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Obama Thanks Himself, Irish PM Repeats Speech in Teleprompter Meltdown
Fox News ^ | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | AP

Posted on 03/18/2009 12:10:43 AM PDT by PureSolace

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen reads word for word a speech that Obama had just read from a teleprompter, while the president apparently thanked himself for the invitation.

WASHINGTON -- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House when he realized something sounded way too familiar. Turns out, he was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just given.

Cowen was set to speak twice at the White House on Tuesday night because there were two different parties going on at the executive mansion. No matter -- he would give the same speech to the two different audiences.

But Cowen was 20 seconds into his second address when it dawned on him that he was giving word for word the speech that Obama had just read from the same teleprompter.

Cowen stopped and looked back at the president to say, "That's your speech."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrat; democrats; gaffe; idiot; jonestown; meltdown; obama; obamabots; obamatrons; teleprompter; telepromter
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I wanna see the video if anyone can find it. :)
1 posted on 03/18/2009 12:10:43 AM PDT by PureSolace
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Obama laughed and returned to the podium to offer what might have been Cowen’s remarks. In doing so, President Obama thanked President Obama for inviting everyone over.


2 posted on 03/18/2009 12:11:51 AM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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First...Gordon Brown.

Now...this.

Sheesh! What an embarrassment!

These guys aren’t ready for prime time!

Ping me if you get the video. lol


3 posted on 03/18/2009 12:13:05 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Most Effective Obama Critics: Charles Dow and Edward Jones" ~ John McCormack ~ The Weekly Standard)
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To: PureSolace

BTW, in Obama’s speech Tuesday morning, he lost his place.

+1 TelePrompTer. lol


4 posted on 03/18/2009 12:14:20 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Most Effective Obama Critics: Charles Dow and Edward Jones" ~ John McCormack ~ The Weekly Standard)
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Wasn’t Bush the tongue twisting bumbler, and Obama the eloquent statesmen? Come on, well, maybe after 4 yrs he’ll have all that on the job training down pat. Hope nobody nukes us in the meanwhile.


5 posted on 03/18/2009 12:19:10 AM PDT by Professional
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To: ShadowAce
All right, ping your list and use the rubber hose to find out which one of them hacked Obama's TelePrompTer!

6 posted on 03/18/2009 12:22:23 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
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To: PureSolace

our government is a bad comedy...

didn’t a Marx brother make a movie about this?


7 posted on 03/18/2009 12:23:26 AM PDT by GeronL (....and I won't let it happen again!)
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8 posted on 03/18/2009 12:25:14 AM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: dixiechick2000; PureSolace; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; devolve; ntnychik; BOBTHENAILER; Lady Jag; ...

9 posted on 03/18/2009 12:28:26 AM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: PureSolace

leave to Obama to offer subterfuge via teleprompter. What an idiot he and his ilks are.


10 posted on 03/18/2009 12:29:09 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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LOL - what a sorry clown.


11 posted on 03/18/2009 12:29:19 AM PDT by indcons (An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.)
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12 posted on 03/18/2009 12:31:04 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: PureSolace
"Mission Accomplished"


13 posted on 03/18/2009 12:31:29 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby (The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache.)
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To: PhilDragoo

ROTFLOLOL!

You got it! ;o)


14 posted on 03/18/2009 12:32:17 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Most Effective Obama Critics: Charles Dow and Edward Jones" ~ John McCormack ~ The Weekly Standard)
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To: PureSolace

huh? I don’t get it. This guy is not presidential material in the least or even in the most.


15 posted on 03/18/2009 12:32:23 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

LOL.


16 posted on 03/18/2009 12:33:16 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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Hope nobody nukes us in the meanwhile.

Well, if anything as horrific like that does happen, let us hope our fearless leader's staff has someone competent manning the teleprompter. Delivery of a speech for the ages, meant to bring us all together as a nation... I have to wonder whether it would be good or bad if he bollixed up in a situation like that.

17 posted on 03/18/2009 12:34:32 AM PDT by GoLightly
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“In doing so, President Obama thanked President Obama for inviting everyone over.”

What an ass clown. This will be a four year freak show.


18 posted on 03/18/2009 12:41:53 AM PDT by 1035rep ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: PureSolace

Putin is probably thinking, “Damn! ‘Bout time our Manchurian got in! I just hope we have enough muscle left to take advantage of them.”


19 posted on 03/18/2009 12:43:41 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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20 posted on 03/18/2009 12:50:39 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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