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Do you think Obama should be trained how not to not have to rely on a teleprompter?

Just a couple of funny gaffes that happened:

Obama Referred To An "Inhaler" As A "Breathalyzer" And Then A "Inhalator" Twice. Obama: "Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when if you, they just gave, you gave treatment early, and they got some treatment, and a breathalyzer, or an inhalator, not a breathalyzer (Laughter.) I haven't had a lot of sleep in the last 48 hours, so. If they had an inhalator, inhaler, I'm still stumbling over this word. You know what I mean. You know what I mean. Then we would save money." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Bristol, VA, 6/5/08)

Obama: "What they'll say is, well it will cost too much money. It would cost about, it it it would cost about the same as what we would spend … it … o-over the course of ten years it would cost what it would cost us…it it. Alright, okay, we're going to. It-it would cost us about the same as it would cost for about hold on one second I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up though. I'm glad..." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Bristol, VA, 6/5/08)

http://www.gop.com/BarackGaffes/

Update:

The real question is do you really care?

My bias is that I do support the McCain/Palin but am a lifetime independent; this is the first time I'm voting for the GOP.

Update 2:

That is the Republican line this year. I want to vote all the Dems out this year.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Answer...No

    Comment..After nearly 8 years of W butchering the English Language, I would think you Cons would have learned to live with a minor mispronunciation of a word.

  • Steve
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    No.

    They all use teleprompters some, like Obama, better than others. Obama is good on his feet. He made a mistake in his language in the quote you use but his message is dead on. With the preventative medical treatment for asthma you need but can't afford you will be MUCH less likely to end up in the ER.

    If you're voting for McCain you must support the current administration as well. I surmise this because if you are even marginally disappointed you'd have to vote Obama. That being said how do you feel about our current president's speaking off the cuff. It's so bad people have come up with a name for it, Bushisms. On a more current note, how about Palin. In her recent speech they they had to spell nuclear as "new-clear" to keep her from saying "nucular" in her teleprompter.

  • Come on now. If he didn't have his teleprompter he wouldn't be able to tell America what his people told him he believes. And even then, he needs better people.

    * Tax business: Business has never paid a cent in taxes. People do. You tax business, you tax the people. But it sounds good.

    * Bring people together: Has there ever been a more devisive candidate? It has nothing to do with color and everything to do with ideology. But it sounds good.

    * Go through every line of every funding bill and remove wasteful spending: The president doesn't have a line item veto. I'm not sure he knows this. But it sounds good.

  • 1 decade ago

    He spent a lot of time on his Hawaiin vacation during the Olympics trying to wean himself off the teleprompter. “He just locks down and can’t get the words out,” says one political consultant. “For such a fine speaker, it’s really quite remarkable that he’s had issues.”

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  • 1 decade ago

    Obama speaks well off the cuff.

    But sadly, he still is human, and like all of us, does make mistakes.

    These were 4 months ago when he was campaigning furiously against Hillary. If you had to go back 4 months to find a couple of misused words, I wouldn't say that this supports your contention very well.

  • 1 decade ago

    Seriously, who cares?

    Oh, no! he said brethalizer instead of inhaler. Could be a lot worse, imo.

    At least he didn't say, "the fundamentals of the economy are strong".

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If they take away everyone's teleprompter including McCain's and the ultra dumb Palin's

    you'd see in a hurry

    Obama is Twice as intelligent as both of them TOGETHER !!!

  • When Obama mispeaks its a big deal cause its rare. When bush or McSame complete a logical sentence its just as rare

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Palin NEEDS a teleprompter and a script! Fast!!

  • Katie
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    ALL of the candidates use a teleprompter- yes, even Mccain and Palin.

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