Saturday, May 02, 2009

Obama to teleprompter operator: Go ahead, move it up

Just when I think that the teleprompter follies can't get any funnier, Obama starts giving the teleprompter operator's instructions. According to Politico:
Laying his plan for a President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Obama began to name the members of PCAST listed in his prepared remarks – before realizing he’d already introduced them, earlier in his speech.

“In addition to John – sorry, the – I just noticed I jumped the gun here,” Obama said, pausing for several seconds as he looked at the prompter. “Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys.”

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