The First 100 Days of…

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Stateofdisbelief

TOTUS

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Today is the day when the world waits with baited breath to hear all about the accomplishments of the leader of the free world.  We here at the Confluence are no different.  We anxiously await the spectacular run down.  So let us begin by reminiscing about some of TOTUS’s phenomenal moments. 

So,…what has TOTUS done in his/her’s/its first 100 days?

Started a blog

Barack Obama’s Telepromter Blog

 

Twittered (or is that tweating?)

TOTUStelepromt on Twitter

 

Kept POTUS’s neck muscles nice and limber (2 words left, 3 words right, 3 words left, 3 words right)

 

Started a private line of Swag

Barack Obama’s Teleprompter Shop

 

Called in Sick once or twice

 

Held its own ‘presser’ to publically list contract demands

 

 and Punk’d POTUS real good on several occasions

So, what’s your favorite TOTUS moment? photo? anecdote? Share Conflucians…share!  We’re all entranced by the smooth (surfaced) talker!

By the way…THIS IS AN OPEN THREAD

 

 

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114 Responses

  1. myiq2xu, on April 29th, 2009 at 5:35 pm Said:

    I checked and nothing was scheduled.

    So I post and BAM, there you are

    I took mine down

  2. Sophie, on April 29th, 2009 at 5:45 pm Said:

    In all fairness, that teleprompter’s been going strong for over 100 days.

    I wish I had a teleprompter. I’d rather have a teleprompter than a pony.

    Damn, is he still the Preznit? This seems sooo 100 days ago.

  3. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 5:55 pm Said:

    OK, so People magazine really jumped the shark. In their issue of “The most beautiful people” they included a section called “Barack’s Beauties” — those beauties:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE53S6IJ20090429?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true

    Also included in a “Barack’s Beauties” section were White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and others.

    Barf bag please…

  4. gxm17, on April 29th, 2009 at 5:56 pm Said:

    You already posted my favorite, the contract demands.

    You know, they really should add some voice software to TOTUS so it can hold press conferences on its own.

  5. RalphB, on April 29th, 2009 at 5:58 pm Said:

    I just gotta get one of those “Readership You Can Believe In” t-shirts. TOTUS has neat swag for an inanimate object.

  6. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 6:04 pm Said:

    Any normal human being would be embarrassed to need a crutch like Totus. I wonder if they will have the new TV prompt system in place by tonight? Or will he have that huge screen thingy in the middle of the room again?

  7. RedDragon62, on April 29th, 2009 at 6:31 pm Said:

    Barack Obama snuggy!

  8. rise_Hillary, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:17 pm Said:

    My favorite was when he was reading the British prime minister’s teleprompter part and thanking himself.
    He just kept on reading and thanking himself. He had no idea it wasn’t his part to read until the prime minister and the audience started laughing and he sitll kinda didn’t ‘get it’ still. Still!
    Pathetic man. Plain pitiful.

  9. rise_Hillary, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:23 pm Said:

    Oh, and it’s gonna be a long four years if he is allowed to remain the squatter in chief.

  10. NH, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:26 pm Said:

    This message is for quixote7 on her post “Sue not lest ye be discovered”.I’m surprised that you would take anything the New York Times wrote on face value. In fact, the NYT took the quote out of context and simply lied about the report. See the following for some facts re: the deliberate misrepresentation:
    http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/04/deliberate_misrepresentation.html

    How many times must it be said that we should not take what we read at face value. A healthy skepticsm is a good thing.

    • fif, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:28 pm Said:

      I can’t wait to see the NY Times go under–they have lost all credibility.

      • Kat5, on April 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pm Said:

        Ditto. Given a little training, InStyle mag could probably do a better job of covering the news. With a few exceptions here and there (most notably Paul K), the NYTimes has become a complete sell-out. And not on the newsstands.

  11. scrubs57, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Said:

    As if PBO would EVER give his teleprompter top billing, let alone those other demands.

    Some of those “uh, uh, uh” moments are absolutely shocking. It shows us just how much Koolaid those in his crowds have had since they still went out and voted for him after hearing how lost he was without the teleprompter.

    • Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:32 pm Said:

      It’s hard to hear the “uh uhs” when your swooning in a kool-aid faint.

      Anybody remember those staged “faintings” that seemed to occur at every Obama rally? He always had that fresh bottle of water handy for the poor missus….

  12. CarolynKB, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Said:

    GOOD NEWS, Only 995 days to go. I wonder if we’ll survive? Swine Flu, no jobs, banks on the verge of collapse, Chrysler bankrupt, GM near bankruptcy and all we got was the chance to pay for a $2 Trillion Tarp Wall Street bailout, and a $787 Billion dollar recovery package that won’t give MOST OF US a damned thing.

