VIDEO: Obama's Teleprompter Crashes, Breaks During Speech

Real Clear Politics ^ | July 13, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

[ianschwartz]

Midway through his speech on urban and metropolitan policy in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building this afternoon, one of his two small glass prompters came crashing down, hitting the wood floor and crashing in many pieces. It made quite a ruckus.

“Oh, goodness,” a startled President Obama said. “Sorry about that, guys.”

[LucyT]

... too funny ...

[petitfour]

Too funny.

[C210N]

So, if Teleprompter falls and breaks into a million pieces, does there need to be a special election for a new one? Or, does Biden's teleprompter take over?

[Pan_Yan]

It was the teleprompter on his left that crashed. That means he had to spend the rest of the speech looking to his right. That must have been painful.

[John123]

Ohhhhhhhh...that was good........

I will pause until the applause dies down... ;)

[NormsRevenge]

Prompticide .. it was just a matter of time.

[TheOldLady]

Presuhdent Oass.

[presently no screen name]

I’m thinking they’re pissed!

[ak267]

Did the telepromter start to sing in a slow, slured voice?

“Daisey.....Dai—sey...give....me your answer.....true”
(Hal 9000)

[ml/nj]

Was his speech cancelled?

He always has at least two of them in case you hadn't noticed.

ML/NJ

[keats5]

Wow, good thing for him he had a backup handy.

[NormsRevenge]

Looks like he lost one of his oldest buddies..

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with the use of one teleprompter after the other fell and broke at the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, July 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

[rfp1234]

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

[IrishPennant]

I’m thinking they’re pissed!

Oh, I am sure they are pissed...but I got the most laughs when I was pissed and screwed with someone...Ike and Ron are giggling like school kids :)

[Frantzie]

Karma or God sending a message to Satan’s son?

[CaliGirl-R]

He’s okay!

http://baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-okay.html

[reagan_fanatic]

(sung to the tune of In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley)

And the questions fly
As the President looks a bit confused
while the press corps looks a little bemused
Teleprompter

And his handlers cry
‘cause if there’s one thing that they don’t need
is another broken down text line feed
Telepromter

People, don’t you understand
The One needs a helping hand
or he’ll storm out an angry young man today
Take a look at the darkened screens,
while the president makes a scene,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way (while we laugh)

Well the world turns
and an angry young man without a speech in his hand
slumps down in his chair as his face gets fanned
Teleprompter

And his anger burns
as he grabs an aide by his shirt
give me a thousand teleprompters
or you’ll be dirt
Teleprompter

Then one night in desperation
the young man breaks away
He grabs a check, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don’t get far
And his staff cries

As a crowd gathers ‘round an angry young man
face down on the street with a box in his hands
Teleprompter

As the young man dies,
on a cool and gray DC mornin’,
another future liberal President is born
Teleprompter

[presently no screen name]

It's almost like a 'tear down that wall teleprompter' RR moment.

[skinkinthegrass]

....Then one night in desperation
the young man breaks away
He grabs a check, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don’t get far
And his staff cries....

LOL!