Freepers discuss the Redneck Teleprompter

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446255/posts

Basically, reading notes off your hand is cooler than reading a teleprompter while giving a speech.

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[mitchum]

2. Translation: "She is stupid just like me and I love her!"

[progressoid]

29. Sad but true.

[calimary]

36. Makes 'em feel better about being stupid, I guess.

I always thought you looked up to someone better, smarter, and more accomplished than you - as an inspiration to lift yourself UP. And to reach HIGHER. Not stoop lower because it's too much trouble to have to waste time on that pointy-headed lib'rul elitist book-larnin' stuff. Feel better about your inadequacy! As a matter of fact, embrace it loudly, in public, and with PRIDE!!!!!

[D-Lee]

47. That "elect someone you'd like to have a beer with" worked so very well last time! (sarcasm, nt)

[PatrynXX]

67. the best teachers in the world are not ones you'll be friends forever

sad but true. :P although some I've know over half my life and disagree with their politics. I'm not necessarily close friends with some of my past teachers. Both from Private schools. Bethany Lutheran Church in Mankato MN other the other hand has a nasty tendency to curb ones speech. Although I wouldn't go so far as drawing a naked female baby there and calling her the next messiah. Like painting a big target one oneself. No not that kind of speech, doing that and expecting to get away with it tramples BLC's speech.

But indeed I didn't elect someone I could have a drink with (I don't drink beer!!) mixed drinks maybe. citrus mixes :) But not a help! I've fallen !!! and I can't reach my BEER!!

Although I'd probably keep the kids way way away from John Boner. Probably never see them again. John McCain maybe, but not John. He's a true prick.

[NYC_SKP]

3. "Red-neck Teleprompter"!

To: kristinn

Now....is this better or worse than being at a complete rhetorical loss without a teleprompter?

3 posted on Sun Feb 7 07:26:37 2010 by Grunthor (McCain; for when you really need to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!)
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To: raybbr

Hey it is a red neck teleprompter!!!!!

4 posted on Sun Feb 7 07:27:01 2010 by 54skylark
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:rofl:

[gratuitous]

53. Yes, I think we all remember how "lost" Obama was

When he faced down the entire Republican caucus in an unscripted (big word, look it up, Freeperati) discussion. He ate their lunch, drank their milkshake, made them eat dirt, then ask for more.

[Sheepshank]

63. How quickly they forgot

The fools think everyone else forgot too!!!

[peggygirl]

73. Really, Sarah is not smart enouch to use a teleprompter. It takes some brains

to even use a teleprompter and a real grasp of what you are reading so that you can continue in case the prompter goes out.

[The Wizard]

80. Palin's teleprompter

probably has White Out on it.

[billybob537]

4. Yeah that's way cooler than TECHNOLOGY!

I just traded in my laptop for a rock, now I post in the dirt in my backyard!!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

76. DUzy!

heeeeee :rofl:

[Highway61]

82. That about sums it up

A LOT of the American people have the attention span of a gnat

[SharksBreath]

84. Thanks. I'm might need a new keybaord.

It has juice on it.

LOL

[Kingofalldems]

5. Kick and rec for the unreccing freepers

[peekaloo]

6. Sure it is. They write "up/down up/down" on their palms daily.

[MineralMan]

25. I though it was "Left" and "Right" that they wrote

on their hands. Except for the boaters. They add "Port" and "STBRD" to theirs.

[Lasher]

69. That too.

[pipi_k]

7. Know what's cooler than reading a teleprompter or notes written on your hand?

Silly Putty® + Sunday comics = Way cool Freeper speech.


Backwards, even!

:7

[mwb970]

8. Amazing. Simply amazing.

There are 90 comments right now and not one of these Freepers has the stones to admit that gee, it looks just a teeny-weeny bit middle-school to write crib notes on your HAND, for God's sake. Especially when the crib notes consist of the same simple-minded crap she's been peddling for months and months now!

