The Teleprompter Debate

I’d rather have a few malaprops now and then to know that the leader of the free world could actually speak without outside assistance. A price I would be willing to pay.

“I’d rather have a few malaprops now and then to know that the leader of the free world could actually speak without outside assistance.”
Did you not read the article? He was off the prompter for the Q&A. He’s fine without. But being clear and concise with his message is more important than anything else when he’s there to RELAY HIS MESSAGE. Look at what a mess W made. So bad to the point that they kept him from the media and public as often as possible. He’d have used a prompter if he was capable of reading and speaking at the same time. That Obama uses a prompter is a GOOD thing. Again, Reagan was the KING of the teleprompter. What are your thoughts on him?

He spent about 8 minutes of a 60 minute press conference on the teleprompter. None of his recent town hall was on a teleprompter. Any suggestion that he can’t speak without assistance (or that he is a Manchurian Candidate–Glenn Beck) is just ranting.

Teleprompter, note cards, what difference, other than your complaint of photo ops.

“(or that he is a Manchurian Candidate–Glenn Beck) is just ranting.”
A rant that the huffing and puffing Beck delivers via Teleprompter.

“Clearly, Obama has no problem answering reporters’ questions, using excellent grammar and logic. Seriously, what is the freakin’ point??? Maddening – and just a way to get away from addressing substantive arguments.”
I honestly think it’s just to be annoying.

Come on. It’s just funny. It looks funny. And sometimes it seems absurd, like when he’s just introducing a new nominee.
It’s nothing serious at all. It’s ok to tease President Obama, you know.

If Bush would have used a teleprompter like Obama does, the media would be calling Bush a total idiot for not being able talk without the crutch of the teleprompter.
Obama gets a pass by media.
Without a speech to read, Obama is a boring speaker. His smarts are over rated.

I call him the “Tennis Head President” his head goes back and forth, back and forth.

“By the way, the teleprompter “thing” is not a controversy, it is a meme; it has taken hold and taken hold for a reason.”
Wow an admission!
“Mr. brilliant can barely function without a teleprompter. People have noticed.”
No, that is the meme.
And right wingers have noticed because its been a fav talking point for months.

“whether one uses note cards or a teleprompter, the American people are still a lot more concerned about the plans relayed than the method of delivery.
================================
I care very much about policy. Very little about style from the policy maker.

I’m sorry — did you say he’s “fine” without the prompter? Uh . . . um . . . what, er . . . um is your, uh . . . definition (pause) of “fine”?
_______________________________________
Good Post!

“If Bush would have used a teleprompter like Obama does, the media would be calling Bush a total idiot for not being able talk without the crutch of the teleprompter.”
Bush used a teleprompter all the time for his prepared remarks.
And even worse, he had trouble reading that
“NEW YORK (Reuters) – How do you keep a leader as verbally gaffe-prone as U.S. President George W. Bush from making even more slips of the tongue?
When Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, the White House inadvertently showed exactly how — with a phonetic pronunciation guide on the teleprompter to get him past troublesome names of countries and world leaders.”

“I’m sorry — did you say he’s “fine” without the prompter? Uh . . . um . . . what, er . . . um is your, uh . . . definition (pause) of “fine”?”
My definition of fine is communicative. Even articulate.
STRATEGERY!

I have to say, this “teleprompter debate” makes me EXTREMELY angry. People are going hungry and homeless, and as Jake points out Fox News lead their evening coverage with this absurd, trivial nonsense. EVERY speech Bush gave was scripted. What are they talking about?
This is another one of those GOP shiny objects to distract everyone, and as usual it’s idiotic and pointless. Seriously, I really want our president to focus on important things right now, not memorizing lines. It’s not like the Q&A was scripted for Pete’s sake.
I’m just floored. I kept seeing comments about it on twitter, so I did a google news search, and there it was: USA Today, Washington Post, L.A. Times, U.S. News and World Report, etc., etc., etc.
I’m so disappointed in the press. Now, more than ever we need them to inform and report, and all we get is this asinine crapola? If Obama got a hang nail, it would garner a front page/week long media blitz.
Honestly, can’t they be bothered to figure out Obama’s economic plan and report on it? Instead we get “teleprompter debates,” the first lady’s sleeves, Special Olympics gaffs, and other “reporting” so nonsensical it makes me ashamed of our “free press.”
Everything tiny thing is SUCH a big soap opera – the world’s crashing down around our ears, and we’re building sand castles in the surf. I am SO disappointed in the Press.
It’s getting surreal.
I appreciate Jake putting this in perspective and context.

