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[tombogan03884]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/president-obama-teleprompters-stolen-123608804.html

Talk about the ultimate joy ride.

A local NBC affiliate in Richmond, Virginia reports that thieves stole a truck carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment that travels with President Obama, including his Teleprompters.

Officials recovered the truck on Monday. Here's the NBC 12 breakdown of the caper:

    When you see President Obama speak, there is a pretty typical setup including the presidential seal on a podium, the see-thru Teleprompter and a portable sound system.

    Thieves saw the truck carrying that equipment and couldn't resist the target.

    We're told the truck was parked at the Virginia Center Commons Courtyard Marriott in advance on Wednesday's presidential visit to Chesterfield.

    Sources said inside that vehicle was about $200,000 worth of sound equipment, several podiums and presidential seals, behind which only the President himself can stand.

    They told NBC12 around 12:30 Monday afternoon that truck was recovered in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express near the airport and hotel staff confirm police activity.

[Solus]

Now what would be slick is if they left everything but were able to rig a remote feed override to the teleprompters.

See how well he deals with needed to speak from the heart or head instead of the usual Teleprompter Reading.

Might also be nice if they managed to get him to say something that was true for a change before he noticed something was amiss.

[twyacht]

Let the dudes that stole it be President, after all, they did stay at a Holiday Inn Express that night....



Thank you, thank you...

Probably a standard soundsystem, PA's teleprompters,....cords, boards....etc,...

Real Cost:  $10,000
Gov't (we paid) $200,000. for same stuff.

Like the $400 Multi-Directional-Impact-Device....

[fightingquaker13]

Probably true about the cost over ride. But that podium is spendy. Its bullet and shrapnel proof. Not much good against a well thrown shoe though.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

Now what would be slick is if they left everything but were able to rig a remote feed override to the teleprompters.

See how well he deals with needed to speak from the heart or head instead of the usual Teleprompter Reading.

Might also be nice if they managed to get him to say something that was true for a change before he noticed something was amiss.

The really funny part is that in the time it took me to post the story and go back to Yahoo news the story had disappeared from their headlines.

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