Right wing media has tried a lot of smears against Barack Obama, in almost every case complete fabrications. For example:
Obama is a Muslim
Obama was not born in the U.S.
Obama pals around with terrorists
Obama is a communist
These are just a few they've tried. But my favorite smear is the now popular: "Obama can't speak without a teleprompter." The AP's Ron Fornier continued his Obama-bashing habit by focusing his write-up of last night's press conference on the President's use of a prompter for his opening remarks. This meme is fantastic and I'll explain why inside.