Santorum: Campaign Teleprompters Should Be Illegal

President Obama and GOP front-runner Mitt Romney often rely on the help of a teleprompter when speaking in public. Rick Santorum does not.

The former senator has been quick to point out that difference to voters on the campaign trail, but over the weekend he went one step further and delivered this applause-seeking line at a Mississippi campaign event (via CNN):

"See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter."

Santorum continued his attack on teleprompters, saying that they allow politicians to read "someone else's words" that have been "focus-grouped" and are penned by "pollsters and speechwriters," and not the candidates themselves.

"You're voting for someone who is going to be the leader of our government," he continued. "It's important for you to understand who that person is in their own words, see them, look them in the eye ... hear what's (in their)  heart. ... You're choosing a leader. A leader isn't just about what's written on a piece of paper."