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‘Unfair’: Obama Supporters Explain Why Teleprompters Should Be Allowed During Debates

Oct. 6, 2012 6:31pm Erica Ritz

Obama Supporters Argue for Teleprompters in Presidential Debates After Romney Beats Obama

A teleprompter displays the last lines of a speech by US President Barack Obama, after he spoke on the economy in 2011. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

There are many ideas floating around as to why President Obama underperformed in last Wednesday’s debate against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Al Gore thinks the altitude may have something to do with it, while Bill Maher has suggested the president may have gotten high before the battle of wits. Rush Limbaugh and many in the conservative media, however, say Romney’s ideas are simply superior, and Obama has nothing in his record he can defend.

Well, now a new excuse is being peddled.

Apparently, some consider it “unfair” that President Obama wasn’t able to use his now-infamous teleprompter. As one man stated, “How’s he going to memorize an hour and a half debate?”

Watch Rebel Pundit interview some of the president’s most loyal supporters at an Obama for America rally in Wisconsin Thursday, via Breitbart, for more:

“How unfair was it for the Debate Commission to not allow the president to use his teleprompter?” the interviewer asks at the beginning of the clip.

From there, a number of Obama supporters are seen saying, among other things, that they had no idea Obama was “off-prompter,” and that he probably would have fared better if he had been able to read his answers.

“Why? Why would you not let him use his teleprompter, you know?” one young man asks in response.

To be fair, however, there were some who were torn on the issue, and one who said Obama was strategically “holding back.”

Soon after, the video ends on a “fair” note with two women saying: “Shouldn’t they both be able to [use their teleprompters]?”

(H/T: Breitbart)

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Mike Benton
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:02pm
Next thing you know they’ll want him to have an ear piece so someone can whisper smart answers in his ear.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Please see my earlier post.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:41pm
  Well, DUH? How can you let a person in a Debate use a teleprompter? First off, he would be reading words of someone else during a debate, and 2nd, how can someone type fast enough to stay up with the subject of that debate? DUH? It’s not like reading a prepared text when you’re debating.
  
  3rd Is obama so dense, he can’t keep facts in his head? Then don’t say it if you can’t remember facts or subjects. No one has ever used teleprompter for a debate, it’s not even up for grabs.
  
  When you lie about everything, it’s hard to keep facts in your head. Tell the truth.
  
  p.s. I’ve seen obama & that hateful andrea mitchell telling whoppers on a new ad. How can they even hold their heads up? Romney DID say what he was going to do, and I’m not part of the MSM.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Thanks Al Gore, but personally I think obama is High on something besides the Altitude. Has he ever been to Cusco, Peru? That’s over 8,000 and I felt fine.
  
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- rawmilker
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:56pm
  Heres why they want this numbnut to have access to his teleprompter…umm, uhh, errr, uhh…mmmmm, ummm LMAO
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=819q62ZMYVk
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:05pm
  President Pinocchio got his strings cut (no teleprompter) and he just laid their like a pile of wood. Who knows, maybe before the next debate he will be transformed into a real boy. Either way he will still be a liar.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:33pm
  “…“How’s he going to memorize an hour and a half debate?”…”
  Uh- can anyone say ‘DUH’? Really: how stupid can these people be? Obviously, 51% of the population has no clue how a teleprompter works or why.
- GeorgieJo
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:46pm
  THIS HAS TO BE A JOKE!!!!
  
  Democraps want to ELECT a TELEPROMPTER??? ie braindead from chooming with manchurian implant?
  
  OMG NOV 2012
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:11pm
  Hey, they are college students. They are dazed and confused.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58mQvW0ROag&feature=related
  
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- getalong
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:22pm
  I’m convinced after reviewing the debate tapes, that the reason Obama kept looking down was because he was reading texted messages of how to answer the questions. It is obvious when you review the tapes that’s what he is doing. Is he really that empty headed? No teleprompters but texted answers. Pathetic.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:32pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Oh my… that’s going back in time.
  
  Kinda like a melding of “Tens Years After” and “Pink Floyd”
  
  And the clothes!!!! What did Hannibal Lector say? “Love your suit…” LOL
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:34pm
  Mike, they might try to pull that in the next debate. Their looking for ways for Valerie Jarrett to feed him the answers
  
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- Annie-Esq
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:41pm
  It is an abuurdity to assert that the Obama should have a teleprompter at a debate, He’s the President for God’s sake — he shouldn’t even need to practice ! He should be the most well-informed individual in the United States when it comes to the issue of the US government. And if he had firm convictions he should be able to express them. Problem is he hides his true convictions because they are against American ideals and ideology.
  
