Or drink a cold Coors Light?

Uh oh. Honeymoon over.

Blush off of the rose.

My Male wouldn't let me watch the press conference, because we can't afford a new TV.

can i give high 5 to AP for this?

re: #3 buzzsawmonkey

No, it's not a matter of werewolves. The Lone Ranger used silver bullets.

Obama is the Loan Arranger.

Oh, very good!

You're just getting warmed up, though, right?

Want instant knowledge of how many Americans are beyond dumb?

The same percentage who believe Obama is "doing a good job".

George Bush could read from a teleprompter better than Obama!

re: #2 acwgusa

Uh oh. Honeymoon over.

Is MSM learning that Obamessiah is an abusive lover?

I would probably feel better about him as president if our major concern was werewolves.

re: #4 pink freud

Blush off of the rose.

it all adds up...I keep saying the littlest jab, a backhanded slap, all of it will make a difference...Eleanor Clift turned on him today...a big deal?...yes imo

Looks like we did not mis-underestimate him.

Not to mention he really could improv better than Obama, no matter how many youtube videos of Bushisms really exist.

after re-reading this, i came to conclusion, O is afraid of his own shadow, because its not perfect enough to his likeness

re: #9 opinionated

Want instant knowledge of how many Americans are beyond dumb?

The same percentage who believe Obama is "doing a good job".

it was 52% on November 5th of last year...

He must be trying to kill a werewolf Charles, cause he sure doesn't have a clue as to how to fix the economy.
BTW, hope you saw that yet another Geithner choice for a high ranking position at Treasury said thanks but no thanks. No link but there is one at a comment which is towards the end of the DT.

re: #16 Gella

after re-reading this, i came to conclusion, O is afraid of his own shadow, because its not perfect enough to his likeness

his shadow ears are even BIGGER!

The dumbass can't even get a hackneyed cliche right.

The President is a hack!

re: #11 unreconstructed rebel

Is MSM learning that Obamessiah is an abusive lover?

He's the Chris Brown of Politics.

/Shit, that makes us Rhianna.

Imagine Obama in a time before teleprompters, i think it would go something like , Uh uh uh um ya see, now wait just a minute, uh uh

AP should really think twice about writing articles like this. It wouldn't take more than a single phone call for Obama to speak to some attorney general and have him/her put pressure on AP.

They really should reconsider making negative comments about Obama in the future.

/and if by chance you should have any silver we will be coming for that too...

re: #22 pegcity

Imagine Obama in a time before teleprompters, i think it would go something like , Uh uh uh um ya see, now wait just a minute, uh uh

he would have ppl holding Q cards or somebody who would deliver his speeches

Rahmbo to the A.P

"DEAD" Table Stab

kill the meters!...there's one!, kill it!

[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]

Only rich people can afford silver bullets these days.

Maybe someone at the AP realizes that if Cardin's newspaper bailout goes through, their income stream dies with it?

Someone at AP took the red pill? /

There are no quick fixes and there are no silver bullets, so that's why Obama demanded passage of the porkfest $800 billion package, which doubles the deficit, demands passage of a bloated appropriations bill that again adds to the deficit, and yet Obama wants people to think that any improvements in the economy to date are based on his policies?

Sorry to break it to him, but the economy is improving despite Obama's policies and that of the leftists (or statists as Mark Levin would call them). Housing is going to improve because interest rates remain low and foreclosures are bringing home prices closer in line to actual values that reflect the current market conditions without the inflationary influences of unqualified buyers flooding the market - driving up prices and makes homes LESS affordable.

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Only rich people can afford silver bullets these days.

Lead does just fine.

what is the tax on a silver bullet these days?

re: #18 realwest

You mean this?

Who's his tailor?

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Only rich people can afford silver bullets these days.

OT Reminder - LOST tonight - episode title "He's Our You"

re: #23 Walter L. Newton

AP should really think twice about writing articles like this. It wouldn't take more than a single phone call for Obama to speak to some attorney general and have him/her put pressure on AP.

They really should reconsider making negative comments about Obama in the future.

Just wait until the Democrats bail out the newspapers. Every reporter in America will suddenly turn the worst scandals into puff pieces.

This is a fundamentally unqualified man we have put in charge.
Heaven help us.

as a former military man, my knowledge of college prestige is limited...but I always thought of Harvard, the Ivy league, as a prestigous group, best of the best so to speak...brother does this guy obama sure shoot to shit my ideas of the Harvard and Ivy league mystique.

Interesting that Obama is trying to kill a werewolf when he himself is a tax vampire.

Obama may need to get his eyes checked. He was having a little trouble reading at the distance his big screen was from the podium.

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Thanks. That reminds me I have to start cooking dinner early. I'm looking forward to this episode.

But what of all the halos?

WASHINGTON – What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?

The "Wizard of Uhaaz", does!

