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Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:07 AM

Tragedy at the WH: Obama's TelePrompter Killed on Duty

Holly Bailey

After the wind blew over one of his TelePrompter screens and broke it during a graduation speech in May, Vice President Joe Biden jokingly wondered how he would break the news to President Obama. “What am I going to tell the president?” Biden asked the crowd. “Tell him his teleprompter is broken? What will he do then?” Well now we know. Obama was in the middle of a speech defending his economic stimulus plan at the White House yesterday afternoon when suddenly one of his TelePrompter screens came loose and crashed to the ground. The glass plate loudly shattered into several pieces, catching Obama off guard. “Oh goodness!” he said, peering over the side of his lectern. “Sorry about that guys.” He was speaking to a group of mayors and urban policy types about efforts to help cities make it through the tough economy, and they giggled a bit as the president looked at the glass at his feet. (Those savages!) Barely skipping a beat, Obama then went back to his remarks, struggling just a little bit initially as he read from the lone remaining screen and his notes.

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Posted By: Pia1981 (July 15, 2009 at 9:59 AM)

My sincere lol.....condolences to Pres Obama for his loss. lol....He won't need the old teleprom  anyway.


Posted By: Morgan2008 (July 14, 2009 at 8:31 PM)

Ha! Ha! Ha!  I have seen Obama talk a few times without a teleprompter and he is not too swift without it...stutters a lot without teleprompter.  Most of what Obama says is rhetoric anyway.