The have been so many pundits, politicians, bloggers and such scratching their heads today over the selection of President Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize. Is it really so hard to understand?
The President was the recipient, but the prize was really for the American People.
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It was a reward for choosing hope over cynicism in last November's election. It was for choosing the rule of law and international cooperation over unilateralism. It was a reward for choosing the prospects of peace over those of endless war. It was a reward for seeing a future where our ideas are stronger and more influential than the threat of nuclear weapons and mass destruction. It was for recognizing that our planet is in peril and that we have a responsibility to do what we can to protect it.
We, THE PEOPLE, won this award. The judges on the Nobel committee recognized Obama for our bold vision, for our courage, for our strength and for the possibility of what we can now accomplish having made this first decisive step.
Today is not a day to shake our heads in confusion, to doubt or to question.
Today we should hold our heads high. We showed the world what leadership is, and gave it a leader worthy of the title: The President of the United States of America!