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9:11 PM Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Those who don’t understand why and how President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize need to understand that the prize goes to someone who has done a great deal in promoting the accomplishment of peace.

Some are saying, “He hasn’t done anything but make speeches.” However, they fail to realize that President Obama’s speeches regarding his vision for the whole world brought many nations to appreciate what this world could be.

Obama’s speeches brought a society known for its past racist policies to change its attitude and elect for the very first time a black man to lead the most powerful nation in the world. That in itself is worthy of the prize.

Obama’s speeches caused the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to appreciate (even more so than many Americans) what an extraordinary and monumental accomplishment it was to bring people of all ethnic groups together and make a person of color their supreme leader.

So, all of you who are on the fringe, or simply just don’t get it, don’t criticize the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for their selection of Barack Obama; give them credit for thinking outside the box.

The committee realized that his election alone was worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. Think about it.

Sylvester Vaughn

Dayton

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Ok. the nobel peade prize is given to those who hav made a great deal of chang which as much as i admire him barack obama has failed to do...yet. mabey in 2or3 years but not rite now.

Mason
3:36 PM, 11/10/2009

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As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials...

Rob
10:32 AM, 11/5/2009

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If this letter writer is correct and the "election alone was worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize" then the prize should have gone to the people of the US for electing him.

F3
7:00 AM, 11/5/2009

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If they had a Nobel Prize for Speech perhaps the letter writer would have a point; but, its supposed to be for accomplishment. Considering some of the recipients (Arafat, Gore), its kind of a joke anyway.

Nice catch on the Supreme Leader comment Ben. Probably a Freudian slip on the part of the letter writer.

TRS
7:37 PM, 11/4/2009

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What a very racist opinion. Getting elected president is not an individual accomplishment - it is the result of the efforts of the political machine. Mr. Obama was not elected because of his race. Had the results come out the other way it would not have been because of race. The man supports a socialist agenda, and a lot of people don't believe in that philosophy.

By the way, we did not make him the supreme leader - he is merely our president, just like the 43 others that preceeded him.

Ben
4:12 PM, 11/4/2009

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