Stefan Sirucek of Huffington Post broke this story.
“Energy.”
“Budget [crossed out] (Cuts).”
“Tax.”
“Lift American spirits.”
If Sarah Palin thought she needed notes there is no reason or excuse for not simply bringing them. The junior high school action of writing things on your hand you want to remember is so fundamentally embarrassing for an adult to do that there is really nowhere to go with this except to state the obvious. Mrs. Palin is so insecure, while being so protective of her own image, that she wanted to hide the fact that she might need notes to keep her on point. That there is nothing wrong with having notes is obvious. The character flaw in trying to fool people that you don’t want them to know you do reminiscent of the 2008 primary season.
The writers on Saturday Night Live will have a banquet on this one. But I can’t wait for Jon Stewart on Monday.
Why Sarah Palin wouldn’t protect herself, setting herself up for such ridicule is beyond comprehension. Except, she just doesn’t care, feeling that the worst has happened, so that there’s almost a bulletproof nonchalance about it.
Ann Althouse weighs in and proves there’s some truth to that:
It might be a little silly to have writing on your hand, and it’s definitely awkward to look at your hand in the middle of answering a question, but those few words could hardly be of much help if you actually don’t know what you are talking about.
Silly, indeed.
The place this leads me is if Sarah Palin was a man what would happen to his reputation if he’d done something so amateurish? Yet Palin’s fans will continue to flock to her. It’s not surprising, as it’s the nature of her star power and why watching her is so fascinating. Althouse’s reaction instrumental in the collective shrug this will bring from many.
But not even George W. Bush tried this stunt and he needed all the help he could get.
The right is coming to her rescue:
And here’s a test: How many readers have NEVER written crib notes on their hand? Perhaps a few. Now, how many have pronounced “corpsman” as “corpse-man” in a nationally televised broadcast? I see. None. And with that, the trophy for ultimate stupidity goes to TOTUS.
Now, Obama earned jeers from me and others over his teleprompter at a 6th grade school room, which was earned.
It’s up to you if Sarah’s hand-y list is the same or worse.
Sarah Palin wants to be taken seriously, so let’s state the obvious to say this isn’t the way to go about it.
But the oddity of where we are in politics today is that it won’t phase some people, especially those who’ll be going to the polls in November. As for 2012… It will be very old news by then, though her adversaries aren’t likely to forget it and I’m not just talking about Democrats either.
It will just make her fans feel more connected.
Can’t wait to hear/read the out of the closet teabaggers gushing in admiration for the cleverness of her writting in her hand!! MY GAWD, by this act ALONE she is qualified to be President!!!!!!
Remember the “R” word is off limits.
All she needed was one sticky paper …
Why expose yourself to skin cancer just to prove a point of not needing a teleprompter to make one speech a year … ?
BTW, let me predict the defense the Quitapologists will use :
PHOTOSHOP !
I find it rather humorous. I wonder if that’s the way she got through school.
hc4bo, “photoshop” won’t work. If you know it’s there, you can easily see it (especially during the after-speech sitdown – when she visibly checks with it)
The snobs will hate her even more, but it’s precisely the ability to reduce our nation’s problems to 3 pithy sentences which earned the politically battered President Clinton a second term. Healthcare, education, and the environment and a bridge to the 21st Century.
Obama, typical of a post-modern, post-American ultra-Left wing adjunct law professor, uses words to obfuscate, dissemble, and mislead. “Let me clear,” is now a screaming alarm to the public he’s going to say the opposite of what he means.
Sarah Palin’s speech was brilliant. It was clear, concise, and direct. She took Mr. Chicago to the woodshed. Obamasexist underestimate her at their peril.
oh BTW, Taylor. Sorry, but Manning is going to slice and dice the Saints. Colts by 11+.
” She took Mr. Chicago to the woodshed. ”
Oh my gawd – thanks for the belly laugh. Obviously you missed the Obama / Republicans meeting – when Obama took the entire Republican party to the woodshed (in between their practiced little speeched *L*).
