Obamateurism of the Day

When Barack Obama dragged a teleprompter to a school, most people assumed that he used them to talk to the kids — when he actually used them for a press conference in another classroom later. The optics of that were, er, poorly considered, which Jon Stewart wound up criticizing, but for the most part it was a bum rap.

But this … this is just embarrassing (via Rich Lowry):

This isn’t a press conference, a speech, or even a White House briefing. It’s a committee meeting. As Rich said, people used to poke fun at Reagan’s notecards. Either he needs this much help to get through opening remarks in a normal business meeting, or he’s become a little to attached to the TOTUS … and neither option makes him look very professional.

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