President Obama Getting Nobel Peace Prize

[jaer57]

Yes, I will agree w/that. Something has to be done to stimulate the economy and as much as I hate to see debt on top of debt, I know there's people out there craving for a job. The situation got out of control and now extreme measures have to be taken, ones that none of us wants or likes. But for the conservatives on here to have amnesia about the last 8 yrs and now place the blame squarely on the President's back is flat out bull. Can you imagine the world of deep crap we would be in right now if we had McCain/Palin. Well, actually McCain and someone, she would have high-tailed out by now and on to the book tour and lecture circuit. That to me is a very, very, scary thought. Hell, we could be in North Korea by now. We could be all over the globe w/an economy relying on the military to keep us floating while McCain finished reading Greenspan's book.

I don't think blame should be placed squarely on the President. Neither should blame for the last 8 years be placed squarely on the President. The President doesn't make laws. Over half the Senate, both R's and D's, have been aiding and abetting the bubbles and their subsequent bursts, overspending, and waste for more than the last 8+ years. I'd wager that education is one of the next ones to burst.

Not to mention that if you look locally there are plenty of state congresses, governors, mayors, etc. to add to the blame list. Maryland has been spending money it doesn't have for decades. Eventually the whole country is going to need a bailout, and there will be no where to turn.

Conservatives and liberals who simply argue that it is the President's fault for everything just add to the pointless partisan arguments that do nothing but give news shows ratings and make the pundits wealthy...

[nj593]

Forget one term atleast finish one of his many manic ideas.hilarious

I wish they could have waited until he had at least completed one term -- until he had done something...other than be himself (which is not adequate in my perspective). The past legislative session has been hardly anything worth mentioning, much less praised. And there's not much President Obama's done outside that except make speeches and promises. (I think -- if he has done something else, fill me in. I haven't been keeping up with the news as well as I have in the past.)

Point is, the award would have been more believable after a couple years. At this point, one wonders if the Nobel Prize people are trying to tell Obama something. I know some people believe that he's being discouraged from taking any further action in Afghanistan, let alone Iraq.

Anyway, it's all very interesting.

[Gary]

Not to mention that if you look locally there are plenty of state congresses, governors, mayors, etc. to add to the blame list. Maryland has been spending money it doesn't have for decades. Eventually the whole country is going to need a bailout, and there will be no where to turn.

Conservatives and liberals who simply argue that it is the President's fault for everything just add to the pointless partisan arguments that do nothing but give news shows ratings and make the pundits wealthy...[/QUOTE]
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[Farmerboy]

The nobel prize lost all its credibility for me when it was awarded to Yasser Arafat. Seriously!

[Gary]

That was in 1994. You would've been about 5 yrs old. Yeah, I can see why? That could be a traumatic experience.

[Farmerboy]

It was so bad that even a five year old could comprehend!