Do you think that Obama is embarrassed that he got the Nobel Prize?

If he were, of course, he wouldn't want to admit it. But isn't it possible, that Obama, deep down in his heart, would think that the Nobel Prize committee were being tokenistic or patronising.|||He did say that he didn't deserve it...no shock there, he didn't. I'm not sure if he said that because he feels that way or because he wanted to appeal to people who believe that he doesn't deserve it.|||he should be embarrassed.|||Me and shiraz cheat and yet I sit here all day talking about Republican values,what in the hell is wrong with me?





Seems like other Republicans who have answered the same questions that one of my other avatars has asked ( And I later answer )would notice that I always win "best answer" and they would begin to get pissed at me, cause I am cheating them too.


I am currently number 2 in politics section and I can not stop cheating until I am #1.








Hell I have (earned ?) 4000 points just this week alone





I am proof positive that Republicans have no integrity because not a single one of them have called me a cheater, some have even given me support.|||I think he is very uncomfortable with it. Even he knows he did not truly deserve it. Now he has to stand behind all of his own words and take action and make what he said actually happen and he knows he can't.





He's a dreamer not a do'er.|||Yes, I do. I think he is in a difficult position because I don't believe he thinks that he should have won but at the same time rejecting the prize is an affront to the people who made the decision.|||He should be, but this narcissist more than likely thinks he earned it through his great speaking accomplishments.|||A megalomaniac embarrassed by an unjustified award? No, I doubt very much that he is embarrassed. He probably just wishes they would "fix it" and call it the "Obama Prize" rather than naming it after some dead Swede.|||Why would he be embarrassed about it?|||Why should he be?|||No, but he should be.|||Actually they are putting a ring in his nose, and leading him around by it.|||Publicly I believe he is.





However, privately I believe his ego swelled a bit.





Probably needed some lovin' after the Olympic fiasco|||Not in the least.|||I think Republicans should be embarrassed that Obama got the prize for not being a Republican.|||The Nobel Peace prize is in itself the ultimate irony. Alfred Nobel was the man who invented dynamite – a destroyer of lives -- yet his name bears the honor bestowed on those who would save lives.





One of the first to hail President Obama’s choice for “ nuclear disarmament” was Mohammed El Baradei, head of the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). El Baradei himself received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for his efforts “to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes.” El Baradei, an Iranian, insists that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful, and refuses to release IAEA reports declaring otherwise.





President Obama may well bring about nuclear disarmament, universal world peace and a permanent cessation of war. At this point, however, he has only made a handful of speeches about them. He has done nothing of substance -- he has not halted one nuclear enrichment plant, stopped one missile program, converted one terrorist , signed one treaty or even softened one bellicose speech by an adversary.





In a world where there are real nuclear weapons and real enemies, the notion that the perception of peace matters more than its reality is not just absurd, it's dangerous.





Ronald Reagan brought down the Iron Curtain, freed millions from tyranny, ended the Cold War, defeated the Soviet Union, ELIMINATED tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, and he didn't even get an honorable mention from the Nobel Committee. Obama makes (by my count) 7 great speeches and he gets a Nobel Peace Prize. Go figure.|||not at all


he know hww hope disappeared from the world under the dark days of right wing rule, invasions that cost trillions and kill 5000 looking for non existent WDM , he would be proud that unlike the hated Bush he is loved world wide , except by a few american hysterics





awarded by an unbiased, unpolitical, independent committee








The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.





Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.





Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.





For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."