The Manchurian Teleprompter

re: #35 Rednek

Just wait until the Democrats bail out the newspapers. Every reporter in America will suddenly turn the worst scandals into puff pieces.

yeah, that proposal is really pretty scary, especially the not for profit status.

re: #35 Rednek

Just wait until the Democrats bail out the newspapers. Every reporter in America will suddenly turn the worst scandals into puff pieces.

Exactly. That's was my point. I wasn't kidding. It's not a joke any more. We've seen Cuomo go after AIG and threatening to release executives names. That's only a small example of what's coming up in the future.

re: #35 Rednek

Just wait until the Democrats bail out the newspapers. Every reporter in America will suddenly turn the worst scandals into puff pieces.

Every day reads more and more like a Sinclair Lewis novel.

Radio alert: Mark Levin now on with Rush.

re: #37 Spider Mensch

as a former military man, my knowledge of college prestige is limited...but I always thought of Harvard, the Ivy league, as a prestigous group, best of the best so to speak...brother does this guy obama sure shoot to shit my ideas of the Harvard and Ivy league mystique.

There's still something to it, because if you have an Ivy League degree, it still opens doors that are tough for other grads to get through.

It doesn't take into account those who don't deserve to have those degrees though. It just means everyone else has to work that much harder to get to the same place.

re: #45 Walter L. Newton

You got some nice stuff here. Id be a shame if something were to happen to it.

re: #32 lawhawk
YES! Thanks lawhawk! Newsjunkie_Ky posted it with a link to your blog, but it took me a while to find it!

Wonder why Geitner is having so much trouble recruiting folks to work at Treasury?
[Link: lawhawk.blogspot.com...]

re: #14 rawmuse

Looks like we did not mis-underestimate him.

I did. I really didn't believe it would be so easy for him to fundamentally change us and our way of life, as he's doing, right before our eyes. And, ain't no one stoppin' him. OMG!

I say we go green in our fight against werewolves and simply all grow our own wolfsbane

I'm rather curious why nobody noticed his use of telepromters on the campaign trail. Did he not use them?

No silver bullets, but trusty teleprompters!
From that article:

'One of the few times he summoned raw emotion came after a reporter demanded to know why it took him so long to express outrage over the AIG executive bonuses.
"It took a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."
Even better, he likes to have it up on the teleprompter.',
(Emphasis by me)

Yep - if its not on the TOTUS, it ain't happening for PB0!

re: #49 pegcity

You got some nice stuff here. Id be a shame if something were to happen to it.

LEAVE MAISSEY ALONE!

re: #53 Eowyn2

I'm rather curious why nobody noticed his use of telepromters on the campaign trail. Did he not use them?

Eowyn2 to Room 101 please. Paging Eowyn2...please report to Room 101.

Interesting. Right around the same time the Dems come out with a plan to "help" [read "seize"] newspapers and ban them from making political endorsements ( [Link: awurl.com...] ) in the process - the First Amendment be damned! - the media suddenly start to turn on the poor teleprompter guy. It's probably just a coincidence.

In Obama we are reaping the fruit of a 40 year assault on our education system by a hostile power. The Leftist, Democrat Progressive establishment.

i love that the ap is criticizing o for using a teleprompter.
now that he can't go anywhere w/ out it, it is obvious that he never speaks from the heart, never gives real speeches or talks openly.
he performs 'readings'.
he is a performance artist.
that's all he is. he reads what others have written. and it is all bs designed
to manipulate and deceive us.
his complete failure to address the public honestly shows what a puppet he is.
and not even a good puppet. just one who can read.

. Next press conference, check out the White House press corps in the reflection of a pocket mirror.

How many are still alive and how many undead?

re: #53 Eowyn2

I'm rather curious why nobody noticed his use of telepromters on the campaign trail. Did he not use them?

I'm wondering why nobody noticed George Soros's hand stuffed up the Puppet of the United States ass during the campaign.

re: #54 yma o hyd

No silver bullets, but trusty teleprompters!
From that article:

'One of the few times he summoned raw emotion came after a reporter demanded to know why it took him so long to express outrage over the AIG executive bonuses.
"It took a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."
Even better, he likes to have it up on the teleprompter.',
(Emphasis by me)

Yep - if its not on the TOTUS, it ain't happening for PB0!

What else did you expect from George Soros' sock puppet.

Obama needs to remain the hollywood candidate. Empty play-acting.

David Letterman is here to help.

Speaking of 0bama and misquoted cliches, I overheard this in a discussion the other day:

"It's like the old time-travel canard – If you go could back and time and kill 0bama as a baby, would you?"

re: #41 Noam Sayin'

But what of all the halos?

Someone with photoshop skills needs to put Obama's face on "Buddy Jesus"

re: #64 gmsc

Speaking of 0bama and misquoted cliches, I overheard this in a discussion the other day:

Well, the hard part would be finding him as a baby. Do you look in Hawaii or Kenya?

