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    Can Anybody Explain to Me...

    In the past couple of years, so many Republicans have made fun of the fact that President Obama reads off of a teleprompter. This is mentioned quite a bit on "Faux News" by people that are...(DUH!) reading it off of a teleprompter.

    Sarah Palin made a crack about it the other night. What is the difference between reading from a teleprompter and reading from a piece of paper on your podium(or in Sarah Palins case, the crib notes she has written on her hand)?
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    i'll try to answer....

    first off, with a schedule as hectic as a candidate or a president has it is impossible to devote enough prep time to every speech. a teleprompter is a necessary tool.

    that said, a huge part of obama catching flack for teleprompter use is due to the attention he got for being a great speaker, and his reliance on it in odd places...like a school classroom, plus the fact that he has stumbled on many occasions when there was no teleprompter.

    simple answer, he got a rep as a great speaker and people are going to have fun trying to knock him down a notch or two.

    as for palin writing on her hand - that's kinda cheesy. all i can think is that she knew she did not have proper prep time and made a last minute improvisation. i'm sure her opponents will use it as confirmation that she is a dummy, but like i said probably the result of a time crunch that limited her preperation.
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    It's a habit with her. Her lack of prep has screwed her more than once.

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    If someone can't remember what they're going to say how do they expect their audiece to remember it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by billynomates View Post
    If someone can't remember what they're going to say how do they expect their audiece to remember it?
    With politicians, I suspect many of them hope their audience does NOT remember what they said.
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