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Re:Gitmo Is Killing Me by scarmig on Monday April 15, 2013 @03:20AM (#5550221)
The teleprompter thing started to die once the entire field of Republican candidates was winnowed down to the single non-crazy one who was perfectly happy to use a teleprompter.
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Re:Gitmo Is Killing Me by gruseom on Monday April 15, 2013 @03:22AM (#5550225)
I thought they all used teleprompters. Who doesn't?
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Re:Gitmo Is Killing Me by scarmig on Monday April 15, 2013 @10:21AM (#5551599)
Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Hermann Cain. Rick Santorum wanted to ban them. Etc.

All with predictable results. This isn't to say they never used teleprompters in their life; just that when they were running for the nomination, it was a useful cudgel to bash Obama and implicitly Mitt. That's why they were known as pretty gaffe-prone candidates.

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