>>I agree, this is a little over the top. He has the potential to be one of our great presidents but this is a little premature.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.html>
>A post on SlashDot said that Obama was only in office 2 weeks before he was nominated for that award. I think the original poster said it best - WTF??
I'm pretty sure the big delay was because they were caving to pressure from the Right Wing Hate Machine... though I am waiting to see if Jimmy Carter has investigated and found racism ...
Charles Hankey
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- Thomas Hardy
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