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February 19, 2010
The CPAC Teleprompter
Jim DeMint in his CPAC speech yesterday: "You can't govern from a teleprompter."
He read that from a teleprompter.
Meanwhile, here's Mitt Romney -- a Republican frontrunner for the 2012 nomination -- during his CPAC speech yesterday:

And Dick Armey:

Liz Cheney:

Dick Cheney:

And finally, Jim DeMint:

Filed under: Dick Armey || Dick Cheney || Jim DeMint || Liz Cheney || Mitt Romney || Teleprompter || Wingnuts
Posted By Bob Cesca | February 19, 2010 11:43 AM
Comments
Thank you Bob, for making me laugh at these loathsome, delusional clowns. Now if we could only get the "media" and the electorate to do same.
Sad, silly, hateful asshats all.
Posted by: christie
at February 19, 2010 12:04 PM
I assume that the Republicans are using the teleprompter for the purpose of satyric irony. Therefor it doesn't count.
Posted by: Spike
at February 19, 2010 12:19 PM
The difference is when you take the teleprompters away, Obama still knows what the hell he's talking about.
Posted by: eljefejeff
at February 19, 2010 12:20 PM
Oh come on, you know they'll tell you those teleprompters aren't working.
Posted by: Allonfla
at February 19, 2010 12:34 PM
You lie!
Photoshop!
Posted by: brutlyhonest
at February 19, 2010 12:37 PM
hilarious
I imagine a teleprompter is most needed when they are telling all their lies. Can be hard to remember what the lie of the day is.
Posted by: eve
at February 19, 2010 12:43 PM
'Effing HYPOCRITES!!!
I'm gagging.
But Liz (who the HELL is she, anyway) ChEEney makes me especially ill.
Her comments about WHO is going to be held accountable??? For missing intel re: impending terrorist attacks???
Are you 'effing KIDDING me, you "chip off the old, bigoted, evil block" useless progeny???
Posted by: laddieluv
at February 19, 2010 12:43 PM
I love the term "asshat"
Posted by: LeeVanSpleef
at February 19, 2010 12:46 PM
I swear this teleprompter thing is one of the most ridiculous things to ever come from the right.
It is staggeringly stupid. I wish our "librul" media would ask these pols what exactly they mean by it because NONSENSE has no answer.
Posted by: JG
at February 19, 2010 12:58 PM
Who says irony is dead?
Posted by: alopecia
at February 19, 2010 1:00 PM
This whole teleprompter meme went a whole lot further than I ever thought it would. I guess I thought that the wingnuts and morons would someday remember that Presidents have been using teleprompters for as long as they've been around.
Should I be surprised that this irony was lost on the room full of wingnuts? I dunno. Probably not.
Posted by: jdsne
at February 19, 2010 1:02 PM
Sorry to burst the bubble here, but those don't appear to teleprompters. They are a new-fangled mini bulletproof shield. Or something.
Posted by: Ken
at February 19, 2010 1:03 PM
Those aren't teleprompters, they're PJTV satellites.
Posted by: Kevin K.
at February 19, 2010 1:41 PM
Sorry to burst YOUR bubble, Ken, but that's a common misconception: http://davidriley.co.uk/2009/03/09/10-top-tips-for-using-teleprompterautocue-at-a-conference-or-live-event/
Note that each of the wingnut asshats is looking to its right or left to read the lie of the day. You can't script this kind of hypocrisy!
Posted by: Hippy Dippy Weatherman
at February 19, 2010 1:42 PM
In Bizzaro World, teleprompter reads you.
Posted by: J M Ashby
at February 19, 2010 2:28 PM
Never let the truth get in the way of a good lie.
Posted by: likala
at February 19, 2010 2:40 PM
I see they went with having a double dick day.
Posted by: eve
at February 19, 2010 3:25 PM
These knuckleheads need teleprompters to deliver their standard red meat lines to the faithful. Dimwit Palin needed to scrawl "tax cuts" on her hand to remember to say it in front of tea baggers! President Obama addressed the House Republican caucus with no teleprompter. He took their un-screened, un-preapproved questions on a wide range of topics. And he effing schooled them. This teleprompter shtick is, as noted in another comment, "staggeringly stupid." And agrred: "Sad, silly, hateful asshats all."
Posted by: gescove
at February 19, 2010 3:39 PM
An army travels on its stomach. The Dick Armey rides the Cleveland Steamer.....
Posted by: Curly Lasagna
at February 19, 2010 4:01 PM
@Curly Congratulations on the use of "Cleveland Steamer"! I first heard that on Family Guy and had to look it up. LMAO at work here. I've also picked up "I've licked my share of peanut butter" from the show too.
Posted by: Irish Girl
at February 19, 2010 4:23 PM
This teleprompter thing. I find it very fascinating. Everyone knows they are used by all politicians, faux news channel personalities (i hesitate to call them "news"men or women), and even drugged out sex tourists. It's been called out by a lot of folks, people that use this tactic have been skewered by stewart, colbert, huff po, mr bob c. here. The hypocrisy and bullshit meters go off the charts...And yet it continues.
It's crazy. I know some read meat, torture loving folks that thought so much (or so little) of this country that they felt that palin shoud've been VP and cast their vote that way... and even they think it's a crock of shit.
and yet it continues. it's not like they don't have other, more "less real" made up shit they could use.
I try to get inside the wingnut head to see how they come with this and still cannot get there.
Posted by: mattpd
at February 19, 2010 7:47 PM
A picture is indeed worth a thousand words. I'd love to see these given wider coverage, but I doubt that the liberal media will carry any of them.
Posted by: Georgette Orwell
at February 20, 2010 8:39 AM
Bob, can we hire someone to document every single Republican "Teleprompter use" from now until 2013? I think we should force them to go without from this day forward.
Posted by: keithalso
at February 20, 2010 3:07 PM
Mattpd, You nailed it for me. I too wonder how they can't see for themselves what amazing asses they make. It boggles the imagination how dense, impervious to shameful logic (if that makes any sense) the Republican brain can be.
Posted by: keithalso
at February 20, 2010 3:12 PM





