I have to say I got saddened and jaded when I read that Obama won for doing nothing other than being elected prez of the USA. It’s pathetic, and I think cheapens the prize as a whole. Atleast the previous presidents who won it got it for negotiating the end of wars, you know, actually DOING something.
Having said that, I actually feel kinda bad for Obama about it. Reading his quotes, I dont think he really wanted it and knows that the reason he won it is just wrong. But he can’t say no, so he is just stuck. I really think he wants to be a prez for all Americans, and not a black president, but he can’t get away from the racists who support him. I didnt vote for him, and dont support the majority of his policies (same as I didnt support the same policies under Bush), but I do think he is smart enough to know this is wrong and not be happy about it.
And the reasons they gave for giving it to him, his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” is total crap. I guess that is where Arraya’s title line came from. ‘extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples- by not being Bush.’
