Obama Attempts to Address the Nation
FROM THE OVAL OFFICE Good evening. It’s an honor to be speaking to you for the first time from the Oval Office. (Silence) Is it . . . why isn’t it rolling? Thank you for letting me – CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? (Silence) CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? (Silence) OK, let’s just wing it. Thank you, my American fellows, for letting me into your homes, into your hearts, and out of your minds. (Silence) What I mean by that is I want to connect not with your minds, but with your hearts. I want to go mindless for a change. You know, to show you what’s in my heart, my emotions, and that sort of stuff. My deep compassion for the people of the Gulf who have lost all their fish. I mean, like, who have lost their fishing industries. And for the birds and the oily turtles, and so forth. In short, what I want to say is, ‘Message: I care.’ (silence) CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? RAHM?? THIS IS IT. I’M FINISHED WITH YOU. I’M PUTTING AXELROD IN CHARGE!! (silence) I went...