Ms. Palin would run from a verbal exchange with Obama like she’d run from the dinosaurs her ancestors supposedly once rode. LOL
I’d pay money to see a Scrabble game between Obama and Palin. (“What? ‘Betcha’ isn’t a word?? Do I get any points for winking at the camera?“)
Does she know she veers into “word salads”? Maybe this is her attempt to teether herself to a narrative.
The more I think about it the more I think it(her palm pilot per pmichael) is a perfect symbol of the whole movement.I listened to a bit of the convention while doing other things yesterday. Many showed a real lack of basic education and understanding of the country’s history. They have some impractical,romantic notion of state’s rights and the federal government and the functions of each,over-simplistic and isolationist,tribal even.They profess patriotism to a Constitution they don’t understand and pluck out parts of it to bolster their views just like they do with the Bible.Yet their total lack of patriotism when it comes to a sitting president is pretty stunning(Probably no worse than some anti-Bush feelings)Some of them might actually like to succeed.
Their motivation is fueled by anger and resentment. Like a bunch of Christian Rodney Dangerfields they don’t think they get any respect from the liberal media and progressives in general,in this they are correct.They really don’t appear to be aware of the true forces that are acting on them. They have an inkling and they are correct in the inkling but so wrong in their simplistic solutions for over 300 million people.
For the purposes of clearity I am now kind of making a distinction in my mind between liberals and the neo-obamadems who I now think of as neo-progressives.
Only one of them seemed intelligent,the blogger Andrew Breitbart who is comsumed with hatred and resentment for the establishment but especially the establishment press.
” It was clear, concise, and direct.” Bluepuppy
“Alaska as a beacon of hope …” (Oh wait. That’s not what I meant to say. That was that other speech dangit. Deep breath here Sarah. Look at your left hand. Oh my Gawd it’s gone! Oh. right. The other left hand. Deep breath, Sarah. You can so this)
ROTFL
Real “clear”, bluepuppy
I assume you’re being satirical ?
Bluepuppy~ The brillance of Bill Clinton was that he could take two or three simple concepts and wrap an entire painless lesson in understanding them in plain accessable english. He could explain how two oppossing views could blend together in a workable path forward.He communicated his knowledge to the American people in a totally non condescending way and he didn’t need notes or a tele-prompter to do it.
What’s silly is the concentrating on a couple of notes on Sarah’s hand as if that made her words less true.
By the way, I’ve seen the teleprompters set up for a recent Obama meeting that was televised. If anything, TOTUS will be an issue in 2012 if Obama has the gall to run for re-election. Hand notes on a palm will not. Obama’s failed policies will be
the primary issue.
“as if that made her words less true”
Yes, you’re right. Alaska is a beacon of hope for the entire world. I’d completely forgotten until Sarah just reminded me.
Super Bowl time.
2012 Rightwing ticket I’d PAY for myself if I could:
Sarah Palin: President
Carrie Prejean: Vice-President
Now THAT would be a true representation of the Right wing intellect. *L*
“Obama, typical of a post-modern, post-American ultra-Left wing adjunct law professor,”
“Sarah Palin’s speech was brilliant. It was clear, concise, and direct. She took Mr. Chicago to the woodshed. Obamasexist underestimate her at their peril.”
Those two statements place you securely in the catagory of utterly deranged and not worth reading again.
Yeah. I’m glad she said “Alaska” instead of all 57 states. Get my drift?
“Like a bunch of Christian Rodney Dangerfields they don’t think they get any respect”
OMG! LL that is one of the best funnyest lines I’ve seen in SOME time!!!!
And SO true, both that they FEEL that and that IT’S TRUE!
What’s to respect? Stupidity? Ignorance? Racism?