    I’d say chin up, but that means a face lift and who can afford one.

  13. CarolynKB, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:31 pm Said:

    Whoops I was too optimistic, I left off 365 days.

    REVISION: ONLY 1360 DAYS LEFT ON OBAMA’S WATCH, UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. purplefinn, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:44 pm Said:

    I perused some YouTubes on Obama and torture. I didn’t find anything concise enough to post. I wanted something with Obama speaking. The more I listened to Obama, the less I knew. It actually became painful to seek a clear message from him. It’s only been 100 days?

  15. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:55 pm Said:

    File this under: WTF???????

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009141364_craigslist29m.html

    A Craigslist ad seeking a woman willing to have sex and then be killed led police to arrest a 24-year-old Kent man on Monday when he showed up at a Seattle hotel with a length of chain and a knife.

  16. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:55 pm Said:

    Is anyone going to watch or listen to the press conference?

  17. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 7:56 pm Said:

    Boomer…it’s really ironic that your two consecutive questions were about the same thing

    torture —- and tonight’s presser.

    ;)

    • purplefinn, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:01 pm Said:

      Too true.

    • bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:07 pm Said:

      ROFLOL! So true.

    • theblackcommenter, on April 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm Said:

      that might be a neat compromise for national security purposes. Instead of waterboarding, we could make the terrorists listen to nonstop Obama press conferences and speeches.

      • dakinikat, on April 29th, 2009 at 10:21 pm Said:

        did you hear that for a fundraiser auction for the girl’s school he donated an autographed a copy of a magazine cover of him and then Michelle did the same with her front cover picture of Vanity Fair?

        I guess the school was irritated because the Clintons used to donate things like a round of golf with the President.

        Doesn’t any one know the meaning of humility these days?

        • Kat5, on April 29th, 2009 at 11:21 pm Said:

          NQ had a hilarious thread up last night re the cheapo Obamas, with a long list of alternate gift suggestions. It was definite LOL material – simply nailed it.

  18. purplefinn, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:00 pm Said:

    The more I listened to Obama, the less I knew. I think we aren’t gonna do it. Some people may be prosecuted and maybe not. Only the AG knows or will know. I watched a YouTube with the AG talking to a reporter while walking. It didn’t inspire confidence.

    I liked the Tom in Paine post: http://tominpaine.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-tortures-country-playing-poltics.html

  19. RedDragon62, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:12 pm Said:

    Uhh…Ahhhh..Ummmm..ahhh.ummm…Wash your hands.

  20. edwardian, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm Said:

    Watching FOX myself. They opted not to air yet another one of his yap-yaps. Proceeding instead with their original lineup, starting with “Lie To Me”. Ha, indeed.

  21. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:22 pm Said:

    This press conference is making me quiver in my Rahmbo underoos

  22. fif, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:22 pm Said:

    News Flash: The AP actually calls BO out on his lies and exaggerations!

    FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape

    http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090429/D97SCPI00.html

  23. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:28 pm Said:

    Obama seems a lot more confident in this press conference. He’s still boring though.

    • afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm Said:

      Really??? I think he sounds worse. The speech was like 4 minutes.

      • bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm Said:

        I didn’t say he was good, just confident. He didn’t seem quite so uptight. I think they figured out the right drug cocktail. Actually he could probably use a little more uppers. He was way too laid back.

  24. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm Said:

    He’s calling on some of the biggies this time. CNN right now.

  25. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm Said:

    I don’t have to watch the presser to know what happens:

    Obama: blah blah uh uh uh uh uh blah blah….let me make this perfectly clear…lecture lecture blah blah lecture…distraction…not my fault…bush did it…uh uh uh uh uh…we’re great….had a beer courtside….blah blah blah uh uh uh…haven’t had enough time to rip that bowling lane out…uh uh uh uh…swine flu emergency…calm down….people are dying…no need to panic….blah blah blah blah…what bank bailout?…uh uh uh.

    • afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm Said:

      UH count at 340

    • Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:33 pm Said:

      Maybe the only thing his administration accomplishes is having the most “Uhs” said in a speech become a new Guiness Book record

    • fif, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pm Said:

      Don’t forget: not my fault….uh uh uh ah…I have a gift…uh um uh…I will give you rainbows and ponies and free your soul…uh uh uh…I am the Lord…etc.

  26. purplefinn, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:32 pm Said:

    How’s the eye contact?

