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A politician using notes to help remember talking points? Say it isn't so.
Take a look at Sarah Palin's hand here, on which she apparently wrote notes on in anticipation of being asked at the Tea Party convention what the priorities of a Republican congress should be. Her hand read: "Energy ... Tax cuts ... Lift American spirit." A few thoughts:
If she had written "bread ... milk ... eggs" on her hand, or even a phone number, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation. And if, say, a congressman had written "pay the electric bill," we would have thought it was charming, like Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life tying strings on his fingers to remember to make the bank deposit. We're all forgetful, we all have a million things to do, and sometimes we write reminders on our hands. I understand that.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Palin didn't write down a reminder for an everyday errand. Instead she felt she had to write down basic political priorities, core issues for the GOP. That's the problem. Imagine if President Obama were at a similar Q&A session and the camera caught the words "Hope ... Change" on his hand.
At a certain age and at a certain professional level, it's really not cool to write the big stuff down on your hand. Yellow stickies, maybe. BlackBerry, maybe. But if you were sitting in your doctor's office after an exam, and saw that he'd written on his hand: "Diagnose Illness ... Write Prescription," you'd be more than alarmed.
If Sarah Palin was nervous about taking questions, she had a lot of options: She could have sat at a table with notes in front of her, stood at a podium with an outline, or even sat on the couch like she did, but with index cards in her hand. People do that all the time in panel discussions and ask-the-candidate forums. Like the Tea Party keynote speech she gave and her book before that, this incident shows that she doesn't care to take the time to be prepared, to engage in serious policy discussions, or even to rely on issue briefing materials before speaking. She booked this appearance months ago and knew that both her speech and Q&A would be highly anticipated by the media and voters. I'm not sure how many more times she can get away with it. But in the mean time it's embarrassing.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kat...arrassing.html
A politician using notes to help remember talking points? Say it isn't so.
You mean the teleprompter doesn't make the notes for them?
After you blast someone for using a teleprompter it's really not smart to be caught with crib notes inked on your hand.
It's about as valid an argument as ing about the teleprompter -- meaning it's a stupid wasted of time.
She said stupid though. That can certainly be discussed.
Hand notes = bad
"corpseman" from intelligent president = good
Dan Quayle-ish?
All I would say is I'm sure her PAC can afford a single index card.
Not as they blast someone else for something similar.A politician using notes to help remember talking points? Say it isn't so.
That's a ty blog entry. I think the most likely reason she did it was to try to make a reputation for herself as someone who speaks without notes. Nothing alarming about that. Embarrassing? Meh.
Obama reads off a teleprompter. That isn't similar.
Actually it is.
Notes AND a teleprompter!
OMG!!!!111!!!
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Notes AND a teleprompter!
OMG!!!!111!!!
you're an idiot.. now that palin has been shown to use a teleprompter are you going to defend her? Mr 'I'm feigning outrage that Obama uses a teleprompter'?
Their feigned outrage is alarming, disturbing.
4 quick notes to stay on topic and remind one of all the points they wish to make does not a teleprompter equal.
Obama would have been well served by a few crib notes here:
Oh yeah. I got burned on that one. Good catch... Dumbass. Every president uses a teleprompter. Not everyone uses it for 6th graders. Im not outraged about this. You use this same retort to everyone about some kind of outrage. You're a moron. I think it is typical of msm to let obama get away with using the teleprompter for every speech, including press conferences. Then for them to go after palin for using notes she wrote on her hand. I give her points for trying to remember something she wanted to mention after the preping. You cheerleading so loud don't see the hypocrisy in what you are saying. Keep those beneficial one liners or personal attacks and no real commentary. I fart in your general direction.you're an idiot.. now that palin has been shown to use a teleprompter are you going to defend her? Mr 'I'm feigning outrage that Obama uses a teleprompter'?
Talk to me when Palin takes the teleprompter into a room of school children. Besides, at the convention, it is my understanding she went extemporaneous for most of the speech after a teleprompter failure.you're an idiot.. now that palin has been shown to use a teleprompter are you going to defend her? Mr 'I'm feigning outrage that Obama uses a teleprompter'?
Obama can't seem to string an intelligent sentence together when the TOTUS hiccups.
Talk to me when Obama tells us who the woman is who wanted to be buried in an Obama T-Shirt, or who these Corpse-men are?
how many of these were from the teleprompter?
Irrelavant...
Notes AND a teleprompter!
OMG!!!!111!!!
No teleprompter in the discussion we are speaking about.
Has anyone yet posted what is so contentious about what she said after doing her palm reading?
Why are you liberals embarrassed by this topic? Is it because Obama can't even speak well with a teleprompter?Palin Hand Notes Are Alarming, Embarrassing
This is alarming and embarrassing, especially for a commander-in-chief.
i would do shocking alarming things to her naked body
since all politicians suck and sell out the common taxpaying citizen, since no leader will ever do anything to get this country back on track, i might actually jump on the Palin bandwagon when she runs for president. why not? won't matter much either way.
Plausible. Palin's talks frequently come across as being ex tempore rather than prepared.
Is Sarah Palin *washing her clean linen* in public?
Again?
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