TOTUS is enjoying fame in the national press. It is a meme for a reason.
Mr. Obama Lincoln is no Lincoln.
Listen to him off prompter
um ey um er um er er er er ya know hahahaha
then he giggles and grins while discussing depressing subjects
and insults the special olympics
where have you been? lol

You know, if we didn’t have any other problems in the world this might merit a minute or two of discussion, but give me a break, as John Stossel would say! When peace reigns over the planet and no one is hungry, we can have this discussion.

al said:
“I mean, who wouldn’t pay top dollar to see the world class performance of someone lip-synching the words composed and conveyed by someone else?”
No kidding- especially when you could have got the same thing for free when barky inflicted his latest press conference on us.
mad said:
“Right wingers are just looking for a means to degrade the President and Letterman just destroyed their argument.”
Not so much. Letterman didn’t address president karaoke’s ruinous cap and trade scam, his laughable “green jobs” boondoggle, his ridiculous faux outrage re: AIG, his multi-trillion dollar deficits, his denigration of special needs children, his laughing at the horrid economy on 60 minutes, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum.
Barky doesn’t uh uhuh uh, um, er, ah, yaow, n-n-n need any right wing help to be deni, uh, denigrated.
His clownish policies are all that’s needed for that.

By the way to some on here. President Obama is not a “perfect” orator. He has been pretty sloppy in his press conferences. His prepared statemnts are good, but he is not as bad as Bush by any means, but he does struggle with pressers.

GWB didn’t use the teleprompter because it took too long to type in everything phonetically.

by the way i am “unaffiliated” and was a Democrat previous to that. This is the first election I have ever voted GOP. And I’m old enough to have voted for Carter. UGH. I can’t believe I did that!

Oh, an abc – I didn’t see any coverage of the Republican roll out of their “budget” yesterday. What’s up with that? It was hilarious!

I’m sick & tired of the conservative “Lemmings” of America blasting Obama after just 60 days in office ! They just can’t wait to jump in with their brainless BS and attack him. He’s a helluva lot more intelligent and eloquent than the miserable BOZO who just strolled smugly out of office after lying to start a war that has cost this country over 4,000 lives and leaving us in a higher deficit situation than at any time in Americanm history !

What if you were in a conversation with one person? And that one person used a teleprompter while talking to you? Would you think he has great command of the issue of the conversation? He who feels it, knows it. And who types his words? Are you sure you know the answer?

He takes FAR more unscreened questions than the prior administration and answers them with more thought – he’s not hiding his policies or objectives at all. I have no problem with Obama choosing to work out his statements ahead of time, just as I had no problem with Bush Sr being a poor public speaker period (Bush Jr was painful to watch, but he’s an all around outlier).
I seriously doubt anyone’s opinion of Obama is shaped by his speech delivery rather than the content of his leadership.

Letterman, who is as good an example of an Obama sycophant as there is, could have found plenty of material showing Obama at his extemperaneous best. Instead, he chooses to continue maligning former President G W Bush. This, of course, is nothing but distraction from the so-far uneven and, some would say, misguided performance of Mr. Obama, a man for whom Letterman campaigned vigorously through what he thinks passes for humor.

