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Originally Posted by hillbilly
Isn't any president not much more than a puppet this day and age? The last two have relied on the teleprompter heavily. If they could speak what they wanted they wouldn't read from left to right and stumble trying to keep up with what they are reading, as Obama did today. Not poking fun at him, it just appears the words are not totally his own or else he wouldn't stumble. Who tells them what to say? I remember Bush relying on it too. Didn't Lincoln shout out from the balcony into the crowd using his own words?
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The difference here is that with the speed information travels today it's hard to have time to write a speech let alone memorize it.
Presidents have been reading prepared material for longer than I've been around, for sure.....