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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I was hoping to link to “Yellowstain Blues” from Caine Mutiny but unfortunately it’s not on YouTube, so you all will have to use your imaginations.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Have Teleprompter Will Travel reads the card of the man.
A knave without a thought of his own in what he’s turning into a bankrupt land.
His umm, ah, oh, loose mouth heeds the calling of a Soros wind.
A man without a clue of his own is the man called Obamadin.
Obamadin, Obamadin, Where do you roam?
Obamadin, Obamadin, Just be sure to never leave your teleprompter at home.
He travels on to campaign whenever he feels he must
His yearning for power is his guiding lust
There are legends that themselves do spin
Of the Ventriloquist’s dummy
Of the man called Obamadin
Obamadin, Obamadin, Where do you roam?
Obamadin, Obamadin, Just be sure to never leave your teleprompter at home.
MB4 on March 24, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Rebecca is one of my favorite novels of all time. At least Obama would keep my attention.
kimpriestap on March 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
But were the answers to all the “journalists” questions put up on the bigscreen as well?
d1carter on March 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
But Kini, I’m a girl. Still no stories?
How about a margarita. Friday seems so far away.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM
I wondering if somebody, just walking by and just happening to have one of those one inch diameter rare earth super magnets in their pocket, could place it in a vital, but unnoticable, place on the back of the HDTV screen.
Yoop on March 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Someone should ask Mrs O’s opinion on what it’s like to have a Ménage à Trois with the teleprompter.
I’m thinking Eewwww, who’s gonna clean the glass.
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Geithner rescue package ‘robbery of the American people’
The US government plan to free beleaguered banks of up to $1 trillion (£690bn) of toxic assets will expose American taxpayers to too much risk, leading economist Joseph Stiglitz has cautioned.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist, speaking a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by almost 7pc in support of the novel public-private partnership (PPIP), said that the plan is “very flawed” and “amounts to robbery of the American people.”
Professor Stiglitz, speaking at a conference in Hong Kong, said that the US government is essentially using the taxpayer to guarantee the downside risks, namely that these assets will fall further in value, while the upside risks, in terms of future profits, are being handed to private investors such as insurance companies, bond investors and private equity funds.
“Quite frankly, this amounts to robbery of the American people. I don’t think it’s going to work because I think there’ll be a lot of anger about putting the losses so much on the shoulder of the American taxpayer.”
MB4 on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
How scary would it be if one of those reporters had a remote and changed the channel.
bloggless on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I’d rather see someone hack into the teleprompters and make him recite “Mary Had A Little Lamb” in the middle of a speech.
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
The teleprompter meme makes the right look ridiculous.
We have a serious President confronting serious problems left by a failed President that leaned against the podium,spewed stupid one liners smirking and mangled the English language.
Grow up .
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM
If we gave each of the teleprompters a banjo they could play deuling banjos. Or dueling Bama’s
bloggless on March 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM
LOL…using a flat-screen monitor so that lackeys can say he didn’t use a teleprompter. Pathetic.
ddrintn on March 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM
In his dreams. Like most high-tech equipment, the teleprompter only has about a three-year shelf life.
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
ha, swapped out TOTUS for BSOTUS (big screen of the US), bad move obama, TOTUS has a jealous heart. exit Q, think bambi wakes at 3am (what other time could it be…really) sweating profusely screaming “TOTUS,TOTUS…I`m sooooorrry!”
NY Conservative on March 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Whatsa matta you?
bloggless on March 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
It’s gatta be Friday somewhere in the world.
I’m thinking Blue Hawaiian.
Obama’s gonna drive me to drinking if he don’t stop sleeping in the bedroom Lincoln.
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Considering the fact that he read a ‘thank you’ to himself off of TOTUS, already, offers tons of tantalizing possibilities. I still lean heavily towards, “I resign, effective now.”
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:25 PM
OK. Now I have not heard anyone mention this!!!!