///

re: #36 LGoPs Um, EXCUSE ME, but "We" didn't put that extremely unqualifed man in office; a bunch of Americans, lied to continually by the MSM, and overwhelmed with Obama outspending McCain 7 -1 put his ass in office.
They believed his bullshit, WANTED to blame Bush (BDS finally paid off for the Democrats) and so voted this totally empty fucking suit into office.
But I didn't and none of my friends voted for him either.
I hope everyone who didn't vote for McCain because he wasn't conservative enough is fucking happy now!
(h/t mandy manners).

re: #47 JammieWearingFool

Radio alert: Mark Levin now on with Rush.

i tried to get the book at b&n yesterday.
sold out.
"liberty and tyranny"
he had 6000 people at a book store on long island sat.

re: #32 lawhawk

You mean this?

Its so basic. Keep the Bush appointees as long as possible and when the crash really hits, blame it on Bush holdovers.

While everyone has ridiculed Chris Matthews for his lapdog tingle, a more insidious Obama sycophant gets a pass.

All during the campaign and after every Obama appearance- like last night- ABC appoints the Democrat apparachik and former Clinton aide, George Stephanopoulos, to grade Obama.

To everyone surprise, I'm sure- he gave Obama last night an A-

In a Communist and/or totalitarian state, ABC and Stephanopoulos would easily be recognized for the [Obama] Government propagandists that they are.

re: #63 FrogMarch

Obama seems like he'd be much happier playing the president on a television show than actually being the president.

re: #53 Eowyn2

I'm rather curious why nobody noticed his use of telepromters on the campaign trail. Did he not use them?

He did - and we all noticed it, especially when it broke down.
There were lots of video clips about his helpless twaddling when he didn't know what to say.

Did the MFM report on this?

Did they hell!

re: #58 LGoPs

In Obama we are reaping the fruit of a 40 year assault on our education system by a hostile power. The Leftist, Democrat Progressive establishment.

... a 40 year assault on ALL OUR SYSTEMS.

And we were asleep at the wheel.

re: #66 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, the hard part would be finding him as a baby. Do you look in Hawaii or Kenya?

///

/do they have Planned Patenthood in Kenya?

Barry does not appear interested in solving the country's problems; he's campaigning for 2012. He still likes to be on both sides of issues. Like he has been during his entire, yet very brief political career. Most recently he was on both sides of the AIG bonus issue... expressing conflicting views during the same week.
Somebody tell this guy that the 2008 Presidential election is over. (Sadly) He won. Time for him to fill that empty suit by geting to work now.

re: #65 Rednek

Someone with photoshop skills needs to put Obama's face on "Buddy Jesus"

Somebody already did.

re: #74 brookly red

im sure they hang people willing to kill babies all over the world.

re: #71 pegcity

Obama seems like he'd be much happier playing the president on a television show than actually being the president.

"Hello. I'm not the President, but I play him in real life."

re: #41 Noam Sayin'

But what of all the halos?

Ambient light from the teleprompters.

re: #64 gmsc

Speaking of 0bama and misquoted cliches, I overheard this in a discussion the other day:

wait until obama gets his own version of a cindy she-hag stalker...now that will be a hoot!
maybe she'll camp out in front of his old house in Illinois...lol

re: #70 Opinionated

Obama give Chrissy Matthews a leg tingle. He gives Stephanopoulos a stiffenipplous.

re: #79 DaddyG

Ambient light from the teleprompters.

Obviously, because 0bama himself is not that bright.

re: #77 pegcity

im sure they hang people willing to kill babies all over the world.

well not in Gaza...

re: #78 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"Hello. I'm not the President, but I play him in real life."

Experience or no experience Dennis Haysbert would make a better president than Obama.

Remember- the deficit is ALL Bush's fault. And Obama is going to "cut it in half."

[Link: blog.heritage.org...]

re: #35 Rednek

Just wait until the Democrats bail out the newspapers. Every reporter in America will suddenly turn the worst scandals into puff pieces.

* * ** *
Hahahaha. Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) claims under his proposal, government supported newspapers--such as The New York Times taxpayer supported version-- will be neutral politically.

Lizards, I ask you, when you think of straight factual non-ideological reporting, do the following come to mind?

Public Broadcasting System &
National Public Radio

re: #85 FrogMarch

Remember- the deficit is ALL Bush's fault. And Obama is going to "cut it in half."

[Link: blog.heritage.org...]

I just knew PB0 flunked Arithmetik 101!

re: #67 realwest

Um, EXCUSE ME, but "We" didn't put that extremely unqualifed man in office; a bunch of Americans, lied to continually by the MSM, and overwhelmed with Obama outspending McCain 7 -1 put his ass in office.
They believed his bullshit, WANTED to blame Bush (BDS finally paid off for the Democrats) and so voted this totally empty fucking suit into office.
But I didn't and none of my friends voted for him either.
I hope everyone who didn't vote for McCain because he wasn't conservative enough is fucking happy now!
(h/t mandy manners).

