Rep. Laura Richardson today issued a statement on President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It appears in full below:
"I congratulate President Obama on his selection as the Nobel laureate for peace and I commend the Nobel Committee for recognizing the significant contributions he has made to world peace and international cooperation since assuming office 250 days ago. President Obama has restored America's reputation as the leading guardian of human rights, defender of freedom and preserver of peace.
"The bold and courageous steps for peace the President has taken are already working, as can be seen in the promising news of possible talks with Iran and comprehensive peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis. His strong, yet respectful approach to diplomacy is bearing fruit, and I believe will usher in a new era for peace and reconciliation among all nations, including Cuba and North Korea.
"The Nobel Peace Prize does not merely recognize past actions; its real significance can be found in the encouragement and support it gives to the recipient and the international community to continue working for the peace we all seek. Truly with President Obama, the best is still to come!"
In my opinion, the politicians in this country know or care nothing about the wants, needs or opinions of the people they are supposed to be serving! This man, our President has done more to drive this country into debt and divisiveness then any President before him! He is SO undeserving of this award,that if it wasn't so pathetic, it'd be laughable! I'd have to say that this saying applies to our politicians: "There is none so blind as those who choose not to see!"
In my opinion,the politicians in this country know or care very little about the wants, needs or opinions of the people they are supposed to be serving! Our President has done more to drive this country into debt and divisiveness then any President before him! He is SO undeserving of this award,that if it wasn't so pathetic, it'd be laughable! I'd have to say that this saying applies to our politicians: "There is none so blind as those who choose not to see!"
this president no more deserving of the nobel peace prize then i am,he has done nothing to deserved this its a laughing mater. and shows just how this president is doing in his office as president (very bad)
Hmm Crystal?
Divisiveness & debt = 8 years of undeclared wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. Tax cuts that even a few of the top 1% said they didn't need.
Eight years of unmitigated disaster and lies and not a peep. Now, 250 days into the maelstrom left behind by the previous administration and now;"There is none so blind as those who choose not to see!"?
Crystal, wash the propaganda from your eyes and mouth.
Ray Charles could see Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Nominations are due on February 1st of the previous.
Obama had been in office only 12 days.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a joke! If Obama were so vain, he would have not accepted it. His head is large enough already.