TOTUS – The Crash Heard Round the World

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between Drudge and pop art. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between the MSM and a story from The Onion. Sometimes the two collide. Above is the headline currently (6am) commanding top billing at Drudge (TOTUS is what the President’s teleprompter is referred to). Below is an excerpt from the ABC News/Jake Tapper story the headline links to.

Midway through his speech on urban and metropolitan policy in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building this afternoon, one of his two small glass prompters came crashing down, hitting the wood floor and crashing in many pieces. It made quite a ruckus.

“Oh, goodness,” a startled President Obama said. “Sorry about that, guys.”

He then proceeded on with his remarks, “To pull our economy back from the brink, including the largest and most sweeping economic recovery plan in our nation’s history…”

For the rest of the speech the president relied on the one remaining teleprompter, to his right, and notes on his podium to finish his speech.

Shards of glass remained near the president’s feet for the duration of his speech.

Now imagine the reaction if the President had simultaneously managed to kill a fly!

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