DU Straw Poll: Like or Dislike Obama's award win?

[charlie and algernon]

simple poll: Do you like, dislike, or are indifferent that Obama won the prize?

[saltpoint]

1. I'm delighted.

Warm congratulations to President Obama.

[madokie]

2. For the most part I love my President and I'm not afraid to say that

Why do I love the man, 'cause he gives me hope that our country won't stay on the path that its been on pretty much since WW2.

[Ineeda]

3. Me, too. Hope, hope, hope - finally! n/t

[madokie]

18. and nothing feels like hope

I know this is a little overdue but I'll say it anyway, Welcome to DU, hope you like the place. Where you can believe the truth tellers, enjoy the common sense and ignore the rest.

[Ineeda]

20. Thanks for the welcome. Been lurking a long time. Love you folks!! n/t

[calimary]

50. Welcome to DU! It may sound like not too much, the "he gives me hope" part.

But for heaven's sakes, have we so quickly forgotten the nightmare of the last eight years?

[denbot]

4. I like it.

It's my guess that he will decline it.

[elocs]

9. There is absolutely no way that will happen. None. n/t

[vaberella]

5. I like it. I don't get the 5 votes of Dislike. n/t

[AllentownJake]

6. Not really sure why he got it

so I'm indifferent.

[City Lights]

7. The news made my Friday morning!

:bounce:

[el_bryanto]

8. He got the Noble Peace Prize for winning an election

He might end up earning it after a couple of years; given his mixed record on foreign policy and civil liberties thus far, well, I personally would have given him a few more years.

Seems totally premature.

Bryant

[charlie and algernon]

10. i like that he won, but that part is confusing to me

he was essentially nominated 10 days after he was elected. Not even a Lincoln/Washington/Roosevelt hybrid could get that much accomplished in 10 days.

[Fumesucker]

11. It's premature, I'm indifferent..

The good thing to me is going to be the response in greater Wingnuttia, the cleanup after all the exploding heads should boost the economy significantly. :evilgrin:

[TexasObserver]

12. Like

[Engineer4Obama]

13. Hey I'm happy to have a nobel laurite as president

[pecwae]

14. Indifferent.

I don't understand a nomination, much less a win, this early in his presidency. Other than that it makes no difference to me.

[BlooInBloo]

15. I love it for the bitter anti-Obama tears on this site and others.

:rofl:

[Name removed]

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[Kitsune]

17. Confused by.

I mean... we're still conducting wars of choice around the world, we have military bases all over the world, we spend more on the military than the next ten nations combined, and Obama's not changing any of that, nor does he plan to.

So... wtf?

Then again, Henry Kissinger managed to win the thing, so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised.

[Kind of Blue]

19. Like it? I LOVE IT! n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

21. I voted like...but if I were the President

I'd rather have gotten it later. Not being him, I can just say I like it.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. Apparently everybody who DOESN'T like it...

Has started a thread to share their brilliant insights...

:eyes:

[calimary]

49. Kinda tempts one to question what side they're on...

Just sayin'...

Can we Dems EVER band together completely and solidly - about ANYTHING???????

[LWolf]

56. I'm on the side of peace.

And I don't think peace is promoted or supported by giving a so-called "peace" prize to a hawk who is currently waging an immoral war in Afghanistan, while continuing to maintain a U.S. military presence in Iraq.

[davidpdx]

23. 80th vote

[Renew Deal]

24. Where's the LOVE option

:D

[Nye Bevan]

25. I *kind* of like it

If my 14-year old son's geometry teacher decided in September to give him an "A" for the year, I would of course be kind of pleased and proud. But part of me would think that perhaps the teacher should have waited until the *end* of the school year before awarding the "A". But maybe this is not a good analogy. I am sure that Obama is not going to try any less hard for peace in the Middle East (for example) just because he already has the Nobel prize in the bag (while my son would *definitely* slack off if an "A" was already in his pocket). Obama is a good man and I think he will know in his heart that he has not yet truly earned this honor, but he will do his damnedest to rectify this.

[BlueGirlRedState]

26. I love it!

So nice to open up Yahoo this morning and see good news, I hardly believed it.

[Odin2005]

27. Like it? I LOVE it!!!

[GoCubsGo]

28. It's premature, but....

I still like it, if only for the entertainment factor. I'm having a fun time watching the exploding wingnut heads.

[Orsino]

29. I'm ambivalent, not indifferent. n/t

[Javaman]

30. I like it because it puts a thumb in morons* eye.

of course all the right wing nuts will now go on a jag calling the Nobel Awards Committee liberal leftists.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

31. I would have to go so far as say "Dislike"

I don't really see why he got it. I guess that would make one "indifferent".
What makes me sway towards "dislike" is that it seems like the prize has recently been getting more politicized and I just can't endorse that.
Other than political motivation, or making a statement I can see no reason why they would give it to Obama.
That's simply not what the prize should be about.

