Yesterday I watched CNN reported embarassing instances of political candidates lost track of speech as they read from a teleprompter. The candidate totally lost track of what is to be talked about. I am not sure if the text are scrolling too fast or the fonts are too small, but he just appeared to be TOTALLY lost. What an embarassing moment. Some described him making speeches as if he is watching a tennis match.
Whatever his speech was it is not so important, it reveals the fact that some politicians are totally unprepared, totally non-functional without the text scrolling machine. All they can do is simply read off the teleprompter. Hey, ANYBODY can do that.
Look, it is leadership that we are looking for here. Even if all machines stop working a real leader is able to speak, able to lead.
How do I trust the fate of the entire nation on someone who can't even handle such simple situation?
A well-prepared speaker does not merely read text. Notes and teleprompters should serve as reminders. Have a outline, on the safetest tool--a piece of paper, in front of you listing points of what you are going to talk about. That's what the podium is for. Before you speak, PRACTICE! You don't have to speak outloud. See you if can make the speech just by looking at the notes. You don't have to write every line out. A successful speaker can phrase what he (or she) wants to say just by looking at the outline.
I want to vote for a real leader, not a text-to-speech machine.
Note: Windows XP users can just to go Start->Control Panel->Speech and type a line for Microsoft Sam to speak for you.
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