{"id":6823,"date":"2009-12-11T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T11:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/cardboard-cutout-of-obama-used.html"},"modified":"2009-12-11T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T11:23:27","slug":"cardboard-cutout-of-obama-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/cardboard-cutout-of-obama-used.html","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard cutout of Obama used at the &#8220;Save the Children&#8221; benefit in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/national\/1103ap_eu_obama_miffed_norwegians.html\">Obama couldn&#8217;t stay for it so they used a cardboard cutout instead<\/a>. I&#8217;m sure the audience couldn&#8217;t tell the difference (jk \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday &#8211; 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. He also joined the king and queen at an evening banquet.But he skipped several other activities, including lunch with the king, a news conference at Oslo&#8217;s Grand Hotel, CNN&#8217;s traditional interview with the prize winner and a &#8220;Save the Children&#8221; benefit concert, where organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout. Obama also won&#8217;t be around for Friday&#8217;s Nobel Concert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gfx.nrk.no\/_6lKNxUQgVJxoieZgZgd4w9ZGmqOyxg3BstREWvNFtrQ.jpg\">Here&#8217;s a shot of the cutout<\/a>.(<a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/12\/10\/snubbed-norwegians-replace-absent-obama-at-event-with-cardboard-cutout\/\">via<\/a>)BTW, here&#8217;s some funny clips of late night comedians on Obama&#8217;s speech:<object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/19407224001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=1155968404\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=56243463001&#038;playerID=19407224001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/19407224001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=1155968404\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=56243463001&#038;playerID=19407224001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama couldn&#8217;t stay for it so they used a cardboard cutout instead. 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