Tänk att Obama fick Nobels fredspris! Tänk att det medförde lika mycket problem som glädje för Vita Huset. Obama är nog mer en hjälte internationellt numera än bland många hemma i USA. Här är det bitska strider om den nya health care reformen, nya trupper till Afganistan samt hanteringen av Nordkorea och Iran. Bland annat...Väldigt lite stolthet visades över att priset utdelades till presidenten, snarare en anledning att racka ned på honom. Det republikanska partiets kommentar i förmiddags var att han inte kommer få några utnämningar från amerikanerna gällande inrikespolitiken. Demokraterna gav tillbaka och menade att republikanerna var nu att jämställa med talibanerna som också fördömde tilldelningen av priset.
Arbetet med Obamas egen kommentar i direktsänd TV i förmiddags var nog därför att jämställa med intensivt krisarbete i Vita Huset - här gällde det att tona ned alla högljudda aktivister... Inte lätt att vara president i USA.
Från artikel i Washington Post:
"President Obama's Republican adversaries reacted with swift disbelief to news that he had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, with many in the party scoffing that the accolade was hardly justified by a record they described as incomplete at best.
/.../ In an official statement, the Republican National Committee said: "The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?' It is unfortunate that the president's star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain -- President Obama won't be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility or backing up rhetoric with concrete action."
Response from Democrats to the torrent of GOP criticism was also swift.
"The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists -- the Taliban and Hamas this morning -- in criticizing the president for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse told Politico. "Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the president of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize -- an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride -- unless of course you are the Republican Party."
"The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists -- the Taliban and Hamas this morning -- in criticizing the president for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse told Politico. "Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the president of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize -- an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride -- unless of course you are the Republican Party."
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