Quote of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on March 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
“What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?
A careful one…
‘At the same time, the rest of us can’t afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit. That drive is what has always fueled our prosperity, and it is what will ultimately get these banks lending and our economy moving once more,’ he said.
It was a carefully modulated statement, and Obama — relying on a familiar crutch — read it off a flat-screen monitor perched at the back of the East Room.”
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Thank God for Fox. Keeping it real.
carbon_footprint on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I barfed a little when I read that part.
Hollowpoint on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Is the Obamacrats trying to make nice with the investor class kind of like the abusive spouse trying to make up while their significant other spits teeth into the sink?
J in STL on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
On the open thread some clever ones already have a new acronym – we must have a contest today/tomorrow, for new acronym and carricature.
BSOTUS (big screen of the…)
BSTV – just what it is.
Contest is on. Go for it!!!
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
In The Teleprompter We Trust
El_Terrible on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
woulda been a LOT better for us if the ass. press had noted such things in OCTOBER …
/jus’ sayin’ …
Buckaroo on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
He’s not a lightworker.
He’s a lightweight.
snickelfritz on March 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Eventually, The Precedent is going to start wearing glasses. He will claim that the job is tasking his eyesight, but the real reasons will be two-fold:
1) He thinks they make him look smart.
2) He will have little monitors in the glasses (as already exist) to quell this teleprompter talk.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I’d subscribe to cable just to see the teleprompter blow a gasket during speeches like this.
fireweednectar on March 24, 2009 at 10:43 PM
SEE this is why I won’t let my son attend Harvard. They don’t educate they just graduate ‘em.
nolapol on March 24, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Has anyone made a tshirt with the TOTUS yet?
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 10:44 PM
There was a lot that was nauseating in that article. The key line was this:
A hard-willed plan given a soft sell.
Ah, yes, the iron fist in the velvet glove.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 10:44 PM
When we sit around our campfires, eating black bread and sipping Victory gin about 20 years from now, there will still be tales told of the mighty TOTUS….whispered ever so quietly.
Asher on March 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Far from it.
TheBigOldDog on March 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Positive proof that this journalist has never read anything written by a true scholar, nor ever been in the presence of a true scholar.
Yoop on March 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Prompter ‘s so passé
My greens are now frisee
Now I am the president
No mo a Chicago resident
Michelle – he, he
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I think someone should pull a fast one, and do something like put the first paragraph from Rebecca on there.
I can see it now, Obama would look into the camera and read: I dreamt last night that I was at Manderly again….
Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM
AP Ron Fornier seems shell-shocked and in denial about Obama’s mad rhetorical skills. He’s getting closer to the revelation about The Fraud.
conservative pilgrim on March 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM
A question I would like to hear:
Thank you Mr. President. What is the difference between having the teleprompter on two screens on either side of your head and having it on one screen directly in front of you?
“uhhhh, as I, uhhhh, said before, err, I inherited this teleprompter, and uhh, this screen in the back is, that kind of change, err, the American people, errr, voted for in November, THAT, is what we came here to, uhhh, do.
youngjim on March 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM
TOTUS for the win!
Brat4life on March 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Odds of someone registering the name TOTUS once registration is opened again on Hot Air?
carbon_footprint on March 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The very fact that he started using a big screen television makes me smile because I know deep down that Obama has realized the whole world is laughing at him.
canditaylor68 on March 24, 2009 at 10:47 PM
BTW, I thought these big flat screens were declared to be WMD by the eco-nuts?
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 10:47 PM
why doesnt his head speechwriter just run for president?
ernesto on March 24, 2009 at 10:48 PM
No, just plasmas. And the rules don’t apply to totus’ friend, the empty suit.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Passé, really…what thread is all about.
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Only those pesky plasma screens. LCD are still acceptable for now.
carbon_footprint on March 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Not old enough…
Gohawgs on March 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I am just logging on and I missed TOTUS’ press conference, but I presume someone invoked and linked to Anchorman – if not, I hereby invoke it.
HawaiiLwyr on March 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Ohhhh. If I were in that room I would’ve “accidentally” stood in front of the screen. It would be a precious 10 seconds as his eyes dart around, looking for someone to do something.