WHERE ARE THESE TENT CITIES????????????????
bloggless on March 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM
We’ll all get a big laugh some day when Obama accidentally skips a reporter on his call-list and begins answering questions before they’ve been asked.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Barack Obama. Ready to read.
Y-not on March 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Wotsa Amatta U
My Old Alma Matter…. memories… memories…
Darn, brain hurts.
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Blue Hawaiian it is, Kini.
Hey, getalife, Bush may have ‘mangled’ the English language, but at least he didn’t have an addiction to a teleprompter. Your fool can’t function without it.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Ooh, brilliant idea! Much better than my idea.
Although I would have gotten a special sense of satisfaction from hearing him say…
“And I am confident we can cut the deficit in half by Mawy had a wittle wamb its fweece was white as snow, and evewy where that Mawy went…”
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:28 PM
BTW, Bush is living large in Texas. He’s not in the game anymore, so you slouches and skidmarks can’t refer to him anymore. Need a new boogieman, try the economy. Blame it for Obama’s fall from grace.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Obama has got to work hard to stop the dem/Obama recession.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Your entire existence is ridiculous to me. For me to have to share the same planet as a useless tool like yourself is proof that God has a sense for the absurd.
venividivici on March 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM
You Funny!
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM
LOL.
But, he can’t even do that like an American … “OAR-ee-on”.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:29 PM
I favor calling the big screen BSTV. That one’s just too good to pass up.
backwoods conservative on March 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM
ddrintn on March 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Or one of those little TV-off key chain remotes that scan through all of the device codes to turn off most any TV.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM
The teleprompter
mememakesthe rightobama look ridiculous.We have a
seriousgiggling Presidentconfrontingnot doing anything about serious problemsleft by a failed President that leaned against the podium,spewed stupid one liners smirking and mangled the English language.Growshut up .getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM
“I’m Barack Obama. Go f*** yourself, San Diego.”
cannonball on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Meh, ignore that astroturf troll. That’s the best the liberals can conjure up when you criticize Obama. “Bush was worse!” Even if it was true, how exactly does that make Obama any less of a lying, incompetent socialist?
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Maybe a popped circuit breaker would be better.
Dasher on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
PLASMAPROMPTER?
bloggless on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
REALLY? I have more. There is the lipstick on a pig, and the way Obama gave Hillary and McCain the finger…as for mangling the English language-Orion…need I say more?
canditaylor68 on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
:)
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Might as well call this blog Hot Teleprompter.
The con movement has turned into a joke.
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Please Mr. Obama, I don’t wanna go
Hey, Mr. Obama, please don’t make me go
I had a dream last night about my comin’ medical care
Somebody said “What you’ll get is
DashleKennedy Care!’”And there I stood with a rag in my mouth upon which to bite.
Please Mr. Obama, I don’t wanna go
Listen, Mr. Obama, please don’t make me go
There’s a bureaucrat a’waitin’ out there, just fixin to decide my fate
A complainer I’ve been called cuz I don’t wanna wind up screamin’ or dead
I wonder what the Kenyan word for friend is
Let’s see-friend– kemo sabe, that’s it
KEMO SABE!, HEY OUT THERE-KEMO SABE!
Nope, that itn’t it
Look at them durned socialists
They’re runnin’ around like a bunch of wild Kevorkians-heh, heh, heh
MB4 on March 24, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Obama is not a liar, he just does not tell the truth.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Bless your little naive heart. The teleprompter is Obama’s “jump the shark” moment. Nothing will ever be the same again.
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 11:35 PM
One, Big, Ass, Monitor, America…..
Caper29 on March 24, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Interesting distinction.
I should have added “conniving”, by the way. That’s probably his greatest talent, too.
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Don’t forget that The Precedent has never learned the proper use of the indefinite article, either. That always adds a nice rhetorical flourish – “… a unprecedented …”. He does this constantly. It’s almost as if he didn’t learn English in American schools …
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Tent cities??? Oh, you mean Obamavilles.
Somebody should add the term to Wiki, it’s not there yet.
