Real good talker Barack Obama loses mind on stage

We've had some fun here at The Ticket in recent months over Barack Obama's 57-state remark and his promise to meet with the president of Canada and his shouted greeting to one city when he was actually in another. (Yes, and John McCain's and Sam Nunn's shared fondness for good old Czechoslovakia.)

The poor famous guy in this video from an Indiana TV station may be a regular rock star in Germany and have just turned 47 last week. Which, admittedly, is getting up there in years.

And he did not have his usual teleprompter. But it sure does sound like he's not very happy with this America that he wants to be the president of, if he really doesn't want his daughters to grow up in it.

Now, we understand why the freshman senator ended up dodging that summertime series of joint townhall meetings with the veteran McCain.

But whatever Obama meant to say, the guy really, really needs a vacation. May he and his family thoroughly enjoy and soak up the warmth from the sands of Hawaii together this whole week and not even use the word townhall in a vicious game of S-c-r-a-b-b-l-e.

--Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[Alessandro Machi]

lol, boy that sure sounds like John McCain's effort in Florida recently. The difference is McCain had really loud winds behind him, all Obama had was the winds of change.

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[dan]

I don't know what country you live in, but Obama is RIGHT. The United States of America is no longer the country that it once was. After the second Iraq War, our national debt skyrocketing, and economy in a major slump - I'm not sure when if ever America will return to its glory. Still, it's a great place to live with wonderful opportunity - but Obama is only telling the truth. You must be rich and living in a bubble if you think things are going great.

[Ben]

The America that tortures? The America that has abandoned the Constitution?

You are proud of the last 8 years?

The America that fights wars of choice as a resource grab under the guise of fighting terrorism? The America that is xenophobic towards the Muslim community, our growing poverty, our uninsured children, our continual decline of the quality of education?

You don't want something better for your children?

[Patrick Gettrust]

Once again another racist attack against Barack Obama by the LA Times staff. No where does it talk about McCain's gaffs and how he can barely give a coherent statement if it is not written down for him. No, lets attack Barack because he is something new and got forbid we elect a black man as president. When you do not go after the 70 year old white man the way you go after the 47 year old Black man it says a lot about your character and your thinking towards minorities. Obama and Michelle have been the most criticized presidential couple in history, and it shows that the media will go to any lengths to stop a black man from becoming president. Shame on you LA Times...Your mothers would be ashamed of you.

[GEAH]

I'd love for dan and Obama to explain when America was "the country that it once was," and why.

Was it the country it once was in 1995? 1985? 1975? 1965? 1955? 1855? 1795?

Please tell us of the time when American "was".

[Carl Rover]

This article really has no substance but is an attempt to put a smear on Obama's name.. Andrew Malcolm.. whoever you are, find something substantial to talk about..

I'm surprised to find this pop up google news search!!

[Carl Gauss]

Obama loses mind on stage? Obamas' gaffes' make McCain look like he is in the early stages of alzheimers. You know Mr. Malcolm you and your tired column and McCain and his tired politics should take a well deserved retirement.

[Bob]

I agree with machi. since WW2 we have been going down hill on that prospect.

[BPC]

I agree with the above 2 comments. this article is so far from the truth, Obama is a constitutional law professor do you really think he needs help speaking in front of people about how America is supposed to be? i think its time for retirement mr. Malcolm. Your point of view is much more appreciated by those in your age group...sadly 99% of them do not know how to use an internet machine.

[ali]

are these people serious? Am afraid you malcolm, have lost your your mind.

[Jim - Pa]

Typical media right wingnut; you can't find anything of substance to attack him on so you turn to nonsense no one cares about. If he's a rock star, its only because the idiots that have had too much power for too long make him look godlike by comparison. If people are sick of hearing about him, it's only because of the deafening silence coming from the right regarding actual solutions to our problems, other than continuing to do the same things that got us in trouble in the first place.

But don't worry, after Nov you will have at least 4 years to fling poo in his direction.

[brooksfoe]

Dear Andrew Malcolm: Grown men do not list on their resumes the fact that they could once recite the names of all 50 states alphabetically. You should go back to being a first lady's press secretary, a job I am sure you can still handle, even in your senescence.

