Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".
The committee highlighted Mr Obama's efforts to strengthen international bodies and promote nuclear disarmament.
There were a record 205 nominations for this year's prize. Zimbabwe's prime minister and a Chinese dissident had been among the favourites.
The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said as the prize was announced.
"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."
4 comments:
Erick Erickson of course found it necessary to make an affirmative action joke. Hopefully this becomes the basis for all their spin.
Racialism Editor Types:
Ugh, never even thought of that approach. Which, we guess, almost qualifies us as a decent human being.
Certainly we're decent in comparison to Ol' Red-Ass.
That's a presidential seal I could live with.
From The Semiotics & Symbolism Ed.:
We're about 75% behind it, though we'd prefer ourself as the editor, ooops, Emperor!
We could make America really suck!
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