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Did Sarah Palin Write Notes on Her Hand at the Tea Party Convention? (UPDATE: Yes!)
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Subject: Re: Did Sarah Palin Write Notes on Her Hand at the Tea Party Convention? (UPDATE: Yes!)
From: Big J <b...@myrealbox.com>
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Twitchell <Twitchell_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote in
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> http://tv.gawker.com/5466004/did-sarah-palin-write-notes-on-her-hand-at
> -the-tea-party-convention-update-yes <---video
>
> Well, this is ironic. Moments after criticizing President Obama as
> "charasmatic guy with a teleprompter" at the National Tea Party
> convention tonight, Sarah Palin sat down for a Q&A session—and
> appeared to read notes written on her hand.
>
> First up, check out Palin's crack at Obama, given during her keynote
> address.
>
> Now, look at what happened a few minutes after her speech ended,
> during the Q&A session (the moment in question occurs about 20 seconds
> into the video).
>
> Do you see what we see? Did this woman seriously write notes on her
> hand to assist in the answering of questions she was given in advance?
> And did she do so minutes after criticizing the President for being
> fond of his teleprompter? *FACEPALM*
>
> And for good measure, here's a video (of a photo, it seems) in which
> you can clearly see something on Palin's hand during her speech. So,
> unless she randomly got a henna tattoo in Nashville, it would appear
> that Palin went the old school cheat sheet route.
>
> Cheating in the worst way possible... going rogue, indeed.
>
> Update: Via HuffPo, here's confirmation of what we all feared.
>
> It looks like the words Palin has written on her hand are:
> "Energy"
> "Budget (cut?)"
> "Tax"
> "Lift American spirits"
>
> This is just straight up EMBARRASSING.
>
> more
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-sirucek/did-palin-use-crib-notes_b
> _452458.html
>
> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (8 PM CST)
>
> Ahh sweet Earl Grey Revolution! Sarah Palin knew that speech like the
> back of her hand. The Q&A answers, however, were on the front of her
> hand.
>
> Or so it appeared.
>
> During the Q&A following her speech at the Tea Party Convention, Ms.
> Palin appeared to read from her hand in answering.
>
> The following image was caught by some sharp-eyed Twitter users,
> notably @jryanlaw
>
>
> UPDATE #2: A high-quality video on youtube seems to prove that
> something was indeed on the palm of Palin's hand. The question is
> what.
>
> Close-Up:
>
> UPDATE #1: And, via ThinkProgress, the Video:
>
> Crib Notes? This potential presidential candidate and "movement"
> leader was using crib notes to answer basic questions?
>
> This would mean:
>
> A) That she knew the questions beforehand and the whole thing was a
> farce. (Likely.)
>
> and
>
> B) That she still couldn't answer the previously agreed-upon questions
> without a little extra help.
>
> If true, this is supremely rich coming immediately after a speech in
> which Palin took a shot at President Obama for using a teleprompter to
> read his prepared speeches.
>
> You can bet that the President wasn't reading scribbles off his
> extremities while he sparred with Republicans and Democrats in an
> unscripted format in his recent Q&As.
>
> Palin, on the other hand, seems to need a cheat-sheet just to get
> through a contrived lovefest with a smitten interviewer and an adoring
> audience.
>
> I'm no fan of the Tea Party movement - if it can be called such - but
> if this is their leader I actually sympathize with them.
>
> -------
>
> Question: Can anyone get a blown-up image of this from a different
> angle to confirm or disprove it?
>
>
Typical R'tard - Obama using a teleprompter=BAD! Palin writing on her
hand evidently must be just fine.
Big J
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