Romney Finicky About His Teleprompters In Tampa

[ProSense]

Romney Finicky About His Teleprompters In Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney stood on stage at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for several minutes Thursday afternoon while his teleprompters were adjusted ahead of his big address to delegates later in the evening.

Every speech on stage at the RNC has been run through prompters, save for Condoleeza Rice's address, which she read from notes. Conservatives -- including Paul Ryan, who also used a teleprompter in his convention speech -- have long mocked President Obama's use of the devices. Romney was one of the few Republicans to defend the practice and he appeared to take pains to make sure his prompters were just right.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-finicky-about-his-teleprompters-in-tampa

Flashback:

Mitt Romney: 'End of quote'

by Jed Lewison

Mitt Romney accidentally reads "end of quote"—which wasn't part of his prepared remarks—from the TelePrompter:

As David Waldman put it:

Hi comma I'm Mitt Romney comma and I apostrophe em running for president period
— @KagroX via TweetDeck

And:

President Obama is an idiot for using a teleprompter exclamation point laughter exclamation point am I right question mark
— @KagroX via TweetDeck

Romney's slip is an unfortunate occurrence for Republicans, given how much they enjoy trashing Obama as being nothing more than an empty suit reading from a TelePrompter. Republicans like Mitt Romney, who once mocked Obama for the very same thing, though nowadays he privately defends the practice.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/11/1108667/-Mitt-Romney-End-of-quote

[renate]

1. I bet he would never have defended using teleprompters if he hadn't screwed up himself

Love those tweets!

[gateley]

2. Bwah! And he said it so sincerely!

[lob1]

3. Mitt, it's not going to fool anyone, just because you wrote

"Property of Black President Obama" on the back of the teleprompters.

[PatSeg]

6. +1

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. A liar AND a hypocrite!

Excellent presidential material.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Is Palin going to jump on Romney??

[Brother Buzz]

8. let's check: Energy - check, Budget cuts - iffy, Tax - check, jump on Romney - nope

[Jennicut]

7. The teleprompter as "bad" was always silly. In the modern era of politics,

almost all of the politicians on the right and the left have used them. Reagan preferred to use the prompters.

[lob1]

9. Yes, and the talking heads that chided Obama for using a teleprompter,

we reading those chides off a teleprompter.

[HopeHoops]

10. He was expecting Sarah Palin look-alike stripper feeds.

[JBoy]

11. It's hard to make them just the right height.

[IggleDoer]

12. A tad nervous ... huh, Willard?

n/t

[nolabear]

13. Someone on MSNBC today said he looks like a lawn sprinkler when he makes speeches.

Left-middle-right-left-middle-right-

Now that's all I'll be able to see tonight.