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Bacon King
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« on: March 24, 2012, 11:27:34 PM »

The GOP is just following the Karl Rove playbook of attacking your opponent's strengths, like how Kerry's military service became a liability after the Swift Boat ads in 2004.

Obama's an inspiring speaker, a significant asset for any presidential candidate; making a meme out of his teleprompter allows the GOP a comeback any time they can't compete with him rhetorically.
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Bacon King
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 01:33:53 AM »

Obama has used teleprompters far more often than any other president, including Bush, even for things like photo ops.  It's a legitimate line of criticism.

Sure, Obama uses a teleprompter more than Bush did, but that's because Bush was horrible at using it so he preferred written notes. You could always tell whenever Dubya read off a teleprompter, because he always had a really bad "deer in headlights" look, and he was also way too obvious about the way he scrolled his eyes to read it. Obama's use isn't unprecedented, though- Ronald Reagan was never without his.

(Also, it sure is D-GA in here, guys!)
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