FloatingRock on March 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM
How much of your portfolio has Obama caused you to lose so far.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM
LOL, you can just feel the frustration building in this one.
WisCon on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Oh, please. Use correct grammer and puncutation, mkay???? Don’t bother to claim you are libertarian…you are most definitly liberal…progressive…whatever “term” you and your ilk gag out like a fatcat hairball…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I can see getalife feverishly typing away while hitting the refresh button to log the comments about him, her, whatevah.
Hey, anyone see the Ann Compton softest of softball question at the teleprompter’s press conference?
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
If the person who types the script into the teleprompter is reading this-
I am offering cash if you can fit in “Zombies Ahead” into his script somehow and he says it…. fit it in with his usual lines: “Challenges ahead, dark days ahead, prosperity ahead, trying times ahead, etc” We all know he doesn’t pre-read the speeches and he can’t read ahead of what he is saying.
Cash – no questions asked… If you can get him to say “Zombies Ahead“.
batterup on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Did they think we wouldn’t notice a GIANT monitor?
Historicaly Stupid!
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:38 PM
getalife doesn’t have a portfolio, his mom won’t let him have one.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:38 PM
You were close. Very close.
I’ll make a deal with you, you get the moron in the White House to stop relying on TOTUS and we’ll stop making fun of his need to rely on TOTUS.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:38 PM
You can build a portfolio on welfare?
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Why did Obama’s people think using a big obvious teleprompter was better than using the normal teleprompter?
Speedwagon82 on March 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I’m proud to say that Barack Obama’s Telepromoter is my facebook friend.
Security Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Given that I don’t think anybody as silly as getalife can learn how to use a keyboard, I am leaning toward the theory that she is really AP or maybe Ed, or both (there seems to be the occasional discrepancy in style). On the other hand I would think AP or Ed would make her look a little more interesting and with some semblance of a brain. The mystery continues…
neuquenguy on March 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
So we’re just over 60 days and everyone is beginning to understand we’ve elected a con man to the office of president.
So what happens when everyone just starts to ignore the president? Isn’t that what usually happens when people begin to notice the leader is powerless?
Skandia Recluse on March 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
The Oscar goes to: Ann Compton for Best Staged Question…
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
getalife
We need some jokes, man. Lotta dark skies out there, give us a break from it. HotAir deals at length with substantive issues. Read a Morrisey post recently?
Sounds like your attitude with the “Cons” has little to do with HotAir’s teleprompter frivolities.
What’s a joke is being regarded as the 21st Century Perikles when your technique is more similar to Brian Williams. It’s a sad joke, admittedly, but these few months have been sad and surreal, no?
Dr. Manhattan on March 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
The sad thing is, that he probably did learn English in U.S. schools.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Maybe Obama can spend some of the stimulus cash,
and have Teleprompters everywhere,
think of all the possibilities!
After school!
Like,Hi Mary,can I walk you home and carry your teleprompter
for you!
When,your dating,bring the Teleprompter with you,for all
those hot lines,proper spelling,and if arguing,all those
snappy comebacks!
Think excuses,your school report,as in,
Sorry teacher,I forgot my Teleprompter!
Or,my dog ate the wireing,my screen doesn’t work!
Oh,the possibilities are endless!
Liberals making America smarter,
one Teleprompter at a time!
canopfor on March 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I was surprised that the anti-American AG, Holder, didn’t come into that question.
progressoverpeace on March 24, 2009 at 11:41 PM
This is from the FOX website. Obama continues the perpetual campaign.
How staged. I doubt any of those “visitors” will insist on tough questions. And what answers will be there, I really can’t see Obama doing the work. They really think the entire country is as gullible as Obama voters.
INC on March 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM
TN mom, you need to put that on a t shirt.
you know, ‘curiously strong’ for altoids.
‘Historically Stupid’ with a picture of obama.
Instant classic.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Hey getalife!
Here’s sompting more your speed
{hic}
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Hey, all! getalife is a chick, not a dude…betcha, anyone…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Our president would not be able to survive if he was ignored. Attention is his oxygen.
