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You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - WoodlandsOwl - 03-19-2009 09:24 AM
Can't the guy just use a piece of paper for a short 30 second introduction like everyone else? I'm sure the Secret Service is on the lookout for the Republican operative that switched the speeches. I don't know which is worse, Bush butchering the English Language on a regular basis or someone who is dependent upon a machine to give something that you and I can do standing up with an index card.A teleprompt blunder has led to Barack Obama thanking himself in a speech at the White House in a St Patrick's Day celebration.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address in Washington when he realised it all sounded a bit too familiar.
It was. He was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just read from the same teleprompter.
Mr Cowen stopped, turned to the president and said: "That's your speech."
A laughing Mr Obama returned to the podium to take over but it seems the script had finally been switched and the US president ended up thanking himself for inviting everyone to the party.
Mr Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the "teleprompt president" over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech.
Earlier in the day, the president claimed an Irish ancestry, saying his mother's family could be traced back to Ireland.
He joked to Cowen: "We may be cousins. We haven't sorted that through yet."
Speaking in the Oval Office, he told the Irish premier:"Not all Americans are Irish but all Americans support those who stand on the side of peace and peace will prevail."
The fountains at the White House were dyed green for the day at the request of the First Lady and guests at the cocktail reception drank green sparkling wine from a Californian vineyard.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon from Northern Ireland and Maggie McCarthy, a traditional Irish dancer and musician from Cork, and the vocal group Celtic Thunder all attended.
Mr Obama joked about the free-flowing bar and warned his guests not to wear lampshades on their heads in front of the cameras.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-Thanks-Himself-In-Teleprompt-Blunder-During-Address-With-Irish-PM-On-St-Patricks-Day/Article/200903315243932?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15243932_Barack_Obama_Thanks_Himself_In_Teleprompt_Blunder_During_Address_With_Irish_PM_On_St_Patricks_Day
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - GGniner - 03-19-2009 09:29 AM
the late night comics and Jon Stewart can't find anything that funny about President Teleprompter.
Going to have to count on South Park to do this justice
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - smn1256 - 03-19-2009 10:13 AM
Where are all the outspoken people who were critical of of how Bush spoke?
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - SumOfAllFears - 03-19-2009 10:20 AM
(03-19-2009 10:13 AM)smn1256 Wrote: Where are all the outspoken people who were critical of of how Bush spoke?
Too busy sucking the ObamaMessiah's wang to say anything.
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - Lord Stanley - 03-19-2009 10:26 AM
Brevity, thy name is not Obama.
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - WoodlandsOwl - 03-19-2009 11:26 AM
Barack's Teleprompter even has its own Blog now....
http://www.baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - Tripster - 03-19-2009 11:57 AM
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Yeah, you go Irish Barrrrrack !!!!!
The IRA is cranking back up big time over there and I guess you want to go in and be the Savior as you have been led to believe you are here.
Go on over there and test my Irish Cousins and see if they fall on their faces and worship you ....
I can guarantee a very hasty retreat for you .... teleprompter and all ...
(the IRA don't throw shoes)
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RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - GGniner - 03-19-2009 01:28 PM
notice, still no video from this out!
RE: You Live by the Teleprompter... you die by the Teleprompter. - niuhuskie84 - 03-19-2009 02:03 PM
(03-19-2009 01:28 PM)GGniner Wrote: notice, still no video from this out!
It must be a vast conspiracy perpetrated by the liberal, anti-American MSM