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They make an interesting point, why would a president want to be prepared and careful about what he says? The guy who had the job for the last eight years didn’t need no stinkin’ teleprompter!
Pathetic spin. Isn’t he supposed to be some great orator? Comparable to Lincoln? Now they’re saying he couldn’t be prepared without a screen reading his speech to him?
Oh, and Letterman? How about showing video of Obama sputtering through speeches? It takes a whole lot of hackery to do more spinning than Maureen Dowd.
Um…no. The point is that Obama has been compared in oratory skills to Lincoln. Chris Matthews was comparing Obama’s speech on race to the Gettysburg Address. The point is that Obama and Lincoln are not, as Obama’s worshipers claim, on an equal oratory plane.
The issue is not that Obama uses a teleprompter for prepared speeches. The issue is that Obama is touted as both a great orator as well as a top-level intellect and yet without his teleprompter he seems to stutter and get flustered and lost.
If you know what you’re talking about and are on top of your facts, there is little need for a teleprompter during a press conference.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM
amerpundit on March 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
One of the things that bugs me the most about the Lincoln/Obama comparisons is that the beauty and strength of Lincoln’s speeches is that they were simple and concise in a time when ‘great speakers’ gave 2+ hour speeches.
Even when the style was to be wordy and flowery, Lincoln got to the point.
Obama’s speeches (and press conference answers) are extremely wordy and they seem designed more to get the questioner lost in the answer rather than to impart some information.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:12 PM
The dirty little secret is that Obama has to stay on Teleprompter script, because his speechwriters have him selling socialism and communism to us in very carefully crafted words. They have him saying things very specifically, that only those good at paying attention and interpreting what he is saying, and putting it into context with his entire 2+ decades background of socialism and communism, can pick up on it.
If he goes off teleprompter, he’ll uh-uh-uh his way into revealing his socialist and communist plans for this nation. The Teleprompter is his handlers’ way of keeping him on message, but making sure he does not say too much.
See? This is what happens when “comedians” decide that the President cannot be a target. Everything becomes deadly serious.
Make jokes about his pathologic need for a teleprompter, Letterman. Otherwise, it’ll seem like you don’t have a sense of humor. Then again, you are a lib so perhaps you don’t…..
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Hey give Dave a break — his life has been turned upside down since he married the skank who bore him a bastard child.
D2Boston on March 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM
If you know what you’re talking about and are on top of your facts, there is little need for a teleprompter during a press conference.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I believe Obama is on top of his facts and knows exactly what he would *like* to talk about. The reason he fumbles around is because he has to be really careful about revealing his true intentions and his true background, desires and plans for this nation.
One of the things that bugs me the most about the Lincoln/Obama comparisons is that the beauty and strength of Lincoln’s speeches is that they were simple and concise in a time when ‘great speakers’ gave 2+ hour speeches.
Yeah, Lincoln’s speeches were inspired. Obama’s speeches are pointless hotair (no pun intended).
I laugh though when people talk about how Obama’s a speechmaker like Churchill. That one slid around a few days. It was hilar because Churchill always sounded like he was on the tail end of a 15 day bender….
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:15 PM
When you start using your show to stick up for a president…you’ve just become unfunny!! Comedians are suppose to make fun of people…not protect them from teasing in the schoolyard. Lame…very lame….
vitaatcaritas on March 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Michael in MI on March 24, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Very true.
All of his worst gaffes from calling a reporter sweetie to spreading the wealth to the special olympics one-liner were all off prompter.
Iowahawk brought some actual funny with his teleprompter bit. All without a multimillion dollar budget and a staff of writers.
lowandslow on March 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Sheez. I was a big fan for decades, but after the vicious way he went after Palin, and even his “friend” McCain last year, I’ll never watch him again. I’m not usually actively hateful, but I hate Letterman. If he can’t make fun of every president then to hell with him.
juliesa on March 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Hey Dave! Remember the writers strike? Rush didn’t need any stinkin writers, and he broadcasts live.
