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amanaplanacanal 18 hours ago | parent [-]

I think the Obama prize was just a reaction to how terrible the Bush administration was, not that he actually deserved it.

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Thegn 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, if you watched Obama’s energy he had kind of a “Thanks guys, but why?” air about him through the whole thing.

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Rzor 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Someone on HN said a long time ago that if you want to understand Obama's prize, just look at who it upsets.

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netsharc 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Somewhere it's written that he and his team discussed internally about refusing it, but thought that action would be considered arrogant and diplomatically bad form.

Meanwhile 17 years later...

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mrcwinn 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	zahlman 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.