"Or a harvard law school grad needing a teleprompter to talk to 6 year olds? "
Would you have prefered Obama spend 2 hours prepping for that speech to the kids, so it could be equally smooth with zero teleprompter?
personally, when it comes to these cheesy appearances for kids, I'm happy with any president reading a teleprompter and spending his thinking time doing actual presidential work like fixing economy.
Jeez... he gives a shitload of speeches. Why not have the electronic system in place to use? I don't understand why repubs blow so much of their political capital shitting on the teleprompter - and we're not hearing shit about his tax plan. Yes, miss palin, we loved your speech bashing obama's teleprompter... but that time could have been better used reinforcing the statement about the taxes on mid class.
But hey, when you're speaking to some folks, they enjoy mocking a screen more than understanding tax policy.