There is not a trace of self-awareness in these Freeper comments, no ability to realize how this looks to thinking people. Most of the commenters change the subject to Obama, evidently getting a warm, secure feeling (not unlike that of a full diaper) from repeating over and over and over and over until even they must be sick of it, say it with me folks, OBAMA CAN'T SAY A ****ING WORD WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER. They repeat this obvious lie as if it were a prayer or a holy chant that will ward off the Evil Eye or the Devil or something.

Naturally, there is total denial in the Freeper comments of Obama's performance before the republicans last week, in which he was articulate and clear, off the cuff, no Teleprompter, for 90 minutes of hostile questioning - or 70 minutes if you watched on False News, which cut him off early so they could start talking about how stupid and inarticulate he is before he was even done.

I am simply aghast at the idiocy of conservatives like those on FR and False News. It is beyond belief.

[Subdivisions]

12. +1000. I know what you mean. Freepers are somewhere below

the rest of us on the evolutionary ladder.

[Mopar151]

31. Repeat a lie a million times, maybe it'll come true

Some accountants beleive it, why not freepers?

[CLANG]

46. Beyond Belief Bizzaro World n/t

[Skittles]

49. worthy of its own thread

[NYC Liberal]

60. Amen. You know, looking at threads like those...

I realize that - save for some of the more extreme cases of people here posting *nothing* but negative stuff about Obama et. al. - DU has some pretty good debate even about our own candidates and leaders and their positions. I think that's a good thing. We aren't afraid or unwilling to criticize "our own" when they fuck up or do something shitty.

[UpInArms]

9. I went to your link and read it and rec'd your thread - now

I have to go shower.

yuck!

[Cirque du So-What]

10. I rec'ced your post

but there's no way in hell that I'm going to click on a link to freeperville. The freepiest ones will get posted here anyway, providing an opportunity to point, laugh & say, 'look at what the cat dragged in!'

[YOY]

11. They are proud of this???

My gawd...fucking fascinating how they will do acrobatics to defend their failing philosophy.

[felinetta]

13. I called it the "Hand Prompter" but I like this description too. It is so grade school.

[laughingliberal]

14. Of course they like it. That's how they got out of high school. nt

[Kahuna]

27. If we were still handing out DUzies ^^

:rofl:

[laughingliberal]

43. Thanks

;-)

[KatyMan]

15. The teleprompter meme kills me

do they think teleprompters were just invented? And that Obama is the only speaker to ever use one? It was invented in the 50s for chrissakes! These people truly do believe, I'm convinced, the the world began in Jan 2009.

[Subdivisions]

16. I know, right? It's such a benign thing to get your panties in a wad about. n/t

[Raine]

44. Raygun used teleprompters continually

but I guess that's OK cause he's one of theirs. x(

[mwb970]

70. St. Ronald was never without his 3x5 cards.

I remember watching his appearances, and every single time he would take out a pack of index cards and set them on the podium before beginning his speech, no matter how short or perfunctory the speech was. I remember wondering at the time if he would be able to say anything at all without those cards. He was an actor, after all, and he was used to having everything he said written out in advance by someone else.

Speaking of that, in Palin's famous debut speech at the republican convention, did she not read someone else's words off a Teleprompter? And do her worshippers not claim that this was the best speech ever given by anyone ever?

How do these people keep themselves from noticing their own hypocrisy and inconsistency?

:shrug:

[muffin1]

81. I guess I have never really paid attention before,

as far as this teleprompter thing goes. I just assumed most politicians used them when giving speeches. Is it really possible that shrub didn't use one?

[shellgame26]

50. I thought after that Q&A ass-whupping

sans teleprompter Obama gave them on Friday should've put all that to rest.

[krkaufman]

79. Yes, especially when it's made utterly ridiculous by events like ...

... the recent GOP Q&A, when Obama mopped-up their moronic, sound-bite spewing leaders, sans prompter.

Do we really want the President spending his time practicing and memorizing speeches?

[That Is Quite Enough]

17. Freepers will never, never, never ever get it

[chat_noir]

18. #telepalmer

I’ve heard of speaking off the cuff, but….

