Without his Teleprompter, BHO Ditches the WH Press Corps.

We're big fans of Barack Obama's Teleprompter.

In fact, were it not for TOTUS, the news coming out of of this White House might be viewed as mere propaganda if left only to people like Anita Dunn, Patrick Gaspard, or David Axelrod (et al.).

However, TOTUS brings so much balance and levity to the news coming from the White House that we just couldn't imagine life without it.

Well, apparently the President feels much the same as we do. He has a hard time working without TOTUS too. So much so, apparently, that BHO has been ditching the White House press corp of late.

It's been 19 weeks, according to the Washington Times, since BHO has had a press conference (you know, where POTUS-friendly reporters get to ask planted questions so POTUS can appear to be answering regally and...spontaneously--without TOTUS).

The president, whose job-approval ratings have been on a steady slide, hasn't held a formal news conference in 19 weeks, since July 22. That one ended badly, when Mr. Obama waded into a racial controversy by saying a white police officer "acted stupidly" when he arrested a black Harvard professor.

"It can't be a total coincidence that the last time he faced the press corps, we ended with beers in the Rose Garden with Henry Louis Gates and James Crowley, when the focus was supposed to be health care," said Julie Mason, a White House reporter for the Washington Examiner who also covered the Bush administration for the Houston Chronicle.

"It does seem like they are responding to the overexposure argument and trying to exert more control over his appearances," she said.

Veteran White House reporters have been grumbling about the lack of access to the president, who as a candidate vowed an unprecedented level of transparency. [Emphasis added.]

As the Ditherer-in-Chief preps for his big focus-group-tested speech on Afghanistan tonight, it appears the only thing transparent coming from this White House is Barack Obama's Teleprompter.

And, for its level of transparency, we are great admirers of TOTUS.

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OMG! Barack's Teleprompter Crashes!

Why isn't the MSM covering this earth-shattering news?!?



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Hat-tip Gringo Madre

ASTONISHING! Oslo Chooses Obama Over King of Pop for Nobel Peace Prize

Decidedly, we must weigh in, having originally opted not to post anything on the President's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. What more could we add that has not already been said?

Therefore, instead of adding more to the cacophony of commentary, we compiled some of the most brilliant analysis we found on the topic of awarding a prize based on words, rather than deeds.

First, this video was just too funny to pass up (hat-tip to Left Coast Rebel):



Next, we surmise that Michael Jackson's fans must be in utter disbelief that their guy, after their intense campaign, failed to win. But despite the Oslo's public humiliation by passing over the late King of Pop, we thought the following quotes were as inspiring as the President's winning the prize itself:

• “The Nobel committee would have more credibility had they given the prize to Michael Jackson for his work with children” - 10.9.2009 Caller on national talk radio show
• “It’s an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree,” said the Washington Post.
• “It’s hard to escape the impression that Obama was honored because he isn’t George W. Bush.” opined the LA Times.
• "Though not being George W. Bush may cause impressionable Norwegians to flush with ardor, it is not an actual Nobel-worthy accomplishment," wrote the Dallas Morning News.
• "The Nobel Peace Prize is now something to be found in a Cracker Jack box," wrote John.
• "Upon realizing that it was not a joke, the next thing to come to mind was, where in the world did they get all those horse's heads to put in the beds of the Nobel Prize Committee members? Poor horses." observed Janice.

• And, from the one closest to The One and responsible for all those brilliant speeches (if not the prize itself), TOTUS (there is no POTUS without TOTUS):

"...there are some positive things coming out of this surprise award. Big Guy is actually thinking that now that he's won the Nobel, he might take a call from the Dalai Lama now that the Dalai is his almost his equal. I say "almost" because, the Lama won his for bringing world attention to the plight of the Tibetan people. That's not quite as great an effort as the one Big Guy exerted to draw world attention to himself."

Lastly, there is the London Times response:



And that is all that we can add to this topic!

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BIDEN (WITH BARACK'S TELEPROMPTER) STEPS IN FOR POTUS

An amusing story from the Washington Times today:

There's no "I" in "team," but there is definitely one in "Biden."

With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration's $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health care reform -- something his boss hasn't done in nearly two weeks.

The vice president, borrowing Mr. Obama's teleprompter for a speech before a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution, said "I" more than a dozen times as he pointed repeatedly to progress on the economy and to his lofty role in the process.

View video here.

[Apparently, as he claims the "economic stimulus" plan (the one that would save or create millions of jobs) is working, the VPOTUS doesn't realize that, under he and his boss' handling of the economy, unemployment is currently 9.7%.]

Since Barack's Teleprompter has a mind of his its own, we anxiously await its commentary.

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