Dec 10, 2009

Short stay for Prize miffs Norwegians

Barack Obama was in Sweden today to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. An article at the link below reported:

Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday - he signed the Nobel guest book, huddled with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and delivered an acceptance speech after he was formally presented with the prize.



The photo above shows a smirking Barack Obama with Norwegian politician and Nobel committee member Kaci Kullmann Five.

He skipped out on a host of other activities, including lunch with the king, a news conference at Oslo's Grand Hotel, CNN's traditional interview with the prize winner and a "Save the Children" benefit concert, where organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout. Obama also won't be around for Friday's Nobel Concert.

Replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout? Why can’t we do that here in America?

Mr. Obama stiffed the King for lunch: a classless act. His community organizing background just doesn’t measure up to European royalty. At least he didn’t give the King videos of his speeches like he gave the Queen of England.

Cardboard cutout of Barack Obama? Sounds interesting. Maybe they should sell them in the White House gift shop. The proceeds could help reduce the trillions of dollars of debt run up by the Obama administration.

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