Oh come now, noobama,
The actual intent behind Senator Obama’s misstatement is easy to discern without the need to invoke an obscure international organization. He was trying to express the thought that in all the time he had spent on the campaign trail so far in 2007-08, he had visited all (48) of the states in the continental U.S. save for one (i.e., “one left to go,” excluding Alaska and Hawaii), but in his weariness he slipped up and started off with “fifty” instead of “forty.” (Note the long pause in the video clip between the words “fifty” and “seven.”)
secular, they want us to “respect” their Hebrew mythology (you know – like people riding dinosaurs – or the boat that saved life on this planet
1st half of the Tebow story done.
Will the LIE be in part two ?
Thanks pmichael
Lake Lady says:
07 February 2010 at 5:50 pm
You usually seem reasonable, but your comment smacks of elitism. These people know their Bibles and understand the constitution and the meaning of states rights, and the concept of an over-reaching of the executive branch of government. Pretending otherwise will only hurt your own cause. These people deserve more credit for inteliligence than any of you are willing to give them.
Okay, Taylor – this is just weird __
If you look closer at Sarah’s left hand, you’ll also see an ‘honor’ bracelet dedicated to Track Palin:
http://www.lbfitness.com/track0.jpg
These are created by this company:
http://www.officerpratt.com/TyeBandCom/marine.html
So here’s the weird thing. If you go to that page you will indeed find a bracelet just for Track Palin, “Living Hero ” from Wasilla, Alaska:
http://www.lbfitness.com/track1.jpg
It gets stranger. If you CLICK on that bracelet? You get a message that a “memorial for this person has not been ordered _ yet“.
http://www.lbfitness.com/track1.jpg
Is that weird or what ?
” These people deserve more credit for inteliligence than any of you are willing to give them.” nomobama
Come on. Have you even LOOKED at their signs ? LOL
I haven’t seen such a display of ignorance since the anti-black marches in the 60s. You MUST be kidding.
http://www.lbfitness.com/teabag4Jesus.jpg
And Sarah Palin hesitated slighlty when she said Alaska instead of the United States. I’m using the same standard as you. Surely.
I posted the “Yet” snapshot wrong above:
http://www.lbfitness.com/track2.jpg
Hey, I’m watching the game, too. *L*
Good grief. There signs? How about the ridiculousness of the Obama girls?
Their signs. Excuse me.
“And Sarah Palin hesitated slighlty when she said Alaska instead of the United States. I’m using the same standard as you. Surely.” nomoobama
Oh give me a break. Obama was A) speaking off the cuff, and B) obviously tired. Palin was WIDE AWAKE and speaking after practicing for over a month.
“same standard”?
Yeah, right.
About as “same standard” as how we treat terrorists after we catch them. What a farce.
“Good grief. There signs? How about the ridiculousness of the Obama girls?” nomoabama
Yes, yes. Silly little girl’s admiration is every bit as much “ridiculousness” as carrying racist signs encouraging people to bring guns and start a “new revolution”.
Jesus. Are you serious ?
amaboman~ There may indeed be people in the Tea Party that are as you describe but I was unable to observe them on C-Span. I made a comment yesterday on Mark Skoda and it reflected that I thought he was a reasonable person.
Anyone who has read my thoughts would have to agree that I am not an elitist. I do agree with you that the much of the criticism from the left is over the top and plays right into her hands. I hate the sexist comments and have said so many times.
But come on! Notes on her hand!
I was just reading Mudflats an Alaskan blog and one of the commenters wanted to know whose handwriting it was, her’s or Todd’s. I thought that was a funny insight coming from someone who has probably followed her career more than any of us.
Here comes our half time entertainment – from The Two. *L*
First, there’s a lot of anti-Christian bs spouted by ignorant leftists. Second, I equated theObama posters equating Obama with Jesus as pretty ridiculous, too. It appears that the anti-Christian left likes to have it both ways.
nomobama, Secular and I are going to have to teach you the difference between “anti-Christian” and anti-religion/mythology. I know lots of Christians I admire and trust. They just don’t realize they can be every bit as ‘good’ without the mythological threats.
Spoke to my Nashvillean friend, and he said a LOT of people in the room later pitched complaints when gathering around the halls of the hotel over “paying over $500 to hear nothing” from S’error but complaints/the same thing again. Some of those complainers then went on to say “I could have stayed home and heard the same thing for nothing. What a rip-off”.
