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Engineer Behind the Teleprompter Dead at 91 (WEEPING AT THE WHITE HOUSE!)
tvweek.com ^ | 4/26/11

Posted on 04/26/2011 7:24:50 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Hubert J. "Hub" Schlafly Jr., a television engineer who helped invent the teleprompter, has died at 91...

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: facade; failure; obama; prompter; teleprompter

BO reacts to the news. Expect an official statement later today. Instead of sending Biden, I'm sure BO himself will attend the funeral.
1 posted on 04/26/2011 7:24:55 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

TOTUS will be in mourning for a few days...


2 posted on 04/26/2011 7:26:37 AM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Proclaim a National Day of Mourning and fly the flags at half mast. Have a state funeral attended by all of the World’s leaders.


3 posted on 04/26/2011 7:27:31 AM PDT by calico_thompson
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To: SoFloFreeper

4 posted on 04/26/2011 7:29:17 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"Upon his deathbed, Schlafly was heard muttering that he deserved the Nobel prize instead of Obama. He did all the real work after all."


5 posted on 04/26/2011 7:29:42 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
The lord works in mysterious ways.


6 posted on 04/26/2011 7:33:52 AM PDT by McGruff (When it comes to Obama's birth certificate. Trust, but verify.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I think the original video based teleprompter was invented by Jack Webb and was used in Dragnet. It helped with the stacatto verbage. This was the claim on something I watched on TV just a short time ago.


7 posted on 04/26/2011 7:48:05 AM PDT by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: SoFloFreeper

"Whew!!!! When TOTUS said 'Father is dead'
I thought he meant Qadhafi".

8 posted on 04/26/2011 7:50:20 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Clock King
TOTUS will be in mourning for a few days...

I hope this means we'll be getting a few days break from Oblahblah .......

9 posted on 04/26/2011 8:27:58 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Obama: Nothing but charm, charisma & bullsh*t. I can't afford 4 more.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

RIP, and will Obama give appropriate credit and thanks to the inventor of the device which probably made a political career for Obama possible?


10 posted on 04/26/2011 10:38:38 AM PDT by Will88
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11 posted on 04/26/2011 10:46:37 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

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12 posted on 04/26/2011 10:47:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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