Special Captionfest: Obama's Big Screen Teleprompter

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Wow

I hope that is in HD.Maybe they can get a screen like those in movie theaters.

Proof

I'm thinking this is more proof that Obama is merely a figurehead for those really in charge.  They can tell him what to say and even how to say it. 

Since government is coercion, politics is largely the exercise of deception regarding the intended use of coercion - George Orwell

Listen here

Ignore the man behind the curtain!

I said; IGNORE THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! 

If his tax payer funded

If his tax payer funded teleprompter gets any bigger it would rival the screen in the movie "1984". Maybe next time Obama can sit in the back and let everyone read his address for himself. 

"DumbAssity of Dope"

wait...CNN was gushing on

wait...CNN was gushing on their website at how there was NO teleprompter there, and that the President was comfortable and putting us all at ease.

did CNN lie to me? 

 

CNN was gushing on their

CNN was gushing on their website at how there was NO teleprompter there

Right..  and on this big screen they were running videos of Billy May selling Oxyclean.. 

Didn't you learn anything

Didn't you learn anything from the Clinton years?  CNN was being absolutely truthful.  That's not a teleprompter, it's a big-a$$ TV screen!

Suckered again.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

"did CNN lie to me? "

"did CNN lie to me?  "

CNN lie? CNN? Hahahahahahahahahahaha!   Heeheeheehee!  Hehheh! 

Yes.

Gary

"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad

Politicians

Who in their right mind attends a news conference with a teleprompter? 

JDW

DAILY WAVE

The government works for me, not the other way around

'the one' that's who - and that part about 'right mind' makes my

answer moot! 

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

Light Worker

Oh No!  The Light Worker has been in the ethereal light so long he's going blind! 

<sarc off>

What they didn't show us...

And behind TOTUS, facing out towards the press, there was another teleprompter flashing titles like: "Ask softball questions", "You still love Obama", and "Don't tick off The One'"...

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Next time they do this, some

Next time they do this, some brave soul needs to stand directly in front of it to 'ask a question.'  And not move.

It would be funny to hear

It would be funny to hear Obama shout out down in front.

Down in front!

And he walks in with a tub of buttered popcorn and a 64 oz Soda!

lol

I could see that..lol

caption

I'm afraid I can't do that Barry!

_____________________________________________________
Obama does not perform as advertised.  I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.

Nice photoshop, is that your

Nice photoshop, is that your doing?

yes, thanks!

it was very on the fly :)

Woo hoo, kata!

That was hillarious.....you hacked TOTUS!

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

LOL!

The One would not be POTUS without TOTUS.

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

michaelyon-online.com

You should post that

You should post that elsewhere (link your blog/NB/etc); it could go viral. I like how the text realistically sits on the screen.

alas

I am blogless ;)

katainkent

HEE-LARIOUS!  Great work!

Obamaprompter

Maybe they should position the teleprompter in front of the camera and we can read what the FOTUS (Fraud of the United States) has to say instead of having to look at him.

 

Shovel-ready project

Shrink this monitor to a contact lens.

"Fight the good fight every moment
It's your only way"  Triumph

Thursday Town Hall

Just learned Obama will know questions in advance 

JDW

DAILY WAVE

The government works for me, not the other way around

That is such bull-barack. 

That is such bull-barack.  Next time I have to take my certification exam, I'm going to demand to know the questions in advance.  I'll let y'all know how that goes...

 

obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.

Working Out Details

People will be able to watch Obama respond to the most popular questions posted on whitehouse.gov in real time, knowing them in advance, all done on YouTube. 

Will this attempt make-up for the rest? 

JDW

DAILY WAVE

The government works for me, not the other way around

most popular questions?

sanitized for our protection, I'm sure.

_____________________________________________________
Obama does not perform as advertised.  I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.

Caption:  Members of the

Caption:  Members of the WH Press corps wait patiently for the signal to turn around and read the President's speech.

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson

mb... I'm LOL...good

mb...

I'm LOL...good one!

Glad I read some of the posts first...your line of thinking was where I was gonna' go!

→ Sit down people

If you people in the back will sit down, President Teleprompter has a few words.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

What I'm wondering is, if

What I'm wondering is, if this guy has to have a teleprompter for everything he says AND still manages to hem and haw like an idiot with one, where are the slanders and cartoons comparing him to an ape for being an idiot?  I mean, come on, fair is fair.  

 

Someone ought to "accidentally" kick over the teleprompter next time.  While he's reading from it.

 

obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.

this is what it looks like

when the teleprompter goes out.

_____________________________________________________
Obama does not perform as advertised.  I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.

This video should be

This video should be plastered on every blog ...everyone who voted for this empty suit raise your hand!

You really have to read the

You really have to read the copy in this "gaggle" to get the flavor of how far the MSM bends over to excuse Obama.

THE GAGGLE: "Instead, Obama did what John McCain used to do during the campaign "

Oh really. McCain did this at Press Conferences? Prove it. Oh -- and what the frack has this to do with John McCain anyway? He was the old duffer wasn't he?