While on HuffPo reading the story, I caught sight of the “petition” to enjoin Senator Leahy in going after “Bush and Cheney.” You’ll be happy to know I successfully signed the petition:
First Name: FuckOff
Last Name: Leahy
D2Boston on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I don’t understand why everyone rags on Teleprompter Jesus, it’s a perfectly legitimate tool guys.
Just think, Obama can now go on Jeopardy after Jay Leno and absolutely crush the competition with this tool! He can go on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and never even use up a “call a friend” card! Just think, if everyone in college used a Teleprompter, no one would ever fail to answer incorrectly( well, unless the one typing on the teleprompter is a moron and never heard of Google). I don’t see why this bothers us so much that we now see a Teleprompter everywhere the man child goes…soon, everyone will have one too! Trendy.
See how harmless having a Teleprompter is? It’s not like Obama has actual puppet strings or anything at his Press Conferences…sheesh people, lighten up.
javamartini on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Take your Bush-hate and SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.
Michael in MI on March 24, 2009 at 9:07 PM
The lefties are so full of hate.
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
When its a teleprompter for a speech, its called being prepared.
When its a teleprompter so he can answer basic policy questions its called not being knowledgeable enough to stand on his own 2 feet.
Chuck Schick on March 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Letterman is still alive? And he still has a T&V show?
Stephen M on March 24, 2009 at 9:30 PM
*Shudder*…Huffington Post…the Land of Bizarre Thoughts and No Logic…
e-pirate, congratulations on ignoring all the responses to your earlier comment.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:34 PM
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
How is that expression hate?
Itchee Dryback on March 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
That is not hate, it is descriptive instruction said with emphasis.
thomasaur on March 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
What is so hateful about that? Are you a homophobe? Andrew Sullivan would not take it amiss.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 24, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Not to worry, you people can boycott Letterman and still have that swell Half-Hour News Hour for late night entertainment.
benny shakar on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Just when I think the hypocrisy could not become more astonishing,
I’m astonished yet again.
silverfox on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
You are missing the distinction between frustration and hate.
Count to 10 on March 24, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Er, ok. Lefty comics who are not full of hate would let the former president who has been out office for more than two months be and let it go already.
I watch so little of TV these days. I watch about 90 minutes on a good week. Nothing on a better week.
It’s mostly all just propaganda. Lib jokes, lib attitudes, lib view points, lib arguments,,,, the good guy is a lib, the hero is a lib, the victim is a lib while the moron is a conservative, the cheater is a conservative, the criminal is a conservative,,
The fantasy of TV and movies are the only places where liberalism works, where liberalism wins the day, where liberals are honest, witty and visionary and where there’s always a lib audience to applauded and cheer..
Where would libs be without the propaganda of TV and Hollywood?
All they have is reality. And that’s where they fail every time.
Not to worry, you people can boycott Letterman and still have that swell Half-Hour News Hour for late night entertainment.
Well, sweetpea, we still have “RedEye” which, despite the best efforts of the GLAAD, the regular “comedy” shows, The Canadian government, and hard hitting news shows, is still on TV. And is funnier than Letterman has been in close to 15 years. If only they’d broadcast it at Letterman’s time…..
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:49 PM
So is Letterman the joke police now?
herrevery on March 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Lincoln didn’t need a teleprompter so Obama shouldn’t need one either.
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Nice try Skippy, but Lincoln didn’t need a Teleprompter because he was Lincoln. Obama needs all the props he can muster.
Unbelievable. He took a concept that could easily have been really funny joke about Obama and made it about Bush.
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I find it amusing that the same group of folks who were crying foul over suspicions that McCain had access to the questions a couple of minutes before Saddleback, are not worried about Obama’s need to pre-select which reporters get to ask questions or his reliance on the teleprompter at every single event.
Y-not on March 24, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Hey Letterman, don’t you have a show that stopped being hip and funny 25 years ago that you need to go milk to death instead of writing for PuffHo?
