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Old 10-09-2009, 05:13 AM   #576 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq View Post
no, he brokered peace, between Professor Gates and that police officer.

see he did something to deserve it.
I have beer all the time. And I'm also not George W Bush. Nobel Peace Prize for me!

I'm interested in how they're is going to respond to this news. Even the staunchest Obama fans I know think this is pretty ridiculous. It's not like the White House lobbied for it or did anything to bring it about--that's not how the Nobel Prize works. But for some reason it seems self-congratulatory.

I think it highlights a problem in tone that's been present since the inauguration. Obama the candidate came across as human and real and honest. Obama the president seems smug, somehow.
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