http://www.whitehouse.gov/OpenForQuestions/

did anybody participate in this? basically you get to write questions to the president and then people can vote whether or not that's a good question. it's been going on the last couple days and this morning he's going to answer the top questions

3/26/2009 11:30:41 AM

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"basically you get to write questions to the president and then people can vote whether or not that's a good question."

I'd like to predict that people will vote for some stupid questions.
(the William Hung factor)

3/26/2009 11:35:37 AM

I wish I would have, but I thought that whatever I would want to ask was probably already asked, since I don't think I really have anything unique to ask.

3/26/2009 11:36:01 AM

I asked if he's had to wear a suit every day that he's been in office.

3/26/2009 11:39:56 AM

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM. Reason : ]

3/26/2009 11:43:17 AM

Most of the highest rated questions are about marijuana legalization. I'm curious if he'll actually take any of them and answer them as thoroughly as he answers others.

btw - I don't see a teleprompter

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM. Reason : .]

3/26/2009 11:45:38 AM

I do hope he answers the question about guns so stupid people will quit thinking he is taking that right away.

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 11:51 AM. Reason : people]

3/26/2009 11:50:50 AM

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"Most of the highest rated questions are about marijuana legalization"

I predict he'll answer the question vaguely, then another more specific marijuana legalization question will soon become highly rated, and he'll have to answer it, too. This will make news.

3/26/2009 11:56:33 AM

WTF whitehouse.com isnt porn anymore

3/26/2009 11:58:31 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

He brought it up himself, AWESOME!

3/26/2009 12:10:02 PM

^^ been that way for a while now

schools got tired of it mistakenly being brought up in classrooms

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM. Reason : +]

3/26/2009 12:10:32 PM

he said no to legalizing Marijuana to help out the economy.

3/26/2009 12:10:49 PM

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" Except where otherwise noted, third-party content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Visitors to this website agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to Whitehouse.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License."

Nice....

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"he said no to legalizing Marijuana to help out the economy."

Ron Paul would've said 'yes'... and with his internet following, I bet there'd have been a similar site like this.[/just sayin]

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM. Reason : ]

3/26/2009 12:15:14 PM

WTF, what a lame way to deal with the question. Everybody claps, laughs, haha. Fucker

3/26/2009 12:18:03 PM

How do you find his answers to specific questions? ...and don't tell me to listen to the live stream.

Also, what is this "Google Moderator"? Is this shit Google-powered?

Also, is anyone else having trouble with the search function?

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM. Reason : ]

3/26/2009 12:25:18 PM

watching now - i enjoy this

3/26/2009 12:33:41 PM

that lady right behind him is having wild sex with the president right now in her imagination

3/26/2009 12:41:40 PM

^
The black lady on the end of the row?... I was thinking the same thing....lol

3/26/2009 12:45:35 PM

^^ You're right!

3/26/2009 12:48:49 PM

^^^ lol. she is!

3/26/2009 12:51:07 PM

My prediction

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"I predict he'll answer the question [about marijuana legalization] vaguely, then another more specific marijuana legalization question will soon become highly rated, and he'll have to answer it, too. This will make news."

http://tinyurl.com/csey6h

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"In this moment of national economic crisis, the top four questions under the heading of “Financial security” concerned marijuana; on the budget, people voted up questions about marijuana to positions 1-4; marijuana was in the first and third positions under “jobs”; people boosted a plug for legalizing marijuana to No. 2 under “health care reform.” And questions about decriminalizing pot occupied spots 1 and 2 under “green jobs and energy.” After taking questions lower on the list, Obama addressed the pot issue head on, noting the huge number of questions about marijuana legalization and remarking with a chuckle, “I don't know what that says about the online audience." "The answer is no, I don't think that is a good strategy to grow our economy," he said, as the audience in the room applauded and joined him in a laugh."

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM. Reason : ]

3/26/2009 7:31:33 PM

more like http://www.whitehouse.gov/OpenForSuggestions

3/26/2009 7:42:47 PM

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"btw - I don't see a teleprompter"

He was reading off of a plasma/LCD screen located on the back wall. They are trying to be sneakier with the teleprompter, since so many people mention it. His typical style is to move his eyes/head while reading. Now using a large tv, the words are large enough to read without noticeable movement.

I'm quite sad that the POTUS can't formulate his own ideas and speeches.

3/26/2009 8:58:56 PM

all this business about teleprompter usage is hilarious

3/26/2009 9:09:59 PM

Who says he doesn't come up with his own ideas and speeches? The speech he wanted to give on the issue could have been written by him the night before and transcribed into the teleprompter. It just ensures that he doesn't slip up or forget part of his speech. I guarantee he does have speech writers/reviewers as well, and he definitely doesn't write all of his speeches, but it's pretty unfair to say he doesn't do any of his own work without proper evidence.

3/26/2009 9:15:44 PM

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"I'm quite sad that the POTUS can't formulate his own ideas and speeches."

As opposed to what? Every president in the past century who has had a speech-writer/speech-checker and read it from somewhere? It looks better than reading it off a piece of paper sitting on the podium, so they use a teleprompter. It's nothing new.

Or do you think that somehow a president must be able to memorize his speeches or else he didn't formulate them?

[Edited on March 26, 2009 at 9:33 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2009 9:32:46 PM

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" Or do you think that somehow a president must be able to memorize his speeches or else he didn't formulate them?"

I hope a POTUS would at least be able to memorize the finer points of 'his' speech and not fumble and hem and haw when the teleprompter breaks.

A teleprompter is a tool, not a crutch. If he is unable to memorize a few important points (that's what good orators do) and b.s. his way through a speech, then that's pretty sad.

Also, having an speechwriter/editor is DEF. different than someone who has all/most of their material written for them. Unless he has a learning disability (which the two ivy league diplomas would point against) there is no excuse for not prepping beforehand.

He might be a good orator, but he's no speechwriter.

3/26/2009 9:50:20 PM

didn't know the president had to be a speechwriter

3/26/2009 10:07:08 PM

http://whitehouse.com/

wait, when did this cease to be a porno site? it was like the best one back in the day - the parents never figured it out

3/26/2009 10:35:22 PM

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"didn't know the president had to be a speechwriter"

They don't, but I expect them to seamlessly move back and forth between prepared statements and ad-libbed remarks. As vilified as Clinton was, he was able to do that with aplomb. If it's not put on a teleprompter, the current POTUS is unable to communicate at all.

3/27/2009 12:32:21 AM

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"If it's not put on a teleprompter, the current POTUS is unable to communicate at all."

And you have discovered this information how?

3/27/2009 12:35:39 AM