Anyway, is it that difficult to have a good telepromter machine that actually can be set manually to follow the pace of the speech?
I think if you believe in what you are saying, it is easy to speak without a teleprompter.
If a song lyrics make sense to me, it is easy to remember. If they do not, it is nearly impossible.
I would like to add that Joe Lieberman deviated significantly from the exact text of the teleprompter whereas Fred Thompson did not and Laura Bush was sylable for sylable in reading her speech on Tues.
It’s funny. During one shot in which she was waiting for the applause to die down and I could see the teleprompter was still scrolling. I remember thinking that there must be some sort of foot controls to slow down, stop, reverse, etc. I guess not. Maybe they’ll consider it now.