I hope you know I wasn't referring to the people here. Or of like mind.

re: #36 LGoPs

This is a fundamentally unqualified man we have put in charge.
Heaven help us.

* * * *
No, WE have to help ourselves. (You could argue "Heaven" sent us an alternative, who LOST by 7 or 8% of the vote on November 4)

Barry has thrown his teleprompter under the bus:

Teleprompters Out, Giant TV in

Did you see his conference today? Well his beloved Teleprompters were not there, instead, he had a giant TV at the back of the room and he was reading of that.

We don't get it, what's wrong just reading off of note cards? hmm.

re: #85 FrogMarch

Remember- the deficit is ALL Bush's fault. And Obama is going to "cut it in half."

[Link: blog.heritage.org...]

According to Obamath, negative numbers get smaller as the absolute value increases.

/As best as I can understand the logic.

re: #86 alegrias

* * ** *
Hahahaha. Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) claims under his proposal, government supported newspapers--such as The New York Times taxpayer supported version-- will be neutral politically.

Lizards, I ask you, when you think of straight factual non-ideological reporting, do the following come to mind?

Public Broadcasting System &
National Public Radio

Hmmm... National Public Bird Cage Liner?

Is Obama trying to fix the economy or kill a werewolf?

I believe 0bama is trying to kill the American Dream.

re: #37 Spider Mensch

as a former military man, my knowledge of college prestige is limited...but I always thought of Harvard, the Ivy league, as a prestigous group, best of the best so to speak...brother does this guy obama sure shoot to shit my ideas of the Harvard and Ivy league mystique.

* * * *
How many Kennedys have Harvard degrees? Uh, you know, mmm, errr.

And don't forget the brightest & best ran the Defense Department under Kennedy & Johnson, and screwed up the Vietnam War for 8 or 10 years.

re: #91 Spiritualized

Barry has thrown his teleprompter under the bus:

Teleprompters Out, Giant TV in

Apparently, the glasses aren't ready yet.

re: #89 LGoPs

I hope you know I wasn't referring to the people here. Or of like mind.

Of course I do. Just in a ranting mood over this!

Maybe it's a California thing, but I've always heard "silver bullet" as a generic term for a magical fix. I believe the point he was trying to make is that there are no quick, magical fixes for the situation (if there were, then Bush would have fixed them). Wikipedia seems to agree with me:

"The metaphor of the silver bullet applies to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an expectation that some new technology or practice will easily cure a major prevailing problem."

But again, maybe it's just a regional term, and Wikipedia certainly isn't the most reliable source.

But speaking of gaffes, now it looks like the left-wing media is trying to deny the Irish teleprompter mix-up gaffe first reported (as far as I know) by LGF:

[Link: blogs.telegraph.co.uk...]

Pretty shameless if you ask me.

re: #47 JammieWearingFool

Radio alert: Mark Levin now on with Rush.

* * * *
Help make Levin's new book "Liberty & Tyranny" a best seller! He's all about the Constitution, which Obama's trashing.

re: #94 Iron Fist

If I ever meet Obama, I intend to shake his hand (not in a violent way :-) and tell him that I am in 100% agreement with him.

It is a damn shame his mother didn't choose abortion over bring a bastard like him into the world.

Wow, harsh?

Q: What kind of president uses a teleprompter at a news conference?

A: One who doesn't want to accidently make another joke about special olympians.

He is so bad without his crutch, that it is difficult to blame him for using it.

re: #67 realwest

Um, EXCUSE ME, but "We" didn't put that extremely unqualifed man in office; a bunch of Americans, lied to continually by the MSM, and overwhelmed with Obama outspending McCain 7 -1 put his ass in office.
They believed his bullshit, WANTED to blame Bush (BDS finally paid off for the Democrats) and so voted this totally empty fucking suit into office.
But I didn't and none of my friends voted for him either.
I hope everyone who didn't vote for McCain because he wasn't conservative enough is fucking happy now!
(h/t mandy manners).

Thank you, upding.

Did anyone else notice the green presidential podium? What is that about? From a distance it really isn't recognizable as being the US presidential seal. It looks like a foreign symbol instead of the traditional blue drawn from our red white and blue pallet. s3bpilot

re: #68 nyc redneck

i tried to get the book at b&n yesterday.
sold out.
"liberty and tyranny"
he had 6000 people at a book store on long island sat.

* * *
Try Amazon instead

re: #94 Iron Fist

I don't know about that, the means vs the ends and all...

"WASHINGTON – What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?"

