Look, I like the guy. I even voted for him. I will admit though, he hasn’t brought all this so-called "change" that he promised us during his Presidential campaign. Of course he hasn’t been in office for a full year yet either, so I certainly didn’t expect miracles overnight. I’m being patient. I’m giving him time. And I’m hopeful that the change will come...if not, I want my vote back. Until then, can everyone please stop sucking his you-know-what for awhile?
Whether you love him or loathe him, you can't deny that he's kind of a big deal. He's the first ever black (well half-black) President and that fact alone sets him apart from all 43 other U.S. Presidents in history. However, someone lost their mind when they awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize! I mean comeon. You are tossing him into the same category with the likes of Mother Teresa! Sorry, Barack. You're cool and all and I laugh when you knuckle bump your wife, but you're no Mother Teresa! For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. In an excerpt from her 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, she said...
"I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared-for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone."
Wow! Those are some mighty big sandals to fill. Realistically though, can anyone even remotely be compared to the likes of one Mother Teresa? If there was ever such a thing as an angel on Earth, she was it. A truly phenomenal human being and one that no matter how much you love Obama, he isn't worthy of being compared to her. Mother Teresa won for work that she had done. Obama won for work that he plans or says he will do. There's a big difference!
I just don't understand how you can award a man the Nobel Peace Prize who is currently leading 2 wars! Sure, he may not have started the wars, but he hasn't ended them either. Where is the peace in that? And why is that being rewarded? In Obama's defense though, he was just as shocked to hear he won as the rest of us. I have to believe he was also a bit embarrassed and felt a bit unworthy of such an honor as well. Although it's not like he voted for himself to win. So really we should be hating on the panel of Nobel Peace Prize judges, not him.
While Obama's approval ratings are down right now, you would think that winning such a prestigious award could only help him. Although in this case, I think it has only further hurt him. The vast majority of people seem to be outraged that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And while I may never be able to wrap my head around exactly why he won, I am forced to accept it just like everyone else. However, I will never accept him being compared to Mother Teresa! No way. No how. Not in this lifetime.
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