It's kind of thrilling to be joining the masses blogging about this right now. Not that my words obvoiusly hold any sway, but it's somewhere to put them.
Yes, I like Obama. Yes, I think he's doing a much better job than Bush (although I always thought Bush was trying to do the right thing). Granted he hasn't been as rigid on healthcare reform as he should have been.
He's been in office for eight months, and despite all his efforts it seems he hasn't accomplished that much peacekeeping stuff. He's tried, yes. I do believe the motives are there. But the results? Lots of people have motives to make the world a better place. If nobel peace prizes were awarded for motives, every other person would have one stashed in the closet.
So I guess I agree with people that say the nobel prize committee folks jumped on the bandwagon with this one. There are people more deserving than Obama. There was even contention when Gore got the prize, and it was apparent that he'd at least done more actual work than Obama has.
So yeah. Interesting idea, giving him the prize, but should have been a few years pending.
Not that I don't like Obama. To my parents great chagrin, I really do.
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