Those were the first words out of my mouth when I opened my homepage (msnbc.com) to find that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. For the record, my money was on the PM of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, to win this year (I'll take Greg Mortenson for next year).
I am a fan of Obama's, but I still cannot understand why he was chosen. The most rational reason I have thought of is that the Peace Prize committee was so incredibly relieved to be rid of Bush (like most in the world). So they felt that simply not being Bush was, in and of itself, grounds for a major award.
I may not agree with the choice and I hope that Obama accepts it on the behalf of others (US AID, Peace Corps, etc.) but make no mistake, our country was severely damaged in the last 8 years if simply not being the previous president deserves this honor.
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