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Originally posted by whatukno
...Ah yes, the anarchist. "government bad, we don't need government"
Tell you what, go over to Africa, visit some of the places where the government has completely collapsed and no longer functions and see how well things work when there is no government in charge. Take a good look at Darfur, take a good look at Somalia. Yea, governments are horrible. These are small countries with no real functioning government. And you want us to live like that?
Originally posted by Truth_Hz
reply to post by UniToxic
I'm not a big fan of Obama but if he is mentally incapable of fulfilling his presidential duties how in hell did Bush stay in for so long?
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Originally posted by EyeHeartBigfoot
reply to post by UniToxic
I am no fan of the current President but I have two words that scare me infinitely more than let him finish out the term.
President Biden
Seriously, think...
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Originally posted by whatukno
reply to post by bluestar.ranch
We are the losers. America is lllooonnnggg gone. Its too late... too late for us now....(and Obama was not qualified, he has to read a teleprompter... he is just a joke... a lousy pathetic joke played on the American people!)
Do I really have to do this again?
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b4e1305ea09c.jpg[/atsimg]George W. Bush using teleprompters...
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/3272895be6ca.jpg[/atsimg]Bill Clinton using teleprompters...
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/fe558f6e432d.jpg[/atsimg]Bush the elder using Teleprompters...
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/fc78229486d9.jpg[/atsimg]Jimmy Carter using teleprompters...
Now Ronald Reagan... he was REALLY a great speaker and not a political toy like the "O" man
Now your "hero"
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/302bd040c15e.jpg[/atsimg]The "holy" Reagan using teleprompters!
Originally posted by centurion1211
reply to post by whatukno
I don't know.
If countries like iran don't even like obama anymore, then what's the "great healer of U.S. foreign relations" got left?
Since there seems to be some confusion lately about Presidential use of teleprompters, I thought I'd clear up some of that.
The teleprompter was invented in the 1950's by an actor. It replaced the cue cards in use at the time- teleprompters allowed the speaker to make eye contact with the camera, whereas cue cards always left the speaker looking slightly off to the side.
Let's list all the presidents who have used teleprompters, shall we?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford (and in fact, his teleprompter frequently contained cues telling him what physical actions to use along with the words!)
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
In fact, *every single President* since the invention of the teleprompter, including Republican heroes like Reagan...except for Richard Nixon. He used notecards and memorization, but he also was not a natural extemporaneous speaker, and prepared painstakingly for every event.
So can we tone down the teleprompter rhetoric? Unless you want to say every President since Truman (except Nixon) was some sort of cheater for not memorizing every word they said, there's no call to be criticizing Obama for using a highly useful tool for public speakers.
Originally posted by Truth_Hz
reply to post by UniToxic
I'm not a big fan of Obama but if he is mentally incapable of fulfilling his presidential duties how in hell did Bush stay in for so long?
Originally posted by Truth_Hz
reply to post by UniToxic
I'm not a big fan of Obama but if he is mentally incapable of fulfilling his presidential duties how in hell did Bush stay in for so long?
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