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Obama’s Teleprompter Woes cause Late Nite ribbing by Leno
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by politisite | March 19, 2009 at 03:14 pm
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Obama's Campaign made fun of John McCain for being electronically challenged. But by being so he doesn't need a working teleprompter to give a speech. In jest the right leaning blogs have been talking about a new vast Right Wing Conspiracy by slipping GOP talking points into one of the Teleprompter Dependent President's Speeches.
As Obama walks on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening, it has been reported that the writers have slipped in a few ribs about Obama's recent Teleprompter challenges.
As you probably know, President Obama is taking a lot of ribbing over his use of a teleprompter. And we’re guessing Jay Leno is going to bring it up tonight.
But it’s fair game. Come on, he used one at a rodeo!
Oops
You heard about the teleprompter snafu that happened a couple days ago at the White House?
Well, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen got up to speak following President Obama’s remarks and the new script wasn’t loaded into the teleprompter.
No matter to Cowen, he just started giving President Obama’s remarks.
“We begin by welcoming today a strong friend of the United States,” Cowen began welcoming himself.
About 20 seconds later he realized he was giving the wrong speech. You can read the whole story here.
So what is Obama going to say on Leno Thursday night? Geithner is doing an "outstanding job"
(Newser) – President Obama played the role of talk-show guest tonight with Jay Leno, mixing in jokes about his bowling game (up to 129) and Final Four picks (all from swing states) with a lengthy discussion of fiscal policy, the New York Times reports. He professed himself "stunned" by the AIG bonuses, railed against Wall Street ethics, and said embattled Treasury chief Tim Geithner is doing an "outstanding job."
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at 19:32 on March 19th, 2009
Why is it good?
We see that he didn't read his own bill that he signed, giving the bonuses back to AIG, and that he didn't know about it because his own Treasury Sec didn't tell him, after the T-Sec had the clause inserted, re-writing Dodd's original bill.
That is not a man who need to go on Leno. That is a man who needs to roll up his sleeves and cut out the Wednesday parties and get to work, reading his own bills, for the first thing on the agenda.
at 21:39 on March 19th, 2009
From Media ignore Bush Treasury Department role in last year's AIG bailouts, notwithstanding bonus packages :
at 15:55 on March 19th, 2009
That'll learn em
at 19:23 on March 19th, 2009
Its good that he goes on talk shows!
at 21:08 on March 19th, 2009
Well said. That's why he needs to go on Leno. Its all PR. Let me explain why I didn't screw up
at 00:23 on March 20th, 2009
Karen,
I am upset equally with Bush and Obama. The problem here is the Senators did not READ the bill they passed. The current President signed the Bill they passed. I disagree with Govt bailouts period Republican or Democrat. One does need to look at where the money flowed. Dodd received over 500K in campaign contributions from Banks. Obama number 2 with over 100K. Bush received almost nothing from Banks. Who had the most to gain by shining on the Banking industry. Clearly it was democrats.
You can't cry Big oil for the GOP and not Cry Finance and Pharmas for Democrats.
The Bill that passed the house does not pass constitutional muster. Nearly 90 Republicans voted for it as well. Bottom line is, I am not happy with either parties idea of fiscal and constitutional responsibility right now.