Bush would have used one if he could read…

Obama relies on the teleprompter too much. Even Peggy Noonan mocked him for it–wrote that it wouldn’t be such a problem if he otherwise showed competence.
(which he doesn’t)
Now Obama has the Big Screen to read from. BSOTUS. How appropriate!

Letterman was funny about fifteen years ago. Not anymore, fo’ sho’.
Really, please drop, this teleprompter cr@p. What about: 1) BO’s birth certificate 2.) This ridiculous stimulus bill that will destroy us 3.) Knowing all about the AIG bonuses yet pretending outrage when it became public 4.)His connection to IL senator seat, ETC. ETC. ETC. There is so much more corruption to talk about! Who cares that he is helpless without a teleprompter!

A teleprompter is OK for a big speech like the State of the Union, but for small press conferences or town halls, he shouldn’t need a teleprompter.
The last president who could speak about public policy in-depth was Bill Clinton. He actually understood the issues and could think on his feet.
Could you ever see Obama on Charlie Rose? An hour without commercials and no cue cards? I can’t.

This one is soooooo stupid.

45Revoloo, you’re comparing oranges to apples. A spontaneous social conversation is NOTHING like a prepared speech! *sigh* Pathetic.

“By the way to some on here. President Obama is not a “perfect” orator. He has been pretty sloppy in his press conferences. His prepared statemnts are good, but he is not as bad as Bush by any means, but he does struggle with pressers.”
He’s been in office for two months and is under the weight of the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. It’s possible one might be a little jumpy. He’ll settle in.

Obama has done plenty that can be criticized from a policy point of view and yet once again the media and public’s question is not what is he saying or doing but whether he looks good while he’s doing it? That’s how we got G.W. Bush. Talk about shallow…

When Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, the White House inadvertently showed exactly how — with a phonetic pronunciation guide on the teleprompter to get him past troublesome names of countries and world leaders.”
=======================================
I have no problem with phonetic pronunciation guides. Hillary could use some help in Europe recently and Obama mis-pronounced “Orion,” a company name, a few days ago. Phonetic guides in both instances would have eliminated those slip-ups.

President Obama using the teleprompter constantly has really given me the impression that this president cannot, and does not know what to say. It’s almost as if he has no opinions, no ideas, no convictions of his own. Why can’t he ever speak at will? Why is everything so meticulously planned out with his speeches? Early on, during his campaign, President Obama made some gaffes, including America having 56 or 57 states. So I can understand the shying away from wanting to speak on one’s own for fear of gaffes but I have to say that unless the president is willing to take a chance and speak more openly and without teleprompters or audio cues, I will always be left with the impression that this president, when left to speak of his own volition, does not even know how many states this country has. Does he not know what he thinks and wishes to communicate?

Sorry to trouble the detractors with facts, but every modern president has used either a teleprompter or paper for opening remarks in a press conference. The double standard is that if he’s African American, he can’t be smart, so some white guy must be putting words in his mouth all the time.
So I wonder what they have to say about his extemporaneous replies to reporters’ questions. He speaks in paragraphs and complete thoughts rather than sound bites, so my guess is these “critics” get lost at about sentence two. No “bring it on” or “read my lips” for them to wrap their pointy little heads around.
Obama was a constitutional law professor at Harvard. He was the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. His first book, reviewed at the time as work of literary merit, was written before he had decided on a political career. He wrote most of the key speeches in his campaign — including the Philadelphia speech on race, which will be studied 100 years from now.
You can criticize Obama for being a little boring, disagree wih his arguments, or even ridicule him for being a nerd, but the people insulting his intelligence don’t know intelligence when they see it for obvious reasons. For doubters there are scores of in-depth video interviews on the Web. But that might require an attention span.

Wanted to add an additional thought to my previous comment. As long as President Obama continues to rely so heavily on teleprompters and/or any other resource that cues him, he will never impress me as a president that knows of what he speaks. This audio/visual cue approach comes across like the president is just window dressing because he cannot even speak on his own about anything it seems.

Does the presidental ‘prompter, TOTUS tell all of the administration what to say or just Obama?

