It was obvious President Obama wishes that the Nobel committee hadn’t put him in this spot. But he should have been brave enough to tell it no. Full Story »
Posted by Subramanya Sastry - via Dan Kennedy, Opinion Source, New York Times (Most Emailed), AllTop, New York Times (Opinion)
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Thought provoking. Douthat does cover his bases pretty well. But I'm not convinced by his argument. Strategically, one has to think about how this plays domestically. And I think conservatives would have been all over him had he not accepted. They would have questioned him as America hating. This was a little bit of a no win of Obama, and all things being equal I think he kept it real (rather than falsely modest).
An op-ed piece penned by the New York Times conservative. And true to right wing mantra, it’s basically an attack Obama article with the usual reckless insults we’ve all become accustomed to: Obama's a coward for not refusing it; Obama doesn't deserve it; Obama will be remembered only as a Nobel Laureate, etc. Actually, if nothing else, Obama deserves the award for reversing the right wing’s "if-you-don’t-like-our-foreign-policy-then-up-yours," diplomacy.
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