Once upon a time, IMHO, Letterman was great: funny, original, clever, some of the best throw-away lines I’ve heard. Unfortunately, that was two decades ago. His move to CBS was nothing short of disastrous. People used to be in awe of the guy; hell, even Limbaugh loved him. Now he’s become old, stale, bitter, a caricature of himself. He can’t even beat out Jay Leno, whom I’ve never found to be particularly humorous. For years, Letterman has known this and has proceeded to wallow in self-pity. Apparently, he’s come to believe that the only way he can remain relevant is to play the Jon Stewart card; mix in his liberal political ideology to keep those fans he still has. Very sad for a man who once had a lot of talent and was considered a “giant.” He wanted to be the next Carson, but he won’t even come remotely close.
“missing:Letterman’s twins integrity and humor small reward if captured”….
sven10077 on March 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM
First, I gotta ask you: is it true what they say about guys that call themselves ‘pirates’? I mean, when I was in college, a lot of guys called themselves studs, and it almost invariably turned out they were date rapists. But, the whole pirate thing..it always seems like there’s trenchcoats, playgrounds and bags of candy corn involved..anyway. Nevermind, I probably don’t want to know.
The problem you have, a-pirate, is you guys found this poor wet eared rookie, pulled him out of his black power church, told the world he was the best public speaker since Kennedy, Lincoln, and J.C himself, and it turns out, without his nintendo brand magic word toy, he’s not just a poor public speaker, he’s a humiliatingly bad public speaker. Honestly, I’ll never forget the early days where he was asked a question about one of his tax cheat nominees and he managed to say ‘uh’ 14 times in 2 sentences. I laugh when he’s off script; I think he might be more dangerous than Biden in terms of saying stupid things. And therein is your problem, a-pirate. You can’t market someone as ‘the master of all oration’ and then he turns out to really suck. (ok, that was a wicked good joke; see, unlike wet-eared rookie, I’m really good at speaking off the cuff) It’s like marketing a drink, and saying it’s the best margarita you’ve ever tasted. Then it turns out to taste like a** water disinfected with gasoline. People don’t like being lied to. Stop lying about Obama’s oral skill (snicker) and people will stop making fun of him.
Ok, I tell a lie. I’ll probably never stop making fun of Barrack Obama, but maybe they’ll take down the TOTUS blog.
austinnelly on March 24, 2009 at 10:32 PM
You know when I was younger I thought Letterman was a pretty funny guy and watched the Late Show fairly regularly. Then I grew up and realized that David Letterman was about as funny as a wet fart in a packed elevator. This just confirms my decision many years ago to stop watching him was a wise move.
Dreadnought223 on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Letterman has been a bitterman for years. He is about as funny as a Jihadist beheading.
PeaceAtAllCosts on March 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM
See thats funny cause I just did a segment on my talkshow called “Old Irrelivent Douche Bag” and well Letterman has given me lots and lots of material.
Rbastid on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Letterman is a pussy…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
In the bag for the one. No objectivity whatsoevah.
hawkdriver on March 24, 2009 at 11:44 PM
It’s awesomely awesome that Letterman rushed to protect his POTUS from TOTUS, as it proves they’re afraid that ridicule will diminish their precious Barry.
It is always funnier when they try to fight back. Thanks for coming through, Dave!
Christien on March 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
What happened to Dave’s Great Moments in Presidential Speeches that he dragged Bush through every night? Just can’t find any on Obama? Right, Dave. That’s why I won’t watch you.
Christian Conservative on March 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
The real comparison would be Obama with and without a teleprompter.
But Letterman would never do that.
hepcat on March 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
You want the real translation of Dave’s little diatribe?
“Damn. I go away to get married while CBS is pre-empting me for the NCAA first round and what does Obama do? Goes on with that ingrate dweeb Leno and gooses his ratings before he turns the thing over to Conan. And after all the trashing I did of Bush, Palin and even McCain over the past year, you’d think he could have waited a week and flown up from D.C.
“Hell, I would have even let him read the Top 10 list and stopped tape if he made any gaffes, unlike those idiots at NBC who let the Special Olympics line get through. Maybe if I go oout do a puff piece saying how hard it is to talk non-gibberish without a teleprompter they’ll listen to me — I know they read the Huffington Post, since they even have preferred White House press credentials. Then we can set up a visit during May sweeps months, when the ad rates are set, and I can take some of the steam out of Conan’s Tonight Show debut…”
jon1979 on March 25, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Stuck in the 60’s, huh Dave? Your glory days are over, Bubba, and Tiny Tim is dead.
