his first term as President and with such a brief political career (Illinois state senator, U.S. senator) preceding that. I wouldn't say he has earned it, but on the other hand maybe his future political career will prove that the committee made a wise decision in awarding it to him.

As for inspiring hope in the American people? Was Dubya really that bad? All I see Obama doing is creating programs that cost billions of dollars and abandoning the promises he made during the Presidential campaign. I'm obviously not his greatest fan.

Some previous Nobel Peace prize recipients ... Kofi Annan; Yasser ARafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, jointly; Nelson Mandela; the Dalai Lama; Lech Walesa; Desmond Tutu; Elie Wiesel; Mother Teresa; Dag Hammarskjold; Martin Luther King; Dr. Albert Schweitzer; and Jane Addams.