I have to wonder why there is all this kerfuffle over President Obama using a teleprompter? Every president since Carter has used one and so does every news anchor, most reporters and public speakers. It's just like having paper in front of you, except you can actually look at your audience while you read.
The Associated Press's Ron Fournier apparently thinks Obama is the first president to use one. Guess what? Not! Watch every speech Bush made in a controled environment and you will see the familliar teleprompters, though you would have never known he used one because his reading skill was so impared.
I guess it's just the right-wing trying toi snipe at President Obama with whatever meager verbal amunition they have left. Short of calling him names like Rush Limbaugh and other purile idiots, these guys just have to find fault with something.
Give it a rest!
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