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Obama Teleprompter Breaks Mid-Speech

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WASHINGTON (July 14) -- President Barack Obama had just started a spirited defense of his economic stimulus plan on Monday when one of his teleprompter screens came loose, crashed to the floor and shattered into pieces.
The gadget's fall surprised Obama, who uses a teleprompter during most speeches and even brief remarks. The glass plate displaying his speech hit the floor in the auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a massive building within the White House compound.
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"Oh, goodness," Obama said. "Sorry about that, guys."
The audience — administration officials, mayors and urban policy experts — laughed as Obama went back to his text. To finish his 11-minute remarks calling for a new policy toward the nation's cities and metropolitan areas, he used notes and the remaining teleprompter screen.
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2009-07-14 03:09:42
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bigsockmonkey

06:21 PMJul 14 2009

Why doesn't AOL, among other media, make as big a deal about Obummer's past as they do about a crashing teleprompter. Obama was never properly vetted when he threw his hat into the presidential ring. Had Obama been properly vetted a couple of years ago, the paper trail of his life - not the least of which the vault copy of his birth certificate - would be out there for everyone to know who this person really is, where he came from, who influenced his beliefs today, his scholastic and legislative achievements, etc. And then perhaps the voters would have made a better, more-informed decision about who they're putting in the White House. Seriously, doesn't it scare you people to realize that we have a "president" with ABSOLUTELY NO PAPER TRAIL WHATSOEVER to validate his personhood and his character? Some of you bleeding heart liberal Obamaniacs don't seem to give a hoot who our "president" REALLY is, where he came from, who influenced his socialist leanings today, or who is pulling the s...

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Timaloha

06:21 PMJul 14 2009

GuillermoGman 06:19 PMJul 14 2009 GuillermoGman 06:12 PMJul 14 2009 If you know and BELIEVE in what you're talking you don't need ateleprompter.@@@@@ So why has every president since Eisenhower used it?Incompetence maybe? If you want this job you should be able to persuadepeople with your own words, not with a speech someone else wrote.@@@@@@@ Every single one of our presidents in the last half century or so has been incompetent? Every single one?

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charlesqueenc

06:21 PMJul 14 2009

I can see it all now/duhhh,dddduhhh,where the hells that guy that hold up the cards with all the writing on them,I don't know what to say,ddduhhhh

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Suthern60

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

speaking of gas.. i bet that gave him gas.lmaoooo

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Whats good hens

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

REST ASSURE THAT OBAMA IS THE REAL DEAL; I MEAN, UNLESS YOU WANT HIM TO WIMP OUT ON THE JOB LIKE PALIN DID TO EARN YOUR RESPECT. IS THAT IS REPUKES?

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SrgclTch

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

Have we become a Nation of cowards? WAKE UP AMERICA! It is time to end the insanity in Washington and stop the destruction of the USA! Dictator OBAMA and his Marxist regime must be stopped! ACORN MUST BE SHUT DOWN!! Queen bee PELOSI must GO!!!

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OoLaLaFrenchGirl

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

Oh dear Lord! What have our uneducated, unmotivated Amerian voters gotten us into now? I believe that if Americans would have taken the time to actually RESEARCH this former candidate for themselves (instead of only listening to media-bias and jumping on the Hollywood bandwagon) they would reconsidered giving him their vote. I took one look at his voting record and knew immediately that this man was very bad news. Please people, please do your homework come next election. If we are fortunate enough to reach that point!

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JETMECH669

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

LOL.....LOL ....."Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change --I want to continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what the American people expect." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008

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Jjpfaffl

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

Too Bad something didn't fall and kill the Bastard !

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Stnsmok

06:20 PMJul 14 2009

Seems like if you believe in what your talking about you wouldn't have to use a teleprompter.

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