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Obama is weaning himself off of the teleprompter
Team Obama thinks the switch, or partial switch — the president is not giving up the teleprompter entirely — will help him better connect with voters.
Critics have mocked Obama’s routine use of the teleprompter, including in speeches to schoolchildren. And the new use of written notes appears intended to trade away the smooth, distant demeanor of teleprompter rhetoric for a little more immediacy and vigor. A senior administration official acknowledged the shift in the president’s style, saying Obama is speaking “more extemporaneously.”
But the senior official said the lack of teleprompters has “less to do with image and more to do with upping the tempo” at campaign events, while creating more unscripted moments.
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From Rick Warren’s twitter: Leaders speak from conviction. Actors speak from telepromters.
redeye on July 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Nothing could be better for us folks. Every day he does this, more Americans will realize what an idiot he is. Bring it on!
slickwillie2001 on July 17, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Heh, the I, uh, president just got his speeches downgraded from the 8th grade level to the 3rd grade level.
Smartest man in the
Whiteouthouse.antipc on July 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM
i can’t imagine why they’d do this. My theory has always been that he has had be leashed to the telepromter so that his inner marxist/alinsky is covered over.
i can hardly wait ’till he shouts to his audience that the fundamental transformation of the country must continue, now more than ever
r keller on July 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Greenspan just said on CNBC that the Stimulous was a failure- did nothing. Actually said it made things worse.
Oops, another ridiculous talking point by the left goes down in flames.
Bensonofben on July 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Because it wasn’t enough!!!!!
Krugmania
tomg51 on July 17, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Obama is doing everything conceivable to lose the election, yet he keeps polling above Romney. I weep for our country.
The Rogue Tomato on July 17, 2012 at 3:03 PM
All he ever says is “I, me, my, uh, and let me be clear”. He’s memorized that now?
wildcat72 on July 17, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Off the teleprompter? What could go wrong?
“If you have a business, you didn’t build that.”
Keep it up SCOMF.
Harbingeing on July 17, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Yes. More talk about corpsemen, under the radar gun control, all 57 states, America being a Muslim country, and punishing ‘our’ enemies?
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational SCOAMF!
/James Earl Jones
CorporatePiggy on July 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Plugs Biden would be proud of you.
pain train on July 17, 2012 at 3:10 PM
The bottom line is all government spending is a drag on the economy. Before spending money, government must first take the money out of the economy, and then take its cut in bureaucracy, crony-ism, and ultimately spend the money unwisely. Unwisely because it has no incentive to do better.
Dasher on July 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Exactly. It’s even more stupid than the person who makes a blanket longer by cutting 1 foot of material off the top to sew it onto the bottom.
The Rogue Tomato on July 17, 2012 at 3:19 PM
I’d put the Greenspan link up if I could but its posted at Ace Of Spades Headquarters.
The is the same Greenspan that has bashed Bush, praised Obama and went home to the beautiful and non-partisan hack Andrea Mitchel. First Noonan – now Greenspan?
Bensonofben on July 17, 2012 at 3:21 PM
He’s learning the tricks of how to better disguise his tells too.
Now he touches his forehead before he tells a bald faced lie.
Pre-misdirection of the coming involuntary reaction is a common tool of the practiced, trained liar.
Speakup on July 17, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Because of that, Greenspan will not be getting any loving from Andrea Mitchell tonight. Upon learning that, he indicates he will repeat what he said everyday.
bayview on July 17, 2012 at 3:24 PM
And Obama’s teleprompter will take a well deserved vacation to the south of France.
St Gaudens on July 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM
This.
Is.
Going.
To
Be.
Great!
- Giving your kid with asthma a breathalyzer!
- Intercontinental Railroad!
- Hawaii, Asia!
- UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems!
- The Cambridge police acted stupidly!
- Speaking Austrian!
- On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today!
- Hold on one second, sweetie!
- They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion!
- In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people
pain train on July 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Heh, Isn’t it better, Mr. President, to be thought a fool than to open your mouth without the Teleprompter and prove it?
jb34461 on July 17, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Nah. Andrea Mitchell will just edit the tape so that Greenspan is praising the stimulus.
The Rogue Tomato on July 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Yes, Mr. President, please speak from your DSOC/DSA/New Party heart.
ConservativeLA on July 17, 2012 at 3:34 PM
One wonders what Mrs. Alan Greenspan will say on MSNBC, or whatevr it’s calling itself these days.
Wethal on July 17, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Good grief, if Obama hasn’t memorized his boilerplate blah-blah by now, there is no hope for him.
onlineanalyst on July 17, 2012 at 4:01 PM
If I’m not mistaken “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen” was off the teleprompter.
Yes! Get off the teleprompter, Mr. President! O-bam-a! O-bam-a!
WannabeAnglican on July 17, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Heh, Greenspan needs a stimulus in order to even approach Anread Mitchell.
onlineanalyst on July 17, 2012 at 4:13 PM
while creating more unscripted moments
*giggling so much, milk starts spurting out of my nose*
Paul-Cincy on July 17, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Ha.
Still find it very hard to believe his handlers want to take this risk. Barky’s not the sharpest knife in the box (at the best of times) and he’s far, far too lazy to learn his lines like a professional actor.
If they are this will be a very brief experiment that will end after he starts talking Arabic in his next press conference.
CorporatePiggy on July 17, 2012 at 4:46 PM
onlineanalyst nailed it- thread over
Bensonofben on July 17, 2012 at 4:48 PM
She like most socialist women is known as an erection-slayer.
wildcat72 on July 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM
You owe me for a whole box of kleenex! and a new monitor if this one stops working!
*note to self – Do not, repeat NOT, drink and read HA comments simultaneously.*
TASS71 on July 17, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Can we not use the term nailed it when referring to a quote referencing Andrea Mitchell? Please?
TASS71 on July 17, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Please let this idiot go “off script” more often.
ButterflyDragon on July 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Yay! Our widdle Barry BAMSTAHHHHH!!! YOYU DA MAN BAMMY BABY LOVE YA BARRY OL BUDDY OL PALLLLL!!!!YAAAHHHHH!!!
Cloud on July 17, 2 at 2 PM
cableguy615 on July 17, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Resist We Much on July 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM
Obama: “You Are Nothing Without Government!!”
http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-you-are-nothing-without.html
M2RB: Olive
Resist We Much on July 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM
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