# It is perfectly reasonable for a president to rely on a teleprompter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707 "2020-06-29T22:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707/21 "2020-06-30T19:59:47Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> The tactic is now being reappropriated and directed at Trump by liberals who mistakenly believe that conservatives will experience shame and comeuppance upon learning that Trump, like Obama, also uses a teleprompter. As has every president since they were invented, probably.

I don’t get where this post is coming from.

If anything, this liberal would be MUCH happier if Trump used a teleprompter every single time he was speaking to an audience in public. If anything, I’d criticize him for not using one _enough_.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707/22 "2020-06-30T20:06:31Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> I don’t get where this post is coming from.
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> If anything, this liberal would be MUCH happier if Trump used a teleprompter every single time he was speaking to an audience in public. If anything, I’d criticize him for not using one _enough_.

Once again: _It is Trump’s hypocrisy that is being attacked._

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707/23 "2020-06-30T21:58:15Z")

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Yeah, I know that - does HMS\_Irruncible know that? I was responding specifically to his post.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707/24 "2020-06-30T22:00:15Z")

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Sorry, I was attempting to back you up, and apparently blew it

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707/25 "2020-06-30T22:04:02Z")

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Think of it as an opportunity to further clarify what I meant. 😉

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