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
The BS part in these acronyms work in more ways than one.
neuquenguy on March 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I was about to suggest that next time they just cut out the middle man and put the TOTUS up on stage, accompanied by some pleasant music, but then I realized that it’s more likely Obama will give up speaking in person altogether, instead performing all his speaking engagements over video monitors—
Or rather, virtual-Obama will.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Supersize that teleprompter order.
JackS on March 24, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Tapper has his Q & Obama’s non-Answer up now.
Tapper never did get a yes or no. You have to read the transcript to see how Obama appears to be incapable of giving any answer other than his talking points. It’s robotic answering.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Plasma man
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:53 PM
How about the unedited notes from Rahm’s conference calls in the morning. Do you think Hillary’s people would do the swap?
Obviously the WH is hearing the jokes about TOTUS. So they attempt to bypass TOTUS with a large TV screen in the back of the room?!??? Who’s the brainiac that thought a ginormous LCD screen would go unnoticed?
conservative pilgrim on March 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
“A hard-willed plan given a soft sell.
Ah, yes, the iron fist in the velvet glove.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 10:44 PM”
I think this is a misquote. He was making a sly reference to the 80′s band, Soft Cell. What we’re really talking about here is “Tainted Love”.
Don’t touch me, please. I cannot stand the way you squeeze.
connertown on March 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
It is so much more disturbing when you read it. This man can’t go anywhere but campaign gibberish. So unprepared and so over his head!
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Pixel Boy.
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Disney could make up an Obama Animatronics robot for the pressers.
JackS on March 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
That statement is ironic, considering the Demonizer-in Chief said it.
Like everything else Obama says and does. It is a head fake. Like saying he was “outraged” about the bonuses legalized by the unread “stimulus” he pushed through and refused to allow any examination by anyone. He pushed it through on his word. And now he claims outrage? Over his own actions”
Well me too. Fire the guy who pushed it through!
petunia on March 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
So much for being a socialist.
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Heh, Bush was a stumbler, mumbler and the sort…but this dude is waaaay more better…
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
So, will this BS television have its own blog by tomorrow?
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Bingo! You are spot on, he knows about the snickering over his dependence on TOTUS, and this was a very lame attempt to get the little glass reflectors out of the frame. It was like a little cover makeup on a huge zit.
iurockhead on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Or if the TV cord came unplugged???
conservative pilgrim on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Obama is no socialist.
Happy days are here again.
Entelife
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
A freakin’ yellow-bellied coward…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Even better.
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Then why not repeal the Community Reinvestment Act…….?
Seven Percent Solution on March 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Since the president is preempting prime time (yet again), will there be overnight ratings on the news conference? It would be interesting to see how many people are tuning it to watch. It would be especially interesting to see if his ratings are going down.
Tommy_G on March 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM
You are a mean one…Mr Grinch
neuquenguy on March 24, 2009 at 10:58 PM
neuquenguy on March 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Was thinking B-O-B-S- barack obama’s big screen. or bobs…,eh bo bs.It all works…
canditaylor68 on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Wanna bet that the TOTUS has it’s own Secret Service detail?
Gohawgs on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Unless the topic is community organizing, the man should be silent.
ddrintn on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I’m taking up a collection to hire a hacker to get into the TOTUS feed and turn it over to Karl “Magnificent Bastard” Rove mid speech.
BadMojo on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Mollusks feel vertebrate tonight, and these days altogether.
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Realizing that I may be late to the party, so to speak, I will mention that TOTUS had its own blog at barackstelepromter.blogspot.com. It is quite fun! The personification of the prompter gives life to the office, finally.
pcpower1 on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM
He’s not? Sweet ninja! That’s great news. Thanks, getalife.
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM
You can’t make this up. Not even the writers who keep bamboozling Oprah.
And LMAO…as if changing the type of screen makes a difference. DOOFUS!
Dubn8tr on March 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I’m with getalife.
- – Entelife
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM
That was very good!
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 10:49 PM
carbon_footprint on March 24, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Whew. Close call, though.