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- drbage
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:18pm
  And these are the people who are supposed to be the next generation of leaders of the country???!! Did none of them happen to notice that Gov. Romney did not have a teleprompter either? Wait, just remembered that the clip is from Madison, WI..how can one state produce the likes of Paul Ryan and Scott Walker and then those in the clip?? They say that ignorance is bliss, so among the cheeseheads there must be a lot of “blissful” people.
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:37pm
  In the next debate keep your eye on Valerie Jarrett and make sure the skank isnt putting up hand signals to the POS
  
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- Captain Crunch
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:52pm
  Personally, I would love to see someone shove the teleprompter right up his rear…..What a stupid president we have who cant function without a teleprompter. No words can describe how much contempt I have for that man!
  
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- Want our country back
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:55pm
  He is a crappy orator, he’s NOT brilliant, he’s a liar, he’s not even a good reader…. so why the love.
  
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- quiet little lamb
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:55pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcbAqK-qTY
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 11:20pm
  That’s exactly what a teleprompter is anyway… cheat sheet. THAT WOULD MEAN, you dopey Liberals who cannot connect any dots or think past the first KNEE JERK statement, that would mean that the questions would be KNOWN in advance so the answers could be prepred in advance and there would NOT be any DEBATE or exchange of ideas..there would only be TALKING POINTS being said by a dope who can’t think them, evidently doesn’t believe them (else he’d be able to say them) and to the JA who asked “HOW can he memorize 90 min. debate” : HE should KNOW these facts, DUDE, IT’s HIS JOB…little things like HOW MUCH IS THE NATIONAL DEBT!!! ? .
  
  GROW UP. GROW UP NOW. YOUR guy is a lazy little twit. He is about 1/3 the man he needed to be to be where he is. HE shows NO INTEGRITY; NO CHARACTER; NO ABILITY. All he is is a talking puppet, who shoots off his mouth and you dopes swoon. GROW THE HELL UP.
  
  REAL LEADERS have something to say; THEY have formed opinions and have IDEAS and SOLUTIONS. THIS pathetic POS has nothing, butkus, and you don’t like it because you had to watch that painful display of ineptitude for 90 minutes. NOW you have some idea of what WE, THE PEOPLE, have been through for 4 years. LIES, STUPIDITY, INABILITY to ADDRESS PROBLEMS.
  I think it’s funny as hell that you all got all excited because you saw GOV. ROMNEY put a handkerchief on his podium (Gentlemen usually carry handkerchiefs) … you are scary because you can NOT recognize the tr
  
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- cosette
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 11:26pm
  And there it is in a nutshell folks. The mind numbing stupidity of the Obot on display for all the world to see. And you actually WONDER how this totally vacuous charlatan managed to rise to the level of “success” he did? It’s due to a clueless coalition of the ignorant called Democrats willing and eager to foist upon America the train wreck called Obama! Utterly unbelievable!
  
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- ConstLaw
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:13am
  There is a name for a President with a teleprompters, he’s called a puppet.
  
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- Hanna
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:16am
  This is unbelievable. This country is TOAST!! These people don’t even know what a debate is for crying out loud. God help us.
  
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- wired4jesus
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:34am
  I guess I’m the only one that thinks that it’s a set up to ask the question in the first place. Breitart shows up to a liberal college and asks if it was fair. These morons never thought about it before, but since you asked… of course the didn’t like it. How would you except them to answer? They’re liberals!
  
  I could walk onto a campus and ask, “Do think it’s fair for voters to hold B.O,’s record against him”? “No”, they would say. “You can’t expect people to vote based upon what B.O. has or has not done, you can only vote on what he thinks of himself”.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 1:10am
  One doesn’t memorize a debate. It’s not a script, this isn’t a play by Shakespeare. The whole point of any debate is to hash out ideas and thoughts against an opponent, ad hoc. Sure, you may know the topics going in, but the onus is on each debater to prepare and be ready to counter all challengers.
  
  Good lord, what idiots infest this nation now, all of whom consider themselves superior to “dumb people” like us traditional Americans. Can we just send them off to Europe or Africa immediately, or does some kind of paperwork need filled out first?
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:01am
  @GETALONG
  I’m convinced after reviewing the debate tapes, that the reason Obama kept looking down was because he was reading texted messages
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  Absolutely. He’s trying to read, but the man can’t even do THAT well. He needs big letters, like children who are learning to read. There is very little gray matter in Barack’s head, and even less in his followers. In a way we are now worse off than third-world countries, because we have a surplus of stupid people coupled with a surplus of deadly enemies.
  
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- ObamaForward_OverTheCliff
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:02am
  ” ‘Unfair’: Obama Supporters Explain Why Teleprompters Should Be Allowed During Debates”
  
  Unfair?
  
  HAH HA HA Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
  aha ha ha ha ha ha ha … oooh ah ha Ha HA HA HA
  HA Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha HA HA HA HA HA Ha ha
  ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oh oh oooh ha
  haaaa … haaaa …oooooooh
  /wipes tear from eye/
  
  America’s toilet is overflowing! Past time to flush it!
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:09am
  and this is what their parents are going into hock to pay for the education they are not getting.
  
