Teleprompter Prompts Pompous Politicians

When President Obama opened his news conference last evening with comments about the budget, the economy and the work his administration is doing, he was looking across the East Room to a large teleprompter screen where his prepared remarks were scrolling.
That has critics, such as Jonathan Garthwaite at the conservative Townhall.com, saying things such as "maybe he can lip-sync to a recording next time." FoxNews.com is calling Obama the "Prompter-in-Chief"
Without a doubt, many of the attacks from the far-right against President Obama have amounted to nothing more than the political equivalent of speaking in tongues.
The most ridiculous of the attacks are the ones that entirely ignore the legacy of the previous president. The far-right's staggering disregard for the significant flaws of the former Republican president confounds logic when measured against their ridiculous attacks on the current president.
ATTACK: President Obama took a vacation to Hawaii.
REALITY: President Bush set a record for presidential vacations during two wars and a major hurricane.

ATTACK: President Obama's budget could double the national debt.
REALITY: President Bush's spending actually did.

ATTACK: President Obama is "shredding the Constitution."
REALITY: You mean there's a Constitution left to be shredded?

ATTACK: President Obama chuckled while talking about bailing out the auto industry.
REALITY: President Bush routinely smirked and grinned while talking about the significantly more serious issues of war and military casualties.

ATTACK: President Obama is incompetent.
REALITY: Do I even need to do the list?

ATTACK: President Obama is presiding over a one-party fascist government.
REALITY: This is not a joke.

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