Bush had better grades than Obama in college, I dare anyone to prove me wrong!!! Without a TelePromTer, Obama is a babbling idiot like Pelosi (her classic line during this CIA lied to me thingy) I'll tell you what I remember, wait a second there here in my speech somewhere! Even Joe Biden made fun of Obama's TelePromTer over use!!!

people should say whom they are and be true to what they are.To be an annomious figure depicts ones integrity,once when organizing a union i was asked to whom will they respect one whom they can relate to.. or one whom just portrays what they wish to be..

What I hear that you apparently refuse to is a man who can present the hell out of a prepared speech (that would be the ones with the TelePrompTer), which he has a great deal to do with the authorship,and someone who chooses his words very carefully and THINKS while he speaks extemporaneously. And he HAS to choose his words carefully because if he doesn't, he's pounced on by the likes of you who wait for the least misstep.

And speaking of fellating Middle Eastern potentates, I seem to remember Bush literally kissing the Saudi Prince, and that was in public. I shudder to think what went on once the doors closed.

FWIW....if BO were to enter a Toastmaster's speaking contest, he'd lose from the uhhh's and ahhh's even if his content was good. Be that as it may....

My issue is that everytime he talks it's as if he's giving a sermon. Added to that is the mental image a friend planted one day when he said, "Ever noticed that when Obama speaks he sounds like the WWE wrestler The Rock?" LOL....I keep waiting now for the day when he says, "Can ya sa, sa, sa, smell what the Barack's got cookin'" Anyhow....

My wife commented (and I think she hit the nail on the head) that every time BO speaks, it sounds like he's still campaigning or trying to convince folks to like him.

Personally - the uhhhh's doesn't really bother me TOO much as I am exposed to it day-in & day-out at meetings and such. So I tend to filter that out and look for content. And that's what concerns me most. Because when you actually LISTEN to what he's saying, it's a very disturbing message that I truly believe is not what this country is all about. For what our country is all about is what we see here - people with differing views being allowed to express those yet still getting along. This current administration is NOT about that. Sadly, the bulk of BO supporters don't really understand that. And it will be them that will be disappointed the most. Disappointed that he didn't deliver and disappointed in themselves that they could so easily fall for such a facade of a leader.

Alabamastan? What brilliance do your ears pick up on that cause you to swoon at every scripted word. No really - I need to know, when I listen to the guy, and cringe at every uhh, ahh, and pregnant pause punctuating every third word, as he waits for the words to scroll on the screen - what am I not really hearing? His brilliant statements of the obvious that even a schoolchild can tell me? And am I supposed to smile and beam with pride when he practically fellates King Abdullah - a known slave-holder?; and say "Oh look - he plays so well with others"
Tell me one brilliant thing this man has come with on his own - and maybe just maybe I'll go fellate King Abdullah myself.

Boortz relentlessly brings up this specious criticism about TelePrompTer use, and he's timid compared to Limbaugh. It a drumbeat throughout the conservative talking head population. And it finally occurred to me: this is strategy number one out of Carl Rove's playbook. Attack your opponent's greatest strength until enough people believe the big lie about it, thereby taking it away from your opponent.

All of you hear over and over that Obama's not really a phenomenal orator, he's not really smart, he's not really the intellect that he obviously is. You believe these idiots and not your own eyes and ears. What a bunch of sheep!

To the courageous "anonymous" post titled "Blatant Hypocrisy", the difference is that Bush never tried to be someone he is not. He may have made many mistakes, but he never used a teleprompter as a crutch the way the chosen one does. Many people claim that he is such a wonderful orator, but take away the TP and he flubs as much, if not more, than Bush did. He's not special! He's a phony! He's stuck in campaign mode, and every breathing moment is all about himself. That is why it is fair game to criticize him.

This begs the question, who cares if he can't talk without a teleprompter?

George W. Bush could butcher grammar, string together incoherent sentences, and make up ridiculous words, but for 8 years Neal Boortz never talked about this. For the past 3 months, all we have heard about is how much President Obama cannot function without his teleprompter.

Why the hypocrisy?

I have always been very suspicious of someone that has to choose EVERY....SINGLE...WORD....SO....CAREFFULLY.

It gives the impression that the person is somehow not trustworthy or does not believe what they are saying. If he is speaking from a core set of values, and he is speaking from the heart, then the words would flow much better.

Yeah, I know there are times where everyone stumbles, but Obama always stumbles and bumbles without the teleprompter.

When someone is saying what they mean and means what they are saying, the need for the verbal crutches vanishes.

You don't have to ahhhh ummmm while thinking. If he's so bright he shouldn't need that long to "consider" his response. It's not like he hasn't been coached for the typical questions.

2010, just to start

ahh mmm sounds wicked commonsencicle to me..mmm..ahhh yea yea .. go get em beavis..

Who cares - talk about irrelevant stuff!
W couldn't even handle an audience WITH a teleprompter for the pre-screened questions and audiences!

Yes, I saw part of the event and learned a few things.
Our president says that not signing on to the Kyoto Protocol was a mistake - don't worry, his peeps are getting ready to remedy that blunder at Copenhagen.
We cannot predict just how disastrous the rising sea levels caused by global warming will be for Istanbul but, inferring from his pronounced arm gestures, it will be bad.
The US has been wrong but he is not like most Americans, learned much from his Muslim father, and will fix us.
Never mind his style/ability or lack thereof; listen to what he says and realize that we are on the verge of losing what was bequeathed to us at great cost by those who went before us.

During his town hall meeting in Strasbourg the other day, there was a moment when the camera shot was just perfect, and his entire head was framed by the outline of the teleprompter. I wish I had a still shot of it.

Steve, there's no need to bring race into this. Stand or fall on his own, Obama was elected because a slim majority of people of all colors voted for him. Saying "affirmative action" in one line and "sub prime" in the next equates his color with failure to achieve a job not on his own merit, but by virtue of his race and that all the sub-prime loan recepients were of color. When I see Pres. Obama I don't see his color, I see a failed political ideology brought to life and trying to destroy my country. God help us all.

Yet President Bush was deemed an idiot when he said "ahhhhhh"! BHO says it far more if I am not mistaken.

his numbers drop every time he does this as people realize more and more "what the hell were we thinking?".

I think all the "uhhhhhhs" are his "pauses" to wait for the teleprompter to catch up with him.

Here we go again with the teleprompter issue. Despite the occasional verbalized pauses, I'll pick Obama over "W" (or McCain) in a forensics contest any time.

After all, almost all objective observers and legitimate polls (i.e., not instant polls of self-selected Fox News viewers) awarded victory in all 3 presidential debates to Obama.

This American Idol Prez is doing his job Neil, he's looks good and can read a teleprompter like no one else. :)

Why did Obama do all those town hall meetings in Europe, yet refused to do a series of them against John McCain during the campaign??? hmmmmm