Travis1 on March 25, 2009 at 12:52 AM
If Dave were an equal-opportunity offender, I wouldn’t care as much about his shots at Pres. Bush. But if he’s going to defend this tinpot petty dictator with delusions of godhood, while continuing his “smirking chimp” jabs at Obooboo’s predecessor, Letterman is dead to me.
“prepared and careful about what he says”?
Prepared is when you actually KNOW what you’re talking about through experience and study.
What’s funny, Dave, is Barry tries hard to look as if he knows what he’s talking about, but he’s just reading the words off a screen. Get it?
PaddyJ on March 25, 2009 at 6:39 AM
When a president uses a teleprompter during a press conference how sure are you that the answers they are giving are their answers and not some staffer with goggle at the ready?
I remember in the Kerry/bush debate the fit the left had because there was a small bump on Bush’s back. They thought Bush was being given the answers to the question by electronic means yet those same people have no problem with their president using a 2×2ft electronic screen during his conferences.
Addtionally I also remember Gov Palin’s speech to the RNC when her telepromter failed. she continued on with not even a blink or an uh or an umm. In fact she cracked a joke about hockey moms that had the entire country LOL. So it is fair to say that Palin has better orator skills than Obama. I would like to see the Obama nutcases wrap their heads around that idea.
unseen on March 25, 2009 at 8:23 AM
And yet the lefttards in late night comedy can not find anything funny in the obama admin?
We have come into the world of 1984. and I am buying another gun today with another month’s worth of canned goods.
unseen on March 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM
By the same token, George Washington didn’t need antibiotics or automobiles or air conditioning. So Obama shouldn’t use those either.
What the?
Was Washington known for his skills in cooling a room? getting around quickly? Curing infections? Your examples are silly.
It’d be like a president, hailed for his razor-sharp mind, yet he has to use a calculator to add simple numbers… and without it he stumbles over the most simple problems… then you come along and suggest that since Cicero didn’t have an i-pod, all is good. It makes no sense.
One of my favorite PBO gaffes: The time when he said that we would “save” as much energy from keeping our tires inflated as we could create from tapping our natural resources. I love that one.
Heard this the other day:
Q: What’s the difference between Obama and Jesus?
A: Jesus could put together a cabinet.
muggedbyreality on March 25, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Uh, a teleprompter at a party? Not even paying attention to what he says to the Irish PM? Oh and then trying to pass it off as a joke… riiiiiight.
Thats not prepared. Anyone with half a brain could greet the Irish PM (or the British PM) without turning it into a fiasco.
But not Hussein. He’s a complete idiot.
dogsoldier on March 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Obooboo is Johnny Bravo. He fits the suit and makes the fans swoon, but a robot could do a better job.
Blowback
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Letterman is a tool
29Victor on March 24, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Pathetic spin. Isn’t he supposed to be some great orator? Comparable to Lincoln? Now they’re saying he couldn’t be prepared without a screen reading his speech to him?
Oh, and Letterman? How about showing video of Obama sputtering through speeches? It takes a whole lot of hackery to do more spinning than Maureen Dowd.
amerpundit on March 24, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Letterman is beyond toolish. He’s a pathetic idiot.
Dritanian on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Shut up Dave,..and just hand over your money,..to the man who needs a teleprompter 24-7.
christene on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Lincoln didn’t need a teleprompter so Obama shouldn’t need one either.
By the same token, George Washington didn’t need antibiotics or automobiles or air conditioning. So Obama shouldn’t use those either.
The president has no right to use modern technology all willy nilly.
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM
what is the difference between a teleprompter and the president, the teleprompter is more transparent then his admin. Yeah, I know.
rob verdi on March 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM
No wonder they can’t find anything funny about The One.
JohnJ on March 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Bill Clinton didn’t carry his around with him, either.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 24, 2009 at 9:07 PM
I used to love Letterman and was hoping to find him relevant again with the new president, glad I didn’t hold my breath.
crabtree on March 24, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Hey Lefties and HuffPo and Letterman. Take your Bush-hate and SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.
