Teleprompters are evil. We should trust a politician who can't remember his own speech?

I am currently trying to hack the teleprompter system so we can rid ourselves of the "red leaf" menace. Great post, Alex!! I, for one, am OKAY with falling to the Red Menace, ice fishing, being stoned on BC Bud AND ending every sentence with "Aye."

Heck, the way this country seems to be headed, I'm closer to VOLUNTARILY becoming a Canadian than one might think! I'm sure that you've cataloged all of the speech mistakes that George Bush made. Then again maybe not. After everyone realized that he couldn't string more than three words together, they started to ignore all of his idiocy.

Of course Obama is arguing with his teleprompter. Of course it wasn't really an argument, and it was more of a request to the technician controlling the teleprompter to move the script up.

Besides with, he barely even started the sentence before realizing it was old material.

Anyway, if you think he would just blindly read off the teleprompter as you seem to suggest, you must be stuck in the Bush era.

We've got a smart president now. One who earned his grades with intelligence and not daddy's bankroll (Which only bought a C average).

But I'm sure you'll be waiting in the wings to jump on the next inane little tidbit that is meaningless and pointless without any real value to anyone.

P.S. I agree wiht Howleanne, the ice fishing and BC bud with an 'aye' to boot ain't so bad. You should probably try it... Haha NYCNoodle, don't think for a second Obama didn't have it good too!

As for the TelePrompTer, many politicians have issues with them, many will in the future.

Great Post Alex!!

I just wish my politicians knew what they were talking about... Barak. Please waterboard me instead of telepromptering me. Content Removed by RantRave Admin And yeah, yeah, sic above. I type fast and for most online, informal discussions my spelling and gramatical correctness goes out the window. Who cares... Content Removed by RantRave Admin Wow, Joyce2000. Way to take a grain of salt with this post. Like SS said, it was meant to be humorous. I guess that requires a sense of humor, which, unlike this site, are NOT a dime a dozen. Too bad chill pills don't actually exist, unless you count ritalin.

Eh, anyway... Siempre, you are HILARIOUS!!! Great reply post :) Our first Affirmative Action president.
The left will continue to prop him up because they've made him too big to fail (plus, then they'd all look stupid for their fawning, obsequious support). It's the teleprompter who will take him down in the end.

As for NYCNoodle's comment above, "But I'm sure you'll be waiting in the wings to jump on the next inane little tidbit that is meaningless and pointless without any real value to anyone." Were you talking about Obama's gaffe or your comment? Chukker, did you join just to comment on NYCNoodle's comment. That's a lot of work for not much substance. Your obvious racism sings boldly "first affirmative action president". Wow! Is that sour grapes you're eating or does it bother you that he is the second democratic president in a row to have a law degree? As for building him up too big to fail, what was the GOP strategy for GWB? You remember the guy who was reading a book to kids in Florida while the worst terrorist attack in the nation's history was being unleashed? Or the guy who put a former race horse breedeer in charge of FEMA only to realize that's not a great résumé for someone you'll need to prepare for and clean up after a hurricane. Anyway, this will make Alex really upset, but, comparing Obama and Bush really is comparing Apples to PCs. One works, is cutting edge, is user-friendly, is glitch and virus-free, and the other, well, is/was the opposite. "We've got a smart president now. One who earned his grades with intelligence and not daddy's bankroll (Which only bought a C average"

Well "NYCNOODLE," if you're so certain of this, then why, pray tell, has Obama yet to release his college records to the extent that both Bush and Kerry did in the last election? How did he go from mediocrity at a no-name California college, to an ignominious Columbia career, to the Harvard Law School? If he's SO brilliant, you'd think he'd be proud to color in the blank spaces of his academic career by releasing ALL relavent records....

But no! Because of course to do so would shed further light on the influence of characters like Percy Sutton, Khalid Mansour (Malcom X's lawyer) etc etc.....

So until Obama releases pertinent academic records, then I and many others treat his so-called "intelligence" with the same skepticism we apply to ALL beneficiaries of affirmative action. The truth hurts some, but there it is.

There is video footage still available on the web of Percy Sutton, a former NYC alderman, boasting on a local NY television show of the pivotal role played by himself, Khalid Mansour, and a Saudi prince in Obama's admission to Harvard. Watch this and refute me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcC0QAd0Ug

Release Obama's TRUE academic record, and let's just see what sort of picture it paints.... Ragnar,

I suppose there's some mystery to his undergraduate record, but it's assumed it has to be around 3.0 - 3.3, because any lower and he would not have made it in Harvard Law (even with letters of recommendation, which you seem to think is some sort of smoking gun).

However, at Harvard Law, he graduated MagnaCum Laude. Supposedly that means he had a 3.8 GPA at Harvard Law School.

I certainly think he should release his transcripts if the public wants to see them. But you can sort of see that he's no dummy, as some claim.

Just a little bit of searching on google and you can find out some general information for yourself.

Sounds like you think affirmative action is a bad thing. What about racism? It's still being fomented in a wide section of this country, despite metropolitan areas being more tolerant and progressive.