Now we know why with Palin the gloves are always off.

No wonder Sarah Palin quit the governorship of Alaska, it was cold there and she had to wear gloves.

Ok, I have to ask. Is it allowed to put answers to "literacy test" on #telepalmer when voting?

Really, if you need notes to answer "what are your top 3 agenda items"...

Sarah knows politics like the back.. uh, palm of her hand.

teabaggers pay Palin $100,000 for a hand job.


http://twitter.com/search?q=%23telepalmer

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. " talk to the hand"

new meaning

[Rozlee]

48. girrrl, you're too much!

I can always expect an original from you!

[DemocracyInaction]

19. If she wrote on her tits

..then those boys would have been able to turn off her "nails on the blackboard" voice and just read! I wonder how many of them would tell their wife or girlfriend to "shut the fuck up" if they had to listen to that voice on a daily basis.........

[northernlights]

20. she had to cross out her hand?

one of the notes on her hand is crossed out! :rofl: and she needed prompting to remember to talk about 3 things: energy, tax cuts, lift american spirits. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Good thing she didn't have too many topics or any details or facts on any of them...she'd have needed to be an octopus. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[onethatcares]

21. hell, the questions were written on the other persons hand

what's so wierd about that? :nopity:

[BadgerKid]

23. Wouldn't teleprompters be used on F*X? n/t

[TCJ70]

24. Let's see her take on all the house democrats without palm notes...n/t

[NoQuarter]

34. Seriously.

It would be "Clean-up on aisle 6!" so fast...

[dem mba]

26. game over, man

[Jackpine Radical]

28. Why, oh why does anyone here give a shit what they think?

And, for that matter, why, why, why am I even reading or posting on this thread?

[Initech]

30. Holy hypocrisy Batman!

[tomm2thumbs]

32. if SNL doesn't have TINA FEY this week, they are COMPLETELY NUTS!

then again, looking at them lately, they might be predetermining that outcome

[BeatleBoot]

33. That close-up of her hand shows the word "Budget" crossed out and "Tax" in it's place

So I guess the GOP doesn't want to hear about budget cuts.


Sorry for being Captain Obvious, but let it be noted.

[Arkana]

35. If anyone thought this would change Freeper attitudes towards

Sarah Palin they were fooling themselves.

Their tongues are superglued to her ass for LIFE. They will NEVER stop worshipping at the altar of Saint Sarah of Palin.

[Beartracks]

37. ROFL - Even last November, the Republican crowd...

... was rationalizing about Obama's teleprompter use. Despite the use of teleprompters by pols for many, many years -- and despite the fact that W even used one for the famous "Mission Accomplished" speech -- some folks at GunBroker (can we call them Freepers, too?) snootily determined that if Obama is as smart as everyone says he is, why does he need teleprompters?

The first guy in the exchange below at least seems to be cognizant of reality. The second one is spin-doctoring himself in his response.

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**70-101
Junior Member
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 12:14:20 PM
Interesting, Conservatives never mentioned Bush using a TelePrompter during his administration. When I read about things like this, it's just another indication of why Republicans no longer control government.




**HeavyBarrel
Senior Member
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 12:16:58 PM

Bush was an idiot right? of course he would need a teleprompter. But BO is the smartest man to ever hold office so does why does he need one?
Edited by - HeavyBarrel on 11/07/2009 12:17:25 PM

[RedCloud]

38. They cannot handle Mr O's articulate speech after W! So they bullshit.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

39. Did any of them see our President

destroy the House Republicans without use of a teleprompter?

[Iggo]

40. First reply is original poster crying about unrecs?

Unrec on GP, baby!

[donheld]

52. Rec for you

[Christa]

41. K & R

I was exactly 5 seconds on FreeRep and I felt so dumbed down I had to leave.


I tell you guys:

Dumbness is contagious!

[twitomy]

42. Those who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKIfzoC8D0

Perhaps Obama should have written the correct pronunciation on his hand.