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Obviously, she no coward.
Kini on March 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Does it matter?
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM
No woman can be that stupid…
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:44 PM
If BO is going to start using monitors straight ahead, I’m going to have to modify my image of him in bed with Michelle.
Oh… uh… uh..
yes… uh… uh…
(uh… honey, can you move your head a bit.. I can’t see… thanks…)
baby… uh… uh…
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Good point and you know how to use a question mark.
Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:44 PM
I’m working on my first T-Shirt venture:
Alert Homeland Security: Congress is a Man-Made Disaster
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:45 PM
It’s like the more we criticize him for it, the more dependent he becomes. You’d think they’d try to wean him off of it…
But, no…he’s an empty suit. Without the polish of Teleprompter, Barack would be exposed for the Marxist shell he is.
ZJPolitical on March 24, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Only in the way ppl refer to you….otherwise, you’re an idiot and I. DON’T. CARE.
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Fantastic, link it to this site so we can support you….and your endeavor.
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Hey bob,the Presidents coming to plant some trees,
but theres no power up here,ya I know,thats why there
flying in a small diesel generator!
For what!
Well,sumpin about,the President can`t work effeciently
without his teleprompter on site!
And this is for the President to appear green,ya I guess!
Your kidding me right!!!!!(Snark).
canopfor on March 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Why did you post it then?
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:47 PM
If anyone wants a laugh, go to Tapper’s web page and read the exchange he had with Obama during the Q&A.
The Great
Communicator’sReader’s reply was 420 words long and he still failed to answer the question. Nor did he answer it after Tapper’s follow up.Come to think of it, maybe we should refer to him as our Fearless Reader.
Y-not on March 24, 2009 at 11:47 PM
I would agree with you, except…
neuquenguy on March 24, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Whaaaaa Haaaaaa Haaaaa: SCROTUS…Hilarious! But let’s think about making the last “S” an “M”
Chewy the Lab on March 24, 2009 at 11:47 PM
I think they did at first but it looks like they are catching on quickly. That press conference online is so ridiculous and I agree with you – it is staged much like Henrietta and her new kitchen.
sherry on March 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Y-not on March 24, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Clintonian.
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Uh, Oh, The economy trumps race. Al Sharpton, Jesse, and Rev Wright will NOT be happy. Cue the ACORN & NAACP protests…..
TN Mom on March 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Oh, yeah, SCROTUS. I think we have a winner.
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
If you cannot acknowledge Obama’s dependence on the teleprompter and now the LCD monitor, you are intellectually dishonest.
Obama either uses a cheat sheet (TOTUS), regurgitates campaign talking points, or shuts out the press. Clearly he is in over his head and we’re only 2 months into his 1 term.
conservative pilgrim on March 24, 2009 at 11:49 PM
AP is on the teleprompter meme, getalife has gotabugup about the teleprompter meme, Obama is forever tied to his prompter. Exit Question: Will SNL ever find any material for a skit on this President?
msmveritas on March 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Only to warn the newbies…..
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
FIFY…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Getalife, were behind the teleprompter. Its Obama the country can toss out.
Chuck Schick on March 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Does it matter?
getalife on Mar 24,2009 at 11:43PM.
getalife:
In a way,ummm, BrownShirt, or, Brown Blouse!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on March 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
I stand corrected, getalife may indeed be a woman, perhaps maxine waters?
HornetSting on March 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
I realy do not care about him using telepromter. It’s silly.
SNL has done a couple skits on the President.
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
capitalist piglet on March 24, 2009 at 11:53 PM
The AP getting it half right? Shocking.
SouthernGent on March 24, 2009 at 11:55 PM
That character, real or not, definitely has a masochistic personality disorder. To sit on a blog where not one person has even a scintilla of respect for anything you say and tell you so in no uncertain terms, is nothing short of the almost perfect masochistic personality type. De Sade would have a field day with getalife.
venividivici on March 24, 2009 at 11:56 PM
On day one!
Vigilante on March 24, 2009 at 11:56 PM
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