[Stan]

I remember when the LA Times used to be a good newspaper. Now they hire hacks like Malcolm. I'm sure we'll be looking back on the good old days of the George W. Bush administration - you know those knee slappin' good times of smuggling gay prostitutes into the White House late at night, renditioning and murdering people, starting wars of aggression based upon forged documents and a stack of lies as high as the Empire State Building. Oh yes, the Bush years.

[holualoa kid]

I clicked on this story because it was presented as "news". Google passes this off as news? lol

This is paid slander not news.

[bigbrain]

I clicked on this story because it was presented as "news". Disappointing to find paid slander.

[Joanne600]

Just once I would love to see an example of how we have allegedly trampled our Constitution instead of a broad based, unsubstantiated accusation of such. What's the matter, don't the DNC talking points come with more detail? You can all go after McCain for being old - how tolerant you liberals are - but the fact is that the Obamessiah is afraid to go up against him in a townhall style debate. If he weren't, he would be doing it. He can't and he won't because the Obamessiah cannot be unscripted or he sounds like the loser Marxist he is. There is just no there there.

[Maritiza]

With 80% of Americans think that we are in the WRONG TRACK wouldn't you say that the vast majority of Americans AGREE with Obama.

This is NOT controversial at all.

[kay]

The job Obama is applying for is Commander in Chief. How does a Community Organizer, lawyer, and a few years in the State Senate and few days in the US Senate give you the experience necessary to run a country? Obama is, however, qualified to take over Jesse Jackson's job at Operation Push.

[Dr. Castille]

Shame on you Mr. Malcolm. And shame on the L A Times and Google ( THIS passes as headline news these days? )

McCain wanted "townhall meetings" because that's the only type of forum he might be able to handle without appearing to be completely incoherent. I can't wait for the debates to begin.

And "gaffes" ? Why don't you write an article about "the border between Iraq and Pakistan"?

[Akim]

Are you kidding me??? What the hell? Is that really the only thing you can write about??? Get a grip!

[Dari]

Huh??????????

This is the BEST that you can do at humor?

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[lokietek]

This country is still the greatest country on God's green Earth. The people here are wise also and they will not elect the empty suit that Obama is.

[SteveRuyle]

I have always voted republican and what has it gotten us? We have gone from being the wealthiest country on earth to having to borrow money from China. We have gone from being the most respected country on earth to being one of the most despised. Yes. Its time for a change. I apologize not only to all Americans but to the rest of the world for having voted republican in the past two elections. I was wrong to do so. It is my hope that when the smoke clears after the November elections, there wont be a single republican left in office anywhere in this country.

[Homer]

I am trying hard to figure out the news value of one tiny clip out of the whole talk.

I keep hearing this line about obama not being good on his feet in unscripted situations, nut I have seen him speak three times, none with a teleprompter, including a town hall meeting, and he has been a tremendous presence and a skilled public speaker.

[Bubba Bob]

"[Andrew Malcolm] is the author of 10 nonfiction books"... Well, if this editorial comment by Malcolm is an example of his "nonfiction", then perhaps Mr. Malcolm's works need to be reclassified as fantasy. To see evidence of Obama "losing his mind" in this clip requires a world view so far divorced from reality as to be laughable. Where has Mr. Malcolm been these last few decades? If he had spent any of that time in dialog with any of the vast majority of the population of America and the rest of the planet who find themselves in full agreement with Obama on these points and are now breathing a sigh of relief because finally there is a Presidential candidate who gets it; rather than restricting himself to dialog with other delusional dittoheads who occupy their time with feeding each other rhetorical support for their increasingly bizarre delusions; Mr. Malcolm would be able to see just how sad and pathetic his rants from atop this little soapbox are.

No, Mr. Malcolm; it is YOU who has lost your mind on stage (albeit a very small, soapbox-shaped stage). If you wish to get back in touch with your mind (and reality), read the comments here responding to your outburst, paying particular attention to the ones that are NOT vacuous, dittohead regurgitation of your own (or Billow Reilly's) words. Honestly, the real world is not so scary that you have to distance yourself so far from it.