The real reason is that there was no outrage. He knew about the bonuses long before that. He was gauging the response of the people and determining how best to PLAY them.
Joe: Precisely. Nothing more, nothing less. We're being played like a deck of cards - At least some of us. Nice nickname - Common Sense is all that is required to see through this president and his empty promises of hope and transparency. Shame on us for allowing our most powerful office to be tarnished in this way. Bush was bad, but this is no comparison; the Blame-Bush syndrome is already out of steam.
i love it when people mention how obama uses a teleprompter when giving speeches. just curious, can any of the pinheads who point this out tell me one president who hasn't used a teleprompter since the invention of the teleprompter. bush jr. was so bad at reading that they actually had to spell words phonetically for him. you people are hilarious.
cristo: It's not that he uses a teleprompter sometimes, it's that only occasionally he DOESN'T. It is unusual for a president to rely so heavily on a prompter, especially one that was propped up light a God during the campaign. For him to use it even in small meetings at manufacturing plants is unusual.
Tell the truth Obama. Your teleprompter got a virus and you had to have your IT staff clean it up so your prepackaged response could be loaded onto it.
If you hadn't noticed, Obama rarely speaks without a teleprompter. He read his speech yesterday off a large-screen TV in the back of the room. No, I'm not kidding.
watch?v=rGswD1FnRIQ
So this makes it a bit humorous for him to say he 'likes to know what he's talking about' when he generally doesn't talk about anything, he reads a teleprompter. Get it?
Jume: That's why I said he read the speech off the teleprompter. He was asked about why he hadn't made a statement. His AIG statements, in his speech, was scripted. I don't follow how my point suspends reason. The only one in this situation suspending reason.
Criticizing Obama for using a teleprompter isn't slander. And yes, I realize he is my president. Spare me the emotional manipulation, as if to say it is wrong to question his behavior because doing so is not patriotic. How typical.
jume: Sry, incomplete thought on the first paragraph. The only person suspending reason seems to be you - Obama rarely speaks without his trusty teleprompter. When he does, bad things seem to happen. He separates himself from the AIG debacle and tries to side with Americans and be outraged when his own Administration generated the problem and should be blamed.
1. I would expect anyone giving a speech or statement in public to have prepared remarks from which s/he reads. I give presentations often, for instance, and I have bullet points on my slides that remind me to discuss certain points in certain orders. No president has ever committed official statements to memory. None. They all use teleprompters or sheets of paper.
2. He responded to over a dozen questions. How does this response to an impertinent question imply incompetence?
jume: There's a HUGE difference between prepared remarks and reading a teleprompter. Huge.
Impertinent?! How is waiting DAYS to make a statement about an issue so inflaming that people are sending DEATH THREATS to executives and their families. Wow.
Obama waiting days to make a statement on AIG is par for the course - he waited almost 5 days to sign the porkulus bill, and we didn't even have time for anyone in Congress, let alone America, to read it.
My friend. Please, what is the difference between reading one's prepared remarks and reading said remarks off a teleprompter. I wanted to be sure of what I say before speaking, so I looked up the definition for TelePrompTer |ˈteləˌpräm(p)tər|
noun trademark
a device used in television and moviemaking to project a speaker's script out of sight of the audience.
Everyone uses teleprompters, It is next to impossible to commit that many words to memory in the right order.
jume: I already explained the difference. It's the same reason when you are in a speech class you can't stand up there and read a paper. You have to be able to show you know what you're talking about. Notes are one thing, but when someone, especially a leader, stands in from of his people and reads a speech to them it's very uninspiring and doesn't create a sense of confidence in them.
You're making this too complicated. Your definition says it all: SCRIPT.
Secondly, The president waiting to get comprehensive information before publicly commenting on an issue as contentious as you agree it was (people sending death threats, etc) would be behavior most becoming of the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, no? For example, whenever my brothers and I got in a fight, my parents didn't yell or punish either, or both, of us until they had calmed us down and determined the root cause of the "quarrel".You're fighting ghosts otherwise
jume: Forgive me for my bluntness, but that is a ridiculous comparison. If you got in a fight with your brothers and burnt the house down, and your parents pretended it didn't happen for 3 days, would that make sense? Not so much. At a time when America is in chaos, and Congress is running amok, we need a president who will stand up in the center of the chaos and show his resolve - not hang out with Jay Leno and make jokes about disabled people. How can you so blindly defend this guy?!
I guess each of us has strong opinion on this matter (I consider the use of a teleprompter - which is common practice by heads of state, governors, and public figures, to be necessary. You consider it a lack of intellectual prowess and leadership skills). I submit to you that "speech class students" are not speaking in multiple fora each day and that their speeches have no effect on anything but their grades (the stock market won't crash if they forget their "lines"). We should agree to disagree
jume: I never said I was against prompters, I take issue with our president usng them almost every time he talks to a group of people. I have no confidence in his knowing what he's talking about. I agree to disagree, because you are wrong. : )
sexi: Only if you care more about how he says things than what he says. If so you've been seduced. How sad. You can tell a dog anything you want as long as you use a soothing voice and he'll thoughtlessly wag his tail.
That's what you get, Ed! LOL
lovejangie1 2 years ago
The real reason is that there was no outrage. He knew about the bonuses long before that. He was gauging the response of the people and determining how best to PLAY them.