An often bumbling, verbally stumbling, stammering, unprepared, uninformed, uncertain, insecure, void of substance, issue clueless, opinion vacant, empty suit reading a script and last but surely not the least on the list, a stupid One which defines Mr. T to a capital T!
The real tragedy is that those who asked questions were more than likely spoon-fed the questions before the show and called upon in pre-determined fashion so as to facilitate the proper reading of the answers on the mega teleprompter by President T. It is absolutely scandalous how deeply and thoroughly anchored the MSM is up Barack X Obambi's ass.

re: #105 s3bpilot

Did anyone else notice the green presidential podium? What is that about? From a distance it really isn't recognizable as being the US presidential seal. It looks like a foreign symbol instead of the traditional blue drawn from our red white and blue pallet. s3bpilot

I think you need to adjust the color on your set. It looks the same here.

Obama moron.

re: #99 Fred72

Maybe it's a California thing, but I've always heard "silver bullet" as a generic term for a magical fix. I believe the point he was trying to make is that there are no quick, magical fixes for the situation (if there were, then Bush would have fixed them). Wikipedia seems to agree with me:

"The metaphor of the silver bullet applies to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an expectation that some new technology or practice will easily cure a major prevailing problem."

But again, maybe it's just a regional term, and Wikipedia certainly isn't the most reliable source.

But speaking of gaffes, now it looks like the left-wing media is trying to deny the Irish teleprompter mix-up gaffe first reported (as far as I know) by LGF:

[Link: blogs.telegraph.co.uk...]

Pretty shameless if you ask me.

Well, it was reported in the TIMES/London, in the print edition - and the TIMES is a 'paper of record'. That means, a copy is collected at the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, and of course of the very famous one at the British Museum.
No wriggle room for PB0 - can't be swept under the carpet ...

re: #75 zato

ding ding ding ding

re: #82 gmsc

Obviously, because 0bama himself is not that bright.

* * **
Obama's plenty bright. He's brilliant and if we're not serious, he'll be here 8 years.

We need to "fire" him for dereliction of duty.

re: #111 buzzsawmonkey

Obamandias
--with apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveler from the Potomac
Who said, two vast and countless piles of debt
Stand in the Congress. Near their bursting sacks
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose set
Uncomprehending expression of slack
Shows that the sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on that lifeless pan
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed.
On the pedestal these words are arranged;
"My name is Obamandias, Historic Man!
Look on my works, for I bring Hope and Change!"
Nothing beside remains. 'Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level Mall stretches away.

A trillion updings for that!

A scathing editorial from the Washington Times:

Obama's reliance on teleprompters

While the teleprompter might let Mr. Obama blame someone else whenever the answer turns out to be wrong, we would like to have a president who occasionally comes across as more than a TV anchor reading a script.

From a couple of weeks ago, but I'll bet that it left a mark.

re: #99 Fred72

Sniff sniff, hmmm.

re: #116 Irish Rose

A scathing editorial from the Washington Times:

Obama's reliance on teleprompters

From a couple of weeks ago, but I'll bet that it left a mark.

I'm Barack Burgundy?

I just heard on Rush that Fed-Ex is considering cancelling a huge plane order from Boeing if "card-check" legislation is passed.

“There are no quick fixes,” he said, “and there are no silver bullets.”

That is rich indeed since he plans to obliterate the 2nd Amendment by taking that Constitutional guarantee or right away from American citizens. He and his pinko flying ilk are working feverishly to outlaw personal ownership of weapons as well as the bullets by hook or crook...we would be better served to save the silver...totally unlike Mr. T, it actually has real value at the moment.

Silver bullets? Nice symbolism. It does what a lead bullet will do, but at a much greater expense. Its intent is for killing mythical creatures.

It's interesting that he needs to remind us that he doesn't have any. It sure feels like he's using them...

“and there are no silver bullets.”

Is Obama trying to fix the economy or kill a werewolf?

When I first went into the Army, the cure for various "social diseases" was referred to as the "silver bullet".

... or perhaps he was referring to a lack of beer in the White House?

He's just trying to turn us against the Second Amendment.

re: #114 alegrias
Geez, I really hate to disagree with you, but I must. I don't think Obama is "brilliant" or anything more than "bright".
His academic achievements - such as they are, we've never been privy to his grade/course transcripts the way we were with Kerry and Bush - mean he was a good student. That doesn't equal a "brilliant" person.
Moreover, his rapid rise is I think rather clearly due to the assistance of others - starting with Mayor Richard "King" Daley - and moving up from there to include the MSM, ACORN and all of those unidentified campaign contributors who enabled him to disavow his pledge to take public financing and thereby outspend John McCain by 7-1.
His actions while POTUS thus far have indicated to me that he is a man of extreme political cunning - using Bush and class-warfare to enable him to get us to the point where we are nearly a banana republic.
According to LGFer Juante, there are over 300 critical jobs at the Treasury Department - to date, Obama has managed to fill only 75.
I'd think an awful lot of the best and brightest would want to work for the Obama administration and what we have so far is Geithner and Panetta.

re: #3 buzzsawmonkey

No, it's not a matter of werewolves. The Lone Ranger used silver bullets.

