Mar 18, 2009

Obama thanked himself in teleprompter gaff

Obama and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen were set to give speeches to White House party guests.

Cowen was set to speak twice at the White House on Tuesday night because there were two different parties going on at the executive mansion. No matter -- he would give the same speech to the two different audiences.

Problem is the wrong speech appeared on the teleprompter - it was the speech Obama had just given.

Cowen stopped and looked back at the president to say, "That's your speech."

Obama returned to the podium for his speech. In doing so, Obama thanked Obama for inviting everyone over.

Was he inebriated or just too dumb to realize he was thanking himself?

It must have been quite a party. From the report at the link below:

White House fountains and sparkling wine both ran green.

On tap for the evening's festivities -- which Obama described as "rambunctious" to East Room guests -- was green sparkling wine from a California vineyard.

Obama joked about the free-flowing bar and warned his guests not to wear lampshades on their heads in front of the cameras.

Rambunctious festivities indeed!

It was a party and a rambunctious party at that! Why did they need a teleprompter at the party?

And what about the teleprompter operator - did he stay sober during the rambunctious party?

By the way, since the teleprompter operator has such a critical roll in the administration, shouldn’t he go though Senate confirmation hearings? But what if he had paid all of his taxes, would he still be confirmed?

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