This is quite appalling! The President of the United States has been struck dumb. No, really, his lips twitch slightly and you can see his throat trying to work but actual words come there none. How the American people will cope without the rich baritone of their Commander-in-Chief droning on inspiring them onwards and upwards is not known. This terrible tragedy will have unforeseeable results.
What was that?
What's happened?
Throat cancer, or, the cat got his tongue?
No, no, much worse than that; some unmitigated swine has nicked his teleprompter! Now he faces audiences with his head going side to side like a metronome and his mouth opens and shuts but, praise the Lord, no words. No more of those sonorous platitudes which hit the floor with the sort of dull thud you might expect from dropping a dead dog.
If they catch the thieves I trust they will be given a Congressional Medal of Honour.
For a real laugh, have a look at Obama trying to speak without a teleprompter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU
When he was running for office, much was made of his cool intellectual stance, his ease with an audience, and his charisma. All completely fake.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 08:44
Beyond embarassing, 'W', and I couldn't help noticing that amongst the other YouTubes on offer was one one of 'HillBilly' farting. Alas, just having had breakfast I couldn't face it.
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 09:15
The Onion has a good take on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCyPAaubENE&feature=related
Posted by: Dom | Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 13:38
Hilarious!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 14:42