Marco Rubio Probably Isn't Laughing About Teleprompters Now

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Alexander Abad-Santos 5,173 Views Apr 25, 2012

During his very-serious, VP-sounding speech, Sen. Marco Rubio lost the last page of the speech. If only someone would invent a device that would help speakers keep track of what they plan to say! There is, and Rubio has spent years making fun of it.

Here are a couple of Rubio's teleprompter zingers: 

Oh, and here's the full speech which Rubio didn't have today, on the web. Maybe he just needs to start carrying an iPad to the podium?

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