CNN Headline News just did a short bit on what happens to speechifyin’ politicians when their teleprompter don’t work.
Sort of.
They did show a recent speech by McCain when his teleprompter blacked out. Poor Grampa shuffled through his papers while his audience filled in the silence with chants and cheers.
Then they mentioned the time that Clinton was to deliver a state-of-the-union speech, and his prompter was displaying a completely different speech. They showed the part where Bill mentioned that the wrong speech was up – but completely skipped the part where he went ahead and delivered the <i>correct</i> speech, from memory.
CNN, thy name is WHORE.
Personally, I say we outlaw teleprompters during pol speeches. Then we’d see who can at least memorize a few words.
Teleprompter Trouble
CNN Headline News just did a short bit on what happens to speechifyin’ politicians when their teleprompter don’t work.
Sort of.
They did show a recent speech by McCain when his teleprompter blacked out. Poor Grampa shuffled through his papers while his audience filled in the silence with chants and cheers.
Then they mentioned the time that Clinton was to deliver a state-of-the-union speech, and his prompter was displaying a completely different speech. They showed the part where Bill mentioned that the wrong speech was up – but completely skipped the part where he went ahead and delivered the <i>correct</i> speech, from memory.
CNN, thy name is WHORE.
Personally, I say we outlaw teleprompters during pol speeches. Then we’d see who can at least memorize a few words.