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- IowanativeER
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:14am
  Don’t assume an earpiece wasn’t used. I see that dumb look daily. We work with communication pieces in one ear. Live conversations are constantly interrupted by radio talk…and for awhile we all look idiotic to the person talking in person to us at the time. No doubt ultra small units exist. Tine for Obama to find a PocketPrompter.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:24am
  @GeorgieJo
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:46pm
  
  THIS HAS TO BE A JOKE!!!!
  
  Democraps want to ELECT a TELEPROMPTER??? ie braindead from chooming with manchurian implant?
  
  OMG NOV 2012
  ***
  Number one mission: Restore honesty to America’s politics. The First line on the ballot SHOULD READ: “______ For TELEPROMPTER of the United States… ” (wonder if soros would actually put his name?)
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:27am
  @drbage
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:18pm
  
  And these are the people who are supposed to be the next generation of leaders of the country???!! Did none of them happen to notice that Gov. Romney did not have a teleprompter either? Wait, just remembered that the clip is from Madison, WI..how can one state produce the likes of Paul Ryan and Scott Walker and then those in the clip?? They say that ignorance is bliss, so among the cheeseheads there must be a lot of “blissful” people.
  ****
  Maybe they were in a Swiss cheese crowd, and he was interviewing the holes.
  
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- 13Lena
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 4:46am
  I am amazed and speechless. This is what is voting for Obama?
  
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- Ruler4You
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 5:16am
  Racism, right?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 6:30am
  Hi MONK, Yes, that was pretty much the original version of that song. Shortly afterwards the Yardbirds broke up with Clapton and Beck going different ways. Jimmy Page pulled in Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, both of whom had worked with the Yardbirds in the past, then Bonham replaced the former Yardbirds’ drummer who was the last to leave. It was the Who’s Kieth Moon that suggested the name Led Zeppelin.
  What better song would describe these loons though?
  
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- mersey
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 6:52am
  There is a reason progressives are called Useful Idiots.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 7:12am
  Its not an alinsky101 class where you memorize the book.
  
  This is our country at stake morons.
  
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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 7:17am
  At last. The democrats see how stupidObama is. An embarrassment to the free world. Lol
  I I I uh uh uh an an an I I annnnnd wheres yo dollas. Its the right thing to do.
  
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- Countrygirl1362
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 7:34am
  I think he did have an ear piece. He looked like he was listening to a 3rd party a lot of the time.
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 8:46am
  Empty chair, empty suit and empty head! This guy is just a mouthpiece for his handlers-Jarrett, Aholerod, Plouffe, etc. Doesn’t know crap about how the real world operates, just academic theories.
  He’s been shown for what he really is, and it ain’t pretty.
  
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- Square Dancer
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 8:53am
  Wait a minute…haven’t we been told time and time again that BHO is absolutely the smartest president this country has ever had? That his intelligent level is far superior to anyone else?
  
  Well, I do think he is smart…and I think he “took a dive” on the debate to sucker-punch Romney later so he would be displayed as the “come back kid”.
  
  I only hope that Romney puts BHO “on the mat” again.
- skippy6
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 9:00am
  @oneshiner Spot on!!! You took the words out of what many common sense people are thinking.. The people in the video were either nervous or just dumb….
  
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- oldguy77
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 9:27am
  I thought the purpose of a debate was to get to know the candidates and where they stand on issues.With teleprompters its like the wizard of Oz.You have a nonentity behind the curtain telling you what to do.Sorta like G. Soros behind the curtain working the strings.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 9:38am
  No Joke: Valarie Jarrett does run the White House and obama works for her. She was Michelle’s boss in Chicago at 3 different places, so she knows where the bodies are buried.
  She was also involved in getting Michelle & obama together along with Jesse Jackson & Rev Wright.
  nice ploy: see the clip on how this was achieved.
  
  Interesting article by JEROME R. CORSI
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/jesse-jackson-wright-arranged-obama-marriage/
  
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- XScramblerX
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 9:49am
  I can’t believe what I’m hearing! Brain dead morons saying it’s ok if my candidate is too stupid to debate someone, just let him cheat! But then again, that’s all Obama knows, lying, cheating, thieving. He’s just a lazy man who wants everyone to do it for him. I can see right through this imposter. Lamo!
  
