From: bknight on
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
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

"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

"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

"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