~another Mudflats commenter
The Two are looking terribly old.
I’m am not anti-Christian at all,I just think it should stay in church and not be mixed with politics.
Lake Lady, Mudflats does not like Sarah – at all.
Reminds me of the video when she returned to the Alaska governor’s office after the prez election. I wish FOX would have done a “body language” evaluation of the people behind her in that video. Simply put – they hated her – and her return. All you have to do is watch it.
Compare that to the ovation – and the people’s vibrations – Hillary received when she entered the first time as Sec.
Spectacular set for poor old tired rockers
Has there ever been more of a disconnect between musical theme and the times we live in?
“I am not anti-Christian at all” Lake Lady
Lake Lady, this quote from chapter 9 of my novel says it all for me __
“I have no problem with giving thanks to the godly powers-that-be for my very existence. It’s when they – or their claimed associates – ask me for money … I get a little suspicious.”
“Has there ever been more of a disconnect between musical theme and the times we live in?” Lake Lady
These days all they wanted to do was make sure nobody exposed their naked nipple. *L*
No chance of that tonight pmichael…those two poor old guys are probably backstage recieving oxygen at the moment.
pmichael I was raised by an agnostic and a lasped Baptist so my response to religiosity is skeptical but I respect others rights to believe as they wish, I just highly resent it being brought into the public square, I find it oppressive.
That is not to say I am not spiritual, I feel a close connection to higher powers through nature.
Spot on, Lake Lady (religiosity). Such as applying your concept of ‘soul’ (a perfect example of BAD translations, by the way) to a woman’s right to choose ? ?
“That is not to say I am not spiritual, I feel a close connection to higher powers through nature.” Lake Lady
Of course you do, LL (this is an ongoing argument between Secular and me). That ‘feeling’ is within every human on the planet.
The problem is __ humans seem to also need an ‘answer’, even when they don’t have one.
The true definition of “religion” is, ‘answers we just made up to explain things we don’t understand’.
Zeus once explained “lightning”. We understand that now – but it’s a perfect example of the ‘parable’ answer – and EVERY civilization has their parables.
- and speaking of that stained-glass old man
I’m pretty sure he isn’t watching the stupor bowl like the rest of us. I wonder where he is tonight? Making dinner for the Mrs?
Oh yeah. It’s Sunday night. He’s probably at Catechism Class (hee hee hee). Call us when you get back, Secular
” amabomon says:
07 February 2010 at 7:55 pm
First, there’s a lot of anti-Christian bs spouted by ignorant leftists. Second, I equated theObama posters equating Obama with Jesus as pretty ridiculous, too. It appears that the anti-Christian left likes to have it both ways.”
As usual you get it 180 degrees wrong. Seems to be a distinct pattern to your mental process. I’m not “anti-christian”.
I AM anti-superstition. Christianity is based on a SUPERNATural being and magic. Islam is based on the same nonsense. Ditto Judeism and every other religion under the sun.
When folks think they can dictate how I live my life or make laws forcing me or mine to live according to THEIR particular brand of utter nonsense SURPRISE, we live in a country where the founders had the good sense to recognize the danger and folley of forcing anyone to go along with the stupidity of the moment.
I know some pretty decent Christians. NOT many mind you but some. I STILL think they are pretty silly praying to the big invisible supreme dude in the sky that wants your love or he’ll KILL you. But they try to live according to the words of Jeebus and that’s not a bad thing at all.
Now these OTHER Christians, the right wing UUUUBERchristians. They are hypocritical morons and liars using the shroud of religion to lend some credibility to their racist, homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic, antisemetic horrid little selves.
But they feel completely justified cause they sawed it in da BIBLE! GAWD sed it, they believes it, an THAT settles it.
I AM anti them. And I AM anti superstition/religion of all strips because magical, utter nonsensical superstitious mumbojumbo is the first step to the stupidity you see in the repugnantklan and the teabaggers today.
