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They can kill people unnecessarily, uncompassionately and unfairly unless possessed only by the proper authorities. Yesterday, deeply concerned about the end of the world predicted for today, I was faced with making a difficult decision: should I drink all of my remaining rum or save a bit for later? I enjoyed a tot or two and decided not to decide. Instead, I consulted my highly placed confidential source at the White House concerning the World's second gravest concern, privately owned weapons. This encouraging article, showing how far President Obama is ahead of us all, resulted. According to my confidential informant,...

Since he couldn't bring the 'prompters, looks like Plouffe and Axelrod were coaching  The World's Most Overrated Intellect through an earpiece: _______________________________________________________________ Pat Dollard   h/t and Dave Simpson via Coreen Doyle

We can now fairly assume that both Democrat and Republican analysts concluded that President Obama's weak performance in the first presidential debate could be attributed to the absence of a teleprompter. The president's reputation -- earned or unearned -- as a golden orator cannot be upheld without this prop. So, to level the playing field -- as he is fond of saying -- he was provided with a flesh and blood teleprompter in the shape of Candy Crowley for the second debate. It was a Catch 22. If Mitt Romney had pointedly objected to this glaring intervention he would have...

President Obama's faithful want him to take the mittens off in his next debate and trounce his Republican opponent by bringing out his secret weapon: The Teleprompter! Apparently some Obama supporters felt the president was at a disadvantage without usage of his teleprompter in last week's debate. (Well...truth be told, they're probably right). They think it was unfair in the last debate that the president debated at a handicap: As one man stated, “How’s he going to memorize an hour and a half debate?” Watch Rebel Pundit interview some of the president’s most loyal supporters at an Obama for America...

Since Lady M and Big Guy finally got around to celebrating their 20th anniversary yesterday at Bourbon Steak in the Georgetown Four Seasons. (Closed press: you really didn’t want to see the size of the steak and lobster required to make up for that debate debacle on our actual anniversary did you?) House special: 32 ounce rib eye, with a handle! So you can eat it like a lollipop.Anyway, since I have to run, I’m turning today’s post over to TOTUS to bring you up-to-date on what turned out to be a pretty rough week all around. Over to you...

They can spend all the time at all the camps they want and it won’t wipe the FAIL off the last four years, but they’ll try anyway: To remedy this, there will be more extensive preparation for Obama before the next showdown — now much higher stakes for Obama — at Hofstra University. Obama will set up debate camp at the end of next week in Williamsburg, Va.Obama may not be adding more rehearsal time — but as senior adviser David Axelrod says, he’s going to be more strategic about how he uses it.And on Obama’s debate sparring partner...

TOTUS will overcome all potential difficulties. Due to President Obama's less than exemplary performance at the Wednesday night debate, serious concerns have been raised that not providing him even one single teleprompter was unfair. It was unfair, particularly in view of his great reliance on TOTUS. The truth is that President Obama needs a teleprompter at all times, even during his solitary morning meditations on the throne in the family bathroom. Governor Romney, on the other hand, neither needs nor uses one for any purpose. Their styles are very different and for the debate to have favored Governor Romney's style...

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MSNBC: 'The President Had No Teleprompter Last Night' Daniel Halper October 4, 2012 7:38 AM MSNBC hosts wondered whether President Obama lost last night's debate to Mitt Romney because he was unable to use a Teleprompter: "There's another element here that perhaps should be under discussion: The president had no Teleprompter last night," said MSNBC host Mike Barnicle. "He speaks almost all the time off of a Teleprompter. Forced now to stand on his feet after years in the bubble, getting pushed back a little, he didn't do too well. He didn't do too well." "Alright, even Bill Maher had...

Big Guy has been holed up in VEGAS, BABY! ® preparing for his first unscripted campaign appearance... Yeah, yeah. I’m in my room, studying,…as if I have to effing study this crap.And I think everything will be fine as long as he doesn’t let them see him sweat. We all know how badly that turned out. ...TOTUS’s going to share a few behind the scenes glimpses at the debate prep with Big Guy’s team so far... Thank you MOTUS...Just so you know, we got the old band back together to prep Big Guy for the debate of the century. Boyz...

<p>His critics will say this unfortunate photo reveals a deeper problem with his presidency -- that he's just a walking teleprompter.</p> <p>A Reuters photographer captured a shot of Barack Obama with his face obscured by a teleprompter during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday.</p>

The topic of Obama and his teleprompters (one of which was stolen a year ago, causing a public appearance delay) has been so pervasive in the "counterculture" that it led to the creation of the term TOTUS. But it wasn't until today that TOTUS officially became part of the mainstream media lexicon courtesy of this slideshow via Reuters, which should explain just who pulls the strings.

Another unfortunate, unphotoshoped, photo of Obama, from Reuters of all places...

Romney enters the TOTUS-free zoneI’m not sure what to make of this: Mitt Romney’s notes for a speech at Palacio De Los Jugos in Miami, Florida. I mean, Romney writes his own notes! By hand!  In a notebook? Who does that any more? OMG!!  Paul Ryan’s handwritten notes for speech in Waukesha Not Paul Ryan too!? ...Wow! Imagine speaking eloquently with just a few notes. The last time someone did that, Jimmy went down for the count. Remember? “They tell us we must learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full...

A friend with access to a satellite feed tells me Obamugabe has just started his lie-fest in Colorado. I think this is the one where a Georgetown crybaby Sandra Fluke introduces him. Anyway, no one is covering it...not CNN, not MSNBC, not FOX.

The famous Teleprompter of the United States made a triumphant return to the campaign of President Barack Obama. The experiment to wean Obama off the machine failed in spectacular fashion when, without the benefit of a prepared script, the president uttered his now famous "You didn't build that" comment. Even after the damaging gaffe, the Obama campaign insisted that the teleprompter would rarely be used. Until yesterday: President Obama spoke to supporters in Florida this afternoon, but was careful to stick to his script, relying heavily on his teleprompters. The president campaigned without teleprompters last month, when he made his...

One cannot help noticing the struggle between Barack Obama’s natural instincts and the serene and benevolent persona he projects to the world. Beneath the visage of a cosmetically populist, post-racial, post-partisan reformer who wants to “perfect” America and to have “millionaires and billionaires” “pay their fair share” is just another condescending, self-important, sarcastic, academic liberal Democrat, who believes in false consciousness and in scholastic theories that success in life can be attributed to birth or luck or community but not to individual effort and grit. Obama may be talented at self-fashioning, but he cannot maintain his public face constantly. The...

In an earlier article The Really Honorable I. M. Totus, then the Teleprompter of the United States, told us of his origins and White House functions. Recently fired from his post, he now has even more to say. President Obama's glory days with me. With the exceptions noted in my earlier guest post here, I generally expressed happiness mingled with fatherly concern over President Obama's speechifying. During public appearances, I was nearly always beside him telling him what to say and how to act while saying it. On a few sad occasions, a less competent teleprompter displaced me and the...

As far as I know TOTUS doesn’t need Ambien to go into sleep mode and he didn’t run into anybody in his car so I’m not sure why he’s been placed on administrative leave. I’m afraid this can only mean one thing: “Hello, my name is Barry, and I am an addict.” Addicted since 2007 Uh oh: Teleprompter Rehab? Right before the reelection? What on earth are our puppeteers thinking? So, brainiacs at Team Obama Central, how’s the plan working out for us so far? Do you really think we need any more slipups when Big Guy goes off prompter?...