British Press Pans Obama’s Empty TelePrompter Speech to Parliament

In the end, not even the TelePrompters could win over the British press…

President Barack Obama speaks to members of British Parliment while The Lord Speaker Baroness Hayman (R) listens inside Westminster Hall in London, May 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)

The Brits panned Obama’s empty speech today to Parliament.
The Telegraph reported:

The pictures were better than the words…

…Perhaps Mr Obama was smothered also by his audience, which remained stubbornly unresponsive. For most of the time the President had nothing to bounce off: no applause and certainly no shouts of praise or blame as might be heard in an American church or at an American political rally.

The presidential text sounded as if it had been worked on so hard and conscientiously by a vast team of helpers that it had lost all savour, and been reduced to a series of orotund banalities, of the sort which can be heard at every tedious Anglo-American conference: “Profound challenges stretch out before us…the time for our leadership is now…Our alliance will remain indispensable.”

It did not help to hear Mr Obama assert, after only a minute or two, that “fortunately it’s been smooth sailing” between Britain and the United States “ever since” 1812, when we burned down the White House. Everyone present will have been able to think of occasions when this was not so. Suez did not seem like plain sailing.

Applause did break out when Mr Obama observed that “it’s possible for the sons and daughters of former colonies” to sit as Members of Parliament, and for “the grandson of a Kenyan who served as a cook in the British Army to stand before you as the President of the United States”.

Of course, Obama had to talk about himself… Even in front of the British Parliament.

At least, now they know firsthand what we’ve been suffering through these past three years. Empty words and far left failed policies.

#1 May 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Warren Beatty commented:

OBAMA? Empty speech? Talk about himself? Nawwwwwwwwwww – had to be someone else
#2 May 25, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Oldsailor commented:

He is with out a doubt the most narcissistic classes clown ever to sit in the oval office. The world laughs at us.
#3 May 25, 2011 at 2:58 pm
succotash commented:

This petty man-child and his adolescent speech writers should take note of Bibi’s speech yesterday(no teleprompter). 25 standing ovations!! Botchit talks and narcolepsy overcomes the listener. It consists of droning monotony and empty words, I liken it to torture.
#4 May 25, 2011 at 3:01 pm
lol commented:

he is a legend in his own mind, and the minds of libtards globally!
#5 May 25, 2011 at 3:01 pm
John commented:

He should have handed out iPods with his speeches or Region I DVDs to everyone in Parliament before delivering his talk today, like when Oprah gins up her audience by giving them cars or trips to Australia.
#6 May 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Spartan commented:

(Obama inner voice:) You see if weren’t for you white colonialists, my ‘father’ wouldn’t have gotten pissed at you, and I wouldn’t be here destroying America and living out the reality YOUR guilt! So here’s to you queenie and all your little peons for buying into the clap trap of Soros!!! You deserved to have your monetary system fail!!! Just as I’m about to destroy the idea of the American Dream!!

And as for that small jewish group occupying that little strip of land,,,,,your next.
#7 May 25, 2011 at 3:04 pm
chucktuna commented:

Look on the bright side. You only got another 5 and a half years to suffer. Hahahaha
#8 May 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm
#1AMERICAn commented:

tell me this isn’t the absolute biggest POS president the US has ever had..
#9 May 25, 2011 at 3:07 pm
BurmaShave commented:

Thank goodness the Brits still have some sense (in spite of their NUMEROUS self-inflicted governmental and social problems).

I hope this moderates their Obama-adoration, and helps them realize the mess that we’re in.
#10 May 25, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Granny commented:

Absolute dead silence is very uncharacteristic of the British Parliament. They must REALLY disapprove of him.
#11 May 25, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Molon Lobe commented:

Wonder how the Obamaists are going to blame this on Bush.
#12 May 25, 2011 at 3:17 pm
BH commented:

I look forward to the time when Comrade Mandible gets laryngeal polyps so big and obstructive that when he opens his mouth to speak, only a wheeze will come out. Just thinking about the mere possibility of it makes me smile.
#13 May 25, 2011 at 3:19 pm
pamlinson commented:

