Critics mock Palin's 'helping hand' at Tea Party speech

[tmarket]

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been criticised for writing crib notes on her hands for her Tea Party speech on Saturday.

Mrs Palin was shown reading from her hand and displaying the scribbled notes after she had made the address.

She had spoken in the speech of a "charismatic guy with a teleprompter", apparently meaning President Obama.

Mrs Palin received a standing ovation for the speech as she called for a "return to conservative principles".

Mrs Palin's left hand displayed several key words


But a photo taken during a question-and-answer session after the speech showed her left hand with the words "energy", "budget cuts", "tax" and "lift Americans' spirits". The word "budget" had been crossed out.

'Cheat sheets'

Also, video footage showed her seemingly reading from her hand when asked what top three things a conservative-led Congress should do.

The footage prompted NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell to say that the "cheat sheets" were damaging in view of her attack on Barack Obama during the speech.

"If [senior Republican] Mitt Romney had notes on his hand, wouldn't we take it pretty seriously?" she said on MSNBC's Daily Rundown show on Monday.

There was controversy at the convention over Mrs Palin's appearance fee, reported to be as much as $100,000, although she said she would not financially benefit from it.

Some activists have also complained about the $500 (£317) registration fee for the Nashville conference.

The year-old Tea Party movement draws together opponents of Mr Obama's healthcare reform, his economic stimulus package and other aspects of his agenda.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from tmarket:

the interesting thing is that she only took presubmitted, pre approved questions and she still needed to write the answers on her hand.

 

[nutmeg]

It has been brought to the world's attention recently by Russian Bloggers that the creases on the palm of President Obama's right hand form a “bad word” in Russian. This gives a whole new meaning to “talk to the hand” since the waving of his right hand can insult you.

stay tuned or google Obama's palm curse.

 

[Gabfly1]

And let's not forget Palin's "Can I call you Joe?" maneuver. As you may recall, she couldn't remember Joe Biden's name and kept referring to it as "O'Biden" in rehearsals.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/01/palin-couldnt-remember-bidens-name.html

Truly, the Far Right brain trust.

 

[CaptainObvious]

The pre-occupation that the left has with Palin only goes to show the depth of their insecurity. They know that Team Obama rests on the head of a pin and continues to lose footing. Let me clue ya' lefties, if all it takes is a Palin type to knock you off balance, you have no business running the country.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

The pre-occupation that the left has with Palin only goes to show the depth of their insecurity. They know that Team Obama rests on the head of a pin and continues to lose footing. Let me clue ya' lefties, if all it takes is a Palin type to knock you off balance, you have no business running the country.

do you watch the comedy channel for serious business? no,you watch it because its funny. palin is a funny creature. she never ceases to amuse.

 

[bugscoe]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

The pre-occupation that the left has with Palin only goes to show the depth of their insecurity. They know that Team Obama rests on the head of a pin and continues to lose footing. Let me clue ya' lefties, if all it takes is a Palin type to knock you off balance, you have no business running the country.

+1

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

The pre-occupation that the left has with Palin only goes to show the depth of their insecurity. They know that Team Obama rests on the head of a pin and continues to lose footing. Let me clue ya' lefties, if all it takes is a Palin type to knock you off balance, you have no business running the country.

Sanctimony and vacuity are fascinating. Potentially dangerous, sure. But fascinating.

 

[bigarrow]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

The pre-occupation that the left has with Palin only goes to show the depth of their insecurity. They know that Team Obama rests on the head of a pin and continues to lose footing. Let me clue ya' lefties, if all it takes is a Palin type to knock you off balance, you have no business running the country.

Hey captin, Palin is on tv talking all the time, saying and doing silly things. Are we supposed to change the channel whenever she is in the news. The republicans put her out there to get attention. She is entertaining. Palin seems to crave attention and she's getting it.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Quote from bigarrow:

Hey captin, Palin is on tv talking all the time, saying and doing silly things. Are we supposed to change the channel whenever she is in the news. The republicans put her out there to get attention. She is entertaining. Palin seems to crave attention and she's getting it.

It goes deeper than that. The talking heads at MSNBC wring their hands 24/7 over what she might do or say. They're frightened that she might actually stumble in to some truth on occassion, and then what? Team Obama goes on the defense, that's what. Bottom line, they're running scared, Team Obama that is. Why is that? They're constantly on defense and can't get crap done even with majorities in both houses. Why? You can't blame this on the Repubs. The why is, Team Obama went a bridge too far whith their crazy ass heathcare bill which nobody understands or can explain. Their reponse of, vote for it first without knowing exaclty how it will work fell flat on it's face with the American public. At the end of the day it's been politics as usual, in spades, and they promised things would be different. John Q Public is just fed up with the bullshit. Palin taps in to that, and it scares the hell out of the left.