Michael in MI on March 24, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Um…no. The point is that Obama has been compared in oratory skills to Lincoln. Chris Matthews was comparing Obama’s speech on race to the Gettysburg Address. The point is that Obama and Lincoln are not, as Obama’s worshipers claim, on an equal oratory plane.
amerpundit on March 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
That was pathetic. How ’bout Barack…uh,uh..uh..uh..Obama with NO Teleprompter.
vcferlita on March 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Dave is George Carlin to me in so many ways.
Dork B. on March 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Neither he nor Reagan brought teleprompters around like a crutch without which they’d die.
amerpundit on March 24, 2009 at 9:09 PM
The issue is not that Obama uses a teleprompter for prepared speeches. The issue is that Obama is touted as both a great orator as well as a top-level intellect and yet without his teleprompter he seems to stutter and get flustered and lost.
If you know what you’re talking about and are on top of your facts, there is little need for a teleprompter during a press conference.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM
One of the things that bugs me the most about the Lincoln/Obama comparisons is that the beauty and strength of Lincoln’s speeches is that they were simple and concise in a time when ‘great speakers’ gave 2+ hour speeches.
Even when the style was to be wordy and flowery, Lincoln got to the point.
Obama’s speeches (and press conference answers) are extremely wordy and they seem designed more to get the questioner lost in the answer rather than to impart some information.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:12 PM
The dirty little secret is that Obama has to stay on Teleprompter script, because his speechwriters have him selling socialism and communism to us in very carefully crafted words. They have him saying things very specifically, that only those good at paying attention and interpreting what he is saying, and putting it into context with his entire 2+ decades background of socialism and communism, can pick up on it.
If he goes off teleprompter, he’ll uh-uh-uh his way into revealing his socialist and communist plans for this nation. The Teleprompter is his handlers’ way of keeping him on message, but making sure he does not say too much.
Michael in MI on March 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM
See? This is what happens when “comedians” decide that the President cannot be a target. Everything becomes deadly serious.
Make jokes about his pathologic need for a teleprompter, Letterman. Otherwise, it’ll seem like you don’t have a sense of humor. Then again, you are a lib so perhaps you don’t…..
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Hey give Dave a break — his life has been turned upside down since he married the skank who bore him a bastard child.
D2Boston on March 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM
I believe Obama is on top of his facts and knows exactly what he would *like* to talk about. The reason he fumbles around is because he has to be really careful about revealing his true intentions and his true background, desires and plans for this nation.
Michael in MI on March 24, 2009 at 9:14 PM
That was the last time I’ll ever be watching him. I’ve had it. Any excuse to bash Bush.
Rod on March 24, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Oh so I see the late night comics still have eight year old material.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
- That’s what I’ll being doing when these comics come on television.
terryannonline on March 24, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Yeah, Lincoln’s speeches were inspired. Obama’s speeches are pointless hotair (no pun intended).
I laugh though when people talk about how Obama’s a speechmaker like Churchill. That one slid around a few days. It was hilar because Churchill always sounded like he was on the tail end of a 15 day bender….
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:15 PM
When you start using your show to stick up for a president…you’ve just become unfunny!! Comedians are suppose to make fun of people…not protect them from teasing in the schoolyard. Lame…very lame….
vitaatcaritas on March 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Very true.
All of his worst gaffes from calling a reporter sweetie to spreading the wealth to the special olympics one-liner were all off prompter.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Reason #789 not to watch Letterman.
SouthernGent on March 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Iowahawk brought some actual funny with his teleprompter bit. All without a multimillion dollar budget and a staff of writers.
lowandslow on March 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Sheez. I was a big fan for decades, but after the vicious way he went after Palin, and even his “friend” McCain last year, I’ll never watch him again. I’m not usually actively hateful, but I hate Letterman. If he can’t make fun of every president then to hell with him.
juliesa on March 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Hey Dave! Remember the writers strike? Rush didn’t need any stinkin writers, and he broadcasts live.
Chalk up another ObamaBot.
DannoJyd on March 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM
The TOTUS. Gotta love it!
