Sorry Obama: Telemprompter Inventor "Hub" Schlafly Dies

[Ragnar]

Sad day.

Bad news: Inventor of teleprompter dead at 91 « Hot Air

Imagine how different our country would be if not for his invention. Instead of reading “Yes we can” off a glass screen, The One would have had to read it off an index card. Or maybe even memorize it.

Tomorrow TOTUS will stand at half-staff.

Telemprompter Inventor "Hub" Schlafly Dies; Device Changed Public Address in America - The Note

You’ve never heard of Hubert J. “Hub” Schlafly Jr., but if you’ve seen a major political speech in the past generation, you know his work. Schlafly invented the TelePrompTer and changed public address in America. He died April 20th in Connecticut…

Schlafly, a TV engineer, developed the device in the 1950’s to help soap opera actors remember their lines, according to the Washington Post. For more on Schlafly, read the Post’s obituary.

But it is politicians who made the device, which has evolved with technology, most famous. A seamlessly executed teleprompter-aided speech allows the speaker to read from notes while giving the impression that the speech is given from memory.