wonkette.com - 3/25/2009
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The Washington press corps has come full circle, everyone! Famous Karl Rove-loving wingnut Ron Fournier, who is somehow the Washington Bureau Chief for the AP, has written crucial News Analysis of the Obama press conference last night. We know it’s “analysis,” you see, because ...
politics.theatlantic.com - 3/25/2009
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politics.theatlantic.com —
Following this and this . Obama's opening statement
at this evening's press conference, delivered no doubt with...
the help of a teleprompter, sounded smoother and more polished than his real-time answers through the rest of the event. The same is true ...
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Obama and the Teleprompter
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AP's Ron Fournier Concerned By Obama's Teleprompter "Crutch"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Fournier characterizes the "Teleprompter" as Obama's "familiar crutch." That's strange. See, I would describe the Teleprompter as a "ubiquitous device used in virtually all political oratory." I might go so far as to suggest that it's the preferred tool of political orators in the delivery of political oratory. But for an alternate take, here's Jim Newell at Wonkette: ...
AP's Ron Fournier Concerned By Obama's Teleprompter "Crutch"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Fournier characterizes the "Teleprompter" as Obama's "familiar crutch." That's strange. See, I would describe the Teleprompter as a "ubiquitous device used in virtually all political oratory." I might go so far as to suggest that it's the preferred tool of political orators in the delivery of political oratory. But for an alternate take, here's Jim Newell at Wonkette: ...
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EU president: Obama's plan "a way to hell" —
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New role for Obama: Fundraiser-in-chief —
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