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- Charleyhorse
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 10:04am
  Thanks pattyhenry and others. You make me feel better knowing that there are other grown ups with walkin around sense still here. As far as Barry being a puppet, I think he’s more like the once popular “anything muppet” toy that could be anything you wanted. Maybe a southern black preacher that spews that the government does no like you if you are black, maybe a commie that spews that you didn’t build that and that government is responsible for all success, maybe a “I’m a joker, I’m a smoker’ I’m a midnight toker” hip daddy that appeals to young college students, may an ” I apologize for America being free to all my radical Islamist friends traitor, maybe a mom jeans wearing I can’t throw a baseball pansy, or maybe a jolly old elf from the north pole with a bag full of cell phones for the masses. He has indeed played many roles in his term, but leader has sadly not been one of them. Maybe since he is a muppet this is why all the outrage bout PBS?
  
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- Darby2
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 10:35am
  that is how the preacher got busted in Tx years ago. look at it his way. Anyone who thinks soulbrother # 1 is good for the USA would also think a TP would be fair! They don’t have a clue!
  
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- Cherieo3
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 10:43am
  Didn’t you SEE…he did have an ear piece! That’s why he had his head down most of the time..and getting his instructions…and then he would nod..and reply. Just too bad that he can’t speak without having someone tell him what to day via teleprompter or ear piece. Quit makin excuses for him..HE DOES QUITE WELL ON HIS OWN in that catagory. (It’s all Bush’s fault…he couldn’t hear)
  
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- PatriotGal2
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 10:55am
  You mean he didn’t have it in the last debate?
  
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- Cemoto78
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:08am
  These people are really wasting their time and money attending the U of W. Indoctrination at it’s finest.
  
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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:18am
  WOW…got some idiots old and young. Yeah he def can’t perform without a prompt…simply amazingly dumb people.
  
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- vorpal
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:42am
  hey I would not put that kind of crap past them…he’s a cheater…he has cheated his way to where he is with the help of all sorts of unsavory individuals.
  he wants everyone to have a fair chance, get their fair share, everybody gets a gold star, no losers allowed.
  The Montessori president.
  If he can’t have his teleprompter cheat sheet then it’s NOT FAIR.
  Let’s have some affirmative action at these debates!!!!!!!!!!
  
  impotent boy king
  
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- jujubeebee
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:48am
  Obama’s ears are big enough. There is nothing between them. They want to cheat on everything. It is so funny to watch the spinners trying to excuse him for his poor performance. The coordinated media calling Romney a liar and spinning what he said is actually funny and so predictable.
  Romney’s positions have been consistent. Obama framed and characterized his tax plan and then acts as if their characterization is the truth. This is a rates versus revenue argument. If more people are working there is more taxpayers and thus more revenue. If you put a cap on deductions it hits the higher earners…..he even said….pick a number. Everything Romney has been saying about his tax plan has been consistent. All the dems have is raise taxes for more money but keep spending and only take from the top. Romney was clear. 90 billion on bankrupt solar companies is the Obama way.
  Obama is a liar. This was the business executive with a degree in business versus a lower level salesman who has 4 years of sales experience selling on bullsh*t. If you repeat a lie enough the moron voters will believe it as truth. The target voters are the ignorant, gullible Americans who pay no attention to what is actually going on. It is a sad day when we all lose our freedom because of the ignorant.
  Obama could get a teleprompter and still lose. No one gets to cheat on these debates, and there are no excuses for Obama’s poor performance other than he didn’t care enough.
  
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- ab82
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:50am
  How in the world would it make an sense! First, he’s been (at least presumably) the president for nearly 4 years! He shouldn’t have even had to ‘study up’ for the debate. MAYBE a little statistic checking and learning about his opponent, but that should be about an hour. Instead he’s on the news carrying pizza’s and talking on the phone about how much ‘they’ are keeping him inside and ‘making’ him study. Then this!!!! Really! A teleprompter! Wait, he’s been in the mix for 4 years! If ANYONE on that stage should have been allowed a tele, it would have been Mitt. He’s older that Obama, and he’s never even ran, much less spent 4 years in the office! Seriously people, a teleprompter! Is this even worth our time to discuss! How pathetic is that!
  
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- glassbeadlady
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:33pm
  This just proves how the teachers have brain washed our youth. A debate is from the heart not prepared statements by someone else…
  
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- David in MA
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:14pm
  obozo may already have that, ever wonder about the large scar on the right side of his head behind his ear?
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:24pm
  OK by me only if JOE BIDEN is on the other end
  
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- freeus
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:48pm
  Scary, and they are allowed to vote?
  
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- Drewed1
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 3:17pm
  I believe the ear-piece was already planned, but they had to pull it because they were afraid if it was found, it migh possibly look bad for obummah! Somethinf will be ther in the next debate, possibly in the VP tussle!
  
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- Mulder1
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 3:56pm
  Obama is America’s first affirmative action President, proving that affirmative action does not work.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 8:02pm
  can’t we just elect the teleprompter? at least it can’t sign anything that would destroy the constitution!
  
