That President Obama and His Silly Teleprompter

Ahh, President Obama cracks me up sometimes. His spending proposals, his ineptness with even the most simple social gestures, the way he carefully chooses his words. It may come as a surprise that his list of speech errors is long and distinguished, something that can happen because a) you're making the speech up on the fly and hit a snag, or b) YOU CAN'T READ A TELEPROMPTER CORRECTLY. With Obama, we all know for sure it isn't "a."

I don't recall any prior President relying solely on a teleprompter for all of his speeches. Maybe it's simply a format Obama enjoys using. Maybe he has an aversion to notecards, whether they're printed on new or recycled paper. Whatever the reason, one thing is certain: when there is no teleprompter, you can expect Obama to avoid talking as much as possible, and stammer when he does talk. For being a great orator, he doesn't orate very well without that teleprompter. At least when he's using the video device, chances are the speeches have been fact-checked and edited for errors, thus helping him avoid any gaffes. I'm looking at you, Joe Biden.