Obama Thanks Himself, Irish PM Repeats Speech in Teleprompter Meltdown

FoxNews.com ^ | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | AP

[TexasCajun]

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.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Look at the ahole’s face in that pic.

He needed a good a$$ kicking along the line somewhere that he never got.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

See my post 21.

[maggief]

[stentorian conservative]

The day should always begin with a hearty laugh. This is funny. . . and yet sadly embarrassing. Our beloved Country has become the laughing stock on the world stage thanks to this charlatan called POTUS and the (supposed) 52% of the populace that put him in the WH.

This will be the longest four years of my life. . . .

[wolfcreek]

WTF? Are these guys friggin robots?

(make that PUPPETS)

[MortMan]

This piece is written horribly. Am I wrong in surmising that Obama read the irish Prime Minister’s speach and apparently did not catch the fact that he was thanking himself for inviting himself (apparently to play with himself)?

[browniexyz]

So some dude at the White House is finally getting back at Hussein for his arrogance!! And apparently made him read the Irish Pm Speech while the Irish Pm read Obama’s!! Someone is OUT of a job this morning at 1600 Pennsy Ave!

[Ann Archy]

Rush is hysterical when he says “the teleprompter told Obama to say.....”!!!! SO DAMN TRUE!!! It’s a CRUTCH that will harm him by making him WEAK.

[Ann Archy]

Man....the Irish don’t in for “good looks” in their leaders, do they???

[T. P. Pole]

Man, every picture of him has his nose in the air.

[silverleaf]

what a schmuck

[johncocktoasten]

Rush Limbaugh is so precient (sp.?). Monday he begins ragging Obama about the teleprompter “telling him” to sound optimistic. Now comedy becomes reality, when a teleprompter begins wielding unchecked power to put words in the mouths of elected officials from around the world.

Now we just need to find a way to get the right words plugged into it. “i.e. Tax Cuts, I resign POTUS to become NBA coach,...”

[silverleaf]

perpetual smirk

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Horribly written?”

Couldn’t be any plainer, I think...”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.”

What’s confusing about that?

[Nateman]

We seriously need a cartoon with soros, marx and lennin furiously typing on multiple computers feeding into the teleprompter..

Here is one that's close. Click on the picture for more.

[OpusatFR]

Zero always has that narcissistic snotty smile on his face.

Thank you Klown Kollege of America for annointing this incompetent boob for lead us to utter ruin.

[McGruff]

[MortMan]

Whose speach was it? Was Cohen reading Obama’s speach, or had Obama read Cohen’s?

The sense of it I got was that Obama read Cohen’s, but it isn’t clearly stated. Implication is a poor substitute for clarity.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was ... repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just given.”

[listenhillary]

Teleprompter operations will be a new cabinet level position.

I want to see SNL, Rush or someone do an interview of the teleprompter with the answers being flashed on the teleprompter.