  27. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:33 pm Said:

    You don’t need the Republicans votes to pass anything so stfu.
    Now he brings up Iowa and beating Hillary
    He is a jackass

    • bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:35 pm Said:

      That’s what made me shut it off. He’s in love with his own reflection in TOTUS.

    • cwaltz, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm Said:

      Yeah and Hillary kicked his $$ in Michigan until he had his cronies revise history and poach 4 of her delegates on top of rewarding him for not participating on a ballot. If I were him I’d STFU about anything having to do with his primary “win”.

  28. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pm Said:

    OK, I couldn’t take anymore. He actually said some good things, but he’s just too self-satisfied and full of himself.

  29. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:38 pm Said:

    Wow Obama did you think as president you only get to deal with one issue at a time?

  30. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm Said:

    Change comes slow..No sh!t

  31. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:42 pm Said:

    “the lowliest private”

    His answer to this question makes him sound very and tragically naive.

  32. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm Said:

    No need to go slow now. With Specter and Franken in a few months, there’s nothing to hold the Dems back. It should be a onslaught of Democratic agenda pieces one right after another.

    • afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:45 pm Said:

      You’re in the drivers seat that is for sure.

      • cwaltz, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pm Said:

        Not me. I want to go on the record as having nothing to do with the train wreck we have in the White House and I have no affinity for Pelosi or Reid either. Their agenda is not my agenda.

    • Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:47 pm Said:

      It will be hard for the imposters to run for political cover now. Here’s where we can separate the wheat from the chaffe.

  33. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:49 pm Said:

    Is this guy from Ebony magazine?

  34. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said:

    Is it over yet? I swear…if he cuts into the first few critical minutes of “Criminal Minds” I’m going to flip

  35. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:53 pm Said:

    Damn Major Garret did not get called.

  36. Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pm Said:

    OMG…a poll taken had Obama coming in ahead of Jesus Christ as “the person they admire enough to call their hero. People have gone round the bend…

    Oh…and D’Antuono cancelled the unveilling of his O’Jesus painting in Union Square NYC.

    http://www.christianpost.com/Society/General/2009/04/artist-scraps-unveiling-of-obama-as-christ-painting-29/

    Furthermore, according to a Harris Poll released in February, Obama was named by most American adults (18 and older) as the person they admire enough to call their hero.

    Jesus Christ, meanwhile, came in second, followed by Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger, and Mother Teresa, respectively.

    Oh ferheavinssake…on that list George “W” came in ahead of Mother Teresa.

  37. afrocity, on April 29th, 2009 at 8:59 pm Said:

    Yes do you want to grow government…Don’t Lie Obama. You did it here in Illinois. Argh…cant stand it..

    • Stateofdisbelief, on April 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm Said:

      We couldn’t be so lucky as to have him grow government. I’d like to recommend he start with the FDA and rebuild it back up from the 75% staffing slash Bush II perpetrated. Would love to eat spinach and nuts without worrying about salmonella.

  38. bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pm Said:

    David Gergen has a serious mancrush on Barack Obama. It’s enough to turn your stomach. There’s no fool like an old fool.

    • SweetSue, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:34 pm Said:

      You’re right and when Gergen said that it’s been a very long time since we’ve had such an intelligent and articulate (I’m paraphrasing) President, I started yelling at the screen, “What about Bill Clinton, you ungrateful, old !@@##$%^&*!!”
      Everyone in Big Media just tries to pretend that Clinton never existed.
      Having said all that, I thought Obama did pretty well tonight.

      • bostonboomer, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:36 pm Said:

        I thought it was better than the first two disasters. He still has a tendency to ramble on an on after he has already answered the question though. It’s boring.

        • dakinikat, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm Said:

          yeah, definitely seemed more on top of issues and things this time but the pauses filled with ahhhhs,still grate to me. I’d hate to spend a semester with that speech problem, frankly.

          I had one econ T/A that taught money and banking that used to grab the podium, rock up and down on his toes, say, ahhhhh and ummm a lot then push his thick black framed glasses back up his nose. We used to call him porkchop because he was portly also. Any time you have to listen to some one with an obvious speech issue over time, it doesn’t sit well. Probably why he clings to TOTUS, he can read and not do that, but then we get the rhythmic back and forth of the head. I can’t figure out which annoys me more. The one thing about the Bush’s is their made-up words always made for a speech event.

    • dakinikat, on April 29th, 2009 at 9:53 pm Said:

      I turned CNN off at that point. I was just writing the ECON thread I just posted. It was just to much of a disconnect with reality.

  39. birdie, on April 29th, 2009 at 10:44 pm Said:

    Please conflucians help kick this fraud out of the WH! Cannot listen to the annoying voice of Soetoro any longer…

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