Oh well at least he didnt say "nucular"

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[undergroundnomore]

45. Gosh

I feel smarmy and in need of a good hot shower since I clicked the link and went over to the freep. I won't be doing that again soon.

[Beaverhausen]

51. They still think Obama used a teleprompter to talk to the elementary school kids

Idiots. They of course also forgot Obama's Q & A with republican house members...

[EmeraldCityGrl]

55. They didn't forget...

they knew we'd be reading along and their girl got caught red handed...no pun intended.

[Beaverhausen]

56. two freepers are bragging that they posted over here

To: blueyon

Great! The DUmmies are going to love what I've reported about the Democratic Party raising the visibility of this 'scandal'.

209 posted on February 7, 2010 4:16:23 PM PST by kristinn (A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.)
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Great post link...I just added my 2 cents ... I am sure some veins are expanding right now


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[Mnpaul]

64. Let them brag about this one

http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=bill-oreilly-vs-teleprompter

Maybe they should have written on his hand so he could understand it.

[raging_moderate]

57. I suspect there's a difference....

I suspect the male freeper/teabaggers don't feel as DUers do.... wish that some of Obama's quick intelligence could rub off on us, but instead wish that Caribou Barbies palm would rub them off.

[buff2]

58. "at least she doesn't have to have a teleprompter"

No you ignorant assholes. She reads from sheets of paper in front of her and her redneck teleprompter.

The ratwingers are so stupid it's pathetic.

[Raine]

66. She's too dumb to master the teleprompter

so instead she writes on her hand! Bwahahhaha :silly: :rofl:

[rasputin1952]

59. These people are beyond stupid...

Reagan was the tele-prompter king...and neither bush could read the damn thing.

The stupidity of these people actually hurts...

[FarLeftFist]

61. DEAR RW'ERS: YOUR DEFENDING A F**KING CELEBRITY!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHHHAHHHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ALL MIGHT AS WELL JUST POST ON TMZ'S WEBSITE, OR MAYBE A RYAN SEACREST BLOG!!!

[dhpgetsit]

62. I don't suppose they noticed

That when Obama was taking questions from the Republicans in Congress for 90 minutes in Baltimore, he didn't have a teleprompter, or any notes scrawled on the palm of his hand, or any strange bumps under his jacket.

No, it was just Obama. Unscripted he is way more articulate than McCain, Palin or Bush any day.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. Give her a break people...At least she can WRITE

That's a real accomplishment for most rethuglicans.

[Skittles]

68. scheduling GOG for ass-kicking

for assuming Caribou Barbie herself wrote that on her hand

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. !

:spray:

[MilesColtrane]

71. Sonofabitch!

I hate it when I'm right.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x173654

Jackpine Radical: Her backers put (the notes on her hand) there deliberately to be noticed, in a desperate effort to give the illusion that she's literate.



MilesColtrane: Or, that's she's folksy.

"Oh, look. She doesn't use those fancy telepromptathingies. She just jots down a reminder like I do on the way to the store."

"She's ONE OF US."

*shudder*

[LynneSin]

72. Bush wasn't' the sharpest knife in the drawer either

These wack jobs embrace stupidity probably because it makes them feel good about their own ignorance.

[krkaufman]

74. credit to the Freepers for coining the term 'Redneck Teleprompter', at least.

Though the HuffPost update frames the problem more clearly, that she apparently needed these basic "core principles" written down so that she would remember them.

[krkaufman]

75. One sad aspect of the whole Freeper thread is seeing their cognitive dissonance ...

... deriding Obama's use of a teleprompter while having to ignore the ass-kicking Obama laid down on the GOP Q&A, recently. I can't imagine the disaster that would be Sarah Palin in a similar situation, having to face a Q&A with (actual) Progressives.

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[Orsino]

85. This would be a total non-story...

...had Palin simply prepared some notes on paper as every other goddamned politician does. These would not have shown up on HD camera, and would not invoke the image of a child cheating on a test.

I guess there's that mavericky thing goin' there, workin' against her reputation for doin' things different, also.