DannoJyd on March 24, 2009 at 9:22 PM
OT
While on HuffPo reading the story, I caught sight of the “petition” to enjoin Senator Leahy in going after “Bush and Cheney.” You’ll be happy to know I successfully signed the petition:
First Name: FuckOff
Last Name: Leahy
D2Boston on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I don’t understand why everyone rags on Teleprompter Jesus, it’s a perfectly legitimate tool guys.
Just think, Obama can now go on Jeopardy after Jay Leno and absolutely crush the competition with this tool! He can go on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and never even use up a “call a friend” card! Just think, if everyone in college used a Teleprompter, no one would ever fail to answer incorrectly( well, unless the one typing on the teleprompter is a moron and never heard of Google). I don’t see why this bothers us so much that we now see a Teleprompter everywhere the man child goes…soon, everyone will have one too! Trendy.
See how harmless having a Teleprompter is? It’s not like Obama has actual puppet strings or anything at his Press Conferences…sheesh people, lighten up.
javamartini on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
The lefties are so full of hate.
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
When its a teleprompter for a speech, its called being prepared.
When its a teleprompter so he can answer basic policy questions its called not being knowledgeable enough to stand on his own 2 feet.
Chuck Schick on March 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Letterman is still alive? And he still has a T&V show?
Stephen M on March 24, 2009 at 9:30 PM
*Shudder*…Huffington Post…the Land of Bizarre Thoughts and No Logic…
ZJPolitical on March 24, 2009 at 9:34 PM
e-pirate, congratulations on ignoring all the responses to your earlier comment.
JadeNYU on March 24, 2009 at 9:34 PM
How is that expression hate?
Itchee Dryback on March 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM
That is not hate, it is descriptive instruction said with emphasis.
thomasaur on March 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Conservatives, who are not full of hate, would never tell anyone to “SHOVE IT UP YOUR F***ING A**ES.”
e-pirate on March 24, 2009 at 9:24 PM
What is so hateful about that? Are you a homophobe? Andrew Sullivan would not take it amiss.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 24, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Not to worry, you people can boycott Letterman and still have that swell Half-Hour News Hour for late night entertainment.
benny shakar on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Just when I think the hypocrisy could not become more astonishing,
I’m astonished yet again.
silverfox on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM
You are missing the distinction between frustration and hate.
Count to 10 on March 24, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Er, ok. Lefty comics who are not full of hate would let the former president who has been out office for more than two months be and let it go already.
terryannonline on March 24, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Oh that’s ok. I get my daily chuckles from watching Olbermann and Matthews and all the whole MSNBC line up.
OH WAIT! They’re not supposed to be stand-up comics?
terryannonline on March 24, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I watch so little of TV these days. I watch about 90 minutes on a good week. Nothing on a better week.
It’s mostly all just propaganda. Lib jokes, lib attitudes, lib view points, lib arguments,,,, the good guy is a lib, the hero is a lib, the victim is a lib while the moron is a conservative, the cheater is a conservative, the criminal is a conservative,,
The fantasy of TV and movies are the only places where liberalism works, where liberalism wins the day, where liberals are honest, witty and visionary and where there’s always a lib audience to applauded and cheer..
Where would libs be without the propaganda of TV and Hollywood?
All they have is reality. And that’s where they fail every time.
JellyToast on March 24, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Well, sweetpea, we still have “RedEye” which, despite the best efforts of the GLAAD, the regular “comedy” shows, The Canadian government, and hard hitting news shows, is still on TV. And is funnier than Letterman has been in close to 15 years. If only they’d broadcast it at Letterman’s time…..
mjk on March 24, 2009 at 9:49 PM
So is Letterman the joke police now?
herrevery on March 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Nice try Skippy, but Lincoln didn’t need a Teleprompter because he was Lincoln. Obama needs all the props he can muster.
Red State State of Mind on March 24, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I get my daily chuckles from b s’s B S.
Red State State of Mind on March 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Unbelievable. He took a concept that could easily have been really funny joke about Obama and made it about Bush.
Daggett on March 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I find it amusing that the same group of folks who were crying foul over suspicions that McCain had access to the questions a couple of minutes before Saddleback, are not worried about Obama’s need to pre-select which reporters get to ask questions or his reliance on the teleprompter at every single event.
