Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen liked President Obama's speech so much yesterday that he repeated it -- for 20 seconds. At that time he realized that Obama's speech was still on the teleprompter.
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Posted on 03/19/2009 11:38:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen liked President Obama's speech so much yesterday that he repeated it -- for 20 seconds. At that time he realized that Obama's speech was still on the teleprompter.
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Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Or as Daily Mail blogger Don Surber writes, “Live by the TelePrompTer, die by the TelePrompTer.”
Lookin’ good
Teleprompters are great. You never have to look down at your notes. You look like you’re ad-libbing. And, for the most part, they’re invisible.
Maybe that’s why President Obama likes them so much. Sure, other presidents have used them. But not to the extent of President Obama.
He even used one in a rodeo once (while speaking not while roping goats or anything).
Caution
The only problem is, when they blow up — you can blow up with them.
There were instances during the campaign where alleged teleprompter breakdowns caused him to stumble a bit.
But so far at the White House, it’s been pretty good. He looked lost here. But quickly rebounded.
Yesterday though, was another story.
BOOM
The president was appearing with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen. Obama just got done with his remarks (using the teleprompter) and Cowen got up to deliver his speech (also on the teleprompter).
Problem was, Cowen’s speech wasn’t there. The one Obama just got done delivering was still on it.
Made no matter to the Irish PM. Like a zombie he just started reading the words.
“We begin by welcoming today a strong friend of the United States,” Cowen began welcoming himself.
And he kept going. About 20 seconds later, it appeared to Cowen that he was repeating everything Obama just said.
(Excerpt) Read more at features.csmonitor.com ...
Hail to the TOTUS!
OK, where is a copy? I’ll add $100.00 to the required ransom.
Video: Shep Smith goes nuclear on Barney Frank, Congress over AIG bonuses
Thanks...added this to that keyword list.
If Bush had thanked himself for a lovely White House reception, it would have been on every news channel that night, including those in Armenian, Japanese, and Tagalog.
Obama thanked himself for a lovely White House visit, and all media sources have protected the video.
This is absolutely sick.
Plus, we really want to see it!!
ROFLMAO....!!
Damn that is Great....
The gang that cannot even get a simple teleprompter to work correctly now want to take over the US Financial system. Time to invest is anything but the dollar. Silver just shot up 12 % in the last 24 hours.
There’s a video out there worth a lot of bucks. Rush ought to offer a ransom.
(captioning Drudge's pic of O shielding his eyes while searching for his lines)
Wish we had a real leader again? At least you can still (for the moment) mock the current one. Click on the picture to view the teleprompter graphic thread.
Totus BUMP
ROFLMAO!!!(literally)
cripplecreek
So was there an office of the teleprompter elect and I missed it or what?
I must of missed the special logo and seal!
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