Kay:” It’s almost as if he has no opinions, no ideas, no convictions of his own.”
? Obama is an established writer, and frequently responds to unrehearsed questions (giving material for those who love to attack him for his halting contemporaneous speaking style). If you want to know his convictions and ideas, you really should read his writing or perhaps research his 3000 or so past votes in the IL congress (or the law he has written that is currently on the books – I like the videotaping of all serious criminal interrogations and confessions personally).
Speaking off the cuff is an important skill for comedians, but not so much heads of state.

qualowarm,
Is that your best argument? That anyone that doesn’t see Obama in all his brilliance and intelligence must be a troll? If the president was so incredibly intelligent, why couldn’t he even figure out that America only has 50 states? Some of us believe that substance is much more important than style.

Kay: “why couldn’t he even figure out that America only has 50 states?”
Seriously? That is your argument – that Obama doesn’t know that the US has 50 states? And you base that on him stumbling through a comment (one of MANY non-teleprompter questionings he has done) about having visited 57 of the lower 48 states? Yeah, I have no idea how a jetlagged guy could make that verbal stumble. It’s not quite like McCain’s comment about the border of Iraq and Afghanistan…

“Is that your best argument? That anyone that doesn’t see Obama in all his brilliance and intelligence must be a troll?”
Naaaah
“If the president was so incredibly intelligent, why couldn’t he even figure out that America only has 50 states?”
Obama is not without his verbal gaffes.
No politician is.
Just from the GE alone we have quite a few examples for each player (Obama, McCain, Palin and the king…Biden)
“Some of us believe that substance is much more important than style.”
Yet here you are harping on the style.

“Correct. He’s spent his first 60 days spending $1B of taxpayer dollars an hour.
I WISH he’d go on vacation so my great-great grandchildren don’t have to pay for anymore of his crazy.”
You’re right. Bush was such a saver of money, never liked spending, didn’t rack up a RECORD DEFICIT or anything. Uh-huh. Get your facts straight please and quit spouting the Republican straw-man points. I cannot even dignify responding to such response any further.

Obama is a sham.

Criticized by who? I am a reluctant supporter of Obama and he has yet to misstep as far as I am concerned. At least he can read which is clearly more than could be said for Bush.

how about instead of comparing him to bush with no teleprompter, they show how he performs without one?

Jacques dugger–”So if you dislike Obama after just 2 months in office, you’re a complete clown who has no clue what you’re talking about and probably should shut up for a while. How about a little “wait-and-see” approach? 2 months is hardly a wait. How about 2 years? Change doesn’t happen overnight. Until a couple years pass, here’s a novel idea…how about supporting him for the good of the country?”
__________________________________
If you can see that the course we are taking in the first two months is the WRONG course, why would a wait and see approach be a good thing? Are you suggesting that we wait two years even if everything gets progressively worse.. just to “see if it all works out”? Here’s another novel idea.. how about questioning poor performance “for the good of the country” instead?
“But let’s compare that to, oh, let’s see… 1) Unnecessary war; 2) Katrina; 3) Record deficit and job losses; 4) Torture; 5) Not going after the 9/11 conspirators (bin laden / Saudi Arabia) directly … ”
_________________________
1.) a large portion of Americans do NOT share your belief that the war was unnecessary, in fact leading democrats also were very vocal about the need to take action in IRAQ as far back as 1998.. 2.)Katrina was the problem a a corrupt state government not doing the right things to make the levies safe and not doing the right things to protect their people when the levies broke — by the way.. that state government was run completly by DEMOCRATS and had been for 30 years..
3.) the deficit did grow motre under Bush then any other president.. but the war contributed significantly to the large number.. are you aware that during the five years of the Iraqi/Afgan War, we made 0 cutbacks on domestic spending.. never before in the history of this country have we fought a war without making domestic cutbacks to reduce the expense. The Bush administration restored almost all the jobs lost after 9/11 and unemployment was held low until the mortgage industry crashed (which was largely caused by senate democrats who refused to reregulate the industry even after republicans formally took action to make that happen 4.) There is still debate about whether or not a method (waterboarding) that we use on our own troops during survival training is torture, but regardless, many believe that what was done to detainees was minimal when compared to what was happening to our troops on the ground (I don’t recall that WE beheaded anybody). 5.) While it s true that we did not capture bin laden, the media conveniently failed to take significant note that we DID capture or kill over 500 Al Quaida operatives in Afganistan and Iraq which is probably why there has been no significant terrorist attacks to the US since 9/11. Sounds pretty successful to me…