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- love the kids
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 8:27pm
  I have a better idea, why don’t we just have the people on stage who actually wrote what the telleprompter says? You could have Ayres, Alynsky, Jones, Soros, Jarrett and Warren in chairs waiting to respond to what Romney has to say.
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 8:49pm
  He did fine remembering all the talking points….he really didn’t need it….
  
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- chalkdust
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:30pm
  Why not just have the speech writer on stage and we can debate him or her. Seems much simpler to cut out the middle man.
  
  In fact why not just have the speech writer run the country. As it stands, we have a speech giver as a President anyway so lets cut out the middle man.
  
  Although, considering the President has many speech writers, the stage might get crowded.
  
  Maybe they could draw straws to see who gets to run the country and who gets to debate.
  
  Or, even better, maybe they could take turns.
  
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- Free_Thinker
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:47pm
  RABIDPATRIOT… OMG, I can’t stop laughing!
  
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- PowerPC
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 1:08am
  The question asked is leading and flawed from the very beginning. The question asks “How unfair is it that…..” starting with the premise that the lack of the TelePrompter for Obama is inherently unfair. This is utterly ridiculous and these BO supporters obviously do not know what a debate is. One states, “How is he (Obama) going to memorize an hour and a half debate?”. Just so you liberals know, you are not supposed to memorize a debate. There is nothing to memorize. The questions should not be known by either party prior to the debate. Perhaps the subjects may be known by the debaters but not the questions. I think this question goes a long way towards proving that liberalism is a mental disorder. Heck the liberals were having a meltdown when they thought Romney was cheating with notes written on a handkercheif……If Romney is not supposed to have a hanky with notes on it what makes them think it is fair for Obama to have a TelePrompter?
  
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- spikebu
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 1:19am
  Do they omit debate in school, now? You weren’t allowed note cards. You either knew it and could argue it, or you didn’t. Romney knew it. Obama didn’t. There’s the whole point of the debate.
  
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- damon_k
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 5:37am
  I remeber hearing a CEO of a major company saying that he and several other CEOs met with the President in the first part of ’09. He said there were only 8-10 people in the room and the President was using a teleprompter. This is not the actions of an intelligent man. Read more insights at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- 100 Million Patriots Standing
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 7:34am
  Break the spell – find others to vote Obama out. take it viral – all eligible voters to the poll.
  End the drama – find others. ! and lots of them.
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 9:16am
  He cannot think for himself and I do believe his IQ is below 100 ……….no proof on his education etc !
  
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- wog1
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 2:01pm
  You know it is funny how those that loose want to cheat. Romney does not need a teleprompter to memorize his 1 & 1/2 hour of facts plus many more. But obviously Obama cannot. And he wants to remain as President. We finally got to see the real Obama and the truth is not very good.
  
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Gary_K
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:00pm
I have often wondered what it would be like to be brain dead, after watching the brain dead kids I now know. Brain dead = damnocrats.

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- michael48
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 11:04am
  speaks volumes as to where education stands …evidently indoctrination has replaced education……move from a college dorm to a shovel ready bridge…
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 10:23am
  In cheeseland, debate is spelled de bait and is used to catch walleye.
  
  Can you imagine Obama debating Webster and/or Lincoln?
  
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vonMises
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:00pm
Perhaps they could cite the Americans with Disabilities Act, and argue that since President Obama does not know what he believes, and can’t actually think, he needs a teleprompter to tell him what to say.

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Cptk41
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:59pm
Was it just me or did that one guy think the teleprompter was the moderator? LOL!!!

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- Gary_K
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:04pm
  I believe that guy is incapable of thinking.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 11:29pm
  @ C…That guy thought EXACTLY that. If, indeed, he is even capable of thought.
  
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- jujubeebee
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:05pm
  Obama is a programmed speaker. If he memorized it then he can deliver it. If he can read it off a teleprompter then he can deliver it. Obama is not a leader. He is incapable of managing the country, or spending within our means or setting a budget. He wasted 90 billion on his bankrupt donor solar companies. He is a pawn or puppet of the global forces wanting world redistrubution through UN power over us. His mommy and daddy were commies and so were his grandparents. Go through his czars. He is a liar and the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. Obamacare was the main focus to take us over. No one is getting their previous healthcare because this will evolve into government care~all employers will dump and not just the 30% admitting to it. The trigger is the fine. Seniors won’t get a doctor to see them with the cuts in the already low reimbursements and that government panel will be using their chart of who matters….years left versus cost of care to ration and deny them based on age. All of this was sold on lowering costs. The big lie. This should be the number one issue~getting Obamacare erased.
  
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Cptk41
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:58pm
These people! I want to say, where do they come from? But unfortunately I know and it scares the bageezus out of me!

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- Shasta
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:56pm
  These people may well decide our next president, and be partially (or fully) responsible for the demise of this country.
  
