As the Truth sees it…

Friday morning it was announced that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He became only the third sitting American president to win the prestigious award. According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee that picks the winners, it was Obama’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” that won him the award.
Yet, within minutes of the announcement, which took place while most Americans slept, critics made their displeasure heard.
“The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?’ It is unfortunate that the president’s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele stated. “One thing is certain – President Obama won’t be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility, or backing up rhetoric with concrete action.”
Instead of basking in the glow that we have an American President that the world sees great possibilities in and trust with the future of the free world, there are those out there who can do nothing but sling mud and try to tarnish the award.
If this had been either Bush or Ronald Reagan, Republicans would be up in arms if one word of disagreement had been uttered about them winning the award. But since its Obama, they race to put out statements and twitters about how horrific it is for him to win.
I do agree that it puts even more pressure on Obama to live up to the ideals and vision he set forth during his campaign and in his inspirational speeches. But unlike his critics, I am giving him the chance to prove he is worthy of the accolades and awards instead of just hoping he fails.
“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,” the committee stated. “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.”

Michael Kinney

This entry was posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.