Comments on: Obama’s Teleprompter Commits Suicide http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/ "Let that be a lesson to you, boys and girls. Don't ever argue with the Big Dog because the Big Dog is always right" Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:03 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134344 Blake Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:50:33 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134344 Because it drives you bonkers, that's why- for us this is entertaining- besides, your side did this same kind of thing with GWB,and so we feel turnabout is fair play, no? Because it drives you bonkers, that’s why- for us this is entertaining- besides, your side did this same kind of thing with GWB,and so we feel turnabout is fair play, no?

]]> By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134315 Blake Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:23:50 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134315 I still find it absurd AND idiotic that lefties hated Bush the way they did when 1)- it should have been clear just what needed to be done, and 2)- Bush was better in every way than either Gore, or Kerry would have been. After all, we could be where we are now, back in 2001, if Goreski was prez. Oh, to have eight years of what we must endure until 2012- what a nightmare. I still find it absurd AND idiotic that lefties hated Bush the way they did when 1)- it should have been clear just what needed to be done, and 2)- Bush was better in every way than either Gore, or Kerry would have been.
After all, we could be where we are now, back in 2001, if Goreski was prez.
Oh, to have eight years of what we must endure until 2012- what a nightmare.

]]> By: Savonarola http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134276 Savonarola Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:28 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134276 DOG Gutted, is this what you call gutting an argument? SAV No, I called the observable fact that Obama isn't a bumbling idiot without a teleprompter a gutting of the argument that Obama is nothing without a teleprompter. DOG It is tough to think of something that will mean nothing to anyone but sound good. SAV Now Dog, just because you don't understand a statement doesn't mean it means nothing... DOG I don’t use a TP when I speak publicly. I use my written notes and I don’t uh and stammer. SAV Try speaking publicly taking questions from the audience. I do this every day, and it can be a challenge to select words that maximize understanding and minimize possible confusion. Thus, I end up with pauses and rewordings. Does this mean that I'm unsure of myself or that I don't know my subject matter? No, that's ridiculous. I'm still, <i>still</i> finding it absurd that the righties are still going bonkers about this when (1) it's fabricated, (2) it's a non-issue and (3) GWB was worse about it in every measurable way. DOG
Gutted, is this what you call gutting an argument?

SAV
No, I called the observable fact that Obama isn’t a bumbling idiot without a teleprompter a gutting of the argument that Obama is nothing without a teleprompter.

DOG
It is tough to think of something that will mean nothing to anyone but sound good.

SAV
Now Dog, just because you don’t understand a statement doesn’t mean it means nothing…

DOG
I don’t use a TP when I speak publicly. I use my written notes and I don’t uh and stammer.

SAV
Try speaking publicly taking questions from the audience. I do this every day, and it can be a challenge to select words that maximize understanding and minimize possible confusion. Thus, I end up with pauses and rewordings. Does this mean that I’m unsure of myself or that I don’t know my subject matter? No, that’s ridiculous.

I’m still, still finding it absurd that the righties are still going bonkers about this when (1) it’s fabricated, (2) it’s a non-issue and (3) GWB was worse about it in every measurable way.

]]> By: Big Dog http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134259 Big Dog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:39 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134259 Gutted, is this what you call gutting an argument? Gutted, is this what you call gutting an argument?

]]> By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134252 Blake Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:29:44 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134252 Biden's Teleprompter has dyslexia. Yea, that's it, that's the ticket. Biden’s Teleprompter has dyslexia. Yea, that’s it, that’s the ticket.

]]> By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134250 Blake Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:10:12 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134250 Mike, that's not a joke, that's a calculated move. Mike, that’s not a joke, that’s a calculated move.

]]> By: Blake http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134249 Blake Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:08:13 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134249 Personally, I thought he was idiotic in the debates, and didn't need to point that out, but there you are-He is very good at saying a lot without any meaning to it. Typical lawyerese- but never answering any questions. Kind of like trying to hold a greased eel. Personally, I thought he was idiotic in the debates, and didn’t need to point that out, but there you are-He is very good at saying a lot without any meaning to it. Typical lawyerese- but never answering any questions.
Kind of like trying to hold a greased eel.

]]> By: Big Dog http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134239 Big Dog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:42:16 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134239 I have heard Obama speak in interviews (from the past) and in the debates. You call it thinking on the fly and maybe it was. It is tough to think of something that will mean nothing to anyone but sound good. Obama stammered and used a lot of uhs. He is a good talker but he uses that TP for a reason. He does not want to mess up. Besides, he can use notes. He is unsure of himself. I don't use a TP when I speak publicly. I use my written notes and I don't uh and stammer. I have heard Obama speak in interviews (from the past) and in the debates. You call it thinking on the fly and maybe it was. It is tough to think of something that will mean nothing to anyone but sound good.

Obama stammered and used a lot of uhs. He is a good talker but he uses that TP for a reason. He does not want to mess up. Besides, he can use notes.

He is unsure of himself. I don’t use a TP when I speak publicly. I use my written notes and I don’t uh and stammer.

]]> By: Savonarola http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134238 Savonarola Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:31:18 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134238 DOG Notice the heading. SAV Don't worry, I did. But the entry would have made no sense without the asinine rightwing assault on Obama's using a teleprompter. The heart of the argument is completely, <i>completely</i> gutted by a simple observation of the facts. You object, citing question aversion and "uh"s. "Uh"s occur for everybody when thinking on the fly; they're not particularly indicative of anything except a pause for thought. Question aversion is common, but Obama didn't avoid every question. He certainly did better than McCain in the first debate. (The other two were a complete waste of time. Actually, the first one mostly was, too.) DOG
Notice the heading.

SAV
Don’t worry, I did. But the entry would have made no sense without the asinine rightwing assault on Obama’s using a teleprompter. The heart of the argument is completely, completely gutted by a simple observation of the facts.

You object, citing question aversion and “uh”s. “Uh”s occur for everybody when thinking on the fly; they’re not particularly indicative of anything except a pause for thought. Question aversion is common, but Obama didn’t avoid every question. He certainly did better than McCain in the first debate. (The other two were a complete waste of time. Actually, the first one mostly was, too.)

]]> By: Savonarola http://www.onebigdog.net/obamas-teleprompter-commits-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-134237 Savonarola Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:23:54 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/?p=7188#comment-134237 BLAKE your guy does not speak as well without a script, SAV Let's presume you mean, "Obama does not speak as well without a script as with a script." That's true. Of course, that's not saying much at all, because that would be true for 99% of the population, including GWB. If you meant, "Obama does not speak without a script as did GWB without a script," well, you need to see a psychiatrist. I notice that you didn't bother trying refuting my point that Obama does just fine without a teleprompter as evidenced by the debates. BLAKE
your guy does not speak as well without a script,

SAV
Let’s presume you mean, “Obama does not speak as well without a script as with a script.” That’s true. Of course, that’s not saying much at all, because that would be true for 99% of the population, including GWB.
If you meant, “Obama does not speak without a script as did GWB without a script,” well, you need to see a psychiatrist.

I notice that you didn’t bother trying refuting my point that Obama does just fine without a teleprompter as evidenced by the debates.

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