THE GAGGLE: "It shows how worried Obama is about getting his words exactly right."

No it shows that Presdient Obama cannot even give a short statement from memory. That he cannot think on his feet. And that he's the most unqualified man ever to hold the office.

Obama Amends The Constitution
Check out the poster @ Hollycrud checker-outers

what the television viewer did not see

When the reporters were asking their questions, the big screen read:

I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!

A small child...

A small child cries out, "But he has nothing inside!" From An Emperor's New Teleprompter

"The Emperors new Teleproompter"

"Don't throw off his Teleprompter"

All I can say is...

sham-WOW! 

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

The man is a fraud!!!!!!

What a pitiful, pretentious, pointless, pile of poo. If anyone could be encouraged by what Obama read and in his unique, hesitating, and annoying answers to simple questions must be drinking their favorite flavor of Kool-Aid. The man needs to go, the sooner the better. I didn't vote for the charlatan, I voted for McCain, but that shouldn't mean Obama gets a clear path to destroy America, no matter the majority of like minded, brain dead voters. Shouldn't the Constitution and the past mean more to America's future than a simple, present day majority. Tell me, who is going to make it through the next 3+ years? I might not....

 

The guy is going to get us all killed!!!!

Where's the birth certificate? Doesn't FOIA apply here??

I believe he is pushing all this stuff because he knows we will soon find out he is NOT qualified according to the Constitution to be president! 

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

It was so Barry could watch the NCAA Tournament

Yeah, thats the ticket!

Maybe we should start referring to him as "The Clueless One"?

Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!

www.loyaltoliberty.com

Has this man no shame?!

TOTUS is broken-hearted because of Barry's use of the flat screen

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

OMO, mizflame

Thank you for the link....TOTUS had his feelings hurts.

Did you read the comments?  Our own 10ksnooker wrote to TOTUS:

TOTUS, Big Guy did look so much better without doing the tennis neck thing, staring straight ahead, deer in the headlights like. But is the flat screen portable, and what do you do for an auditoriums when the rear wall is so far far away. Reading with binoculars is probably going to be noticed.

That blog is hillarious. 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

TOTUS has friends.

I saw that Barry's blackberry tried to console TOTUS

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Blonde, If the OAF is ever in a stadium, he'll use a Jumbotron.

Then his adoring minions may all speak in one sloppy voice.

P.R.I.N.T. Money   30 sec YT 

→ Pay no attention

Pay no attention to the screen behind the gathering!


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

OOPS! Overheard but not recorded at last night's get-together...

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the press, and good evening my fellow comrades--oops--Americans---my name is Rahm Emanuel and I..[shut that damn thing off!]"

I still want to know

If TOTUS was blinking would 0 stutter?

Hanover...Very good. His

Hanover...Very good. His mind stutters all the time. The answer is yes. ;+}

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded

I absolutely abhor his 3-word cadence manner of speaking!

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

§ I am your Father Luke...er...Barry...

You are now under my control.

"I am not the President"...

Hehehehe....Obama falls for it EVERY Time!!!

Ster.

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

→ Orion

"Orion Corporation?"

"The teleprompter was trying to tell me Oreo Corporation"


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Naughty, naughty.

That TV_monitor is getting cocky now. 

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Are there any shots of the

Are there any shots of the teleprompter with meaningful information on it?  Before I jump to a conclusion here, I'd like to see what was actually read from the prompter.  

Exactly

There is nothing in that picture that would prove Obama was reading from a teleprompter during a news conferrence.  He certainly woudn't has been using what was on the screen to answer a question at a news conference.

Here you go.

found_one.

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Thank you

Thank you mizflame98 for showing that the TOTUS has no clothes!

You should have newsbusters

You should have newsbusters use this shot instead.  Thanks.  However, I know how alarmed everyone is that the president uses a teleprompter to make speeches.  (Gasp!)  Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't every president used a prompter to give speeches since the invention of the thing?

No.

Not to the level that Obama uses them.  He's thoroughly addicted to TOTUS.  He uses it for EVERYTHING.

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

I'd be interested to see the

I'd be interested to see the statistics of Obama's prompter use versus previous presidents.  Anyone who can find that wins a big red balloon! (I'll pay)

read the article.

Obama’s reliance on the teleprompter is unusual — not only because he is famous for his oratory, but because no other president has used one so consistently and at so many events, large and small.

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090305/pl_politico/19663

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

~Hello again

Obama has relied on a teleprompter through even the shortest
announcements and when repeating the same lines on his economic
stimulus plan that he's been saying for months — whereas past
presidents have mostly worked off of notes on the podium except during
major speeches, such as the State of the Union.

 

That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel. 

My new friend!

I guess I just don't have a problem with this.  I know, everyone is going to jump on me for bringing up W, but wouldn't you rather have a president who comes across as being well spoken, as opposed to one who...hm...isn't?  If he needs a prompter for this, so be it.  We should be more concerned with his policy rather than how it is delivered.

