If Obama wants to impress me...

[OriginalWheelman]

He can drop his speech writer. Teleprompters, scripted press conferences are all tricks of the trade and have been used by both sides far too much. I was reading this article and this really pissed me off.

http://spectator.org/archives/...rness/

To that end, he says, the White House is looking to install a small video or computer screen into the podium used by the president for press conferences and events in the White House. "It would make it easier for the comms guys to pass along information without being obvious about it," says the adviser.

The screen would indicate whom to call on, seat placement for journalists, pass along notes or points to hit, and so forth, says the adviser.

Using a screen is nothing new for Obama; almost nothing he said in supposedly unscripted townhall events during the presidential campaign was unscripted, down to many of the questions and the answers to those questions. Teleprompter screens at the events scrolled not only his opening remarks, but also statistics and information he could use to answer questions.

Isn't Obama supposed to be in charge here? Who's pulling the "comms guys" strings that they get to pull Obama's? We have speeches that are written for him, questions and answers written before hand, all acted out to paint a pretty picture of what they want us to see.

Start speaking for yourself and answer the real questions. That's change I can believe in.