As some of the comments in this blog illustrate, the issue is not really about the usage of the teleprompter as such but rather, what it purports to signify. IMO, this is just the latest in a plethora of faux stories about Obama that have comfort a segment of the right. The more they repeat it, the more important it becomes. The more important it becomes, the more outraged they feel. Eventually, they become convinced that they are the sole truth-tellers. A pack of Cassandras, if u will. Our own Delphi oracle. The tears rolling down Glenn Beck’s cherubic cheeks are the visual manifestation of an outraged and sanctimonious mind. After 8 yrs of Bush, what else do they have in their arsenal but the trivial, the banal, the counterfactual? After all, w/the dilapidated state of the GOP, this segment of the right is neutered, powerless to stop Obama’s agenda. Pontifications, distortions, name-calling, and high cable ratings are well and good but little match for what Obama has already accomplished: stimulus package, Ledbetter, Schip, stem-cell, impending release of torture memos, the eventual closing of Gitmo, a viable exit strategy for Iraq, and most recently, a massive budget proposal.
Anyone who has followed O’s career since 2004, read his autobio, or even observed the general election debates, the subsequent PC Q&A, etc.. would realize the absurdity of what this segment of the right are “reading” into O’s use of the teleprompter. Facts be damned, their minds will not be changed.
In exchange for the implementation of his agenda the next 4 years, I doubt Obama would give a second of thought to being dismissed as an intellectual lightweight. Call him a puppet, a moron, a socialist, a dictator, or god knows what else. He will get it done. After all, Obama did praise Reagan as our last transformative president. Unless I’m mistaken, there were plenty of unkind if not completely unfounded jokes about Reagan, the b-movie actor turned president. What would be more fitting than to have our next transformative president be equally addicted to a teleprompter?
Cheers!

OH! I GET IT! The Obama-bashers are right! This teleprompter actually gives Obama a HUGE and VERY UNFAIR ADVANTAGE over the opposition!
It proves that – unlike his predecessor and perhaps as many as half the GOP members of Congress – OBAMA CAN ACTUALLY READ!!!

If the President is going to heavily rely on prepared, carefully parsed words for his rhetoric (with a couple of said choice phrases read from a TelePrompter in order to capture a couple of de rigeur soundbites for the 6 o’clock news), then why doesn’t the WH press office just email the documents and a few WH-produced video clips out to the media on the desired day of release? Think of the man-hour expense to be saved. No more filmcrews and reporters wasting time having to be onsite for a canned speech that will yield no more than what has been approved by the communications staff. The President could also gain back some lost time that can surely be used to actually read the contents of the bills that Congress is passing (including any porky earmarks, bonuses, etc., that may have been slipped in at the last minute). Maybe running the government a little more efficiently would bring the economy back sooner. After all, appearances are everything.

its not apples & oranges, you are taught in communications (im sure Obama was too) to speak to people as individuals. How can u do that reading a monitor?
Another way to look at it: what if he didnt use one, and spoke from the heart & head like u and I do? Wouldnt that be refreshing, and you would know he feels it AND knows it.

I heartily suggest that all right wing fruitcakes should continue harping on this incredibly dumb line of attack. Everyone really cares a lot. Really.

