Instead of its convoluted editorial trying to excuse President Obama for getting involved in "the Gates affair," The Pilot should have simply awarded a "Bogey" to his teleprompter.

As Obama constantly tells us, nothing that occurs during his presidency is his fault.

It was either his teleprompter, Sarah Palin, evil big business, talk radio, George Bush or those conservatives.

It must have been that the tele-prompter was not calibrated properly. After all, it does tell him what to say, and he never leaves home without it.

Martin Samchalk

Pinehurst