Obama woke up at 6 am, same time I woke up, and someone told him, “Oh, hey, you won a Nobel Peace Prize.”
When I saw the news on Yahoo, I was elated – good for him!
Then several of my friends commented that he didn’t deserve it. What has he done? He’s too young. Hasn’t been in office long enough. He’s stealing my freedom. All talk no walk.
Why is his win so contentious?
The reason is the reason he won.
According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee he won for the creation of a “new climate in international politics.”
A “climate” is an intangible thing – it’s like an X factor thing – you can’t teach it or describe it or make it happen, it’s either there or it isn’t.
It’s really hard to tell why he won or should win. Does that matter now that he has?
When an opportunity comes it is how you roll with it that counts.
Julien Smith says you can’t even prepare for when “it” happens. You can only adapt to it.
Even Obama himself thought it was premature, but he’s not downplaying it or making an overly huge deal about it.
We will see how he adapts.