Teleprompter of the United States, TOTUS, Rest in Peace – UPDATE: TOTUS Survived
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 14, 2009
It’s been a sorrowful day as we bid farewell to TOTUS, Teleprompter of the United States. TOTUS crashed, literally and ironically, during the president’s speech to an interest group on the economy. The highs, the lows… no matter what, TOTUS worked faithfully to bring Obama’s non-stop messages to the American people…
UPDATE, BREAKING NEWS:
From Barack Obama’s Teleprompter’s Blog: “I’m Okay”:
Remember how I was hoping to take the next couple of days off? Well, that hasn’t worked out so well.
My White House designated operator, Felix, clearly has to go. Today, Big Guy and I were scrolling and speaking to an interest group that supported us, and during the middle of the speech, one of my screens collapsed. Turns out Felix didn’t tighten one of my screen’s bracket rods, and one of my screens collapsed. It was kind of embarrassing, and the accident looked alot worse than [it] may have seemed on video.
All that said, I think I tweaked something. It may be my ACL, or maybe my MCL, or my “T” joint. Regardless, the Secret Service sent me first to George Washington University Hospital, where there is a special ICU and care facility for senior administration officials. But a good friend of mine, I’ll call him Browny for legal reasons, ended up in a coma there after having “minor sinus surgery” if you get my drift, and there was no way in hell, I was going to put up with that.
So off I went to Bethesda Naval, where I figured I’d get looked at and released. But then there were the X-rays, the MRIs, the prodding and poking, the seemingly endless attempts to draw blood where the nurse couldn’t find a vein despite my best efforts to explain that I was merely a humble hard-drive. Yet the poking and prodding continued.
Then they discovered that I basically had a limited warranty, and out the door I went. Someone really ought to try to look into this health care thing.
It appears we were mourning TOTUS prematurely… whew! Glad TOTUS survived the crash. See video below (POTUS doesn’t seem very concerned about TOTUS’s injuries):
Back in May, Vice President Joe Biden also had a TOTUS crash when the wind blew it over:
And we can’t forget this TOTUS malfunction back in April:
More Teleprompter commentaries:
Hot Air: Tragedy at the White House: TOTUS destroyed; Update: Video added and AOL Hot Seat Poll: The Special Olympics joke
The Angry White Guy: RIP TOTUS the First — 2009-2009
Frugal Café Blog Zone: TOTUS Misbehaves Again… TOTUS vs. POTUS and Machine vs. Man: Teleprompter vs. Obama
Suitably Flip: Obama’s Stimulus-Defending Speech Commits Karakiri
The Daley Gator: Tragedy strikes Team Obama!
Michelle Malkin: Requiem for a teleprompter and President Snippy: The video and Fun with TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States) and POTUS and TOTUS meet the press: Defensive about AIG, blame-card on debt, blows off charities
Sweetness & Light: Obama’s Teleprompter Commits Suicide and Obama Being Weaned From Teleprompter
Protein Wisdom: Obama lies, teleprompter commits suicide [Darleen Click]
Sunlen Miller & Jake Tapper, Political Punch, ABC News: If a Teleprompter Falls in the White House Does It Make a Sound?
Real Clear Politics: Biden Jokes About Breaking Obama’s Teleprompter
Barack Obama’s Teleprompter’s Blog, Because There Is No POTUS Without TOTUS; About That Speech
The Strident Conservative: Obama Staffer Suffers Tragedy
Jim Blazsik: Ode to the Beloved Teleprompter and The President’s Special Gaffes in Obamaworld and Weekend: Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden and Obama-rama in Europe! The President who keeps on giving – 12 teleprompters
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Obama’s teleprompter shatters – much like what he’s done to the economy and Another Pathetic Obama Joke
The New Editor: Probably Not Part of the WH Plan for “The Tonight Show”
The Anchoress: Obama sans Teleprompter: Not Pretty
JustOneMinute: I Sense A Turning Tide
Mother of All Conservatives: Barack Obama Goes on Jay Leno Without His Teleprompter
The Swamp, Tribune’s Washington Bureau: Obama’s TelePrompTer addiction
An American Conservative, Political Crave: Cash Is King And Obama Is Not
Daily Censored: Beck: Obama Is A ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Because He Uses A Teleprompter — But I Use One Too
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LOL
Maybe TOTUS should invest in tempered glass, or plastic.
Perhaps TOTUS was just tired of all the HOT AIR being directed towards it.
Perhaps TOTUS will receive government subsidies, …too big to fail.
Hilarious, great post !!!