Obama is the Loan Arranger.

More like the Bailout & Loan Deranged-er!

Found this typical comment from an Obama-bot out in blogland trying to defend his saviors' teleprompter addiction:

"He’s stuttering and stumbing as one would expect any human to do. Obama has been in office 2 months. The problems we face are enormous thanks to republicans. Time for them to STFU or offer help".

OK, here's some help from me... some helpful advice.

Get rid of the teleprompter, Barry, and show us all what kind of man you really are.

Thugs. They are thugs.

re: #41 Noam Sayin'

But what of all the halos?

You say halo, and I say goodbye.

re: #126 Irish Rose

"Time for them to STFU or offer help".

LOL Seriously? Sure, just like the libs did when Bush was in.

I do not find Obama to be an eloquent speaker and I do not find him to be particularly bright and I especially do not find him to be motivating, quite the contrary. I find him to be an arrogant, ignorant, shady, untrustworthy person that associates with criminals and racists and he must rely on his electronic machines to assist him when speaking in public. He is a stuttering fool without his teleprompters. I also think that those Americans who voted for the guy are ignoramuses and I hope that they get what they deserve, it looks like they already are.

There was a TV program in the 1950s about confidence games and con men. It used real cases and showed the public the danger of confidence schemes and damage to peoples lives it caused. Every opening to the show started with "These are people who will pat your back with one hand and pick your pocket with the other". It sure reminds me about President Obama's speeches during his press conferences and rambling TV interviews.

re: #124 realwest

Geez, I really hate to disagree with you, but I must. I don't think Obama is "brilliant" or anything more than "bright".
His academic achievements - such as they are, we've never been privy to his grade/course transcripts the way we were with Kerry and Bush - mean he was a good student. That doesn't equal a "brilliant" person.
Moreover, his rapid rise is I think rather clearly due to the assistance of others - starting with Mayor Richard "King" Daley - and moving up from there to include the MSM, ACORN and all of those unidentified campaign contributors who enabled him to disavow his pledge to take public financing and thereby outspend John McCain by 7-1.
His actions while POTUS thus far have indicated to me that he is a man of extreme political cunning - using Bush and class-warfare to enable him to get us to the point where we are nearly a banana republic.According to LGFer Juante, there are over 300 critical jobs at the Treasury Department - to date, Obama has managed to fill only 75.
I'd think an awful lot of the best and brightest would want to work for the Obama administration and what we have so far is Geithner and Panetta.

I agree totall with everything you write except one small thing. I do not think he has acted as POTUS with extreme political cunning as you write. Instead he has acted precisely like a community organizer preaching gloom and doom to his base of brown shirts, riotous speech focused on the haves vs. have nots battle and played the bash-Bush-hand he has constantly been freely dealt by the MSM at every opportunity like they do. He is simply playing the Parrot and speaking / organizing a much larger community or nationwide brown-shirt, Acornish base which takes no cunning. He has simply moved his 'community organizer' tent or HQ from Chicago to Washington on the saddled backs of the MSM with both stirruped-feet on our necks. He will continue to take the easy free-ride.

They prefer Lycanthroply challenged..

Is it not common for the POTUS to read a prepared statement prior to taking questions at a press conference?

One of the few times he summoned raw emotion came after a reporter demanded to know why it took him so long to express outrage over the AIG executive bonuses.

"It took a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."

Actually it took a couple of days to get it programmed into TOTUS.

I have a couple of questions:

1. What kind of teleprompter does our brand new POTUS use, and just how big is it exactly?

2. Does he think of it in the same way that some guys think about their... umm.. cars?

re: #136 Irish Rose

This must be it.

/sexy

More of this stupid teleprompter crap propaganda. You all act like he's the first president to ever use a teleprompter in the history of politics. The truth is all presidents use either a teleprompter or have what they are going to say on paper in front of them for these kinds of speeches.

Just as a sample of how much this constantly-repeated nonsense is a right-wing/media distortion of reality, consider the story a few days ago about Obama supposedly "thanking himself" in the press conference with the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen. The truth of what happened is that after the teleprompter malfunction caused Cowen to start into the intro of Obama's speech, and Cowen realized he was repeating what Obama had just said, Obama made light of the situation by getting on stage and saying "I'd like to thank President Obama..." to much laughter from Cowen and the audience in the room. In other words, he was joking, making light of the mistake by Cowen, not demonstrating that he's "lost without a script" as a post here a few days ago asserted. But the truth of this incident won't stop the right from using the distorted report as a stitch in the fabric of the "teleprompter mythology" they are weaving.

re: #126 Irish Rose

That won't happen. He doesn't want anyone to know what kind of man he is.

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re: #138 Mr. Sandman

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re: #140 Irish Rose

Those immersed in darkness are pained when light shines onto their eyes.

re: #141 Mr. Sandman

Those immersed in darkness are pained when light shines onto their eyes.

