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The question that flummoxed the great orator
Guardian.co.uk ^ | April 3, 2009 | John Crace

Posted on 04/03/2009 1:02:06 PM PDT by Scanian

Edited on 04/03/2009 4:15:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis. Normally word perfect, Obama ummed, ahed and waffled for the best part of two and a half minutes. Here, John Crace decodes what he was really thinking ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 1bigamistake; 2stupid2bpresident; 2stupid4whitehouse; adlibincompetence; afraid; afraid2tell; afraid2telltruth; britain; economy; obama; totus
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To: Scanian

As with this post earlier on the FR forum page it’s quite obvious “The One” hasn’t a clue as to what is going either in the recent past, nor historically, thus the necessity of being either wired, or teleprompted by the designers of his surreptitious Presidency to respond as directed.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221755/posts

“President Change is in London with a bunch of other world leaders at the G20 summit, trying to save the world! A reporter asked him if his meetings represented a “break” from Bush’s foreign policy.

Obama’s answer: Golly, I don’t know! “I didn’t accompany, uh, President Bush on his various summits, so I don’t know, uh, how he was operating, and I won’t, uh, warn against warrant a guess on that.””


41 posted on 04/03/2009 1:40:34 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: Scanian

If he had brought his teleprompter with him, the reporters would have been able to read his answers directly from it.


42 posted on 04/03/2009 1:44:18 PM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: jennyjenny

Yes, it is surprising coming from them.


43 posted on 04/03/2009 1:52:14 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("The smallest minority on earth is the 'individual'." ~ Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

He’s a British writer, so I suppose we can cut him some slack. I really don’t think he’ll make that mistake again!


44 posted on 04/03/2009 1:54:41 PM PDT by Scanian (i)
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To: Scanian
I find that I cannot listen to the man, on or off of the teleprompter. The irregular cadence of his speech pattern drives me up the wall. I have heard him referred to as hypnotic but not to me.
45 posted on 04/03/2009 1:57:24 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Scanian
For his sake, I hope not. The President's unscripted remarks are as painful as anything I can think of — okay, GW’s first debate notwithstanding.
46 posted on 04/03/2009 2:07:22 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Scanian
Normally word perfect, Obama ummed, ahed and waffled for the best part of two and a half minutes.

The dumbasses in the British media don't realize that he is a total incompetent without the ability to verbalize an answer unless it's written for him on the TOTUS

47 posted on 04/03/2009 2:08:17 PM PDT by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: Ditter

People who brag on what a super speaker Zer0 is need to go into any typical black church in any US city on a Sunday morning and they’ll hear speaking that is far less scripted and usually more uplifting as well. The same could be said of many evangelical preachers. And there is nary a teleprompter to be found!

Zer0 is actually extremely boring. Plus he lies like a rug, which is the part that drives me up the wall!


48 posted on 04/03/2009 2:11:56 PM PDT by Scanian (i)
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To: Scanian
I have been to black churches and to black funerals, the speakers are exciting, emotional and entertaining. nObama is none of those things.
49 posted on 04/03/2009 2:15:08 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Voter#537
A Teletry is a former country now being run by a TELEPROMPTER.

Are you sure that we are not still a country now being run by a c.........?

50 posted on 04/03/2009 2:18:06 PM PDT by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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To: Scanian

Is there any video of this?


51 posted on 04/03/2009 2:28:01 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Scanian

HA HA
They just said he is usually good with words or something like that.

nope only when is has a teleprompter, without it the words are usually er, er, er,

maybe more people are waking up to the phony and his not very classy stylish racist wife


52 posted on 04/03/2009 4:15:09 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: manc

I don’t get what it is about these two that turns anybody on. I guess if you are a prez with a “D” after your name, adulation will happen. But Michelle? What a skuzz! I can’t imagine any normal male finding her attractive. And that attitude! Eeeeeeewwwwww!


53 posted on 04/03/2009 4:17:47 PM PDT by Scanian (i)
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To: Carling

>Bush is a more eloquent off-the-cuff speaker than is the Boy King.

That’s an insult to both boys and monarchs everywhere.


54 posted on 04/03/2009 4:18:39 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Scanian

gordy baby, to another senator he says we’re keeping count brother

No class or elequance.

He is not on a basketball court with a group of pals then off to a pub,. He is meeting world leaders and this man shows no class or anything

He does a town hall meeting in CA when a kid says he wants to be a cop.
idiots reply was”that’s what I am talking about baby”

At least if he has no class then try to talk properly instead of acting like he is in a pub or on the streets of Chicago

He truly has embarrassed himself along with his wife who cannot dress herself correctly, has no style and manhandles the Queen then she stands in front of the Prince for a photograph


55 posted on 04/03/2009 4:20:31 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: Scanian

whooo, that was hilarious!! at least someone sees this man for what he is truly like...too bad it’s the Brits...


56 posted on 04/03/2009 4:21:04 PM PDT by phatus maximus ( John 6:29. Learn it, love it, live it.)
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To: Scanian

>Zer0 mumbles and stumbles without his tele-crutch once again

Indeed, there are plenty of non-statements in that reply.


57 posted on 04/03/2009 4:22:57 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Scanian
...TIME FOR THE USUAL CLOSING BOLLOCKS] ... I'm a great believer in looking forwards than looking backwards.

The usual closing bollocks. LOL!

58 posted on 04/03/2009 4:23:13 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: manc

Wouldn’t you love to hear Prince Philip’s honest assessment of these two? They say he is the snootiest snob in Britain.


59 posted on 04/03/2009 4:27:15 PM PDT by Scanian (i)
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To: Scanian

what is worse is how the media here fail to report on any gaffs by obama or his wife.
How Many times have you seen obama bowing to the Saudi king on the news
me, never

for days they showed Bush holding the kings hand, days they did that story and yet nothing on obama bowing

shameful they are and I cannot wait to meet some of them


60 posted on 04/03/2009 4:28:00 PM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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