Well, there's not much I can say that will make people change their minds. This is just a forum to present our views and yell at each other right? :-)
Joyce,

I saw your post via e-mail. It sounds like you are your own perfect example of an 'average person'. Homophobic, uneducated, ignorant, shallow, and a sad example of mob mentality.

Keep watching Fox News Network, Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. You've already had enough of the Kool-Aid for the rest of us anyway.

P.S. -
He can't be the worst president in history if he hasn't even been in office for 1 year yet. (Personally I think the worst in history just left office, but that's me.)
You can't put the economic crises on his head, when it's 8 years of deregulation that lead up to this.

Have a nice day Joyce. NYCNoodle, please don't group people like Joyce with normal conservatives.

I (an average person and conservative) deleted his comment, even before it was flagged. Joyce should not be considered "normal" by anyone. Alex,

I never considered Joyce normal, only delusional. I just thought that it was interesting that Joyce considered him/herself above average seemingly.

I'm curious about normal conservatives however. Is there such a thing with the GOP leaning so far to the right these days? I think the GOP is leaning as far to the right, as the Dems are leaning to the left, so it's all relative, I guess. Siempre,

"Conservatives that still remained loyal to their party ... "

I think that's part of the problem. No voter should be "loyal to their party", they should be loyal to their values, convictions and beliefs.

I don't think pandering to a hate and fear based, right-wing culture is in keeping with the values and beliefs of true conservatives. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Wouldn't it be nice if our representatives actually sat back and considered if proposals were actually good or bad for their constituents instead of voting the party line (and I mean this for both sides)? The would be REAL representation. "No voter should be "loyal to their party", they should be loyal to their values, convictions and beliefs."

Noodle, I think this is a great statement and soemthing more people should lean towards. I consider myself a liberal conservative. Meaning, I am a conservative in most of my beliefs, but there are points of the liberal agenda that I agree with. I believe what I believe, regardless of which "side" it agrees with. "It sounds like you are your own perfect example of an 'average person'. Homophobic, uneducated, ignorant, shallow, and a sad example of mob mentality." quoted by Dear Mr. Noodle above,
Wow! It is true that all you elitists on the left, especially from urban centers and the Northeast, look at the normal American with contempt and disdain. Get yourself in check, my man. Your bigotry and stereotyping are showing.
WOW. If I hear the word Xenophobic again or neo-conservative I am going to die of laughter. Liberals, aka "survival impaired" keep picking up these cute little buzz words to keep their agenda alive. Let me clear something up for you peanut brains: Just because we don't want to live near low class, smelly people does not mean we are afraid. WE DON'T LIKE YOU. I know you all despise the thought of people being legally allowed to not like someone, but hey, guess what, IT'S ALLOWED. I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE YOU. Just keep forcing citizens who do not like each other to intermingle and see what ends up happening. Liberal ideology took hold in the 60s and this country has been going downhill ever since. Regardless of the administration, we have, as a whole, had liberal tendencies for many years...and now look at the results. Look at the youth today. A bunch of confused losers who have no concept of reality. Hey communist, oops I mean 'liberals', stick to basket weaving. You destroyed the CIA, your boy Carter set the motion for Iran hating us and the mass amounts of inflation we all know today, etc. etc. You weave baskets and paint pictures, the conservatives will take care of the rest. :) I miss having a President who can think for himself. hey you RETARD (HadToRegisterLoL) those so called "low class, smelly people" are the base for the party you so support which, by the way, is already one step into a MENTAL FACILITY. since you seem ignorant of matters and unconcerned to correct them yourself, i will do it for you. the economic success experienced by this country during your precious regan administration was based on "fake" money and credit. much the same way the great depression started the stock market crash this year was a DIRECT result of the administration pressuring banks to give out credit and administer loans without checking for evidence of employement. i am a high school student myself in fact and can agree with you completely about the broken system. bush gives me more than enough information to discuss alone. dont even mention 'no child left behind' since this was a basically ineffective sorely underfunded project. he cut 4.3 BILLION dollars for education in 2006. plus, giving business style bonuses for schools and teachers for good test scores. sounds innocent enough right? well its not. what happens in this situation is that each state determines what 'good' is creating wide ranging standards of performance in the country. in general he supported wealthy suburban schools in contrast to poor metropolitan ones. up in north carolina the school provides its sports players with everything from shoes to uniforms while i, in miami, have to pay for all of that including a 100 dollar fee to join a team. as for iran, the iranian population adores america SPECIALLY obama (so much can be said of the large part of the international community) as for inflation!!! health care is rising TWICE as fast, leaving countless families drowning in medical bills, bankrupt, and victims of foreclosure. i dont mean to sound conceded but i dont find myself a 'confused loser who has no concept of reality'. oh and by the way, i am hispanic and no, you dont have to like me. "since you seem ignorant of matters and unconcerned to correct them yourself, i will do it for you."

See, that's where you're wrong. You feel like you have the right to push your way of thinking onto others, because you are the only one that is right. It's becoming "the good of the few outweighs the good of the many".

How about trying, "The good of the whole" for once. You cannot possibly know what is best for me, you only know what is best for yourself, and you try to put me into the model you perceive for yourself.