Go away.

re: #138 Mr. Sandman

I think you're largely right -- it's being blown out of proportion in some quarters, and the "thanking himself" bit was just a total farce.

But when it comes to public speaking, Obama really does have a dependency on his teleprompter. It raises the question of how prepared he is to take on the very complex -- and very un-promptable -- negotiations that happen among heads of state.

And with respect, the idea of a right-wing axis with the media is just silly.

Is Obama trying to kill a werewolf?

Well, things ARE pretty hairy out there ...

re: #142 Irish Rose

I'm guessing since you had absolutely nothing to say to refute the first post, you concede that you are buying into this teleprompter mythology even with full knowledge that it is based on lies. As if to say, "I don't care if it's a false story, I'm still going to believe it."

re: #143 Cognito

I just think the whole thing is spun out of air. Like I said, all presidents give speeches with either paper or a teleprompter. It's just a meme invented and started by the Right that "oh he can speak well, but that's all--he's just just reading from a teleprompter." From there came stupid exaggerated and false stories and the like. It's not like there's an overt "axis" with the media, but that they are often too ready to serve as the perfect echo-chamber for these kinds of false memes.

re: #145 Mr. Sandman

I'm guessing since you had absolutely nothing to say to refute the first post, you concede that you are buying into this teleprompter mythology even with full knowledge that it is based on lies. As if to say, "I don't care if it's a false story, I'm still going to believe it."

I had absolutely nothing to say to refute the first post because you're a pop-up troll and an idiot.

re: #147 Irish Rose

Wow, you can just call me names but give absolutely no response to the content of my post. That's a great strategy--it keeps you from having to think. I know it hurts when you have to think.

Mr. Sandman, what you say is not true. No other president in US history has relied on teleprompters as much as Obama has. For small speeches, medium speeches, large speeches, you name it. Obama does not leave home without one.

Obama turning into a stuttering idiot without his multiple teleprompters is not a myth, it is a fact.

Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter is unusual — not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.

After the teleprompter malfunctioned a few times last summer and Obama delivered some less-than-soaring speeches, reports surfaced that he was training to wean himself off of the device while on vacation in Hawaii. But no such luck.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #146 Mr. Sandman

I just think the whole thing is spun out of air. Like I said, all presidents give speeches with either paper or a teleprompter. It's just a meme invented and started by the Right that "oh he can speak well, but that's all--he's just just reading from a teleprompter." From there came stupid exaggerated and false stories and the like. It's not like there's an overt "axis" with the media, but that they are often too ready to serve as the perfect echo-chamber for these kinds of false memes.

Wrong. He is not a good speaker. After the first sentence he is lost and can't seem to remember what he just said. The teleprompter is not the real issue. His off-the-cuff answers are just not that good. Yes, he can read a speech with a lot of style; but, it is just style over substance.

He's obviously attempting to crash Coors, so that he can start nationalizing the beer industry.

re: #138 Mr. Sandman

The truth is all presidents use either a teleprompter or have what they are going to say on paper in front of them for these kinds of speeches.

Well, since teleprompters have been available, that is.

Just as a sample of how much this constantly-repeated nonsense is a right-wing/media distortion of reality,

Yeah, because the media leans so far to the right. Uh huh.

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re: #21 acwgusa

He's the Chris Brown of Politics.

/Shit, that makes us Rhianna.

only the ones who believe he is going to change. . .

I wonder if he will continue to use thsi setup in the future?

re: #143 Cognito

I think you're largely right -- it's being blown out of proportion in some quarters, and the "thanking himself" bit was just a total farce.

But when it comes to public speaking, Obama really does have a dependency on his teleprompter. It raises the question of how prepared he is to take on the very complex -- and very un-promptable -- negotiations that happen among heads of state.

And with respect, the idea of a right-wing axis with the media is just silly.

Ok- I am going to buy a Powerball ticket. . .Cognito, you did not piss me off, that is some sort of sign. . .:)

I do not think that the issue is whether or not he uses one- it is the way he uses it, and the meme that he is a speaker of some fabled perfection . . .

I know that public speaking is not everyone's favorite thing, but tht he has so many issues with extemp speaking. . .shooting the breeze with the public, is weird, given the amount of scorn hurled at Bush for his mess ups when speaking. . .

re: #154 Irish Rose

Only 101 comments in almost two years, and already a quadruple-digit negative karma.

Must be a new record around here.

Yes, the man must be proud of his record. . .

re: #138 Mr. Sandman

In his 40 minute press conference in Jordan. Obama spoke without a prompter. 8 minutes of the 40 was stammering.

Is Obama trying to fix the economy or kill a werewolf?

Neither. He's trying to kill the economy. (And doing a relatively good job of it, too.)

re: #158 DisturbedEma

Yes, the man must be proud of his record. . .

