President Obama: “First, I’d like to say thank you to President Obama!”
Further solidifying the reputation which both Obama and Biden fought so hard to establish, Oprah’s the One managed to impeccably and with great oratorical prowess thank himself for hosting a St. Patrick’s day party. You’ll find the details bellow from Sky News, I just wanted to further aver that indeed this administration has earned their Gaffe-O-Matic badge.
12:26pm UK, Wednesday March 18, 2009
A teleprompter blunder has led to Barack Obama thanking himself in a speech at the White House in a St Patrick’s Day celebration.
It was. He was repeating the speech President Barack Obama had just read from the same teleprompter.
Mr Cowen stopped, turned to the president and said: “That’s your speech.”
A laughing Mr Obama returned to the podium to take over but it seems the script had finally been switched and the US president ended up thanking himself for inviting everyone to the party.
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Mr Obama is an accomplished orator but is becoming known in America as the “teleprompt president” over his reliance on the machine …
Mr Obama joked about the free-flowing bar and warned his guests not to wear lampshades on their heads in front of the cameras.ves a speech…