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Researcher: Norwegian politicians should stay out of US election
TheLocal.no ^ | 26 Jul 2016 16:33 GMT+02:00 | (NTB/The Local)

Posted on 07/26/2016 11:29:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen has come under fire for publicly voicing his support for US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

“It can be problematic that he is being explicit in his support,” Hilmar Langhelle Mjelde, Senior Researcher at the University of Bergen, told NTB.

“As a senior politician and minister, the most appropriate thing would be not to announce one’s support or opposition toward a potential head of state. In an international context, party politics should ideally stop at the national border, and we must be able to work with a President Trump as well as a President Clinton,” he added. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climateminister; hillary; norway; vidarhelgesen

1 posted on 07/26/2016 11:29:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Scandinavians acting stupidly.


2 posted on 07/26/2016 11:37:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Scandinavians acting stupidly.

I'd rather they do that; identify themselves in order to ignore them when necessary.

3 posted on 07/26/2016 11:41:02 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Olog-hai

Like Okeydope did in Israel?


4 posted on 07/27/2016 12:21:37 AM PDT by glock rocks (Political Correctness is fascism disguised as manners. -- George Carlin)
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To: publius911

Agree. Let them out themselves.


5 posted on 07/27/2016 12:29:29 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: glock rocks
Like Okeydope did in Israel?

EXACTLY!

How quickly that was forgotten.

6 posted on 07/27/2016 1:26:27 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Olog-hai

There’s a Muslim in your future, Vidar!

Perhaps you should tend to the disaster that lurks in your nation’s destiny instead of inserting your feeble mind into America’s politics.


7 posted on 07/27/2016 2:22:46 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: Olog-hai

The way to humble the Norwegian hypocrites is to drive the price of oil down. Their liberal bent sees nothing wrong with taking government oil stipends while claiming fossil fuels harm the environment. This spoiled brat living style relies on oil stipends similar to the Saudis whose financial well-being is directly keyed to oil revenues.


8 posted on 07/27/2016 3:05:50 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Olog-hai
Minister of Climate and Environment

Translation:

Minister of Global Warming/Climate Change Fraud & Corruption supports Hillary.

No surprise there.

9 posted on 07/27/2016 3:30:15 AM PDT by TYVets
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