Y-not on March 24, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Hey Letterman, don’t you have a show that stopped being hip and funny 25 years ago that you need to go milk to death instead of writing for PuffHo?
Crusty on March 24, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Once upon a time, IMHO, Letterman was great: funny, original, clever, some of the best throw-away lines I’ve heard. Unfortunately, that was two decades ago. His move to CBS was nothing short of disastrous. People used to be in awe of the guy; hell, even Limbaugh loved him. Now he’s become old, stale, bitter, a caricature of himself. He can’t even beat out Jay Leno, whom I’ve never found to be particularly humorous. For years, Letterman has known this and has proceeded to wallow in self-pity. Apparently, he’s come to believe that the only way he can remain relevant is to play the Jon Stewart card; mix in his liberal political ideology to keep those fans he still has. Very sad for a man who once had a lot of talent and was considered a “giant.” He wanted to be the next Carson, but he won’t even come remotely close.
Erich66 on March 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Just for you, Benny and e-pirate and Letterman!
TeeDee on March 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I found the original, unedited video Letterman and CBS refused to air first.
The real: TelePrompTer vs. No TelePrompTer – Original Version
JeffreyLloyd on March 24, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Is this Letterman guy still on TV?
d1carter on March 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM
in the same sense “America’s Most Wanted” is….
“missing:Letterman’s twins integrity and humor small reward if captured”….
sven10077 on March 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM
First, I gotta ask you: is it true what they say about guys that call themselves ‘pirates’? I mean, when I was in college, a lot of guys called themselves studs, and it almost invariably turned out they were date rapists. But, the whole pirate thing..it always seems like there’s trenchcoats, playgrounds and bags of candy corn involved..anyway. Nevermind, I probably don’t want to know.
The problem you have, a-pirate, is you guys found this poor wet eared rookie, pulled him out of his black power church, told the world he was the best public speaker since Kennedy, Lincoln, and J.C himself, and it turns out, without his nintendo brand magic word toy, he’s not just a poor public speaker, he’s a humiliatingly bad public speaker. Honestly, I’ll never forget the early days where he was asked a question about one of his tax cheat nominees and he managed to say ‘uh’ 14 times in 2 sentences. I laugh when he’s off script; I think he might be more dangerous than Biden in terms of saying stupid things. And therein is your problem, a-pirate. You can’t market someone as ‘the master of all oration’ and then he turns out to really suck. (ok, that was a wicked good joke; see, unlike wet-eared rookie, I’m really good at speaking off the cuff) It’s like marketing a drink, and saying it’s the best margarita you’ve ever tasted. Then it turns out to taste like a** water disinfected with gasoline. People don’t like being lied to. Stop lying about Obama’s oral skill (snicker) and people will stop making fun of him.
Ok, I tell a lie. I’ll probably never stop making fun of Barrack Obama, but maybe they’ll take down the TOTUS blog.
austinnelly on March 24, 2009 at 10:32 PM
You know when I was younger I thought Letterman was a pretty funny guy and watched the Late Show fairly regularly. Then I grew up and realized that David Letterman was about as funny as a wet fart in a packed elevator. This just confirms my decision many years ago to stop watching him was a wise move.
Dreadnought223 on March 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Letterman has been a bitterman for years. He is about as funny as a Jihadist beheading.
PeaceAtAllCosts on March 24, 2009 at 11:11 PM
See thats funny cause I just did a segment on my talkshow called “Old Irrelivent Douche Bag” and well Letterman has given me lots and lots of material.
Rbastid on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Letterman is a pussy…
ladyingray on March 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
In the bag for the one. No objectivity whatsoevah.
hawkdriver on March 24, 2009 at 11:44 PM
It’s awesomely awesome that Letterman rushed to protect his POTUS from TOTUS, as it proves they’re afraid that ridicule will diminish their precious Barry.
It is always funnier when they try to fight back. Thanks for coming through, Dave!
Christien on March 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
What happened to Dave’s Great Moments in Presidential Speeches that he dragged Bush through every night? Just can’t find any on Obama? Right, Dave. That’s why I won’t watch you.
