Obama's teleprompter hits the trail
(CNN) — It appears Barack Obama's teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.
The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn't use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.
But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.
The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn't use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.
But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.
posted by BP News Bureau | 9:48 AM
4 Comments:
From the American Thinker:
"Too bad we have only one major party candidate for the Oval Office capable of speaking without a prepared script. It raises questions about his authenticity when Obama is afraid to speak without a script.
This disability of Obama should give pause to all those who think he is so well-prepared for our nation's highest office."
From Hot Air:
"Normally, speakers use Teleprompters for larger events and use notes for smaller stops on the campaign trail. There’s nothing wrong with using a Teleprompter — it’s a great tool (when it works) and allows the speakers to maintain eye contact with the audience. It also allows the candidate more freedom to move on stage and frees them from the podium, allowing a more natural delivery.
But for a campaign that laughably dismissed Palin two weeks ago for using a speechwriter, this seems rather revealing. Palin uses speechwriters, and Obama can’t be separated from his Teleprompter. Maybe they can avoid the whole problem with a Milli Vanilli/Ashlee Simpson approach and have Obama lip-synch the speeches instead.
George W. Bush has used teleprompters on a regular basis for speeches, such as the State of the Union addresses. So what? From what I've read about Obama's speeches, he writes them, then reads them. I think that trumps someone who neither writes their own words nor can remember the words others write for him (or her).
Strother opines: "George W. Bush has used teleprompters on a regular basis for speeches, such as the State of the Union addresses. So what? From what I've read about Obama's speeches, he writes them, then reads them. I think that trumps someone who neither writes their own words nor can remember the words others write for him (or her).
Of course, all candidates and politicians use teleprompters when they can. It did look funny for Obama to be standing out in the middle of a dusty rodeo ring using a teleprompter. Typically in settings like that, the candidate is walking around holding a microphone since it's a less formal setting.
Actually, a guy named Jon Favreau is the head of Obama's speechwriting team. He used to be John Kerry's speechwriter. A good speechwriter is able to write speeches in their candidate's own style. No doubt that Obama, McCain and any other candidate reads over and edits the speech before the final draft is complete, but with not enough minutes in the day, a candidate doesn't have the time to write speeches from the beginning of the process until the end.
I don't understand this line: "I think that trumps someone who neither writes their own words nor can remember the words others write for him (or her)." I would assume you're talking about someone in particular; I just don't know who.
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