They look about as excited to hear this gas bag as we are.
#14 May 25, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Reaganite Republican commented:

The endless drone of those who seem to drone-on-endlessly… Barack Obama, what an eye-watering bore
#15 May 25, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Enrica commented:

Effing idiot. Never heard of the Trent affair, did he, that nearly brought us to the brink of war with England … ?
#16 May 25, 2011 at 3:31 pm
gus commented:

ButtChucktuna cannot and does not even attempt to defend the useless Douche Bag in Chief.
For useless Mama’s boys like TunaboatChuck, it’s a game. Lil Chuckie is a fuc4ing sissy and because he is a misfit, he wants to drag down the PRODUCTIVE.
#17 May 25, 2011 at 3:32 pm
retire05 commented:

Meanwhile, the Thugocracy in D.C. continues to threaten any state that might want to enforce the Constitution. To wit:

Texas has passed a bill in its House of Representatives that would make it illegal for TSA agents to “touch the anus, sexual organs, buttocks or breasts of another person including through the clothing in response to the violations of the 4th Amendment granting “the right of the people to be secure in their persons” and “against unwarranted searches and seizures”. That bill was scheduled to go to a vote in the Texas Senate today, the last day of the session.

Forbes reports:

“The Transportation Security Administration was not happy when the bill was passed in the Texas House of Representatives, blogging in response that Texas is barred by the U.S. Constitution from regulating the federal government.”

So the U.S. Attorney, an Obama appointee, send a letter to the Lt. Governor, David Dewhurst, and Joe Strauss, Speaker of the Texas House, warning that if Texas passed the bill, it would be forced to take action.

“If HR 1937 were enacted, the federal government would likely seek an emergency stay of the statute. Unless or until such a stay were granted, TSA would likely be required to cancel any flights or series of flight for which it could not enssure the safety of passangers and crew.”

Now, mind you, the bill did not end xray scanning or body searches. It simple ended the ability of the TSA to grope your private parts without “reasonable” cause. The TSA would not be allowed to feel you up in an airport in Texas which, if done by any other law enforcement officer would get their fired or at least suspended.

But it gets worse. U.S. Attorney supports the TSA’s ability to molest you saying:

“The proposed legislation would make it unlawful for a federal agent such as a TSO to perform certain specified searches for the purpose of granting access to a publicly accessible building or form of transportation.”

Now, if you don’t understand what this means, it means that the DoJ feels that anytime you enter ANY publicly accessible building, those tasked with guarding that building have the right to sexually molest you, in spite of no reasonable cause.

Most airports are publically held by the municipality it is in. They are NOT federal property, and the airlines are certainly not federal agencies, being privately held. When you buy an airline ticket, you are entering a contract with a private company, and should not be held to have your freedom of movement restricted by a government agency that has no Constitutional authority over either a private company or a municipality held building. But if Texas, by God, has the temerity to want to uphold the Federal Constitution, well, hell, Eric Holder, and the DoJ, in cooperation with the TSA will just shut down all air travel to and from Texas.

That is the real story today, not Obama’s teleprompter.
#18 May 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm
HUGO commented:

Farsante sin huevos.
#19 May 25, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Dutch commented:

This morning on the local news, they have a short segment with a correspondent in Washington. She was talking about Obama giving his speech before Parliament and she said that it would be as well received (just as much applause, if not more) as Netanyahu’s before Congress. Guess she was wrong about that.
#20 May 25, 2011 at 3:39 pm
GrayRider commented:

Obama is such a narcissitic dolt.
#21 May 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm
JimmyT commented:

Unbeleivable!!!! When this guy dies, they will have to dig 2 graves, side by side. One for the body and one for the ego.
#22 May 25, 2011 at 3:45 pm
kimsch commented:

I switched over to HGTV when he started speaking.
#23 May 25, 2011 at 3:48 pm
shibumi commented:

So, the “Lord Speaker” is a Republican?
#24 May 25, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Elizabeth commented:

To my British friends, on behalf of the American people, I apologize to you that our President is a narcisstic asswipe.
#25 May 25, 2011 at 3:59 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

