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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."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


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

Of more concern then the iPod is that Obama has no idea how to govern a constitutional republic.


41 posted on 05/09/2010 1:18:08 PM PDT by Keflavik76 (It's an Obama Nation, pray for America.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I haven’t seen video of it and can’t judge, but there was nothing in the article to suggest he was joking.


42 posted on 05/09/2010 1:29:21 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: gaijin
The same way they lied about the deal with Quayle and misspelling potato -- he was set up, the truth of the matter is never told when it is brought up.

So typical.

43 posted on 05/09/2010 1:35:10 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

All he understands and truly needs is a teleprompter and a good operator


44 posted on 05/09/2010 1:45:10 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Check Snopes.com
it tells the whole supermarket scanner story shich is not true.


45 posted on 05/09/2010 1:59:08 PM PDT by motherof 3
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To: motherof 3

“Check Snopes.com it tells the whole supermarket scanner story which is not true.”

I actually linked to that story in my original article at NewsBusters.


46 posted on 05/09/2010 2:11:39 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Liz; kcvl; MestaMachine; governsleastgovernsbest


47 posted on 05/09/2010 3:02:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Thanks for remembering me.
I would like to stay on your ping list.


48 posted on 05/09/2010 3:02:37 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am inyenzi on the Religion Forum)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I thought he was a nerdy Zune man.


49 posted on 05/09/2010 3:12:45 PM PDT by keepitreal ( Don't tread on me.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Did he go on and explain to everyone the great benefits associated with chain smoking?

I only smoked when I was in Iraq and I quit right afterwards,I don’t see how my X-box is some kind of detriment to my life.


50 posted on 05/09/2010 3:19:37 PM PDT by Del Rapier
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To: netmilsmom

With pleasure! Thanks for asking!


51 posted on 05/09/2010 3:38:05 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Everything that starts with an I- is a ridiculous toy!!! phones shouldn't do anything but send and receive phone calls!!!!
52 posted on 05/09/2010 3:48:39 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: maggief

Heh——Ohaha’s like a carton of spoiled milk-—everything he says comes with an expiration date.


53 posted on 05/09/2010 3:52:21 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: Del Rapier; governsleastgovernsbest
Did Obama explain to everyone the great benefits associated with chain smoking?

"Jes' chillin' out."

54 posted on 05/09/2010 3:56:08 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: governsleastgovernsbest

Hi GLGB! I am trying to reduce my number of pings, so please remove me from the list. Thank you.


55 posted on 05/09/2010 5:29:56 PM PDT by PatriotGirl827 (Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner)
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To: Dr. Sivana

56 posted on 05/09/2010 5:52:17 PM PDT by MissCalico
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To: JimRed
I don’t know how to operate an I-Pod either. Who cares?

Not me. I have a perfectly fine MP3 player for a lot less money, 20 GB with swappable memory card.

57 posted on 05/09/2010 6:18:03 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Um...he is lying. He knows how to work the techie things. He just can’t help but lie to try to appear to be what he is not.


58 posted on 05/10/2010 4:36:24 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: Liz
*** Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? ***

That was a pure hatchet job by the MSM. However, in this case I thinks the criticism is a bit of a stretch about Ohaha and an iPod. As I can't operate one either.

Nor can I use an Xbox, Play Station or any of those game gizmo thingys. When I go to my daughter and sil's house, my 9yo granddaughter has turn on 'that thing' so I can play Guitar Hero(1)

Even worse, I've had my 'new phone' for almost 3 years and I've yet to figure out how to use the %$#$ing CAMERA! And I mean for 'stills', forget the video function, you need a PhD to figure that out.

(1) To me 'Guitar Hero' is the biggest ripoff in eons. For the price of the 'game thingy' plus the 'guitar game operator' (sold separately, natch), you can buy a darn good REAL GUITAR and have money left over for music lessons(2) . Then after a couple weeks you can REALLY play 'Smoke On The Water' (with the amp cranked to 11) to your hearts content, and irritate your neighbors until they threaten to call the cops.

(2) and Band aids for your fingers when they start bleeding before you build up callouses. 'Dire Straits' wasn't lying in 'Money for Nothing'. The pinky finger is the worse -- ouch!)
(that song is Soooo un-pc it couldn't be aired today (listen to the words closely)

59 posted on 05/10/2010 4:37:04 AM PDT by Condor51 (SAT CONG!)
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To: Polybius
After a while, Obama get a Teflon coating because people tune you out.

Oh puh-leeze. Obama already makes Slick Willie seem like he was covered in glue. The point is that Obama suggests he's "Everyman" with his claims, and the mediabots will accept it as the One's cute little quirk and make no issue of his faked or real ignorance like they would if it were Bush (or any republican).

60 posted on 05/10/2010 4:49:42 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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