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So Obama uses a teleprompter... Know who else used one (sometimes two)? Ronald Reagan...

It's being reported that prior to the election, former Texas GOP chair and current Texas Eagle Forum president - Cathie Adams - said the following:

"...No. I'm telling you, Barack Hussein Obama has got to have a teleprompter because he fried his brain on drugs."

The teleprompter joke and argument has got to be one of the stupidest thrown around by the Republican Party. I have to shake my head and softly chuckle to myself whenever I hear or read a Republican criticizing President Obama and his use of teleprompters. The sad (well, sadder) part is it seems many die-hard Republicans eat it up (not literally, of course). My question is why?

While former Republican President George W. Bush wasn't fond of teleprompters, he did use them at times. Former Republican President George H.W. Bush has used teleprompters as well. Former Republican President Dwight Eisenhower used teleprompters. Believe it or not, but former Republican President Ronald Reagan used teleprompters also. Earlier this year, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio criticized Obama for using teleprompters while he was using teleprompters. 

"...Obama has got to have a teleprompter because he fried his brain on drugs."

Does this mean George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Marco Rubio, and many other Republican politicians both past and present needed teleprompters because their brains were fried on drugs as well? Like I said, this has got to be one of the stupidest arguments the Republican Party has thrown around about the president. 

Continuing with this theme, I can just see members of the party saying the following things about the president over the next four years:

"Obama's weak! He needs a pen to write because he's too lazy to do it by himself!"

"Obama's not a leader! Leaders don't have to use their eyes to read bills!"

"People think Obama's a great orator. He ain't no great orator! Great orators don't have to open their mouths to speak, okay?!?"

With Ms. Adams' comment, I seriously wonder if she fried her brain on drugs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/cathie-adams-obama_n_2278613.html

http://brobrubel.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/like-a-president-never-used-a-teleprompter-before/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/rubio-slams-obamas-telepr_n_467180.html
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