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- mudguy
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 10:56am
  We have a generation or two that have been brain washed that everybody should win, no score should be kept and everybody gets a passing grade just for showing up or having some else writing their papers and taking their tests. Why should anybody have think for them self?
  
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:57pm
Perhaps the Marxist POS could take the Soledad O’Brien approach and have someone pump wikipedia information into him through an earpiece during the next debate.

What a bunch of pathetic losers. How could any self respecting person call him/herself a democrat/liberal. They are a disgrace to America, a true herd of jackasses.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:35pm
  So, his voting public knows what dumbass his when he is standing on his own two feet. Another thing, is it me or does anybody else wonder it this interview was actually made by Howard Stern’s crew?
  
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- Want our country back
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:57pm
  What part of DEBATE, do these university grads not understand,
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 3:00am
  @2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Perhaps the Marxist POS could… have someone pump wikipedia information into him through an earpiece during the next debate.
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  Believe me, they tried everything, but Barack is both stupid and lazy, so last-minute cramming doesn’t help. That’s why libs were so angry at Lehrer. In their view, Barack was entitled to all the time in the world because he is special. They’re right. He’s the first POTUS with special needs.
  
  He’ll be fed through his earpiece during the town-hall-style debate. Let’s pray it malfunctions.
  
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- Kevin The Elder
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 7:01am
  @kryptonite: He’ll be fed through his earpiece during the town-hall-style debate. Let’s pray it malfunctions.
  
  How great would it be if a mischievous hacker could feed right wing responses into Obama’s earpiece.
  
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asmurff
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:57pm
Plainly we want to hear Obama’s views, not those of this puppet masters!!!!!

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- Tal-El
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:21pm
  He does not have views, that’s the whole point. But I guess morons want o be led by a moron, so it all makes sense.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:03pm
  @Tal-El, he has views. He views America as evil. He views whites as evil. He views the successful as evil. He views the wealthy as evil. He views small and large businesses, that are responsible for all of this nations jobs, as evil. He views the men and women of our military, that defend our nation with their lives, as evil. He views the constitution as evil. He views the founders as evil. He views a limited government, that strives only to maintain a fair and level playing field, as evil. And he views all Christians and Jews are evil (not so atheists and muslims). And the list goes on…
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:39am
  @asmurff
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:57pm
  
  Plainly we want to hear Obama’s views, not those of this puppet masters!!!!
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  Watch for an obama look-a-like for the next debate. Go back and review a bunch of pictures of him. Sometimes they don’t look like the same guy!
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:42am
  @Shasta
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:03pm
  
  @Tal-El, he has views. He views America as evil. He views whites as evil. He views the successful as evil. He views the wealthy as evil. He views small and large businesses, that are responsible for all of this nations jobs, as evil. He views the men and women of our military, that defend our nation with their lives, as evil. He views the constitution as evil. He views the founders as evil. He views a limited government, that strives only to maintain a fair and level playing field, as evil. And he views all Christians and Jews are evil (not so atheists and muslims). And the list goes on
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  You couldn’t be more right.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 3:13am
  @MIL MOM
  Watch for an obama look-a-like for the next debate
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  Please don’t give them any ideas. They are desperate and have no conscience.
  
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Chromo200
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:56pm
No wonder we don’t have a proper foreign policy when Obama sits down with world leaders .. He either is stoned or he needs a teleprompter to be told what to say.

And this man has a law degree. How the heck did he pass his college courses without a teleprompter. No wonder he does not want to show us his grades.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:16pm
  How did he pass the bar? That is the real question.
  
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- urnokid
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:24pm
  how do you know he has A law degree, he will not show any of his school records. At one time he had apparently passed the bar exam, but that license was revoked.
  
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- for-common-sense
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:52pm
  How did Obama pass the bar…ever watch Suits? Who was sitting in the seat that signed Obama’s name to the test…what was her name?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:42pm
  FOR-COMMON-SENSE, As I was responding above, that possibility actually did cross my mind. But, I figure his foreign exchange student funding did not cover that.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:56pm
  How do we know he PASSED college or even graduated? We just know he attended. Everything is sealed. Obama’s ALWAYS talking about levelling the playing field, and fair share, even though he got by with affirmative action and foreign student status, but NOW, his followers want their “Anointed One” to have an advantage? The democraps ALWAYS want to have it both ways. Just acknowledge that your guy isn’t the fantastical genius he was built up to be. He is a lazy gay stoner.
  
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wboehmer
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:55pm
Except for possibly an opening or closing statement, what possible use would a teleprompter be in a debate?

Proof that people don’t even think about what they’re saying. Or, could it be that so many have no idea what a teleprompter is?

Either way, take a good look. These are examples of the Øbama electorate.

And don’t forget about that Øbama phone woman.

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- MEANS2RESIST
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:26pm
  Wow, the doper obama idiots are very amusing. How could a teleprompter be utilized with a debate format? Theyz-a genius man! A candidate is supposed to be able to think & speak on the issues for themselves. Especially a US President.
  
