Posted on 03/07/2009 8:59:57 AM PST by pissant
Late night comedians have had a difficult problem. Presidents are usually the source of most late night joke, but comedians are having a hard time finding any material to make jokes about President Obama. This isn’t anything new, it was also true during the campaign.
Possibly they just need some help. Could you imagine if Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush had used a teleprompter to answer questions during a press conference? The late night joke writers wouldn’t have let it go until the President gave in to the merciless ridicule as he was painted as an idiot who couldn’t tie his shoes without being fed instructions on how to do it.
While people who watched Obama’s first national press conference noticed his use of a teleprompter to give his initial presentation as well as in answering questions, the media and late night joke writers completely ignored it. The American Spectator notes that in many events:
…down to many of the questions and the answers to those questions … [t]eleprompter screens at the events scrolled not only his opening remarks, but also statistics and information he could use to answer questions.
Apparently, Obama is looking to install a computer screen into the White House podiums so that, according to one Obama advisor, “It would make it easier for the comms guys to pass along information without being obvious about it.” [Emphasis added.] Obama’s aides would put together answers to a large number of possible questions so as soon as a reporter asks a particular question the computer screen could flash talking points to remind Obama how he’s supposed to respond to that question.
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It would be hard to keep all of the lies straight
without the use of a teleprompter.
Are we still at the point that we can laugh about this disaster?
the writers don’t want to be seen as racists, hence no jokes about a man who oozes material for jokes.
Because he knows that he’s a dimwit and he is terrified that it’ll become obvious to everyone else.
Only problem is, most of us already know it. The rest will figure it out soon enough.
It might be a black problem... in that case go after the tax cheats on the cabinet, nancy, harry and plugs... that would be a good start.
I would think that President Obama’s preference for tax cheats to man his administration would be worth a joke or two.
Obama is about as black as I am.
If he REALLY had guts, he'd have one at his desk for displaying the questions for his guests, and then set one up for a guest (who is playing along). THAT would be funny!
Gerald Ford and Dan Quayle come immediately to mind. The press obsessed on their "foibles" relentlessly performing it's role as a conservative bashing machine.
How can it be a press conference if he can use a teleprompter?
Only way is to give the questions to "plants" in the press corps and then call on them in sequence of the script.
MSM should, but imost definitely is not, ashamed of their malfeasance where this dolt is concerned.
Hillary's testicle lock box has been replaced with 0bama's MSM testicle lock box.
Better get used to it.....Obama gets the kind of coverage Castro receives in Cuba.
There is NOTHING he can do that will not at least be tolerated in the liberal media.
This man is their god.
Apparently, the press does submit a list of the people and their questions, as well as where that person will be sitting (Bambi’s too dumb even to know who he’s calling on without it). I was stunned when I read this. Can you imagine if Bush had tried to get away with that?
“Why....?
Because he’s nothing more than a snake oil salesman who has not one original idea that he can vocalize. He can only read the lines like some actors.
I just want to see one reporter ask him why, in the face of mounting legal inquiries about his citizenship, he doesn't just produce the vault copy of his birth certificate and put an end to this. I know it won't happen because we don't have real journalists but it's fun to think about.
Amazingly, the left-wing radicals supported 0bama even after he flip-flopped during the election on his major campaign promises of no Telecom Immunity and using only public money for his campaign.
Sycophancy at that level is only seen for cults of personality.
When they imbibe they are unable to remember many of their past lies well enough to relate them in the same manner they told them previously. Hence that old saying about never trusting a man who doesn't drink.
Notice how Rush's recent CPAC speech was done without a teleprompter, and very little take on notes?
How can it be a press conference if he can use a teleprompter?
Only way is to give the questions to "plants" in the press corps and then call on them in sequence of the script.
MSM should, but is most definitely is not, ashamed of their malfeasance where this dolt is concerned.
Remember when they accused Bush of having something under his jacket that was used to feed answers to him from Dick Cheney or Carl Rove? They made it sound as if he were an imbecile!
Obama’s aides would put together answers to a large number of possible questions so as soon as a reporter asks a particular question the computer screen could flash talking points to remind Obama how he’s supposed to respond to that question.
You gotta be sh***ng me. And we're supposed to just sit back and nod approvingly? This whole thing is getting Kafkaesque.
It isn't Obama that is afraid of speaking off-the-cuff, it is his handlers that are terrified of it. I'm convinced he owes people big time for covering up his birth certificate and other information. These people own him, lock, stock and barrel. I think he probably gets his talking points and instructions from these people via his blackberry that he absolutely will not give up. It probably goes handlers -> Obama -> writers -> teleprompter -> Obama -> his willing minions...
It's because he knows he will sound just like Miss South Carolina.
In fact, why don’t we stop calling him the President and start referring to him as Mr. South Carolina.
President Transparency
I expect Sat. Night Live to do a bit with Barky and Michelle at an intimate candlelit dinner complete with teleprompter.
He is a dimwit. But he thinks that he’s brilliant, you are
stupid and that most of the folks that vote are stupid also.
He does not care that some people can see thru him and I’m
afraid that a small majority are as stupid as O thinks.
White House meets Emerald City.
He won’t get away with it. Sooner or later the charade will be exposed in a BIG way.
Obama’s Crutch — Why Is He So Afraid of Speaking Without a Teleprompter?
uh ... Like maybe because he's as DUMB as a box of rocks.
This calls for Captain Onvious
Barry's a nitwit, elected by morons.
Considering the fact he chooses who to call on, he can make sure he isn’t asked anything he isn’t prepared for even without plants. All his staff needs to do then is have prepared comments for any likely subject.
That said, I have not heard that he used the teleprompter for the actual questions, just the opening remarks. I do think, however, he uses an in ear canal device to be fed lines. The technology is there and many of his speeches on the campaign trail had some peculiar moments that make a lot more sense of he was listening to, or trying to listen to, someone.
Tragicomical trending commie-tragical.
Then: “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”
Now: “Pay no attention to the men who are typing into my teleprompter!”
32: ROTFLMAO!!!
Joking about Magic Negro VERBOTEN!
Not a “magic negro”. He’s the Undercover Brothuh
Great!
He can’t speak without his teleprompter, because his handlers want it that way.
He’s an empty suit who is being directed by bigger commie fish.
When the fool was born there was probably a nurse holding a cue card that said.
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Because he doesn’t know anything . . . just look at his lack of legislative record. This guy’s been all about form over substance since he was first affirmative actioned.
from anuther mutha.
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