Tea Party network straightens out Bachmann's rebuttal; confirms teleprompter usage

HuffPost TeaPartyHD, the television and internet network behind now-infamous video of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) delivering her own rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, endeavored to straighten out the conservative congresswoman on Friday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Bachmann made headlines for her response to Obama and not just for the controversy it stirred within the Republican party. In one version of the video, the Tea Party darling doesn't appear to be looking into the camera. Instead of addressing her audience, she seems to be looking off to the side.

Per the Star Tribune:

The reason, it appears, is that Bachmann delivered her speech to TeaPartyHD's camera, which had the teleprompter she used. But most of the world -- well, nation -- saw the footage shot by network cameras that were allowed to video the speech.

TELEPROMTER??!!!!!

SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!




Really, don't we all see how silly this is? Can't we see how unserious they are?

Oh noes!! Teleprompter..er...er...ers!!

via Cesca

Jim DeMint in his CPAC speech yesterday: "You can't govern from a teleprompter."

He read that from a teleprompter. See...



Meanwhile, here's Mitt Romney -- a Republican frontrunner for the 2012 nomination -- during his CPAC speech yesterday:


And Dick Armey:


Liz Cheney:


Dick Cheney:

Letterman takes on Obama teleprompter critics