  The future of this republic is in serious jeapordy with morons as such inhabiting our great land.
  
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dublinthewagons
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:54pm
Pretty bad when the leader (punt) of the U.S. can’t think or speak for himself. Obama couldn’t read a teleprompter with his head between his legs pouting. The progressive libers man child needs to grow a pair.

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lynda1276
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:54pm
wow- the gene pool is really hurting…

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pierrepierre
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:52pm
I think they should allow them, provided answers are entered by the debater himself in real time. In other words, you better be a grreat writer and typist in order to get your answer out with in the time limits.

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ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:49pm
LOL People really are STUPID !!!!!!!!! Erkell is not real, he was created out of nothing by the media, he can not think or function on his own. He is a puppet, and according to Al Gore he suffers from altitude sickness !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL Theyshould actually start charging people for this comedy tour !!!!!!!!

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- okjustme
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:38pm
  he came of a plane that was at 30.000 ft up what 5000 ft his problem is he not sure what lie to tell
  as Bill Clinton said he is a fairy tale
  
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- sgtstubbs
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 3:14pm
  His answer should have been, I have looked into this problem and we need to revalue taxes on ALL of the taxpayers and reverse the decrease the impact by allow average payment over the decreasing period without decreasing the base linear reduce to maximize the lower input to the American Taxpayer. Thank you and I hope I did not go over the time limit.
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
Why, would he know the questions in advance?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:23pm
  Do you really think that he didn’t Wednesday night?
  
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ALfromVAl
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
Add your comments

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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:01pm
  Obama wears Victoria secrets. Harry Reid said so.
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:30pm
  Rahm Emanuel says after a night at the Bathhouse, he particularly enjoys BO in a lacy number with fringe, fluffy handcuffs are optional.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:27pm
  @338LAPUA, I agree, Madison is so very Ultra Liberal and UW has many Ultra Liberal Professors teaching these young men and women. Their response to the question does not surprise me, not after what I seen and heard from them during the Capital protest.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:57pm
  no teleprompters or speechwriters but of course the puppets would be destroyed against a real opponent if that were the case.
  
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Rogue
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
You should have to pass a basic civics course to earn the right to vote. And pay taxes, even if it is just 1%.

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:58pm
  It’s UW, what can you expect? Do they enter the school as zombies or does the school change them is the only question?
  
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- MEANS2RESIST
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:33pm
  Its gotta be the dope , no one can be this stupid!
  
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- 338lapua
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:49pm
  @means2resist……you need to experience Madison,Wi. to even come CLOSE to understanding. They truly ARE that stupid.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:48am
  @Rogue
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
  
  You should have to pass a basic civics course to earn the right to vote. And pay taxes, even if it is just 1%
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  Actually you should have to pass it to run for office. 99% of our government would be out!
  
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mrmikejohnson
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
If someone can’t speak intelligently three major issues for 15 minutes each, then he shouldn’t be president. I could have debated the issues for an hour an half.

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Citizen-1
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm
hahahahahahaha!!! His people are idiots! To bad they get to vote.

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- psychokittis
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:01pm
  You got that right. I shudder for this country when idiots are allowed to vote.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:57pm
  Born, raised and housed on the welfare dime to vote for an Affirmative Action Prez.
  Obama Phone!
  
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momrules
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:44pm
I’ve pretty much lost all hope for the liberal/brainless/zombies that support Obama. These people can’t think for themselves so they can’t figure out that the President of the United States of America should be able to think on his feet without cue cards.

They will be so easy to load on the rail cars.

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:10pm
  Hi Mom…. What we have in this country now (as in ’08) are fools who will vote for Obama (again) and fools who will enable Obama (again).
  
  Clowns to the left of us and jokers on the right (fringe). The difference is that the fools on the left are too dumb to know any better and the fools on the right (fringe) know better but don’t care.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:44pm
  TIME, And, you really thought that I was joking about that special podium last week? LOL
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:50pm
  Lmao RJJ… you were obviously RIGHT ON with that previous comment and have a certain proclivity for knowing Obama, his failings and the future rants of his whining supporters…. heh-heh-heh…
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:52pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Left you a Monk story back on the California gas story….
  
  Did you see this EastInfection??????
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:30pm
  Thanks TIME, but I can’t take that much credit, 0bama is just too easy. LOL
  Hi MONK, Yeah, I caught that and added a response to it too.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:58pm
  railcars? Obama and Romney support NDAA and LDS have bigoted views of minorities, watch out!
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:10pm
  INDI. Isn’t there a brown paper bag and some spray paint with your name on it out there tonight waiting on you to take a HuffffffffffffffffffffffffffPo…
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:21pm
  one of those gullible idiots from 1930′s who just walked in to their grave, if you want to be the walking dead that if your choice but not mine.
  
