Obama Is Addicted to the Teleprompter
March 6th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by GD
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Barack Obama may soon be known as the Teleprompter President as his dependence on his teleprompters get more notice every day. He goes nowhere without them and is not usually seen speaking without their help.
Onlookers have found that Obama with and without his teleprompter becomes two different men. While the President is fluid in his speech and shows total poise in a prepared speech, his unscreened answers or extempore speech are too full of the universal filler “umm”. It has become obvious that he cannot go beyond the scripted words without a good deal of stuttering, causing a fresh wave of criticism of the president who cannot speak off the cuff.
According a report in the New York Times, Obama is possibly the only American President in 50 years to have such a major dependence on his Teleprompter. Other Presidents used teleprompters on their most important speeches, whether it was the inaugural speech or the Oval Office address. But Obama uses them for routine announcements too. He used them on a visit to the Caterpillar plant in Peoria, Ill and then to make remarks about his “fiscal responsibility summit”. He even used them to talk about endangered species of animals reading out from the teleprompter, “That was an experience I will never forget.”
The New York Times also says, “For Mr. Obama, a teleprompter means message discipline, sticking close to the intended words. While some presidents prefer extemporizing, Mr. Obama likes the message to be just so. After all, he is a best-selling author who has helped write a lot of his major speeches, so he presumably feels a certain fidelity to the crafted text.”
Awkwardness often ensues like the time he introduced Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as the Health and Human Services secretary and when she came up to the stage, she could speak only before the teleprompters were lowered. Also, critics say Obama is losing some credibility because he almost never establishes eye contact with his audience while reading out from the teleprompter.
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March 7th, 2009 at 5:39 am
I found the solution to his teleprompter problem at JumboBright.com.
They claim to be able to solve all of the problems that Obama is having with his reliance on a teleprompter.
March 9th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Go figure, a planted actor wins the presidency, and can only speak when scripted. Guess the powers in control should of selected an improv like seinfeld, instead of a dolt like fabio.
March 9th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
First off, this person cannot provide proof that he is eligible for office and so should be refered to as usurper. Second, the article is spot on, you can actually see the strings leading from this clown’s limbs right to Zbignew Bzrezinski’s hands.He was probably trained to speak this way to cut down on detectable speech reversals. See http://www.reversespeech.com
March 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
You poeples are showing your racist views once again for a man of greatness and Color.
You coudnt shine Mr. Obamas shoes ……….. He is the way for us all . He is a Man of Great Powers and the brightist man to ever serve as President of Racist America .
March 10th, 2009 at 12:39 am
“Guess the powers in control should of selected an improv like seinfeld, instead of a dolt like fabio.”
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Should “of”? It’s should “have.” That’s spelling/grammar that a grade schooler would know.
Our modern school system has gotten so bad that people don’t understand the idea of contractions - “should have” becomes “should’ve”……but then people like you mistakenly think it’s spelled “should of.”
I’m no Obama supporter, but gee, who’s the “dolt” now?
March 10th, 2009 at 12:41 am
The Messiah had a ghost writer compose his best selling Memoirs, and has been caught using plagarized material in some of his campaign speeches. He was the editor of the Harvard Law Reveiw, and yet did not submit one article himself. The reason he needs a teleprompter to speak is that he has no ideas of his own, and cannot even think really. He and King George I are proof that brains are not at all required to become President of the US.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Of course he uses a teleprompter. How else can he follow such a crazy script?
March 10th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Who is the moron who wrote this piece of crap? We had a complete ignoramus for 8 years that didn’t know his behind from a hole in the ground and could not put 2 sentences together and this writer (or idiot) has no right to say anything about President Obama. Our President is well versed, articulate, intelligent, well educated, slow to anger, and the writer is comparing him basically to an alcoholic? SHAME! I’m 77 and I approve this msg…
March 11th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Obama is an actor. I think the real rulers of the USA planted a person, who would not even supply his birth certificate to prove once for all that he is a natural born American citizen, on purpose.
Whatever Obama signs either domestic or foreign can later be declared null and void, hence absolving the federal government of the USA any obligation to comply with them.
I think this is why both the Judge and Obama missed words in the public ceremony of taking the oath as the president. Obama took a second oath in private. So everybody involved later can technically declare Obama’s persidencial actions to be null and void.
I also think that is why Hilary Clinton is going everywhere signing foreign treaties. She is the Secretary of State and I am sure foreign governments will be much more comfortable geting her signature than Obama’s on treaties and such.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
can we please get the supreme court to rule on his eligibility?
March 12th, 2009 at 3:02 am
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.oath/index.html
copy/paste the above and see who made the blunder in the inauguration…certainly wasn’t the President…
March 14th, 2009 at 3:54 am
First, I would like to address some posters.
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Mr. Leroy Washington Jr.,
I fail to see where anything in this article here is about his race. I also fail to see where someone, who incorrectly spells simple words, has the authority on intelligence. I simply cannot take you seriously.
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Jeanette,
Your comment was witty and I enjoyed reading it.
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This article was completely written without bias. Any comments regarding one’s right to write about the observation of our new president are misplaced as no where in this article was he related to an alcoholic or bashed in any way.
Ridiculously, the commenter, Jean B. Stowe has unfairly bashed the writer in hypocritical fashion.
When arguing with my sister about the election she would return to saying he is at least the lesser of the two evils and at least as an image of the U.S. he will be more respected. There are not two evils, there is the same evil and at any degree it is still evil. Of course, I don’t mean evil in the literal sense but you get the picture. Now that his charisma is waning, what has he got left to offer us?
March 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
No matter what anybody says, I do not wince when I watch or listen to Obama speak. He is much better at making a presentation than Dubya.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:55 am
With th problems we are facing to day in our nation, this is a stupid article written by a Madoff Republican. Just dumb.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Marie,
Nothing you see on TV is important anyway, all of the things he says are empty as they have been with every other politician in this century. This is way more interesting than Brangelina but you aren’t over there bashing that are you? You’d rather be here insulting people who pose no bias or opinion because they aren’t sympathizing with you. You’d rather read an article praising his toilet techniques, wouldn’t you? The problems are here because we created them. Even without conspiracy theories you can see that we are not an innocent nation.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
B.C.Z. empty response. Give me something intelligent that is worth dialog otherwise don’t bumble with the bee. You will find that you are truely unarmed.
March 17th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Marie,
You’re the only one between us being vague, unintelligible and without point. I wasn’t asking for dialogue. I do see how you can fall for his gimmicks, it’s obvious you think there’s substance in them, with your bumble bee nonsense. However, I didn’t feel any sting and it wasn’t my previous intent as I have no interest in passing infantile names back and forth. Anyone who subscribes to your ridiculous claims is a ninny so don’t expect me to reply to any more of your bologna.
March 18th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
WOW,the sound of te buzz alone was enough to vanish you. No sting required. I’m not vague. Your ability to think is clouded. Goodbye little friend.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
4.Leroy Washington Jr Says:
March 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
You poeples are showing your racist views once again for a man of greatness and Color.
You coudnt shine Mr. Obamas shoes ……….. He is the way for us all . He is a Man of Great Powers and the brightist man to ever serve as President of Racist America .
Leroy - Shut up! At no point before your comment was Race brought into the equation.
You have just lost & disgraced yourself & the black community - by paying the race card.
Douchebag!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:35 am
this guy is an idiot, did you hear him with his speech on healthcare he can’t even speak he goes in circles, man were really……..FK