A lunch invite from the King of Norway is accorded every Nobel Peace Prize winner. President Obama turned it down. My friend Damian, who has an absurd amount of knowledge about such things, writes:
Obama has also turned down a lunch invitation from the King of Norway.I just checked, and Damian is correct. The King did live for several weeks in the White House during World War II, as a refugee from the Nazis. And he does to this day have an American bent to his accent in English.
According to a poll published by the daily tabloid VG, 44% of Norwegians believe it was rude of Obama to cancel his scheduled lunch with King Harald, with only 34% saying they believe it was acceptable.
Especially since King Harald LIVED in the White House during WW II when he was a kid as guests of his god father - FDR.
I'm all for ignoring royalty, but King Harald is a somewhat different case. He still speaks English with a pronounced Tidewater accent, and calls people 'hon'. He crawled out of his sick bed to accompany his father to President Kennedy's funeral. Like his father before him, he has never invited a Republican President to the royal palace because they hate Republicans.
Does anybody in this fool administration know anything about anything?
