From: bknight on 11 Feb 2010 12:40 On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:48:21 -0800 (PST), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Feb 11, 8:28�am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: >> In article <clark-3A89FE.08031211022...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- >> state.edu>, cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Why did Obama use a TelePrompter in a room full of 6th graders? >> >> Why did Obama use a TelePrompter in a room with about 20 people? > >I suppose he used it because he had a prepared speech which he hadn't >memorized. What's wrong with that? Plus the fact that the 6 children and the room of 20 people were not the audience...TV coverage live is quite larger. Silly argument, but that's all Bert
From: BAR on 11 Feb 2010 12:58 In article <sof8n5drfaqjkerbbv1ubt2f5ts6ta5i8l(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net says... > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:44 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > >In article <nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com>, > >bknight(a)conramp.net says... > >> > >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> >The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has a long > >> >way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the TelePrompter. > >> > > >> > > >> Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub > >> congressmen, all off the cuff? > > > >In your dreams only. > > > Enough so that the Senators don't want to be embarrassed too. They > won't subject themselves to such a drubbing. In your dreams only.
From: dene on 11 Feb 2010 13:11 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-36E8F4.08004111022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <LhNcn.71268$s%.53944(a)newsfe18.iad>, assimilate(a)borg.org > wrote: > > > On 10-Feb-2010, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > Fact is the TEA party convention drew far fewer people than anticipated, > > > and even with Fox News cheerleading it for all it was worth, it was > > > pretty much a bust for anyone other than the loony right rednecks. > > > > that's because the convention is not reflective of the nature of the > > movement, which is a bottom-up, decentralized affair. > > Right. With crib notes scrawled on the palm of your hand. I get it. What's the big deal, Billy? Why is it acceptable for a person to take a sheet of paper up to the podium but it's not ok to put two or three words on one's hand? Have you ever done some formal public speaking? I have....and it's not easy. -Greg
From: dene on 11 Feb 2010 13:13 "BAR" <screw(a)you.com> wrote in message news:MPG.25de0f418ed84c6a989b88(a)news.giganews.com... > In article <sof8n5drfaqjkerbbv1ubt2f5ts6ta5i8l(a)4ax.com>, > bknight(a)conramp.net says... > > > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:44 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > >In article <nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com>, > > >bknight(a)conramp.net says... > > >> > > >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> >The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has a long > > >> >way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the TelePrompter. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub > > >> congressmen, all off the cuff? > > > > > >In your dreams only. > > > > > Enough so that the Senators don't want to be embarrassed too. They > > won't subject themselves to such a drubbing. > > In your dreams only. Puhleeze....quit saying "dreams." ;) -Greg
From: dene on 11 Feb 2010 13:14
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:7tiptpFq3qU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > news:nta8n5p2g17si7haj18qn7kif0vi0k4kre(a)4ax.com... > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:04:37 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > >>The TelePrompter "BS" hasn't been wiped off the table. Obama has a long > >>way to go before he can claim to be weaned off of the TelePrompter. > >> > >> > > Cripes Bert. Didn't you see the whipping he gave the repub > > congressmen, all off the cuff? > > > > BK > > Whipping is subjective. Agree. Saw the whole thing. Both sides rose to the occasion and it was a healthy exchange. "Whipping" is a gross overstatement. -Greg |