The British newspapers skewer Obama on this incident. Here is what happened. "Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into a [speech] when he realized something sounded way too familiar," and it was. He was repeating the speech that the teleprompter had told Obama to say mere moments ago. The teleprompter forgot to change speeches from Obama's to Cowen's. So Cowen stopped, he turned to the president and said, "That's your speech." I'm surprised it took him 20 seconds to figure out it wasn't his. So Obama started laughing, and Obama went back to the podium to take over, but when Obama got there... This is hilarious! When Obama got there, the teleprompter had then switched back to the Cowen speech. The teleprompter switched back to the Cowen speech while Obama of his laughing and heading to the podium.
So when Obama then reached the podium to try to "coolly, calmly" save the day, he ended up thanking himself for throwing a huge party because he ended up reading the speech the teleprompter wrote for the Irish prime minister. The script had been switched, and Obama ended up thanking himself for inviting everybody to the party.
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