Does the Obama Teleprompter Tell The Story? PLUS CA CHANGE
President Obama changed out his teleprompter last night. But, does the use of one foretell Obama’s caution?
What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?
A careful one.
President Barack Obama took no chances in his second prime-time news conference, reading a prepared statement in which he took both sides of the AIG bonus brouhaha and asked an anxious nation for its patience.
“There are no quick fixes,” he said, “and there are no silver bullets.”
It’s an interesting dichotomy: Obama came before the nation to sell one of the most expensive and politically risky agendas ever offered by a U.S. president, but his language was heavy with caution. A hard-willed plan given a soft sell.
Obama is cautious like a fox. He knows his ambitious tax and spend plan to turn around the economy is showing mixed results and his bloated budget is in trouble on the Hill.
Obama simply wants to avoid a mistake or a gaffe to further impede his agenda.
PLUS CA CHANGE.
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One Comment
Ling
Caution isn’t going to help him when the bill for this particular spending spree comes home to roost. I hope he succeeds (unlike Rush) because, if Obama fails, we’re down another 3 trillion or so. We can undo the damage from his policies when we get a Republican President and Congress.