We will soon be hearing more um, uh,you know, complete silence
doofiegirl POTL~PWCM~JLA
2012/07/17 17:10:51
Obama switches off his teleprompter President Obama is weaning himself off his 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.” Until recently, Obama was rarely seen without the two transparent panels at his side. And it’s not just Republicans who have gibed him over the high-tech help.
Obama was once mocked by “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart after he spoke inside a sixth-grade classroom with the twin teleprompters at his sides.
Even Vice President Biden piled on in teasing him.
“What am I going to tell the president when I tell him his teleprompter is broken? What will he do then?” Biden said in a 2009 speech, after a gust of wind knocked down his own teleprompter during a commencement address.
More recently, Obama’s teleprompter found its way into a new song by Hank Williams Jr., who sings, “Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago … take your teleprompters with you.” At the White House last week, when Obama was pushing his tax-extension proposal, he appeared to be without his teleprompter. But while he didn’t have the two glass panels flanking him, he referred time and again to two monitors on the left and the right of the room, the sentences in his speech inching up slowly as he spoke.
Obama aides say he will continue to speak off the cuff and hold events including town halls — like the one he attended in Cincinnati on Monday — at which he won’t refer to a speech at all. But aides and observers say the teleprompter will re-emerge for the more prominent remarks.
“When he speaks at the convention, those remarks will be much more precise,” Lockhart said.
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.” Until recently, Obama was rarely seen without the two transparent panels at his side. And it’s not just Republicans who have gibed him over the high-tech help.
Obama was once mocked by “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart after he spoke inside a sixth-grade classroom with the twin teleprompters at his sides.
Even Vice President Biden piled on in teasing him.
“What am I going to tell the president when I tell him his teleprompter is broken? What will he do then?” Biden said in a 2009 speech, after a gust of wind knocked down his own teleprompter during a commencement address.
More recently, Obama’s teleprompter found its way into a new song by Hank Williams Jr., who sings, “Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago … take your teleprompters with you.” At the White House last week, when Obama was pushing his tax-extension proposal, he appeared to be without his teleprompter. But while he didn’t have the two glass panels flanking him, he referred time and again to two monitors on the left and the right of the room, the sentences in his speech inching up slowly as he spoke.
Obama aides say he will continue to speak off the cuff and hold events including town halls — like the one he attended in Cincinnati on Monday — at which he won’t refer to a speech at all. But aides and observers say the teleprompter will re-emerge for the more prominent remarks.
“When he speaks at the convention, those remarks will be much more precise,” Lockhart said.
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- Devonly 2012/07/17 19:30:13
+1It's bout time.reply - CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/07/17 18:10:32+1Pretty damn pathetic that a US President has to use a teleprompter to address 6th grade students
reply - Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/07/17 17:51:18+1Can't wait! We need some form of damn entertainment 'round here. The boob tube's all out of laughy juice! I'll make the popcorn, who'll provide the vomit receptacles? >=Preply
- Captain Kirk~POTL 2012/07/17 17:34:01+1If obie doesn`t have a teleprompter he will make a complete fool of himself!!reply
- DS in Oak Ridge NC 2012/07/17 17:26:46+1He can't say enough to distract us from all he's done to us the transform us into an America he, Michelle, Rev. Wright, Van Jones, and cohorts and cronies can admire.reply
