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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts) Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:50 PM Mar 2012

Santorum: ‘It should be illegal to read off a teleprompter’

Santorum: ‘It should be illegal to read off a teleprompter’

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In Rick Santorum’s perspective, no presidential candidate should ever be allowed to use a teleprompter on the campaign trail.

The former Pennsylvania senator expressed his unorthodox view in his latest attack of the speech reading device Sunday afternoon, according to CNN. While campaigning at a restaurant in Gulfport, Mississippi, Santorum questioned the authenticity of any candidate using a teleprompter.

“See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter,” he said. “Because all you’re doing is reading someone else’s words to people.”

He added: “You’re voting for someone who is going to be the leader of our government. It’s important for you to understand who that person is in their own words, see them, look them in the eye…hear what’s (in their) heart.”

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Santorum: ‘It should be illegal to read off a teleprompter’ (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 OP

Then it should also be illegal to read from a speech written on paper, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #1

Says the man who thinks it should be illegal to fuck with a condom. Happyhippychick Mar 2012 #2

Doesn't he think it's illegal to fuck WITH a condom, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #6

Oy, you are correct. He pisses me off so much I don't know what I mean anymore, I will correct it! Happyhippychick Mar 2012 #8

That was my thought...he's Mr. "Sex Is For Procreation ONLY." n/t Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #9

fucking with a condom could result in more unwanted pregnancies ... zbdent Mar 2012 #12

I bet his advisors wish it was illegal for him to speak extemporaneously cbayer Mar 2012 #3

It is also grossly unfair to those who can't read, isn't it Rick? n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #4

Who says someone else always writes the speeches? EC Mar 2012 #5

I assume HE doesn't write his own speeches, and he assumes nobody else does. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #27

I guess they should have walkie talkies strapped to their backs, like George W. did? nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #7

Oops, there goes Ronald Reagan Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #10

Santorum uses a memory palace, like his idol Hannibal Lecter MisterP Mar 2012 #11

Huh? Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #13

It should also lukkadairish Mar 2012 #14

More regulation... cough... law making by the 'don't regulate corporate persons' party... freshwest Mar 2012 #15

That's certainly a winning campaign issue, Sick Rick... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #16

Too bad he didn't speak up during Junior's two terms. City Lights Mar 2012 #17

As opposed to what - reading off your hand like Palin? Initech Mar 2012 #18

Now, what if a Democrat had said something this stupid? gratuitous Mar 2012 #19

+1 Can you imagine what would happen if Obama had said think Mar 2012 #26

W had them, too. Just because he can't read, doesn't mean they should be made illegal. DFW Mar 2012 #20

Republicans like their politicians to stand up and rant about any stupid thought that comes... Walk away Mar 2012 #21

It should be illegal for sanctimonious morons to run for President. MineralMan Mar 2012 #22

Way to get the government 'off our backs'. Make up a million stupid laws. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #23

As an Italian-American I have never more of an idiot then holy Rick. He should southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #24

Completely logical on his part. Next step: it should be illegal to read. Next step:... saras Mar 2012 #25

man fuq this 13th century doucher. sick of his righteousness. Robeysays Mar 2012 #28

OK, what if you stuck some note cards in a woman's uterus and read them off an ultrasound monitor? tanyev Mar 2012 #29

So sez the man who runs for public office without WISDOM for the office he seeks... opihimoimoi Mar 2012 #30

Hmmm Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #31

It should be illegal to be Rick Santorum Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #32

*headdesk* Prophet 451 Mar 2012 #33

No one likes a fucking hall monitor, Ricky. graywarrior Mar 2012 #34

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,831 posts)

1. Then it should also be illegal to read from a speech written on paper,

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:53 PM

Mar 2012

or note cards, or (like Palin) your hand. How does he think politicians gave speeches before the teleprompter was invented?

All the teleprompter does is enable the speaker to deliver a speech without having to look down at written notes. It's not some magic thing that delivers somebody else's words to the speaker - it's THEIR OWN SPEECH, just not written on paper.

Now, when a candidate is wired with an earpiece like W. apparently was, that's a different story.

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

2. Says the man who thinks it should be illegal to fuck with a condom.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:55 PM

Mar 2012

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,831 posts)

6. Doesn't he think it's illegal to fuck WITH a condom,

Reply to Happyhippychick (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:58 PM

Mar 2012

seeing as how the only purpose for fucking is to make babies, and if you don't want to make babies you shouldn't be fucking?