Christian Conservative on March 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
The real comparison would be Obama with and without a teleprompter.
But Letterman would never do that.
hepcat on March 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
You want the real translation of Dave’s little diatribe?
“Damn. I go away to get married while CBS is pre-empting me for the NCAA first round and what does Obama do? Goes on with that ingrate dweeb Leno and gooses his ratings before he turns the thing over to Conan. And after all the trashing I did of Bush, Palin and even McCain over the past year, you’d think he could have waited a week and flown up from D.C.
“Hell, I would have even let him read the Top 10 list and stopped tape if he made any gaffes, unlike those idiots at NBC who let the Special Olympics line get through. Maybe if I go oout do a puff piece saying how hard it is to talk non-gibberish without a teleprompter they’ll listen to me — I know they read the Huffington Post, since they even have preferred White House press credentials. Then we can set up a visit during May sweeps months, when the ad rates are set, and I can take some of the steam out of Conan’s Tonight Show debut…”
jon1979 on March 25, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Stuck in the 60’s, huh Dave? Your glory days are over, Bubba, and Tiny Tim is dead.
Travis1 on March 25, 2009 at 12:52 AM
If Dave were an equal-opportunity offender, I wouldn’t care as much about his shots at Pres. Bush. But if he’s going to defend this tinpot petty dictator with delusions of godhood, while continuing his “smirking chimp” jabs at Obooboo’s predecessor, Letterman is dead to me.
(Apologies to Captain Kirk for the comparison.)
sulla on March 25, 2009 at 5:11 AM
“prepared and careful about what he says”?
Prepared is when you actually KNOW what you’re talking about through experience and study.
What’s funny, Dave, is Barry tries hard to look as if he knows what he’s talking about, but he’s just reading the words off a screen. Get it?
PaddyJ on March 25, 2009 at 6:39 AM
When a president uses a teleprompter during a press conference how sure are you that the answers they are giving are their answers and not some staffer with goggle at the ready?
I remember in the Kerry/bush debate the fit the left had because there was a small bump on Bush’s back. They thought Bush was being given the answers to the question by electronic means yet those same people have no problem with their president using a 2×2ft electronic screen during his conferences.
Addtionally I also remember Gov Palin’s speech to the RNC when her telepromter failed. she continued on with not even a blink or an uh or an umm. In fact she cracked a joke about hockey moms that had the entire country LOL. So it is fair to say that Palin has better orator skills than Obama. I would like to see the Obama nutcases wrap their heads around that idea.
unseen on March 25, 2009 at 8:23 AM
And yet the lefttards in late night comedy can not find anything funny in the obama admin?
We have come into the world of 1984. and I am buying another gun today with another month’s worth of canned goods.
unseen on March 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM
What the?
Was Washington known for his skills in cooling a room? getting around quickly? Curing infections? Your examples are silly.
It’d be like a president, hailed for his razor-sharp mind, yet he has to use a calculator to add simple numbers… and without it he stumbles over the most simple problems… then you come along and suggest that since Cicero didn’t have an i-pod, all is good. It makes no sense.
mankai on March 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Makes you think that Johnny Carson must have known something more about Letterman in deciding not to hand over the Tonight Show to him.
I think Letterman’s bitterness really blossomed after that and has had many years to fester.
Loved him when I was in college – can’t even tolerate him now.
Candy Slice on March 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM
One of my favorite PBO gaffes: The time when he said that we would “save” as much energy from keeping our tires inflated as we could create from tapping our natural resources. I love that one.
Heard this the other day:
Q: What’s the difference between Obama and Jesus?
A: Jesus could put together a cabinet.
muggedbyreality on March 25, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Uh, a teleprompter at a party? Not even paying attention to what he says to the Irish PM? Oh and then trying to pass it off as a joke… riiiiiight.
Thats not prepared. Anyone with half a brain could greet the Irish PM (or the British PM) without turning it into a fiasco.
But not Hussein. He’s a complete idiot.
dogsoldier on March 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Obooboo is Johnny Bravo. He fits the suit and makes the fans swoon, but a robot could do a better job.
Heck, my Kindle already can.
sulla on March 25, 2009 at 11:01 AM