On a side note, the monitor shown in this picture is not that big.  Doesn't everyone by now own a similar LCD or plasma?

→ Good point

Is the next generation of President Control going to be a receiver in the ear?

A high-tech Rasputin pulling the strings.

Nahhh, I don't think any of us would have a problem with it.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

What are the odds that right

What are the odds that right now the President doesn't have a receiver in his ear?  I think we're there already. 

~"Comes across"

Isn't the same as "actually is" well spoken. 

Doesn't everyone by now own a similar LCD or plasma?

Excuse me, had to stop laughing before I could type. First of all, that sounds like the type of asinine comment Obama would make. 

Second, no. Don't you remember? We're all struggling with inescapable poverty. We need 'redistributive change'.

 

 

That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel. 

Obama certainly has his

Obama certainly has his moments.  And hey, that 2nd link was cheating.  No splicing!  But the 1st one certainly belongs in the hall of fame with this champ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A 

And oh yeah - the TV comment.  Anyone else care to argue?  Didn't everyone go out and spend their George Bush stimulus check as instructed? 

~Was that supposed to be a link?

 

That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel. 

how about at a rodeo?

at least the prompter gets to go outdoors on occassion

Good catch

Good work mizflame. Let's also note that this is no less a teleprompter than the other kind of teleprompter. For decades Presidents have used old fashioned TV display teleprompters like this one. This may even be President George W. Bush's old teleprompter.

But pay no mind to the trolls. One of their favorite tactics is to send us off on their demand for proof of something obvious.

You would think the TOTUS

You would think the TOTUS would be worthy of a larger security detail than just one man.

TOTUS as a non-human should

TOTUS as a non-human should get robot guards.  If I were non-human, human guards would make me nervous.

Obama's new book

I just caught the title of Obama's upcomming book.  It's sure to be a hit. 

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Obama, off camera: "I'm

Obama, off camera: "I'm telling you I do not need glasses. I am The Obama. I will always have perfect eyes. Can you bring that teleprompter a little closer?"

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded

for looks only.

His eyesight is perfect.  Really.

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Mizflame... excellent! 

Mizflame... excellent!  Looks like a confused cyborg.

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded

No "Ugh's" for TOTUS

A little off topic, but I just watched this video at American Thinker, "If Republicans Had Any Guts", of Daniel Hannan, a conservative member of Parliament that our pols all need to watch. Where are the conservative members of our House or Senate that would stand up and say this to Obama and his henchmen? Instead our Republican so-called conservatives use Rush, Hannity, and Levin for cover so they don't have to appear to nakedly against Obama. Do you want Obama to succeed or not??? Where's your balls??? Shriveled up inside, it looks like. Kudos to Mr. Hannan.

The pols are still leaving it up to the talkers with the targets on their backs, taking every opportunity to run the opposite direction and not cover their backs ala the "fairness doctrine". Read Mark Levin's new book. If the pols can't grow a set, the voters are going to have to.

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

michaelyon-online.com

Warning

Megaprompter:  I'm telling you Barry, if  I so much as think that that pipsqeak Tele is anywhere near here you're gonna pay!  You read me Barry? I mean it! I swear to you I'll go blank! Or, or, I'll freeze up! Right in the middle of a sentence! Or better yet, I'll start scrolling the Irish Prime Ministers speach! You got me Barry!?

Barry:  I'm.  Telling . You.  Barry.  If.  I...

Gary

"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad

I'm going to wait patiently

I'm going to wait patiently for the day the telepromter asks the simpleton Chuck Todd when he is going to sacrifice?

It is fitting that OPTUS is

It is fitting that OPTUS is seated in the middle of the press corp who are all doing their best to save the failed Presidency of Barack H. Obama.

Obama

Jessie R. Hamby       Why do we need a president if the telepromter is the brains? Lets get rid of him & keep the machine!                         Who is his speech writer?          I would get rid of him too.                     The king is dead.........................Long live the TELEPROMTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                           

Lip-Sync

Someone today suggested that Obammy record his speeches ahead of time, to avoid teleprompter foulups, then he can lip-sync their 'live delivery'.

Yeah, just what we need.

Obama Vanilli.

"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot

Teleprompter Douche...

...Is so in love with himself that he just can't keep his fugly mug on television enough. His egocentrism is so blatant it's going beyond the pale.

The new-fangled "Big screen" version of his teleprompter was hilarious. I laughed out loud!

I shan’t rant pedantic [or potty mouthed]. 

You're welcome.

P.S. I get two root canals tomorrow. I'm NOT a happy camper. LOL!

Caption Fest

It's an embarrassing picture. Can you imagine had Bush started such a thing? Obama's a buffoon. 

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

IT'S TOTUS!

You rook mahwaless, Totus!

TELEPROMPTER

Do I use my "presidental" voice to read this part?