Norwegian Artists Launching Campaign To Unseat Bush*

[matcom]

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Several leading Norwegian artists are donating works to a local campaign aimed at driving US President George W Bush out of office. The campaign, called "Tellhim.no," is raising money to place an ad in the Washington Post just before the US election in November.

Frans Widerberg is donating his art to an effort to unseat US President George W Bush.

The artists include painter Frans Widerberg and photographer Morten Krogvold. One of Widerberg's paintings, for example, will be auctioned in August over the campaign's web site, with proceeds from a sale going towards efforts to unseat Bush.

"We are frustrated and shaken over what's been going on," Widerberg told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK), referring mainly to the war in Iraq. The campaign wants to inform Americans through the ad in the Post that a majority of Norwegians opposed the Bush-led invasion of Iraq.

Campaign leader Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes told NRK that the text of the ad will be "polite," and will contend that the war against terror in Iraq merely creates more terror.

A full-page ad in the Washington Post costs around NOK 700,000. The campaign has raised about NOK 140,000 to date.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article831933.ece?service=print

[Cha]

1. Whoa! The good part of the whole World

is on our side. This is totally Awesome!

[underpants]

2. See just two names-no jail time no beer

Frans Widerberg
Morten Krogvold
Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes -Okay that is three names.....I think

Let's compare

Ridgy Dean Coleman, Jimmy Joe Stapleton, David Wayne Blizzard and David Allen Hopkins
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1426100

[NJCher]

3. I remember a Norwegian poster

Who ventured over to Utne Cafe, where I used to post, right after the stolen election. I recall her expressing fear over what bush would bring to the world in the form of war, death and destruction. The post was so prescient that I wish I'd saved it.

In retrospect, I think the Norwegians knew a lot more about bush and the American right than even I did back then.

Amazing people, those Norwegians.


Cher

[trigz]

4. I'm impressed how quickly you find out what's in our newspapers! :)

This campaign was started last year and is in part funded, I believe, by the centre-left opposition in Parliament.

Of course, for more information on Norwegian politics, look no further than my trusty blog!