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Obama's Supermarket-Scanner Moment: I Don't Know How To Work an iPod
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/09/2010 11:09:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? Pres. Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, claiming he doesn't know how to operate an iPod, among other popular electronic devices. Do you think the MSM will pick on this in the same way to paint a portrait of an out-of-touch president?

Addressing the graduating class at Hampton University today, PBO said:

"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bho44; georgehwbush; ipod; supermarketscanner; technology
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He can’t be expected to be able to operate an Ipod. Heck, he doesn’t even know how many states there are. Just think about how ignorant that is.


21 posted on 05/09/2010 11:26:46 AM PDT by Bullish (Light skinned with no negro dialect (unless I want one))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

rather than a tool of empowerment,

Same with families, same with private property, same with the Bible.

Everything has value only in that it empowers the party.


22 posted on 05/09/2010 11:30:28 AM PDT by DManA
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To: JimRed
I don’t know how to operate an I-Pod either. Who cares?

To be fair, I can't figure out my wife's iPod either. And I think the compressed music files it plays sound like crap.

23 posted on 05/09/2010 11:31:35 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The truth of the GW Sr. Scanner hubbub:

The bar codes sometime get torn/smeared/stained in product transit. Previously this made them unreadable. With a new fuzzy-logic algorithm, scanners suddenly could consistently read such bars with only PART of the data they previously needed.

For this reason GW Sr. exclaims, “Well, I’ll be..! How about that..!”

But from the way they filmed it, he appears stupidly delighted by something the common Joe had long since accepted.

IT WAS ALL A FRIGGIN LIE.


24 posted on 05/09/2010 11:33:39 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: kcvl

Same with me I don’t believe him. That Kenyan is a liar regarding his origin of Birth to little things.

If anyone recall, after Michael Jackson passed away, 3 days after I believe, ODumbo spoke about MJ and said something about having Mr. Jackson on his IPOD. Hello!!

Now if he doesn’t know how to operate an IPOD then who is helping him with his IPOD..his butt boy..Rahm? =)


25 posted on 05/09/2010 11:33:48 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
... Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, ...

What I'm waiting for, what will delight me beyond measure, is when obama has his Karl Wallenda moment.

26 posted on 05/09/2010 11:37:54 AM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: RobinOfKingston

Ouch.


27 posted on 05/09/2010 11:43:37 AM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The whole point of Obama's underlying distrust of these new 'gadgets' is information and everyone's potential access to it. To him, outside of his lied-to constituency and those that are naive enough to fall for his smooth-toned jive deliveries, an informed public is his natural enemy because the information these new forms of deliver offer (unchecked by government or willing-MSM censorship and steeriing) truth - something which he lies about every day. If he could, he'd take all these things away now if he can't control them or at least settle to censor everything they display.
28 posted on 05/09/2010 11:44:54 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? Pres. Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, claiming he doesn't know how to operate an iPod, among other popular electronic devices.

The situations are not analogous.

An iPod is essentially a music toy. You are either into music or you are not.

Everybody in America, however, eats. Almost everybody in America has recently shopped for food at a supermarket.

George H.W.'s comment made him look elitist since he demonstrated he had not set foot in a food store for years.

Attack Obama for the warehouse-full of legitimate issues that can be used against him. Attacking him for a non-issue is like "crying wolf". After a while, Obama get a Teflon coating because people tune you out.

29 posted on 05/09/2010 11:46:00 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“none of which I know how to work” and then passes disparaging judgement thereon?

FUBO.

- sent from my iPad.


30 posted on 05/09/2010 11:46:51 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (+)
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To: Patriot Babe

Obiously, the MSM doesn’t know how to use GOOGLE! /s

Barack Obama: ‘I Still Have Michael Jackson On My iPod’
He speaks about the King of Pop...

July 03, 2009

US president Barack Obama has revealed he still has all of Michael Jackson’s music on his iPod.

Obama, whose MP3 player is also known to include hits by Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z, said Jackson “will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers”.

The president spoke about the King of Pop, who died on June 25, during an interview at the White House yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/2at2g7e

Guess What’s on the First Lady’s iPod?

Michelle Obama was both serious (addressing childhood obesity) and silly (attempting to tame the family dog) yesterday during the White House’s Take Your Children to Work Day, but the most pressing issue raised by far: What music is on her iPod? Her answer, geared toward the kids in the audience: Beyoncé, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Rihanna, and Michael Jackson, Politics Daily reports. Oh, and, “Sting, anyone? Sting? No?”

http://www.newser.com/story/86868/michelle-obamas-ipod-features-beyonce-usher-and-uh-sting-michelle-obama-gawker.html


31 posted on 05/09/2010 11:51:10 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

What this really shows is not that he doesn’t know how to use an IPod, it is that he doesn’t know how to tell the truth! Big surprise there.


32 posted on 05/09/2010 11:52:57 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

ummm....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/25/barackobama.uselections2008

Presidential playlist: Obama opens up his iPod

The Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama showcased his diverse musical taste, ranging from Bob Dylan to Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen, after revealing the playlist on his iPod.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, to be published this Friday, the Illinois senator said he had “pretty eclectic tastes”.


33 posted on 05/09/2010 11:56:16 AM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; BOBTHENAILER; Condor51; maggief; onyx; ...
Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, claiming he doesn't know how to operate an iPod, among other popular electronic devices.

So Ohaha's technically deficient----can't expect Professor Ohaha to know everything (/snix).

Let's ask Ohaha the definitive questions Bush could not answer-------how much are a pair of socks? And a quart of milk?

34 posted on 05/09/2010 12:02:02 PM PDT by Liz (If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
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To: Steely Tom

How about catching him in another rhetorical lie.The guy lives and dies with his blackberry,he gave Queen Elizabeth II an Ipod with his speeches, and he runs an entire shadow party organization via the internet. His white lie about knowledge of the Ipod is totally disigenuous, but it is still a lie.


35 posted on 05/09/2010 12:15:25 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Never compromise with evil! Even in the face of Armageddon!! Rorshach)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He doesn’t know how to run a country either. In fact, the only thing that he seems to be able to run is his mouth.


36 posted on 05/09/2010 12:18:03 PM PDT by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
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To: xkaydet65

Barack Obama: ‘I Still Have Michael Jackson On My iPod’

He speaks about the King of Pop...

July 03, 2009

US president Barack Obama has revealed he still has all of Michael Jackson’s music on his iPod.

Obama, whose MP3 player is also known to include hits by Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z, said Jackson “will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers”.

The president spoke about the King of Pop, who died on June 25, during an interview at the White House yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/2at2g7e


37 posted on 05/09/2010 12:18:33 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Not to stick up for that Asshat, but I don't have a clue how to run any of those gadgets myself. Nor to I wish to know how.
38 posted on 05/09/2010 12:19:10 PM PDT by CapnJack
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work

I'll bet people around Nashville "know how to work them."

39 posted on 05/09/2010 12:47:55 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Aw, come on. He’s joking.


40 posted on 05/09/2010 12:50:15 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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