“Regarding obama’s purported oratory skills- I can certainly advance the anecdotal evidence of all my now disenchanted independent friends that feel duped right about now voting for him based on his speaking skills.”
I’m not sure which lie from the right winger is funnier.
That independents voted for Obama based on his speaking skills or that the right winger has friends.

“Being articulate isn’t the be-all and end-all. Except that Obama supporters point to his eloquence (with a teleprompter-delivered speech) as proof of intelligence.”
And its the power of his eloquence that drives right wingers nuts so they come up with this teleprompter meme.
In the end its envy.
Envy that after 8 years of cringing and waiting for the verbal gaffe anytime Bush delivered a speech (with teleprompter) killing your side’s message and mantle of intelligence, you are now faced with a very eloquent and effective messenger.

TOTUS, huh? Well, I just wish POTUS had as much of a brain as TOTUS does. Sure, Obama gives a great speech by repeating exactly what teleprompter tells him to say. Except when apparently teleprompter intentionally trips Obama up and makes him say, well, stupid stuff. Things such as thanking himself with the Irish PM, then earlier that day using the suicide bomber analogy. LOL
Seriously, he does read well, and you must give him that. But when teleprompter is not telling him what to say Obama is basically a dufus. Just take the news conference on Tuesday. When teleprompter went out on him after the prepared remarks, the POTUS basically sounded fluent, yet lied his ever loving read end off. Just try fact checking the BS he puked for almost an hour. It was far easier to find what he didn’t lie about than what he did.
No matter if you Obama-bots want to admit it or not, the man is a plain idiot without prepared remarks. And that’s without acknowledging the fact that he simply doesn’t have a clue as to what he is doing. There are lots who are still drinking the Odumba Kool Aid, but there are also lots that I talk to that wish they had their vote back. Teleprompter not being one of those!

Cable ratings:
FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,420,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,987,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,374,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,160,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,940,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,888,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,322,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,300,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,208,000
CNN KING 1,144,000
CNN COOPER 1,118,000
Do we detect a pattern here?
————————————
Yes, I believe I’m not the only one who thinks Obama is an idiot!

Jake -
Did Obama and Teleprompter make nice yet?
I know that those two were not getting along. I guess I couldn’t blame Obama. Teleprompter made him thank himself for being invited to the whitehouse.
You could tell that Obama was mad, he left Teleprompter behind to go it alone on Leno. Big mistake. Huge. He shoved both feet in his mouth.
I bet Teleprompter had a good laugh. Those two need to get things straightend out, for both of their sakes. Suppose Obama now has trust issues with Teleprompter? Who could blame him. I recommend counciling.

Only takes about a week to construct a right wing meme and inject it into public discourse through MSM outlets which apparently have no objection to being used.

No, they are. For the first time in recorded history the Arctic ocean may melt this summer. Just because a few glaciers in Pakistan may be growing a little doesn’t offset the overwhelming evidence that the great ice sheets are melting.

Fact: 31.1 Million People tuned in to listen to President Barack H. Obama.
1. Ronald W. Reagan Used the Teleprompter on a Continual Basis and he did not write his own Speeches. Ben Stein was one of many who wrote for Reagan.
2. John F. Kennedy read form the Prompter and his Speeches were also written by speech writers.
3. Bill Clinton the same.
4. Bush used the teleprompter but was Very Bad at reading from the prompter.
5. Most of your Presidents Nixon, Johnson and Carter, as well as Bush Sr. read form the prompter…
Much to do about …NOTHING

Jake Tapper,
Thanks for the article. @ Teri B, well said.
independent viewer/reader

