
At the recent National Tea Party Convention, Sarah Palin delivered a speech for which she was reportedly paid $100,000. During the Q&A session that followed the speech, Palin was recorded checking out a list of words she had scribbled on the palm of her hand.
When she addressed the 'real' Americans in the audience... mostly white-folk-of-a-certain-age-who-all-dress-alike, she couldn't resist making a crack about Barrack Obama:
It's a bit much for Palin to take a shot at teleprompter-use since she obviously required the assistance of palm-notes-to-self in order to jolt her memory. By contrast the President has fielded many tough and challenging Q&A sessions without consulting his palms or the insides of his fingers for scribbled back-up.
Cheat notes written on the palms is something kids have been known to do before exams. I'm sure most teachers are familiar with the 'palm squint' as the poorly prepared check out flesh notes for inspiration. The palm crib has now graduated into American politics with Sarah Palin doing the squinting.


Scribbled on her palm were the words "energy, tax, lift American spirits." There were also words that looked like "budget cuts" with "budget' scored out. How is it possible that the person a sizable percentage of Republicans believe is more qualified to be President than Barrack Obama, can't even get through a Q&A love-in session with adoring fans without palm-points to remind herself of her core beliefs.
Some might argue that she simply jotted down likely question topics on her palm. Well that suggests she lacks the capacity to keep them in mind, or more likely... that the question order had been pre-arranged. Considering that the Q&A session had the look of being carefully orchestrated, with strategic pauses for partisan applause, it makes you wonder just how choreographed Palin needs to be in order to stay on-track.
When she addressed the 'real' Americans in the audience... mostly white-folk-of-a-certain-age-who-all-dress-alike, she couldn't resist making a crack about Barrack Obama:
"This is about the people and it's bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and it's a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter."
It's a bit much for Palin to take a shot at teleprompter-use since she obviously required the assistance of palm-notes-to-self in order to jolt her memory. By contrast the President has fielded many tough and challenging Q&A sessions without consulting his palms or the insides of his fingers for scribbled back-up.
Cheat notes written on the palms is something kids have been known to do before exams. I'm sure most teachers are familiar with the 'palm squint' as the poorly prepared check out flesh notes for inspiration. The palm crib has now graduated into American politics with Sarah Palin doing the squinting.


Scribbled on her palm were the words "energy, tax, lift American spirits." There were also words that looked like "budget cuts" with "budget' scored out. How is it possible that the person a sizable percentage of Republicans believe is more qualified to be President than Barrack Obama, can't even get through a Q&A love-in session with adoring fans without palm-points to remind herself of her core beliefs.
Some might argue that she simply jotted down likely question topics on her palm. Well that suggests she lacks the capacity to keep them in mind, or more likely... that the question order had been pre-arranged. Considering that the Q&A session had the look of being carefully orchestrated, with strategic pauses for partisan applause, it makes you wonder just how choreographed Palin needs to be in order to stay on-track.





