This does nothing except give RWers something else to aim at as well as politicize a previously legitimate award.
It's not TERRIBLE and I'm certainly not up in arms or having any poutrage about it... I just don't agree with it.
It happened - there's nothing that can be done - and I guess I can live with it. Life goes on.

[smoogatz]

32. The Peace Prize is too politicized?

It's about politics, for God's sake. It's a reward for those who practice the politics of peace--sometimes locally, and sometimes globally. What do you want them to give it out for? Basket-weaving?

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

36. Obama was effectively nominated weeks after he was elected...

They essentially gave a man a prize based on campaign promises. :shrug:
Last I checked, they don't give peace prizes for what people haven't done yet.
Gore, for example... While his award was very political, Gore has done ALOT to combat climate change.

Am I saying Obama should never get one? nope. I'm also not saying he won't "grow into it", like a pair of big shoes so to speak.
I just wished they would have waited more Obama presidency to set in so that the prize would have been more accepted.
Heck, at least wait until American HCR passes... THAT would be something considered Nobel worthy, IMO.

[smoogatz]

37. The nomination process may have opened months ago

but that's so irrelevant it sounds like a Fox Nooze talking point. The decision was made in the last day or two--not based on campaign promises, but on policy. In what way was Gore's Peace Prize "political?" Does the truth about climate change have a political bias?

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

39. Fact is, he was nominated less than 10 days after election...

What... was somebody anticipating his presidential actions before he even had time to fill out all the staff and czar positions?
Call me a skeptic. This Nobel award is just a little too political this year for my taste. That's my opinion and I don't expect anyone to have to agree.
However, I do realize the award winner was decided very recently so it's not like they picked him months ago.

MSNBC: President Obama was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize less than two weeks after taking office earlier this year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33237202/ns/politics-white_house/
The nomination deadline is February 1st, just to be clear.

[smoogatz]

40. Do you even know how the nomination process works?

You might want to check it out sometime, and then come back and admit that you don't know what the hell you're talking about. And you still haven't explained why Gore's Peace Prize was too political.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

51. IMO, a handful of people on that nomination list would have

made a better choice than Gore... But it is true that Gore's work is important and worthy of international merit.
While he certainly earned his recognition, I think he was chosen over other candidates due in part to his political background.
When you're the vice president of the most powerful nation on earth for 8 years... people notice.

As for the nomination process... any halfwit can find that information on his own. I'll not spoon feed you info.
The short answer is: Just about anybody can be nominated, so long as a qualified individual nominates them.
Hell, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

[tonysam]

53. It turns the Nobel prizes into an American Idol contest

Obama may or may not deserve the award a couple of years hence, but not now. It is absurd.

[smoogatz]

33. K&R

Nice to know who the trolls are.

[mopinko]

35. right?

my ignore list is almost complete.

[DevonRex]

43. +1 nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

34. I just woke up this morning and I'm kind of...shocked...

I logged on expecting to see information about the moon being blown up. A poll about this was the first time I'd heard of it.

[BlooInBloo]

38. Same. lol! I was like "what the hell are you all talking about?"

:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

42. LOL!

Me too! :D

[SpartanDem]

41. I love it

[Joe Fields]

44. like it

[DevonRex]

45. I love it! nt

[rollin74]

46. Love it

:applause:

[frogmarch]

47. Proud of our Democratic president, and

happy!

[whistler162]

48. Or scratch my head and say you must have heard it

wrong.

Didn't make sense and still doesn't on one level.

[tammywammy]

55. Agreed n/t

[PassingFair]

52. LOVE IT! It's not from America, it's the perception of the PLANET.

They have been RIGHTLY scared shitless for the
past 9 years, and now they are being allowed
to BREATHE.

On a GLOBAL level, Obama has shown the world
that American democracy CAN expel "evil-doers"
without a bloody revolution, and that we are
now OPEN FOR BUSINESS and ready to negotiate
in good faith.

Bravo Mr. Obama, and BRAVO America, for
making the change!

[LWolf]

54. I find it to be offensive in the extreme,

and a betrayal of the concept of "peace."

[Blue-Jay]

58. .

[LWolf]

59. Not really.

I find the deliberate spending of human blood and lives to be offensive.

I'm sorry if you don't.

I find awarding someone who is spending that blood, and those lives, a peace "prize" to be hypocritical.

And offensive.

It's not like they awarded him the Nobel "best play doh sculpture" prize, or "most charismatic leader" award.

[Blue_In_AK]

57. I like it, if for no other reason

than it makes Republican heads explode. :)

[hiphopnation]

60. not a simple poll

a skewed poll, a push poll

You're trying to force people who think that the award is a bit premature into a category of "disliking" the award. Of course I'm proud of my president, support him, voted for him - but I'm not happy with his approach on some things (FISA, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bagram, etc.) For these reasons I don't see that the most prestigious peace award on the planet is warranted at the moment. Not to say that it may never be, it just seems premature.

Based on this opinion, most here at DU would see me strung up, lashed with noodles, a pariah, a troll, witch witch burn the witch!

the more things change...

[Fire1]

61. Like and deserved. n/t