Scripts, puppets and teleprompters

We have a president who cannot appear in public for even the most simple announcement without a teleprompter. It is literally proving to be "the elephant in the room" for press photographers trying to get good photos of Barack Obama with his appointees (three more of those have now dropped out), or with world leaders. Even the simplest announcement now must be scripted.

My question, and one the biased members of the fourth estate, refuse to ask: "If he cannot speak for himself, who is writing the script?" Or, "If our new president is nothing more than an elaborate puppet, who is the puppet-master?"

When President Reagan was in office, the left was endlessly ridiculing the fact that at one time he had been a "script-reading former actor" who had ascended to the presidency. Yet in sharp contrast, now we have a president so lacking in substance that he must be supplied a script in order to "act out" the task of being president.

Which is worse? An actor become eloquent spokesman for his country, or an eloquent speech reader who in substance is proving to be nothing more than an actor? This would be almost funny if the safety of the United States and our way of life were not at risk.