CommonSenseJoe 2 years ago
Joe: Precisely. Nothing more, nothing less. We're being played like a deck of cards - At least some of us. Nice nickname - Common Sense is all that is required to see through this president and his empty promises of hope and transparency. Shame on us for allowing our most powerful office to be tarnished in this way. Bush was bad, but this is no comparison; the Blame-Bush syndrome is already out of steam.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
noob got pwned
HecG 2 years ago
How long does it take to get up to speed on AIG bonuses?? Days? Come on! It would've taken a day, tops.
whoo689 2 years ago
Because he was busy appearing on Jay Leon and 60 minutes.
reevaluate2008 2 years ago
i love it when people mention how obama uses a teleprompter when giving speeches. just curious, can any of the pinheads who point this out tell me one president who hasn't used a teleprompter since the invention of the teleprompter. bush jr. was so bad at reading that they actually had to spell words phonetically for him. you people are hilarious.
cristoballs 2 years ago
cristo: It's not that he uses a teleprompter sometimes, it's that only occasionally he DOESN'T. It is unusual for a president to rely so heavily on a prompter, especially one that was propped up light a God during the campaign. For him to use it even in small meetings at manufacturing plants is unusual.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
OBAMA IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN!!!!!!
Mrcharliebobo 2 years ago
obama is a fraud and a front for the NWO
joeyfup 2 years ago
Tell the truth Obama. Your teleprompter got a virus and you had to have your IT staff clean it up so your prepackaged response could be loaded onto it.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
what?
sexiibree08 2 years ago
If you hadn't noticed, Obama rarely speaks without a teleprompter. He read his speech yesterday off a large-screen TV in the back of the room. No, I'm not kidding.
watch?v=rGswD1FnRIQ
So this makes it a bit humorous for him to say he 'likes to know what he's talking about' when he generally doesn't talk about anything, he reads a teleprompter. Get it?
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
Actually, in responding to questions, he couldn't have been using the teleprompter - he had no idea what questions would be asked.
I understand you don't like the guy, but don't suspend reason when convenient in order to slander your president.
jumeiraboy2000 2 years ago
Jume: That's why I said he read the speech off the teleprompter. He was asked about why he hadn't made a statement. His AIG statements, in his speech, was scripted. I don't follow how my point suspends reason. The only one in this situation suspending reason.
Criticizing Obama for using a teleprompter isn't slander. And yes, I realize he is my president. Spare me the emotional manipulation, as if to say it is wrong to question his behavior because doing so is not patriotic. How typical.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
jume: Sry, incomplete thought on the first paragraph. The only person suspending reason seems to be you - Obama rarely speaks without his trusty teleprompter. When he does, bad things seem to happen. He separates himself from the AIG debacle and tries to side with Americans and be outraged when his own Administration generated the problem and should be blamed.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
OK. 2 things here:
1. I would expect anyone giving a speech or statement in public to have prepared remarks from which s/he reads. I give presentations often, for instance, and I have bullet points on my slides that remind me to discuss certain points in certain orders. No president has ever committed official statements to memory. None. They all use teleprompters or sheets of paper.
2. He responded to over a dozen questions. How does this response to an impertinent question imply incompetence?
jumeiraboy2000 2 years ago
jume: There's a HUGE difference between prepared remarks and reading a teleprompter. Huge.
Impertinent?! How is waiting DAYS to make a statement about an issue so inflaming that people are sending DEATH THREATS to executives and their families. Wow.
Obama waiting days to make a statement on AIG is par for the course - he waited almost 5 days to sign the porkulus bill, and we didn't even have time for anyone in Congress, let alone America, to read it.
One Big Ass Mistake, America.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
My friend. Please, what is the difference between reading one's prepared remarks and reading said remarks off a teleprompter. I wanted to be sure of what I say before speaking, so I looked up the definition for TelePrompTer |ˈteləˌpräm(p)tər|
noun trademark
a device used in television and moviemaking to project a speaker's script out of sight of the audience.
Everyone uses teleprompters, It is next to impossible to commit that many words to memory in the right order.
jumeiraboy2000 2 years ago
jume: I already explained the difference. It's the same reason when you are in a speech class you can't stand up there and read a paper. You have to be able to show you know what you're talking about. Notes are one thing, but when someone, especially a leader, stands in from of his people and reads a speech to them it's very uninspiring and doesn't create a sense of confidence in them.
You're making this too complicated. Your definition says it all: SCRIPT.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
Secondly, The president waiting to get comprehensive information before publicly commenting on an issue as contentious as you agree it was (people sending death threats, etc) would be behavior most becoming of the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, no? For example, whenever my brothers and I got in a fight, my parents didn't yell or punish either, or both, of us until they had calmed us down and determined the root cause of the "quarrel".You're fighting ghosts otherwise
jumeiraboy2000 2 years ago
jume: Forgive me for my bluntness, but that is a ridiculous comparison. If you got in a fight with your brothers and burnt the house down, and your parents pretended it didn't happen for 3 days, would that make sense? Not so much. At a time when America is in chaos, and Congress is running amok, we need a president who will stand up in the center of the chaos and show his resolve - not hang out with Jay Leno and make jokes about disabled people. How can you so blindly defend this guy?!
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
I guess each of us has strong opinion on this matter (I consider the use of a teleprompter - which is common practice by heads of state, governors, and public figures, to be necessary. You consider it a lack of intellectual prowess and leadership skills). I submit to you that "speech class students" are not speaking in multiple fora each day and that their speeches have no effect on anything but their grades (the stock market won't crash if they forget their "lines"). We should agree to disagree
jumeiraboy2000 2 years ago
jume: I never said I was against prompters, I take issue with our president usng them almost every time he talks to a group of people. I have no confidence in his knowing what he's talking about. I agree to disagree, because you are wrong. : )
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
it's better than stumbling on words...
sexiibree08 2 years ago
sexi: Only if you care more about how he says things than what he says. If so you've been seduced. How sad. You can tell a dog anything you want as long as you use a soothing voice and he'll thoughtlessly wag his tail.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago
Yo' mama has a teleprompter!
blackbeauty97 2 years ago
black: hehehe you got me with that one.
conservefreedom98 2 years ago