I used to be a Letterman fan. Watched him almost every night. I thought his “Great Moments in Presidential Speeches” was one of his best bits. Very funny. Even the President (Bush) could laugh at himself. When Clinton was in office, Letterman joked about him as well. And I thought it was funny.
I had to stop watching Letterman’s show toward the end of last year. His obvious hatred was too much to take. A few weeks ago, I thought, well, Obama’s in office, maybe Dave feels better. Maybe he’ll be fair. After all, this teleprompter stuff with the Irish PM was hilarious.
I happened to see the Teleprompter or No Teleprompter bit the night I decided to watch and was disappointed to no end. When I saw the title I was ready for an Obama, no telepromter bit – what I got was a hate filled bashing of a former Pres and now private citizen. Where I should have been able to laugh at interesting intelligent humor, I had to uncomfortably turn the TV off. In contrast, Leno’s interview with Obama was enjoyable. Letterman’s piece was nothing but disappointing. Even if he had been afraid of talking against Obama, he could have had a miriad of gaffes from other Presidents and not just one from Bush. It was all wrong.
Late shows aren’t for making people uncomfortable, they’re for laughs. And the Obama TelePrompTer “situation” is laughable. People should laugh at it. It’s a lot better than having to try to laugh at the crap Clinton did. I was never a Leno fan. AS in, I never ever watched him. I will miss my favorite Letterman skits, but I will watch Leno now long before I watch Letterman again.

. Ronald W. Reagan Used the Teleprompter on a Continual Basis ….
======
Oh, yeah?
Reagan had Altzheimer. Here’s the Gratest Smartest Clueless Leader we are talkin ’bout, plus a self-claimed Constitution Law Prof. It’s no wonder so many blinder follows believe his interpretation of the constitution.

let’s all take a deep breath here. it’s time to stop this hatred directed to our new president, TOTUS. he was elected as prompter in chief. he won, they lost. TOTUS can’t help that Bush’s prompter was not as advanced as he. come on people, we’ve got more than prompter problems. we have got to get smart meters in peoples’ houses so they know when to turn their light off or on!

We’ve elected Ted Baxter President

The Republican Budget Plan:
1. Steal Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit
The GOP – Gnomes Owning Pants

We’ve elected Ted Baxter President
Posted by: TT | Mar 28, 2009 9:36:15 AM
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
More like Elmer Gantry…….

So,in other words, the whole thing (Townhall) was rigged.
Pathetic.
I will be glad to see this buffoon leave office. Maybe his Auntie will take him with her when she gets deported.

Rome is burning and we are arguing over a teleprompter. All of these guys are actors to some degree and they need to stay on message. they have all done it.

In my opinion, if a person knows what he is talking about, then he doesn’t need a teleprompter. This is all about how much knowledge on the subjects he has.

obama wants a real time teleprompter installed in his podium. That way he can recieve up to date Newspeak quotes to satisfy his adoring followers.

“The funny thing is. The liberal portion of the democratic party calls Sarah Palin “stupid”. Funny thing is, she can give an entire speech without a teleprompter. And not just any speech either. Remember the convention? Uh huh. The teleprompter operator didn’t pause for any applause, her speech was gone 5 seconds into it.”
See what I mean. Any country that can have almost half it citizen say Palin is smarter than Obama (because they can’t possibly believe it. They just don’t have the courage or moral fiber to say “I’m going with the white guy because he’s white”, just like Eric Holder says. A nation of cowards.) is racist to the bone. These are the same people that never said a peep for the 1st 3/4 of the 20th Century when discrimimation was legal, but cry like babies at the measly 40 yrs of affirmative action. We don’t even think about the genocide of Native Americans. Or treatment of Native Alaskans, Pacific Islanders and Hispanics is dredful. I hope they all will come to see the true colors of the citizens of the great U.S. of A. if they don’t already (I’m sure the majority do, just not as large a majority as American Blacks. We know the devil intimately, and have no faith that he will ever loose his horns.) I’m so glad Obama came along with his campaign and election victory. Now all the fair and moral people of the world can see that the worlds’ self appointed leader has horns.

This is such a silly topic to be concerned about.
Personally, I don’t want my president taking valuable time to memorize a speech when there are so many crises going on here and around the world. Obama obviously knows the facts as he answers questions directly with the surety of someone who knows the material and without falling back on some all-purpose answer that doesn’t address the question as our previous president did.