“For most of the time the President had nothing to bounce off: no applause and certainly no shouts of praise or blame as might be heard in an American church…”

The writer has seen too many movies in which black Americans are sitting in church, shouting “Amen, brother!” and “Hallelujah!” Or, the writer has seen the clips taken at Rev Wright’s “sermons.” Or, s/he felt that Barky was preaching at the British press. Whatever the case, that was an odd example.
#26 May 25, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Sara B commented:

The British press is also showing pictures of some of their parliamentary officials sleeping through his speech. As Joe Biden proved he’s better than Ambien.
#27 May 25, 2011 at 4:02 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

@ #15 – In a way, that’s good news because it’s past time for that battle to commence. The TSA gropings need to stop as does the power-grabbing of the Feds. I doubt the Texas House thought either would give up without a fight.
#28 May 25, 2011 at 4:21 pm
MAJ Mike commented:

Why is it the Brit papers cover THE WON more realistically than our own CriminalLiberalNewsMedia?
#29 May 25, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Joe Redfield commented:

Having to listen to Mussolini-on-a-metronome serves them right for that nasty headline after Bush won the 2004 election.
#30 May 25, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Ron commented:

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke was captured on camera seemingly falling asleep during the President’s speech.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8536216/Did-Kenneth-Clarke-fall-asleep-during-Barack-Obamas-speech.html
#31 May 25, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Josh commented:

Puppet……………..of the New World Order.
#32 May 25, 2011 at 4:50 pm
jerrylud commented:

gotta love them bnrits and their press isnt carrying his water like ours
#33 May 25, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Stuart commented:

Somebody ought to tell him just how close Britain came to recognizing the Confederacy in 1862-63. Not to mention providing the Confederate Navy with Laird Rams, The C.S.S. Alabama and Florida.

Oh in eighteen hundred and sixty one.
Roll Alabama roll
Oh the Alabama’s building had begun.
Oh roll Alabama roll.
She was built in the town of Birkenhead.
Roll Alabama roll.
She was built in the yards of Johnathan Lead.
Oh roll Alabama roll.
Oh in sixty two she sallied forth.
Roll Alabama roll.
To Destroy the shipping of the North.
Oh roll Alabama roll.

(Old hauling shanty ca. 1865)
#34 May 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Joanne commented:

How it is possible that Obama whose father was a Kenyan is holding the Office of POTUS? It must be nice to thumb one’s nose at the U.S. Constitution in Britain then. Obama has an American citizen mother and a British/Kenyan citizen father, so he isn’t natural born, but hey, wage your thumb Obama, but one day that gavel will slam down on a judge’s desk and you will be finished….probably America too by then.
#35 May 25, 2011 at 5:26 pm
DomesticGoddess commented:

Hey,

Let’s use Obama’s speeches at GITMO. They are sure to be more torturous than waterboarding.
#36 May 25, 2011 at 5:27 pm
ponderon commented:

#21

hehehehehe!
#37 May 25, 2011 at 5:38 pm
VaGal commented:

So…Obama did not get the applause and standing ovations in the UK that Bibi got here in the US? Heh.
#38 May 25, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Bill Mitchell commented:

Every time I see that this idiot’s approval ratings remain around 50% it makes me sad for how far my great country has fallen. This is what happens when half of the country pays no taxes.
#39 May 25, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Bill Mitchell commented:

Can you imagine that we may actually re-elect this man? If we do, then we get what we deserve. However, I am one of the few who believes he has no chance whatsoever, especially now that it looks like Rick Perry may be getting into the race. Note: Rick Perry HATES him some Obama. Nothing like a personal vendetta to motivate a politician.
#40 May 25, 2011 at 5:57 pm
RickZ commented:

# 21 JimmyT,

Unbeleivable!!!! When this guy dies, they will have to dig 2 graves, side by side. One for the body and one for the ~~ego~~ teleprompter.
——-

Thought I’d fix that for ya.
#41 May 25, 2011 at 6:01 pm
wow commented:

#18 May 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm
HUGO commented:
lo pegaste, 100% Ahora dílo en inglés
#42 May 25, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Big L commented:

