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After weeks of criticism for being so dependent upon his teleprompter, President Obama threw the Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) under the bus and braved last night's press conference without his trusty remote controller.
Obama still had a crutch, he read his opening statement from a massive TV monitor from the back of the room.
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In an Associated Press "analysis" piece, Ron Fournier, wrote that the giant "teleprompter" telegraphs Obama's caution:
A careful one.
President Barack Obama took no chances in his second prime-time news conference, reading a prepared statement in which he took both sides of the AIG bonus brouhaha and asked an anxious nation for its patience.
[. . .]
It was a carefully modulated statement, and Obama -- relying on a familiar crutch -- read it off a flat-screen monitor perched at the back of the East Room.
I disagree. Obama's dependence upon TOTUS is based on fear rather than caution. When his remote controllers can't tell him what to say via TOTUS, things often do not go well.
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Massive tv monitors and teleprompters should be banned for the president's speeches. We need to know if he truly knows what he is talking about, instead of just reading off a huge monitor. Also maybe it would be better if the POTUS had to write his own speeches, I heard that 'Slick Willie' wrote a good deal of his speeches in fact. I honestly can't imagine Obungle writing anything beyond his acceptance speech, and I don't think he can even give an entire speech without some sort of visual aid. This is supposed to be the most powerful leader in the world, and he can't write his own speeches, or give a speech without a teleprompter, PITIFUL.
Dan,
Technically, is a jumbo-tron still considered a teleprompter?
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