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sofeisty (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:47 PM Original message |
Will the media show Obama's teleprompter? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Your point being...? |
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sofeisty (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. It's not hard to be eloquent when you are reading... |
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NoBorders (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oh *really*? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I was kinda wondering the same thing. I'm still waiting for a response from the OP, |
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NoBorders (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I was in college speech and debate club |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I was a musician, so I know. Still silence from the OP, eh? |
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ZinZen (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. I agree, I was in a debate club also |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Oh, so please tell us how much public speaking YOU have done, and what makes you such |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. If Obama IS using teleprompters, it hardly proves that HRC is the inherently superior choice. |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Obviously you have never done it. |
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A_Titanic_Mess (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:00 PM Original message |
The point is.... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh, I see. More childish tit-for-tat. Jesus. And you actually expect me to say "Oh, sure, |
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stahbrett (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. huh? Who cares? (eom) |
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RunningFromCongress (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. they showed them in Iowa, I think it mainly depends on the camera angle, locat and the podium height |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who the fuck cares? |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Seriously. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. so eloquent, |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. he actually has no teleprompter |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. They all use teleprompters, at least for major speeches. What's your point? |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. possibly it could be that, like W, O doesn't do well when unscripted. nt |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is that all you got? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Apparently so. But look, he / she / it has managed to get a bunch of us to pay attention to |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sometimes he uses one, sometimes he doesn't. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. In hartofrd he had a couple of note cards that he put down. I don't see what the point is either. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. ...Maybe this explains why Obama was ending his California Primary stump speeches with the words |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. God FORBID we have a candidate who actually thinks about what he's going to say before he says it |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yeah, Mr. Articulate vs. The Shrill, Strident Nag, eh? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I don't think she's shrill, strident or a nag |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. do you want read along with him? You gotta a bouncy ball? |
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Hill_YesWeWill (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. you know what? right when I read this I looked up at Obama on the tv |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. They've panned out at least twice |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. waaaaaa waaaaa |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Guys, STOP, STOP, STOP, just STOP replying to such an obvious flamebait post, PLEASE! |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I just think it's interesting when a poster cite Bill Kristol's RW mag..... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And further interesting when that poster asks a trollish questions and runs away. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Nobody ever claimed Obama was adlibbing his speeches. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. MSNBC - Tweety has lied several times about this very issue. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I was unaware of that. Still, you can't hold Obama responsible for what Tweety says about this. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. He did know better. |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why should they? |
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RunningFromCongress (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Happy? They've panned out 3 times now |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Do they ever show ANYBODY['S teleprompter??? nt |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. HOW DARE YOU!!! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Is this a major revelation? Should I be worried about it? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. who did you used to be? |
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Hill_YesWeWill (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. lol nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Actually, he almost never uses one. Tonight was unusual, probably because he had new material. NT |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. Think you missed point of article & you do know it's from a famous right wing rag, yes? |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
44. You've gotta be kidding. That author is clueless. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. I've seen Obama speak with and without a teleprompter |
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LadyVT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
47. thanks |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. OP is no longer with us. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
51. I've seen Obama speak several times |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. Who cares? nt |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's not a teleprompter, it's a "hopeprompter" |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. Op musta been the reincarnation of an ignored poster. n/t |
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