As Kanye West highlighted at the MTV video awards — “Imma let you finish…” — the ones who most deserve an award are never the ones who win it. So why do we still care who wins?
Obama’s Nobel Prize
Crikey Says: Obama’s first great presidential mistake
Crikey / Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The Nobel Peace Prize should mark substantial, actual achievement in the cause of peace. So why did Barack Obama get it? So far his greatest act has been to get elected.
Guy Rundle: Time to move beyond the rhetorical Obama
Crikey / Guy Rundle / Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Barack Obama is steering to the middle of the road for political reasons: he wants the fight to be about something other than him. And whatever else was stuffing up, he was making some progress. And then came the call from Oslo…
Bob Ellis: A Nobel Prize for a noble recipient
ABC Unleashed / Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Good oratory skills shouldn’t be mocked because speeches can change the world and Barack Obama’s words have already affected it profoundly. He’s a worthy Nobel Peace Prize winner, says Bob Ellis.
A peace prize for the president of war
Crikey / Jeff Sparrow / Monday, 12 October 2009
Barack Obama wins a Nobel peace prize AND may escalate a war? Well, we live in post-ironical times, where we all dutifully believe six impossible things before breakfast. Like, nuclear weapons are ultimately peaceful.
Dowd: Gandhi wuz robbed! Bono too!
New York Times / Monday, 12 October 2009
Maureen Dowd’s got the real story of what went down when Bill Clinton and George Dubya Bush heard about Barack Obama getting the Nobel Peace prize. It wasn’t pretty.
Why Neda should have won the Nobel Peace Prize
Washington Post / Monday, 12 October 2009
Barack Obama’s Peace Prize win was almost embarrassing, says The Washington Post. A more deserving winner would have been Neda Agha-Soltan, the young Iran woman killed while protesting the country’s recent Presidential election.
Limbaugh: The elites of the world love a weakened US
Politico / Monday, 12 October 2009
America’s favourite conservatives rushed to comment on Barack Obama’s Nobel win, with Rush Limbaugh calling it a “greater embarrassment” than Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics.
Obama’s done good but not that good…
Salon / Monday, 12 October 2009
Barack Obama’s Nobel win acknowledges that he’s changed how Americans deal with the world, particularly the Muslim world and has helped reform the world’s view of the US. But, let’s not forget Afghanistan. Or Iraq.
Encouragement award for Obama
Huffington Post / Monday, 12 October 2009
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama now may be early, but it’s a strategic act to strengthen his resolve. And it’s definitely not unprecedented. Just look at Desmond Tutu.
Cook: Like winning an Academy Award for a film proposal
Crikey Blogs / Sunday, 11 October 2009
Obama’s Peace Prize win seems emblematic of the triumph of celebrity over substance, says Trevor Cook. His achievements lie ahead of him, not behind him.
Rundle: All shall have Peace Prizes!
Crikey Blogs / Saturday, 10 October 2009
Awarding Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is ridiculous, says Guy Rundle — especially as nominations closed months ago.
Bartlett: Piecemeal Peace Prize
Crikey Blogs / Saturday, 10 October 2009
Obama’s Peace Prize win seems to be based on the possibility and promise of peace, rather than looking at the outcomes in the real world, says Andrew Bartlett. Surely it’s far too early to pass out awards on whether his approach will bear positive fruit.
Obama’s Nobel Prize: the backlash begins
The Atlantic Wire / Saturday, 10 October 2009
Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win has shocked, delighted, outraged and confused the world’s punditry. Did he deserve it? Should he have turned it down? What does it mean for America? The world weighs in.
Who knew? Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
New York Times / Friday, 9 October 2009
The Nobel Committee has awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.






