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Teleprompter Malfunction Leaves Obama Speechless

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Posted on Jan 28, 2010

The president needs to start making some remarks off the cuff, because he’s leaving himself wide open for this sort of parody. And no, while it bears a resemblance to Fox News, this is not real.

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By liecatcher, February 1, 2010 at 1:20 am Link to this comment

Teleprompter Malfunction Leaves Obama Speechless

Bush3 was installed because of his:poise, grace, wit,
charm, forcefulness,intelligent attractive wife,two
lovely daughters, a dramatic contrast to “W”, & an
understanding that if he didn’t follow orders, he
would be taken out like the Kennedys.

And let’s not forget that:“DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IS A
USEFUL FICTION”.

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By Marshall, January 31, 2010 at 9:19 pm Link to this comment

By Grung_e_Gene, January 31 at 2:52 pm #

So if Obama is so adept at cutting down the “Republican elite” as you say, then
how come he’s retained so many of their policies?

Warrantless surveilance - retained
Not releasing Gitmo photos - retained
Gitmo itself - retained
Not signing Kyoto - retained
Bush tax cuts - retained
Iraq withdrawal timetable - retained
Expansion of war in Afghanistan - retained
Extraordinary rendition - retained
TARP and Omnibus spending bills - retained
Banking/financial bailouts - retained

...and these are just the ones off the top of my head.

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By Grung_e_Gene, January 31, 2010 at 9:52 am Link to this comment
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With poise, grace, wit, charm, forcefulness and truth, President Obama, like a
Kensei, confronted and cut down the entire “elite” of the Republican Party one
after another and without so much as a single 3"x 5” notecard.

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By liecatcher, January 31, 2010 at 5:51 am Link to this comment

Teleprompter Malfunction Leaves Obama Speechless


Another clever red herring title. When I listened to
Limbaugh for a few weeks during the campaign, this
was a common rant, along with charges that Bush3
stuttered a lot.

The pro-enslavement propaganda that he has to
deliver to the masses
is locked in his mind & he doesn’t need a
teleprompter.
When he comes out in favor of more offshore drilling or other programs which are for the MIC, or BIG PHARMA, which help WALL STREET & screw
we the people, his hidden agenda becomes crystal
clear. A recent headline:
“Obama pushes nuclear energy to boost climate bill”,
says it all.

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By Marshall, January 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm Link to this comment

By Robert, January 30 at 2:45 pm #

Thanks Robert for conveying the official white house response to this story.

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By Robert, January 30, 2010 at 9:45 am Link to this comment
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In fact he just spent 87 minutes yesterday taking on 160 hostile Republicans and dominating them completely - all without a teleprompter. 

Each time he does a town hall meeting it is without a teleprompter. 

That he uses them, as other presidents have, for prepared speeches means nothing. 

The idea that he can’t speak without one is seriously stupid….

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By jon, January 29, 2010 at 12:51 pm Link to this comment
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and now you’re the joke

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By john, January 29, 2010 at 11:51 am Link to this comment
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The story may be a joke but he did use a teleprompter for a group of 20 journalists so is not too far off the mark.

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