President praises Chinese dissident for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

The Hill.com ^ | 10/08/10 12:13 PM ET | Elise Viebeck

[JSDude1]

President Obama on Friday praised Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for his Nobel Peace Prize win and called on the Chinese government to release Liu from prison.

He is serving an 11-year sentence for "subversion" related to his authoring of a treatise demanding broad political reform in the country.

Obama, who won last year's Peace Prize, noted in a statement that "many others who have received the award [have] sacrificed" much more than he has.

"That list now includes Mr. Liu, who has sacrificed his freedom for his beliefs," he said. "By granting the prize to Mr. Liu, the Nobel Committee has chosen someone who has been an eloquent and courageous spokesman for the advance of universal values through peaceful and non-violent means, including his support for democracy, human rights and the rule of law."

He added that Chinese political reform "has not kept pace" with the country's economic progress during the last 30 years.

[JSDude1]

WOW: I actually agree with President Obama on something.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Well sure, this guy earned his...

[FrankR]

"Obama, who won last year's Peace Prize, noted in a statement that "many others who have received the award [have] sacrificed" much more than he has. "

obama is just doing this to praise himself because he got the nobel too. This JACKASS is all about himself.

[max americana]

Liu must be saying: “who’s obama?”

[Hypo2]

Meanwhile, if he was a Tea Partier in the US he’d probably be called a right wing extremist, by this administration, and end up on some DHS list.

[fhayek]

Obama, who won last year's Peace Prize, noted in a statement that "many others who have received the award [have] sacrificed" much more than he has.

Uh, Obama, everybody who won this award sacrificed more than you have.

[November 2010]

Uh, Obama, everybody who won this award sacrificed more than you have.
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Did he dine on lobster, shrimp or wagyu beef today? He should get the “Nobel Nero Prize” . . .

[texas_mrs]

Wow, Obama, who you gonna borrow money from now if you pi$$ off the Chinese?

[Hoodat]

Xiaobo should have gotten it last year.

[Talisker]

Obama, who won last year's Peace Prize, noted in a statement that "many others who have received the award [have] sacrificed" much more than he has.

Shameless is, as shameless does.

[Emile]

Yeah, it’s really too bad for Liu that the Nobel committee has previously and completely degraded the Peace Prize by “awarding” it to jokers like algore, Carter, Arafat, and, most egregiously, the unachieving, undeserving clown in the WH. Collectively, these four idiots have never done a single, solitary thing to actually advance “peace”, no matter how one defines the term.