Obama Brings Teleprompter To Elementary School Speech — President Obama spoke to sixth graders at Graham Road Elementary in Virginia on Jan. 19. He brought his teleprompter.
Really.
His speech starts: “Hello, everybody. You guys look really cute in those chairs.”
A transcript can be found here.
The White House spin is that the teleprompters were there for comments to journalists. You know, that really doesn’t make it any better.
Here’s a video of part of the speech. You decide if he’s reading from a teleprompter or speaking from memory.
Obama Brings Teleprompter To Elementary School Speech