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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Fair point. I guess I'm saying this: believe that Obama is arrogant if you like. His actions in this particular context don't show it.
I think the award puts him in a weird spot in a PR sense. Can't turn it down without looking like a ###### and rejecting the "world peace" agenda that the award promotes. Can't accept it without looking entitled and presumptuous. I think he probably picked the approach that will work best in the long term, but there really wasn't a very good approach.
It's helping him a lot that the right-wing punditry is looking petty and jealous. They're missing a huge opportunity to score points. I'm beginning to wonder if they'll ever find their voices in American politics again.
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Thanks. I will believe that Obama is arrogant. And in this case, his words don't show arrogance and they really can't show it as he even recognizes that he's done jack-all to deserve this award. Again, the asshattery is on the Nobel organization this time, not Obama.
(He needs no additional help in the asshattery department.)