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

8. Oy, you are correct. He pisses me off so much I don't know what I mean anymore, I will correct it!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:00 PM

Mar 2012

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)

9. That was my thought...he's Mr. "Sex Is For Procreation ONLY." n/t

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:00 PM

Mar 2012

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

12. fucking with a condom could result in more unwanted pregnancies ...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:04 PM

Mar 2012

if by "fucking with a condom" means "poking holes in a condom" ...

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. I bet his advisors wish it was illegal for him to speak extemporaneously

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:57 PM

Mar 2012

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

4. It is also grossly unfair to those who can't read, isn't it Rick? n/t

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:57 PM

Mar 2012

EC

(12,287 posts)

5. Who says someone else always writes the speeches?

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:58 PM

Mar 2012

I'm sure some of the pols write a few of their own speeches. Besides rather it's on a telepromter or not, it's still written by someone else if someone else wrote it, isn't it?

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

27. I assume HE doesn't write his own speeches, and he assumes nobody else does.

Reply to EC (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 03:04 PM

Mar 2012

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

7. I guess they should have walkie talkies strapped to their backs, like George W. did? nt

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:59 PM

Mar 2012

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)

10. Oops, there goes Ronald Reagan

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:03 PM

Mar 2012

king of the teleprompter crowd.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

11. Santorum uses a memory palace, like his idol Hannibal Lecter

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:04 PM

Mar 2012

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,436 posts)

13. Huh?

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:06 PM

Mar 2012

Keep it up, Rick. These are exactly the kind of "issues" that most people passionately care about and will elect you POTUS to deal with.

lukkadairish

(122 posts)

14. It should also

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:10 PM

Mar 2012

Be illegal to run for President as a mysoginistic anti education anti healthcare cretin.....guess that went out the window too

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

15. More regulation... cough... law making by the 'don't regulate corporate persons' party...

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:16 PM

Mar 2012

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

16. That's certainly a winning campaign issue, Sick Rick...

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:16 PM

Mar 2012

He's become a parody of a parody of himself.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

17. Too bad he didn't speak up during Junior's two terms.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:16 PM

Mar 2012

Wouldda been a hoot to see Junior try and put two or three of his own words together to form a simple sentence. Junior struggled and sputtered enough trying in front of a microphone as it was.

Rick, you are an asshole of the highest order. A smarmy, hypocritical, unprincipled opportunist.

.!.

Initech

(100,100 posts)

18. As opposed to what - reading off your hand like Palin?

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:19 PM

Mar 2012

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

19. Now, what if a Democrat had said something this stupid?

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:21 PM

Mar 2012

This nonsense will actually blow up into a nine-days' wonder of a nontroversy, with Very Serious People weighing in on this Vital Issue.

think

(11,641 posts)

26. +1 Can you imagine what would happen if Obama had said

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #19)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:50 PM

Mar 2012

"I don't want to make white people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money; And provide for themselves and their family."

As for Rick, I recommend he DOES use a teleprompter!:

DFW

(54,436 posts)

20. W had them, too. Just because he can't read, doesn't mean they should be made illegal.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:24 PM

Mar 2012

At book readings by authors, does this mean if they need a copy of the book to read from their own words,
the book was suddenly written by someone else?

Some people grasp at straws and hope to keep their heads above water.

Santorum grasps at a ladder in a dry, drained swimming pool and still manages to drown.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)

21. Republicans like their politicians to stand up and rant about any stupid thought that comes...

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:25 PM

Mar 2012

into their heads (College education bad, sex for fun immoral).

I prefer my leaders to carefully think about what they want to tell me and explain their ideas in a clear concise manner.

MineralMan

(146,327 posts)

22. It should be illegal for sanctimonious morons to run for President.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:26 PM

Mar 2012

Now, that's my opinion about this.

sinkingfeeling

(51,471 posts)

23. Way to get the government 'off our backs'. Make up a million stupid laws.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:37 PM

Mar 2012

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

24. As an Italian-American I have never more of an idiot then holy Rick. He should

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:47 PM

Mar 2012

have been a poster child for birth control pill that is for sure. I'm sure his extended family in Italy are shocked at his backward thinking. The man needs to pull his head out of his ass and smell fresh air.