The Press is doing all this televising of this mofo. GWB was hardly heard directly for 8 yrs.Itwas always ” president Bush said today”. Unless it was a gaffe or malaprop…
But as for today ,e.g. it was3 times on theradion news in the mrning plus 4 times on tv plus an ad for a youth program. Enough!! I ‘d rather watch a station test pattern. and I never listen to him on the radio.
As far a the mistakes in protocol, it is all Alinsky tenets- Use middle class values against them and get them angry and confused…all kabuki all the time. tho it was incompetence to run the limo aground. Great for a terrorist cell to see. His anger and idiocy,seems to me to invite problems.
#43 May 25, 2011 at 7:25 pm
S. Wolf commented:

‘the grandson of a Kenyan who served as a cook in the British Army to stand before you as the President of the United States’.. and his father was a British subject, too. Uh, no, Zero.. it’s not possible for you to be president except in the parallel America we’ve fallen into.
#44 May 25, 2011 at 7:37 pm
WTFPRESIDENT commented:

Strange days indeed….
#45 May 25, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Brian commented:

I didn’t hear the speech. Did Obama actually say the White House burned in 1812? ‘Cause the British burned it in 1814. But, it is 2008, right? And if it wasn’t for Britain’s help, all 57 states would be speaking Austrian.
#46 May 25, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Em commented:

Bob Hope played the Palace and the grandson of a Kenyan cook in the British Army who became president by virtue of his birth registered with the Hawaiian Health Department, and who gives billions to terrorist-sponsoring nations abroad, and who forbade his DOJ to indict and prosecute terrorist-sponsoring/terrorist-funding Muslim organizations, religious institutions and political organizations, and who set off a twitter revolution in the M.E. known as the Arab Spring which was actually the Arab Mass Migration from North Africa to the E.U., and who….well, need one go on with who was a real patriot and public speaker?
#47 May 25, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Matt commented:

The British must really hate him to make him the fourth head of state to address Parliament since WWII.

Taking the Telegraph’s opinion of things a universal is like relying on the NY Post.
#48 May 25, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Larry commented:

it’s been smooth sailing” between Britain and the United States “ever since” 1812, when we burned down the White House.

DID ANYONE NOTICE THE WORD ( WE )
#49 May 25, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Larry commented:

Must be British HuH !!!!!!!!
#50 May 25, 2011 at 9:18 pm
burt commented:

When the national anthem is playing you are suppose to remain quiet. Even if it is NOT your national anthem. No wonder the Queen was frowning.
#51 May 25, 2011 at 9:34 pm
nj in fl commented:

Can anyone ever remember anything the Islamophile says after a speech?

It all sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher to me. I heard it indirectly, in the home of customer for whom I was doing service work. This pathetic O-bot said to me something like “our president is giving an historic speech to Parliament.” I immediately iced the reparte, gave her minimum competent service, and got the hell out.

It looks pretty historic to Madam Speaker, no? Speaking of historic, wasn’t it before Parliament that Reagan gave the Evil Empire speech?

Even trying not to listen, I could tell the Islamophile was bombing big time, but that didn’t stop our Soviet Style Media commentators on CNN from trying to polish this turd. How pathetic.

Ever notice how Palin’s big speeches always have memorable hooks that become part of the political equation going forward?

Telling.
#52 May 26, 2011 at 12:16 am
sandy commented:

Meanwhile as Obama cavorts like an Ugly American Tourist so detested by all Europeans — Americans continue to die in Tornados Obama sees fit to ignore. Houses flattened — families lost and a bewildered sadness about an uncertain future mean nothing to him. Oh yeah he might just make a personal appearance to view the carnage when he returns from his vacation. Woopie Doo.
#53 May 26, 2011 at 12:22 am
sandy commented:

#37 May 25, 2011 at 5:38 pm
VaGal commented:
So…Obama did not get the applause and standing ovations in the UK that Bibi got here in the US? Heh.

Seems like he was trying to demonstrate his superiority to Bibi — but failed.
#54 May 26, 2011 at 1:02 am
Matt commented:

Hey Sandy,

It is Eric Cantor who wants to delay disaster relief, not Obama.

Where is your criticism of him?