Thread: Funnier than spelling potato with an "e"

Originally Posted by JMS

There you go commiecat, I fixed it for you.
I wonder if he uses a teleprompter when lecturing his daughters

Way to spin it! Now we hate our President because he prepares for his speeches and delivers them well.

How petty.

why would he have to prepare a speech to little kids? i would like him more if we went to them and winged it. show the kids that he can think on his feet and not just read words off of a sheet. it is a little pathetic that he would need a written statement for little kids i can understand masses of voters but little kids come-on.

Originally Posted by Bunny

why would he have to prepare a speech to little kids? i would like him more if we went to them and winged it. show the kids that he can think on his feet and not just read words off of a sheet. it is a little pathetic that he would need a written statement for little kids i can understand masses of voters but little kids come-on.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he was also speaking to the media.

Originally Posted by commiecat

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he was also speaking to the media.

So, you think it was a photo opportunity do you. I do too. You would think one of his trusted aides would've taken him to the side and say "You know what Barry, I dont think those teleprompters are a good idea in a sixth grade class, it just wouldnt look good"

Originally Posted by JMS

So, you think it was a photo opportunity do you. I do too. You would think one of his trusted aides would've taken him to the side and say "You know what Barry, I dont think those teleprompters are a good idea in a sixth grade class, it just wouldnt look good"

It was a planned visit. Look, here's the video from his visit:
Raw Video: The President and Secretary Duncan Meet 6th Graders | The White House

He spoke to the kids without teleprompters. He brought out the teleprompters for his planned speech to the media. Here's the transcript of that speech:
Remarks by the President on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School | The White House

I guess that after the last administration it is a bit funny to see a President deliver a good, prepared speech to the nation without stumbling over basic punctuation.

Originally Posted by commiecat

It was a planned visit. Look, here's the video from his visit:
Raw Video: The President and Secretary Duncan Meet 6th Graders | The White House

He spoke to the kids without teleprompters. He brought out the teleprompters for his planned speech to the media. Here's the transcript of that speech:
Remarks by the President on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School | The White House

I guess that after the last administration it is a bit funny to see a President deliver a good, prepared speech to the nation without stumbling over basic punctuation.

Thanks for setting the record straight. I still think its a funny picture. It does make me curious though how often Cheney and Bush were taken out of context. Do you think its possible? I mean if it was done to Obama it could just as easily been done to many other presidents and political figures.

Makes you think doesn't it?

Originally Posted by JMS

Thanks for setting the record straight. I still think its a funny picture. It does make me curious though how often Cheney and Bush were taken out of context. Do you think its possible? I mean if it was done to Obama it could just as easily been done to many other presidents and political figures.

Makes you think doesn't it?

Absolutely possible. I do have sympathy for Bush in that mass media rapidly progressed under him and everything he did and said was recorded and scrutinized, which I think he handled well. Had Clinton been our President during that time frame there probably would have been text messages and photos from Lewinsky's phone.

Yeah I found it's pretty funny, even though the facts don't quite match what is implied. Funny in the same way a cartoon is funny.

I don't have much problems with people preparing for delivering an important speech. may be you think steve jobs improvises his keynote addresses too.

I'm sure those of you who have done an occasional public speech you know the importance of preparation. I've sat through far too many poor deliveries and the pain doesn't even compare to watching the speaker use a teleprompter. And yes the best occasional public speakers I know practice too even after decades of doing it.

Allright keep it gentle, men
No need to draw lines in the sand.

Originally Posted by gugi

I'm sure those of you who have done an occasional public speech you know the importance of preparation. I've sat through far too many poor deliveries and the pain doesn't even compare to watching the speaker use a teleprompter. And yes the best occasional public speakers I know practice too even after decades of doing it.

I sometimes had to lecture tech seminars, and I remember the hours and hours that went into the preparation for a 40 minute talk. And that is of course not including the mental aspect of standing in front of an attentive audience which makes me all queasy.

I have the honor of being able to call several 'famous' tech ed speakers my friends, and I know that they put a LOT of preparation in their talks. They know their stuff and they practise how to deliver for hours.

Otoh I know this guy frm microsoft research who is one of the big brains in the research department and who held a talk on formal language design that was so awkward that I left the room halfway through.

That said, a few written notes would have been more natural feeling for a classroom speech to 6th graders.

Originally Posted by commiecat

It was a planned visit. Look, here's the video from his visit:
Raw Video: The President and Secretary Duncan Meet 6th Graders | The White House

He spoke to the kids without teleprompters. He brought out the teleprompters for his planned speech to the media. Here's the transcript of that speech:
Remarks by the President on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School | The White House

I guess that after the last administration it is a bit funny to see a President deliver a good, prepared speech to the nation without stumbling over basic punctuation.

Gee--so Commiecat did ...oh what's that called?..oh, right-he fact checked Mark's original post. Mark obviously didn't fact check before his posted something that was misleading.
Fact checking before you post: what a novel idea!
Kudos to commiecat
something else to mark...