I do wonder what The Precedent’s teleprompter carbon footprint is. I’d like to hear someone ask him if he buys carbon offsets for it.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Cant wait for the BOBS and TOTUS show…
canditaylor68 on March 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM
A man with no answers.
petunia on March 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Because when Obama says something, he means it. Literally. Or something.
connertown on March 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM
TOTUS has a drinking game……..
Seven Percent Solution on March 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Wow, getalife’s other side of the family showed up. Are you her uncle, or her parole officer?
Tell us again why Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter pronounces the word “nuclear” the exact same way as the evil Bush does. There will be a quiz on this later.
Del Dolemonte on March 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Or a man unsure of his own!
blatantblue on March 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
There’s something about seeing it in print that shows up the reality.
You see the clear question there. Then you read the evasive answer that goes on and on. Next you see that the follow up question went unanswered. The words just cut to the reality.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
You note that he focuses on energy, health care and education.
He called it the foundation for economic growth.
Energy – Cap and Trade… nope, no growth there.
Health Care – Government mandated – nope, see Canada and England
Education – Yo Yo Yo, mah peeps – hmmmmm!!
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Remembering Chance in Being There.
I like to watch TV.
DrW on March 24, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Well as persuasive as he’s been over the past few months, who could resist the reasoned call, emanating from his keyboard, as he taps out truth to power. I’m feeling the tug myself.
–Weightalife
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Only his Teleprompter knows for sure.
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM
No the Government and the Democrats just want to tax them to death instead.
As for the Teleprompter issue, when I was watching the news conference and didn’t see a visible teleprompter I emidiatly thought they probably put a big screen at the back of the room for him to read or gave him an ear piece for someone to feed him lines. Good on Fox for letting us see behind White House curtain and revealing that Obama is all about smoke and mirrors and not honesty and integrity like he claimed during the election.
Dreadnought223 on March 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Remember the attempt to gin up a scandal with the smear that Bush was being prompted with and ear piece? This guy is being FED THE ANSWERS! By who? Who is the puppet master?
ronsfi on March 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Sorry, it’s Rahmatic answering. And nobody is better at it than Rahm.
Obama is an amateur at this, too.
Greg Toombs on March 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I vote for calling the new prompter:
Meghan.
It’s wide and spouts liberal b.s.
Nat Hound on March 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Good idea, but only as a short term solution because after a few years the MSM is liable to catch on.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- whatalife
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Or something from “The story of ‘O’”.
Rodent on March 24, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I’ll give him growth, uh, economic growth
Energy….drill.
Enough of this wind farm business, add those on your own dime, we want to get off of Middle East oil and use American oil.
Health Care…..stop paying for illegal aliens.
Education…..stop paying for illegal aliens.
That in itself would push these programs back into the black.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:09 PM
The teleprompter meme is now sealed for eternity. Thank you media for coming to Obamas defense.
Chuck Schick on March 24, 2009 at 11:09 PM
What is Arnold going to think about the FSTV?
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:10 PM
I wonder if we could get the Teleprompter lines put on a crawl at the bottom of our screens? Or have the TelePrompter screen in a box on the upper right of ours, so we know how well The Precedent is following directions. That would be nice.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Supreme Caption Reader OTUS
dont taze me bro on March 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Obama is controlled by a robot. A bad sci-fi flick we’re living in.
jencab on March 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Stop using logic!
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM
This would have been a perfect SNL sketch. Too bad Obama beat them to it.
29Victor on March 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Indeed, Kini, if we couldn’t still smile, we’d have to cry.
Entelechy on March 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM
“The President’s Analyst”.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:13 PM
That’s good. Sorry I didn’t think of it.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM
I know, it makes too much damn sense, Johan.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM
BSOTS
Bull Sh*tter Of The United States
Barack “Sh*thead” Obama, The Usurper Socialist
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM
And getting crazier by the day.
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Seriously .. Quote of the Day .. was when Obama said…
…at the end of my first term ..
Texas Gal on March 24, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Watch out. (TPC)
Weight of Glory on March 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Alright, that’s it young man, no
BibleQur’an stories for you tonight.Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM
See if there is a power cord plugged into Obama’s heel.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:18 PM
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