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."
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.
The writer admits he or she is unclear whether the speech was Obama's or Cohen's. I suspect that Obama read the irish PM's speech and didn't know it.
But it would be nice to have confirmation from someone who was actually there! ;-P
Oztrich boy has it right methinks. The goof was fixed by the time Obumbler got up there. Who knows? But one thing is for sure, no one can just give a speech anymore. All one needs is the ability to read and act.