This is a great point and something I missed.  You're 100% right, the other celebs and politicians use/used teleprompters (shit, Obummer lived with teleprompters, to the point that now when he does a speech, he sounds off if someone asks him a question or it's some impromptu thing if surrounded in public.  It's very obvious Obama and that supposed image of being a great orator, was just a publicity stunt and the writing team should've been given the credit... and the company that sold those teleprompters.)