Mumbai News Flash: India Stunned to Learn Obama Uses a Teleprompter… First Person to Ever Use One in Addressing Indian Parliament

This news report from India about Pres. Barack Obama’s unprecedented use of a teleprompter while adressing the Indian parliament during his $200 million a day trip (dollar amount denied by the White House, but Team Obama officialsare managing to keep the so-called “actual” costs for the trip, with the president’s entourage of 3,000, a secret) is baffling the Indian press and government.

Stunning discovery for those in India to learn that the US president is NOT the gifted, silver-tongued, impromptu orator that they have believed him to be.

GASP… He uses a TELEPROMPTER???

Insert laugh track here while removing the Indian coconut threat.

Thankfully, Dear Leader won’t be speaking in India “off the cuff.” Otherwise, his speech would be marred by his annoying “uh, uh, uh” vocal tics, his propensity to take up to 17 minutes to babble on without actually answering a direct question, and he’d likely inadvertently insult the Hindu people, or slam America, or revise history, or blame Bush or FOX News for some failing on his part with one of his dependable idiotic gaffes, missteps, and blunders.

The Teleprompter of the United States, aka TOTUS (called “idiot board” by former Vice Pres. Mondale), has saved his bacon more often than not.

Hindustan Times’ use of the word “hypnotising” (British spelling here) in this news report is a head-scratcher… only zealous Obama-bot sheeples still living in the dreamy unicorns-and-Kumbaya world of 2008 would deem anything said by Captain Clueless as “hypnotising.”

Hypnosis vs. 'hope-nosis'

Reported by Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Indo-Asian News Service, Obama to use teleprompter for Hindi speech:


Namaste India! In all likelihood that will be silver-tongued Barack Obama’s opening line when he addresses the Indian parliament next week. But to help him pronounce Hindi words correctly will be a teleprompter which the US president uses ever so often for his hypnotising speeches.

According to parliament sources, a technical team from the US has helped the Lok Sabha secretariat install textbook-sized panes of glass around the podium that will give cues to Obama on his prepared remarks to 780 Indian MPs on the evening of Nov 8.

It will be a 20-minute speech at Parliament House’s Central Hall that has been witness to some historic events, including first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s “tryst with destiny” speech when India became independent.

Obama will make history for more than one reason during the Nov 6-9 visit. This will be the first time a teleprompter will be used in the nearly 100-feet high dome-shaped hall that has portraits of eminent national leaders adorning its walls.

Indian politicians are known for making impromptu long speeches and perhaps that is why some parliament officials, who did not wish to be named, sounded rather surprised with the idea of a teleprompter for Obama.

“We thought Obama is a trained orator and skilled in the art of mass address with his continuous eye contact,” an official, who did not wish to be identified because of security restrictions, said.

Obama is known to captivate audiences with his one-liners that sound like extempore and his deep gaze. But few in India know that the US president always carries the teleprompter with him wherever he speaks.

Teleprompters, also called autocue or telescript, are mostly used by TV anchors to read out texts scrolling on a screen and attached to a camera in front of them.

Parliament officials have had a busy week preparing for a red carpet welcome for Obama and his wife Michelle. Parliament House these days looks fresh with a new coat of paint, new carpeting and new green plants in mud vases decorating the corridors.