Teleprompter idiocy, an alternate theory
You might have noticed perpetual-angry-white-guy Chanman in the comments sparring about the “teleprompter president”. We still hear the constant Republidouche “jokes” (in quotes, because con humor isn’t funny once it leaves the confines of CPAC and the like) about Obama and his Precious Magical Teleprompter, all the while ignoring that just about every other president since its invention has relied on them.
So, as Chanman pointed us to a Politico (aka “Dick Cheney’s Stenographer Weekly”) article about, how, get this, Obama has relied on teleprompters more than any other president. Ok. So. Fucking. What. The point?
See, somehow (and this is rooted in conservative anti-intellectualism, of course), the implication is the only reason Obama has the talent of being a great orator (which many concur, regardless of whether or not they support him) is because of his teleprompter. That and it probably pisses off the teabaggers that he uses words they don’t understand and doesn’t leave the consonants off of the end of his words. These are the same people that bitch about Obama not always wearing a tie or putting his feet up on his desk, even though his predecessors did the same. Yeh, pissy little bitches, the lot of ‘em.
Over at the PMI, another idea presented, which makes perfect sense:
The fake teleprompter bit is rooted in racial insecurities/straight up racism. As in: “How can we explain away the fact that a black man has ascended to the office of President when we all know black men are inferior (especially intellectually)?” Or at least, “How can we soothe our stung white man’s pride at the fact?”
One way is to knock the uppity negro down a peg and/or to point out that he really isn’t all that smart after all – that he only sounds articulate because he’s reading off a teleprompter (unlike all those white presidentz).
That explains it!
Protests aside, a lot of these idiots still can’t fathom that a) we have a black president and b) he’s not saying “Yowsa” or wearing his pants down to his ankles. And of course, they’ll deny it till they’re blue in their pasty white faces, but once you leave the realm of Peak Wingnut, it’s pretty fucking obvious. Yes, I’m playing the race card(cue ominous music). What other card is there, other than the crazy card?
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:26 am
“Obama has relied on teleprompters more than any other president”
…except there’s exactly zero evidence given in that article to back a statement like that up!
February 24th, 2010 at 6:46 am
The other thing that Obama can do that most of the tea-baggers can’t is read, and they are jealous about that, too.
March 5th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
To Yankee: Yes, that’s right, the “tea-baggers” can’t read. Those thousands of people are all illiterate. What a stupid argument.
JD: I see your original argument didn’t fly, so you changed it. You went from, “What’s the big deal about Obama using a teleprompter? All the presidents do it?” to “So he uses it more than any other president; so what?”
Classic.
By the way, who are you calling “perpetually angry”? I’m a happy go-lucky guy! You on the other hand, sound downright pleasant cheerful fellow with your vile profanity-laced descriptions of anyone with whom you disagree. Cheers!
And damn straight you are playing the race card. That’s all you have left when you have no other way to defend your wrongness. You actually and truly think that I mock Obama and his beloved teleprompter because of his race? What a sad little fool you are. He and his followers are the ones who talked about what a oratorical genius he was, yet without his TOTUS, he often dissolves into a stuttering, stammering tool. Sorry that didn’t work out for ya.
March 6th, 2010 at 12:00 am
By the way, I just noticed that I have my own tag; I’m honored. I guess this means I will have to pipe in more often.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
“You went from, ‘What’s the big deal about Obama using a teleprompter? All the presidents do it?’ to ‘So he uses it more than any other president”
…when there’s really zero evidence that this is true.
“He and his followers are the ones who talked about what a oratorical genius he was, yet without his TOTUS, he often dissolves into a stuttering, stammering tool.”
I think you’re actually talking about your buddy GWB…lol…still ignoring Obama’s performance at the both the recent health care summit & the House GOP retreat eh?? What a surprise…