Speaking sans teleprompter is above his pay grade.

Perhaps if Bush had used a teleprompter more, he wouldn't have been perceived as a buffoon.

Gee, I think Obama is a buffoon even WITH a teleprompter.

"Perhaps if Bush had used a teleprompter more, he wouldn't have been perceived as a buffoon."

Good one Brian. Still bringing up Bush. Changing the subject of the discussion. How long to we have to wait until you no longer bring up Bush?

You don't like people pointing out that your man is a one trick pony?

When I get tired of pointing out the comparisons between how certain events are reported and discussed between the last two Presidents I'll tell you. I'm a looooooong ways away.

So remember "debate-gate"? How stupid Bush was because he couldn't do a debate without Cheney or whoever "giving him the answers"? 'member all that? Or is it memory-hole time?

(Consider also that virtually NO TV broadcasters bought into that idiocy. They know damn well that when someone starts yakkin' in their ear when they are talking, it totally throws their game off. It's virtually impossible to talk in a natural manner when someone is jabbering in your earpiece. That's why you see them yank the thing out sometimes when they are on the air. Now go tell that to the BDS idiot brigades and note their blank stares.)

So now the whole planet knows the One is being teleprompted six ways from Sunday in every conceivable situation, is ignoring the press otherwise, and no one in the MSM cares. Should I be surprised? Tsha! Surprising me in this realm is tough.

By the way, this telprompter issue is gonna blow up on him one day. My prediction, you watch.

Fortunately for Obama all the press questions are already scripted.

I'll say it again: One day Slim Pickens will kick him over and say, "It's a fake!! We been suckered in!!"

He's not a great orator. Orators speak well in public. He's not a great public speaker. He's a great public READER.

"'It's just something presidents haven't done,' said Martha Joynt Kumar"

Well the elemenary school kids keep saying how this is a "historic" presidency after all...

Sadly in so many ways...

Obama has a lot of flashy style but no substance. He is a great reader, but not really a great speaker.
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All style no substance. Many of us have known that since well before the election. Some are just now finding out! *Sigh*

I guess you guys must have missed his interview with O'Reilly and his first press conference last month. He didn't have a teleprompter on those occasions, and spoke very eloquently.

I guess you guys must have missed his interview with O'Reilly and his first press conference last month.

The O'Reilly interview was answering questions. You'd have to look at the tape to find something to suddenly remember was "memorable".

As for his first press conference. I marveled at how he stalled for time on each question, trying to look as though he was in deep thought. A press conference with 13 soft ball questions. "Mr President are there any ALLEGED terrorists in Pakistan?".

For God's sake, why did someone have to wake up Helen Thomas?

The man is a human morse code machine...Uh Uh Uh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Uh Uh Uh...

God forbid the guy make thoughtful noises when he's being thoughtful.

Normal human beings don't communicate using a bevvy of memorized soundbytes, and thus to give the best answer, the guy thinks. You would prefer that he simply utter the first words that come to mind? Well, Preznits like that only come along once in awhile, and they only get to serve two terms.

Some of you sincerely believe he's an idiot, but you don't graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law with the alcohol-shriveled brain of a frat boy. You grew used to a leader who simply made decisions, but now you have one who also thinks, and is pretty good at it. He became POTUS despite having Hussein for a middle name and being a black politician from a liberal city--far more impressive than being a PNAC-approved son of a former President.

But then his thoughtfulness would be worrisome to people who laugh with Sarah Palin and not at her. Only another three years until you can throw yourselves at the feet of another unapologetically ignorant Presidential candidate. Palin/Plumber 2012! Pass the paint chips!

Wait... so now taking a moment to think things through is the accepted norm for the Libtards? Where were you when Bush was getting lambasted for waiting and thinking things through after the first plane hit the North Tower WTC instead of taking immediate action.

Oh that's right. 2 different sets of rules for different political parties. My bad, I should have remembered that part.

Obama has mastered Political Karaoke!

Change!

I could care less about his teleprompter.

I'm more concerned with his lackluster appreciation for the collapse of the stock market.

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I think he care more about his teleprompter than the economy.

OOPS!
That's "cares".

