Obama’s crutch
September 16, 2008
This isn’t particularly new. If you have ever heard Senator Obama speak, you know that his eloquent orations are a reflection of his skills at reading a teleprompter. Obama doesn’t hide this fact, but I think it is an embarrassing crutch for someone hailed with such great speaking abilities. Even today Obama brought his teleprompter to two different events in Colorado.
To me, there really isn’t anything wrong with using a teleprompter to deliver a speech per se, but what makes this case so remarkable is the absolute night-and-day difference in Obama when he’s on/off prompter. When he’s not using the teleprompter, he’s a bumbling, slow, and often erratic speaker.
It will be quite interesting to see how the Presidential debates go, since there will not be a prepared teleprompted speech for Obama to recite.
September 16, 2008 at 8:33 pm
You make a good point. Obama is not a great debater and neither is John McCain. I think both could really damage their campaign hopes with subpar performances in prime time.