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- chalkdust
  Posted on October 8, 2012 at 2:57am
  Individualism
  
  Mormons are bigoted towards minorities? HORSE HOCKEY!
  
  Something you “heard” no doubt. Nice sweeping statement as though it were fact.
  
  And I support the NDAA as well. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 was necessary to fund the department of defense which I am certain you would agree is important.
  
  Some of the attachments to that bill are certainly troubling. Those riders need to be repealed by congress not just an exception stipulated by President Obama in an executive order as he recently did.
  
  BUZZ your congressman and senator repeatedly.
  
  Vote for Romney unless you are a fan of the vague “new economic patriotism” Obama spoke about in the debate. If you don’t understand what that means yet, you are lost. If it’s some kind of internal debate, gee capitalism or communism, you are most likely lost as well.
  
  It’s real simple.
  Romney=capitalism
  Obama=marx/communism/collectivism/progressivism
  
  And Obama told you as much in the debate.
  
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phrogdriver
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:43pm
Well, apparently Mitt Romney DID have a hankerchief. Next time Obama should bring one of those – so he can tie it to a broom and wave it over his head when he surrenders.

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- MEANS2RESIST
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:41pm
  This is an excuse one lib told me about obama debating last week & I quote –
  
  ” obama fooled all of you.He remained calm and let romney whine and cry.It was a brilliant political move for the president.If obama would have got upset and argued the press and republicans would have been all over it,but he didn’t. 2 more debates obama will be the same or will he?”
  
  Nothing but excuses after their messiah floundered.
  
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- phrogdriver
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 10:05pm
  @means – CW is that Obama will do really well in the next (Town Hall) debate. I think it will be a repeat of this one. All the pundits think Obama can “connect” with voters – when the truth is that Romney is the one who really spends time with regular folks and really knows what makes them tick. Add to that Obama is probably being egged on to fight back next time – which really doesn’t work in a Town Hall devbate – and I think the next debate will about as bad as this one.
  
  Of course, what do I know. (Besides knowing that the stimulus wouldn’t work, Ben Bernanke is creating the largest economic bubble in human history, QE wouldn’t work, Obama care would increase costs, raising taxes won’t reduce the deficit. Okay, I know those things – but I’m not smart like Obama.)
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:52am
  @phrogdriver
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:43pm
  
  Well, apparently Mitt Romney DID have a hankerchief. Next time Obama should bring one of those – so he can tie it to a broom and wave it over his head when he surrenders
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  My “Like” for the day!
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:41pm
Idiots.

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Archstone
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:40pm
And these people vote? If it is already on the teleprompter, it’s not a debate. Idiots.

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4areason
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:40pm
Who wants to listen to a debate when those debating are being fed answers? Do people think about questions before they answer them?

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- Cornflake
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 4:11pm
  Exactly! To use a teleprompter one would have to know ALL the questions to be presented. Also, who would be writing the answers to those questions? Apparently, the president doesn’t like much discussion at all. If he did, he would have been discussing security briefings, rather than “reading” them. This has to be the second silliest thing suggested, after the comment from Al Gore, that the altitude affected his brain. ROFL. Al Gore, is obsessed with mother nature. He still can’t get over the fact that he lost the election in 2000. After all his agenda’s have come to light, all I can say is thank goodness he did not win that election!
  
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Arnold_Ziffel
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:39pm
“Apparently, some consider it “unfair” that President Obama wasn’t able to use his now-infamous teleprompter. As one man stated, “How’s he going to memorize an hour and a half debate?””

Translation – The immaculated one doesn’t have the same brain-power as Mitt Romney and needs his woobie.

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- tipofthespear42
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 12:58am
  Well said…….sad but TRUE!
  
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- Balpit
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 2:07pm
  The Presidents of old survived debates LONGER than an hour and a half in the days before teleprompters were invented.
  
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Psychosis
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 6:37pm
its a DEBATE you mental mi.dgets you dont get a teleprompter to ” memorize ” the answers the whole point of a debate is to answer any question and discus about a topic

where the he double hockey sticks do these morons get their education from

hey, i know, lets ask encinom his opinion !!!!!!!!!!!!! we can all get a laugh while he explains his b.utt buddies mental deficiencies

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- truthseekerusa
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 7:06pm
  They are too busy learning how to demand free condoms and abortions on demand to know anything about how a debate is conducted.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 9:03pm
  Look, its very simple…….Lib/Progs are retarded. Obama spent an entire life time preping 2008, there is now way he’ll get up to speed in 4 years. He’s a ******, he is stunted in growth. He know’s only what the handlers have told him The day he realizes what a freak he is will be like the scene in Total Recal ….Arnold and his wife. Consider this a divorce. Bang……..Michelle will take him out.
  
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