Perhaps if Bush had used a teleprompter more, he wouldn't have been perceived as a buffoon.

LOL! Spoken so true!

you people need to get serious. the dow has been cut in half!! 6800!! it was 14000 in sept. '07!! this ain't no joke. this is serious stuff people.

graduate magna cum laude

Has anyone ever actually seen BO's grades? How about his college transcripts?

Didn't think so.

Guess there's nothing there to be proud of.

Or could there be something there he doesn't want the peasant masses to see?

I think he has trained like an actor to read a speach a certain way. I think he has watched a lot of Denzel Washingtons movies and does a good impersonation. He probably built on that. His prepared speaches from the prompter have given him time to put on the mask and say the speach in character.
When he doesn't have the teleprompter he can't do the impersonation. He has to say it all in his head..add the impersonation character..then speak. That causes all the umms..ahhs..umms. It must be distracting as hell.

"God forbid the guy make [sic] thoughtful noises when he's being thoughtful"

Thoughtful noises?

You're right. That is impressive.

God forbid the guy make [sic] thoughtful noises when he's being thoughtful

ROFL. 'Thoughtful noises'.

Yeah, so he's a noisy thinker ?

"uhh.. arghh.... |god this hurts|.... uhm... |where's the damn script|.. uuuhh arr".

I suspect that he has trouble without the TelePrompTer because he has to edit his true thoughts and feelings which are at odds with the script. Witness his slip with Joe the Plumber. Thus the Uhs and Ahs. The folks really pulling the strings want to make sure he stays on message. Thus the ever-present TelePrompTer.

Big Brother Loves You.

Best description I have heard for Obama and his coterie of advisors is that they are part of the Harvard short bus.

You know what'd be amusing? Hack his teleprompter. Try runing Monty Python sketch dialog when he's coming out with more policy speeches, and see what happens.

And I'm not even feeling that upset with the poor sap any more. He's ridiculously out of his element and WAY out of his depth, like some bad movie where a poor schmuck from the streets of Chicago has been suddenly stuck in as President, kind of like 'The Prince and the Pauper'. We're stuck in a cheap political comedy... and we can't change theaters!

I've said before I think Obama thought of the Presidency as a reward. He didn't realize it was a sentence to hard intellectual labor, and the gilded cage he so admired from outside is, in the end, just a cage he's in while he's trying to do work way beyond what he's ever done, with no clue on how to do it.

hyper, at this point you might as well quit insulting Sarah Palin. Your buddies here in the states managed to elect a pair with far less intelligence and competence combined.

Obama/Biden '08. . who knew it was their IQ?

And it is funny that you cheer them on. . . if they "succeed" at destroying the American economy, Canada dies too.

Perhaps, but our heavily regulated banking system and tel-tech sectors are doing really well, so I think we'll be fine.

My company is hiring...

Odd that no one brings up his speech writer -
a late 20's white kid. You may remember him as the clown coppin' a feel off the Hillary cardboard stand up. Was it really him who had the message that the citizenry voted for? Something to think about.

Why is this an issue?

If Bush had used a teleprompter instead of winging it he wouldn't have barfed out hundreds of "Bushisms". There are entire books devoted to Bush's mangled speeches. It's pathetic.

I'd much rather have the President take the time to read the speech as it was written and deliver the intended message. To do otherwise is foolish. He's on the world stage. Get a clue.

The only reason anyone would take issue with this is if they're petty and bitter about last year's election results.

Suck. It. Up.

Perhaps, but our heavily regulated banking system and tel-tech sectors are doing really well, so I think we'll be fine.

My company is hiring...

Good to hear, but many companies southwards of you are still doing fairly well also, for the moment. . . it's what the future holds that doesn't bode so well. For any of us.

Destroyer misses the point, that if Obama was actually capable of thinking his plans through, he'd be able to defend them without using a prepared speech. He can't. Bush mangled words, but you could tell the thoughts behind them. "Uh uhh, uh" doesn't have any thought behind it.

After a couple of weeks, I was pretty sure the theme song for the inauguration should have been "Send In The Clowns."

Now I'm wondering if maybe it should have been "Nearer My God to Thee."

Did someone conciscate the universal translator? HYUK,HYUK,HYUK