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Did Sarah Palin use Tea Party crib notes on her hand? And what did they say?
Sarah Palin knew her speech -- delivered at the First Inaugural Tea Party national convention this weekend -- like the back of her hand. (literally)
But at the following Q& A, it appeared that she was reading
her talking points, er, answers from the palm of her hand, where they
were scrawled in ink.
The fact that she used
crib notes to answer simple questions is A. extremely rich considering
she criticized President Barack Obama recent use of a teleprompter and B. extremely
cheesy for the so-called leader of a new American political movement.
During her speech, Sarah criticized Obama's first year by saying "the list of broken promises is long" as she addressed the Tea Party's inaugural convention and worked up the crowd with, "American is ready for another revolution!"
The Tea Party's paid attack dog, sorry, keynote speaker, delivered an assault on the Obama administration's national security and terrorism policies. She also questioned whether the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest flight was interrogated aggressively enough.
"Treating this like a mere law-enforcement matter places our country at grave risk because that's not how radical Islamic extremists are looking at this," she said. "To win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern."
She also accused Obama of proposing an "immoral" 2011 budget that is equivalent to "generational theft."
Did we mention that the crowd shouted, "Run, Sarah, run?"
Looks like Tina Fey -- possibly with crib notes on her hand and lord knows where else -- will be called back into action soon.
Read the full transcript of Sarah's Q &A here
Photo credits: Associated Press
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don't get me wrong, she's a dumbass. however, using a few words scrawled on your hand isn't exactly the same as using a teleprompter (not that there is anything wrong with either).
Well, Drew is right, except the fact that she used the notes to answer questions, which Obama, Bush, etc. have never done. Secondly, it came right after she criticized Obama for using a prompter, so she really looks like a ja***ss. Lastly, what do you think the right would do if that was Obama answering pre-screened questions with crib notes?
It ain't just a few scribbled words. The question she apparantly knew she would be asked was what are the three most important issues for the conservatives. She needs help with this? One of them was "energy" which is supposed to be her "signature issue." This serves to confirm her vaccuousness, as well as the fraud that was "Sarah Palin the conservative," IMO.
Pathetic on so many levels! basically she gave the Tea Baggers a $100K handjob -- the subtext of this "Obama uses a teleprompter" meme is silly, Saint Reagan used one also -- emails show Mr. snowbiling shadow Gov really ran AK, and Wasilla when she was Mayor...so besides hair, mani-peds,shoes and looting to fill family piggybank (SarahPac/Alaska Fund/PieSky/BSMP LLC) what are this woman's qualifications?
What a bunch of crap this article was. Obama can't say anything without a teleprompter, even to an elementary school. A few words on and hard is nothing.
In simple truth Palin again hit a home run with her common sense and speech.
Yeah rags, I suppose he was reading off one last week when he answered a barrage of questions from the Republican reps and schooled them on their own beliefs. They were the ones that coulda used a teleprompter.
Palin is a walking talking point and nothing more.
Let's try a little TRUTH for a change!
ALL presidents use the TelePrompTer FOR THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH (they used to read the SOTU speeches before the TelePrompTer) FOR SPECIFIC REASONS!
But, when defenders of Obama says "everybody else did it" they are NOT being fair for clear (other presidents used it once a year for the SOTU; BO uses it every day, even among children) because that makes BO look like an idiot. NO ONE but BO took a TelePrompTer to a RODEO IN COLORADO!! Or to a grade school after being in office a full year!!
ALL speakers use "notes" TO MAKE SURE THEY HIT ALL THEIR POINTS! Some use note cards, or marks on their sleeve, or notes in their hand. NOTES ARE NOT WRITTEN SPEECHES. If you KNOW your topic, you can always speak from memory!
BO is dim-witted and NEEDS to read his speeches (he gets in TERRIBLE trouble when he tries to speak by himself). In fact, BO is one of the WORST speakers we have ever had as president (his pathetic need for a constant TelePrompTer is proof), but the press won't admit it until he is GONE!
MOST presidents have not liked the TelePrompTer because of the constant head turning!
Remember, a good reader is NOT a great speaker; a great speaker DOES NOT NEED TO READ WORDS THAT SHOULD BE IN HIS HEAD!
How stupid do you have to be to cross out a note you wrote on your hand? Did she not think at all before she came up with her "answers"?
There was nothing of substance.
Q: How do you combat terrorism?
A. WE WIN!!!!!!!
Silly, typical rebel rousing Palin stuff…take it seriously at your own risk. There is nothing behind the curtain.
Palin said “I am proud to be an American†20 times and kept looking down at crib notes on HER HAND!!!! C’mon!
For 100 grand Palin should at least memorize her propaganda.
How rich that she read her talk in a sing-song voice as she ripped Barack Obama for using a Teleprompter. Once she left the speech for the Q&A, she really went off-message, as well as nearly off-English. (Even though it looked like, at one point, she was reading answers off of her hand.) “They’re not knowin what are we gonna do if we don’t have Tea Party support†was one of my favorite head-scratchers, a great echo of “when Putin rears his head.â€
Sarah is a fraud and dangerous. Her use of the crib on her hand to remind her what her 3 most important items are is at least incompetent if not a criminal act. If she cannot be trusted to even remember those three things without writing them on her hand, GOD HELP US.