Drunk in PUB-LIC

[PoliCon]

From Times Online
March 18, 2009
Irish PM Brian Cowen left red-faced after delivering Obama speech at White House


Brian Cowen's critics might say that they've heard all of his speeches before. Last night, they would have been right.

As the Irish Taoiseach delivered his St Patrick's Day speech at a White House dinner party, it emerged that he was accidentally reading off the teleprompter one made by President Obama only minutes earlier.

"We begin by welcoming today a strong friend of the United States," he began and continued in that vein for about 20 seconds before - realising he was experiencing more than the usual case of déjà vu - he looked back at the US President and said: "That's your speech!"

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[bijou]

WASHINGTON -- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House when he realized something sounded way too familiar. Turns out, he was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just given.

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.

But Cowen was 20 seconds into his second address when it dawned on him that he was giving word for word the speech that Obama had just read from the same teleprompter.

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

Obama laughed and returned to the podium to offer what might have been Cowen's remarks. In doing so, President Obama thanked President Obama for inviting everyone over. ...link (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/18/teleprompter-gone-bad-obama-thanks-irish-pm-repeats-speech/)

[PoliCon]

http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?p=122488#post122488

[bijou]

http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?p=122488#post122488

Oops. I can't merge these two so perhaps someone will take pity on me and do it!

[PoliCon]

You have to laugh though . . . . :) damn fool didn't even realize he just welcomed HIMSELF!

[bijou]

You have to laugh though . . . . :) damn fool didn't even realize he just welcomed HIMSELF!

It's hilarious that he couldn't even ad lib a name, he seems to just parrot the contents of the teleprompter (or TOTUS to friends) without ever engaging his brain.

[Constitutionally Speaking]

It's hilarious that he couldn't even ad lib a name, he seems to just parrot the contents of the teleprompter (or TOTUS to friends) without ever engaging his brain.


Much like our President.

[Odysseus]

A teleprompt blunder has led to Barack Obama thanking himself in a speech at the White House in a St Patrick's Day celebration.

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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address in Washington when he realised it all sounded a bit too familiar.

It was. He was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just read from the same teleprompter.

Mr Cowen stopped, turned to the president and said: "That's your speech."

A laughing Mr Obama returned to the podium to take over but it seems the script had finally been switched and the US president ended up thanking himself for inviting everyone to the party.

Mr Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the "teleprompt president" over his reliance on the machine when he gives a speech.

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Naturally, Skynews (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-Thanks-Himself-In-Teleprompt-Blunder-During-Address-With-Irish-PM-On-St-Patricks-Day/Article/200903315243932?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_A rticle_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15243932_Barack_Obama_Thanks_Himself_I n_Teleprompt_Blunder_During_Address_With_Irish_PM_ On_St_Patricks_Day) is the only outlet reporting this. For some reason, our media, which would have crucified Bush if he'd done something this boneheaded, hasn't seen fit to even report it, much less run the video.

[bijou]

Dupe (http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?t=12568)

[Odysseus]

It's hilarious that he couldn't even ad lib a name, he seems to just parrot the contents of the teleprompter (or TOTUS to friends) without ever engaging his brain.

TOTUS!!! That's brilliant! :D