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Former Vice President denounces Obama's use of 'idiot boards' (Catholic Online, 10/5/2010)

Former Vice President Walter Mondale came out against U.S. President Barack Obama's heavy reliance on Teleprompters; electronic devices out of camera range that lets the speaker read a prepared script. The 82-year-old former statesman says that the devices keep the president from connecting with his intended audience.

Mondale said on CNN that the teleprompters were little more than "idiot boards," or cue cards used by live TV performers.