2/23/2009

Off Topic — O-Joe

Has anyone ever seen Obama without Joe Biden? They seem like they’re joined at the hip — I don’t ever remember seeing the Pres. and Vice P. together so often. Maybe it’s just still that honeymoon phase.

One other thing — since the Big O has been on television giving speeches every single day since he’s taken office, I’ve gotten the chance to see that as he gives the speech, he looks like he’s watching a tennis match. His head moves from teleprompter-right, to teleprompter-left, and back to teleprompter-right, back to teleprompter-left. It must be at least a little frustrating to be in the audience, since he never looks at you at all.

They say he’s a great orator. Well, maybe he sounds good — if you don’t have to watch him. With the sound off, all I get is the visual, and that’s what I see.

Posted: 12:31 pm

4 Comments

  1. I can’t believe how much he is on tv, not even just news or business channels. I don’t watch espn much but he was on at least twice on their network about something. The governor of Mississippi said he is on a permanent campaign. He is going to wear out his welcome very quick, mine is gone.

    Comment by John — 2/23/2009 @ 2:10 pm

  2. So it’s not just me?

    Comment by BMB — 2/23/2009 @ 2:14 pm

  3. Someone has analyzed his fifteen-minute speech in Colorado and discovered that Obama:

    swung his head side to side approximately 259 times . . . reads approximately 4 words from a teleprompter before he swings his head to read the next four words from the other . . . swings his head left to right approximately 17.3 times total per minute.

    then adds:

    P.S. if you want to know how many ummm, errrrs, and ahhhs, you will have to do it yourself. That is just too much to ask of one person.

    Comment by Chuck — 2/23/2009 @ 6:29 pm

  4. Well, that pretty much proves my point. And it does look pretty odd when the main TV camera is pointed straight at him, yet he never once looks straight ahead at that camera. To me, it’s hard to watch.

    Comment by BMB — 2/23/2009 @ 6:37 pm

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