The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Obama, Unprompted?

As if President Obama didn’t have enough problems with the Debt crisis, the Middle East crisis, the Energy crisis, and the Easter proclamation crisis, “Hub” Schlafly, inventor of the TelePrompTer, has died at 91.

Obama, Unprompted?
By Asher Embry

At half-mast, White House flags will be;
O mourns his idol, “Hub” Schlafly.
Invented TelePrompTer box;
The irony: he worked for Fox.

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http://spectator.org/blog/2011/04/26/obama-unprompted

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