Nobel Prize - continued

I also wanted to comment about the allegations by the conservatives that the Nobel Prize has become a politicized award. Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican that won the award while he was in office, was it a liberal award then? He negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese war, which at the time was a great feat of international leadership and was the beginning of the US exerting its growing global influence. We'll give the Republicans a break that the treaty eventually led to the Bolshevik Revolution, but that is besides the point. The overall point that needs to be realized is that conservatives do not stand for peaceful achievements. It seems fairly obvious that at least a part of the award being given to the President was due to the committee wanting it to serve as a repudiation of the Bush administration. Let that sink in for a minute, the Bush Administration was such a threat to world peace that the election of Obama by the American people signified such a change that it was the most important movement towards peace of 2008. Conservatives can complain about the award being politicized, but until they actually embrace the tenets of peace they will always be on the sidelines complaining that only Democrats win the Nobel Prize.

This might be a little too simplistic but the whole debate by the conservative side seems to be akin to a bunch of basketball players complaining that only football players win the Heisman Trophy... Sphere: Related Content