Averages out to roughly 9.9 negative dings per comment.

re: #160 AZDave

Neither. He's trying to kill the economy. (And doing a relatively good job of it, too.)

Capitalism is a werewolf to a socialist.

re: #16 Gella

after re-reading this, i came to conclusion, O is afraid of his own shadow, because its not perfect enough to his likeness

Does he HAVE a shadow?

re: #37 Spider Mensch

as a former military man, my knowledge of college prestige is limited...but I always thought of Harvard, the Ivy league, as a prestigous group, best of the best so to speak...brother does this guy obama sure shoot to shit my ideas of the Harvard and Ivy league mystique.

Your concept of Harvard was of the college before grade inflation. Today's "A" is yesterday's "C-".

re: #45 Walter L. Newton

Exactly. That's was my point. I wasn't kidding. It's not a joke any more. We've seen Cuomo go after AIG and threatening to release executives names. That's only a small example of what's coming up in the future.

Looks like 1984 is about 25 years late. But, I guess, better late than never.

re: #140 Irish Rose

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re: #138 Mr. Sandman

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Sadly, none of his tales are any good, so he gets whacked anyway.

re: #90 alegrias

* * * *
No, WE have to help ourselves. (You could argue "Heaven" sent us an alternative, who LOST by 7 or 8% of the vote on November 4)

By "an alternative" do you mean that old guy that just pretended to run for president? The alternative who said "fight, fight, fight" and then quit in several states? Is that the alternative you mean?

re: #5 Dianna

My Male wouldn't let me watch the press conference, because we can't afford a new TV.

I've installed a windshield wiper on my TV set because, every time B-HO appears on TV, my mother spits at the screen.

He's treating the economy like it was a werewolf! Not satisfied with having drained it of it's life blood (aka stimulus), he wants to put a silver bullet between it's eyes (aka his budget plan).

re: #3 buzzsawmonkey

No, it's not a matter of werewolves. The Lone Ranger used silver bullets.

Obama is the Loan Arranger.

I like it . :-)

This article isn't criticizing Obama at all. In fact it's so full of propaganda and subjective pro-Obama talk that it literally makes me sick to read it. Obama's numbers are steady? He passed the opportunity to "demonize Washington"?

Is Charles being sarcastic here?

re: #138 Mr. Sandman

More of this stupid teleprompter crap propaganda. You all act like he's the first president to ever use a teleprompter in the history of politics. The truth is all presidents use either a teleprompter or have what they are going to say on paper in front of them for these kinds of speeches.

How many presidents take a teleprompter to a rodeo?

Werewolf There Wolf

Clearly Obama is doing his best to vote "present" and take no sides in any debate.

No, no. He meant what he was saying:

Capitalism = Werewolf
His Cure = Silver Bullets

Right?

Actually, Charles, a silver bullet is used to kill a vampire.

re: #99 Fred72

Maybe it's a California thing, but I've always heard "silver bullet" as a generic term for a magical fix.

I just tried a bunch of quick Google searches using either "silver bullet" or "magic bullet" in combination with keywords like "cure," "drug," "medicine" "cancer," "AIDS," "malaria," etc. Overall, "magic bullet" seemed to be the more commonly occurring phrase, but not by a really huge margin.

In my mind, "magic bullet" sorta connotes a broad-spectrum effectiveness against multiple kinds of problems, whereas a "silver bullet" will perhaps solve only one specific kind of problem, but against such a problem it works 100% of the time.

re: #138 Mr. Sandman

My seach of youtube would suggest that you are correct. If anybody has a clip indictating otherwise, please post it. Clips about the disputed incident are not the same as an actual clip of the president "thanking himself". We do not gain stature by mindlessly repeating badly spun propaganda. If we have the video anywhere, please post.

Whenever you encounter a werewolf, just throw money against it.

/change will work

No academic history; at schools across the globe but FMSM has no interest in this record.
No employment history; at least nothing of any consequence.
No experience history; this is becoming more evident each day.
Never owned a business; but he's working his way toward 'owning' numerous business.
Never ran a business; take your pick of his foul-ups ... oh, and it is NEVER his fault.
A year or so as a Wall Street 'lawyer' ... in which he did not excell.
Odd, Bush had a 25 year old DWI and it is front page news the week before the 2K election and yet there is NO trail of any kind on the ObamUH and his druggie years.

I keep my dear Dad's assignment of those who deserve it alive by saying about the Teleprompter President:
He is a COMPLETE and UTTER FRAUD.

re: #99 Fred72

Maybe it's a California thing, but I've always heard "silver bullet" as a generic term for a magical fix. I believe the point he was trying to make is that there are no quick, magical fixes for the situation (if there were, then Bush would have fixed them). Wikipedia seems to agree with me:

"The metaphor of the silver bullet applies to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an expectation that some new technology or practice will easily cure a major prevailing problem."

But again, maybe it's just a regional term, and Wikipedia certainly isn't the most reliable source.

You stole my post. >_