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     Kommentar till en text av JEFF SMITH
Ärende: Re: Nobel Peace Prize
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-=> JEFF SMITH wrote to WARD DOSSCHE <=-

 JS> Hello Ward.

 JS> 25 Oct 09 10:41, you wrote to me:

 WD> Jeff;

 JS>> I ask again. What has Obama DONE to deserve the honor? Not what
 JS>> has he talked about doing.

 WD> Though I agree it was inappropriate by the Norwegian Nobel Committee
 WD> we will never learn about their motives.

 JS>     I fear that you are correct.


 WD> But ... haven't you heard the united sigh with hardly a dissonant
 WD> coming from across every ocean when Obama was elected and GW Bush
 WD> vacated the White House?

 WD> The perception of the USA in the rest of the world changed and hopes
 WD> of a good life plus abandoning the dark ages were high ... justified
 WD> so.

 WD> Obama made people believe in a future ... "yes, we can".

 JS>    The Nobel matter aside. I hope that the Obama does make good and
 JS> follows through on what he has talked about. But I fear that in many
 JS> peoples eyes Obama can do no wrong. Obama is after all a good salesman.
 
I am critical but quite hopeful.
In fact I voted for him.

 JS> I can only hope that the worlds improved opinion of Obama and the US
 JS> is based on actions and deeds done and not on salesmenship. That and
 JS> the rather biased media here controls the opinion of many of the less
 JS> informed people here in this country. I think his leadership is somwhat
 JS> better than what we had. But I am not content with all the spending
 JS> (actual and proposed). He once stated that after he was elected he
 JS> would present his plan(s) to accomplish his stated goal during his
 JS> campaign. I am still waiting.

I too am waiting for quite a lot however there is a political inertia and 
massive problems left over from the last administration.

... No matter where you go, there you are.
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