- reading my mind ? –
THERE he is. *ROTFL*
Just finished a panel of freaking ELVIS if you can believe it!! And I am ashamed to say it looks pretty good!!!
And I am NOT ashamed to say I’m going to do a BIGGER panel, the same pose of Elvis in a white leather jump suit with FREAKING ANGEL WINGS and i KNOW as sure as GAWD did NOT make little green apples some rube will give me BIG bucks for it. Look, it’s tha KING…an he’s an ANGEL singin ta GAWD!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!
The handwriting is on the wall,er hand.
I am surprised she didn’t have a tattoo or two:
SMALLER GOVT
CUT TAXES
Ronnie,
you
can
trickle
down
on
me
anytime
Secular, you need to offer that to the ‘Hard Rock Cafe’ bar on Fisherman’s Wharf (SF). It’s an annual stop for me – and they LOVE their displays.
Tebow Two still hasn’t made its appearance. Did they drop the entire issue? (was the million bucks worth the dot-com address I’m betting not one of you can name now?)
The Handwriting is on the wall, er hand.
My favorite is the story Margaret Mead told about the plane landing on an isolated island in the Pacific during WWII. The pilots got out and they were these never before seen “white” people. Before long another plane came and took them away. The native islanders built an entire religion based on that experience.They revered the abandoned plane and waited for the pilots/Gods to return.
secular how us a photo sometime~
show us a photo
“My favorite is the story Margaret Mead told about the plane landing on an isolated island in the Pacific during WWII.” Lake Lady
I understand – but my favorite is when a ‘reflection’ off a puddle of water seems to make a “Madonna” on a wall – and people come to kneel before it and pray. Oh and then (I’m serious here) it’s the ‘Jesus Face’ in my doggies asshole.
Yeah.
That has to rank number one.
Interesting.
An Overtime SuperBowl seems to be on the way.
Not that the NFL would want that, of course.
Oops.
NO 31 IND 17
Game Over.
Yes, pmichael,finding Jesus in a cornflake is just plain nuts!
Texan put up a great post over at In the News.
Nite all~
“The place this leads me is if Sarah Palin was a man what would happen to his reputation if he’d done something so amateurish?”
Worse yet, what if she were a Democratic woman?
Tea Party People. Religious zealots and racists. If that is the depth of the Left’s/Democrat’s analysis expect bigger losses in November.
Did I forget to mention FU*KING MORONS? SOOOOO sorry, I want to extend a sincere apology to all the morons and village idiot teabaggers out there who may have been inadvertently offended by my not including you in the bunch of racists and superstion addled UUUUberchristians hitherto known as teabaggers.
You will understand my mistake as so many of the racists and UUUberchristies ARE in fact morons also but I have been educated to the fact that there is a sizable portion of teabaggers that are simply a couple slices short of a loaf. My apologies.
Sizable portion of what…600…WOW that must be all of 150 or so.
Yeah, teabaggers, sweeping the political lamscape in a tsunami of ignorance, hate and superstitious toung talkin! PALIN 2012! Palin 2012!!
I will post pictures of Da KING as soon as I get his frame built.
pmichael, are you serious about the hardRock Cafe? I thought they were folding up shop.
pmichael says:
07 February 2010 at 5:44 pm
Like I thought, Saints prevailed, with Brees & the offensive coaching going creative. GREAT game as far as I was concerned.
As for Palin, the right continues to come to her rescue. It’s really a rally ’round Sarah at this point, something to which she’s not accustomed.
Well, Joe did not come to her rescue this morning. He said it flat out,”she refuses to prepare herself” He also says that after his interview with her on Fox that Wallace rolled his eyes. I couldn’t really see it but Joe is probably more familar with his expressions.He said behind the scenes Repubs were distressed with her but did not know what to do about it.
Guyski..I would be interested to know your analysis?
No one went after her for the notes on her hand except Andrea Mitchell who mocked her with notes on her own palm.
Palin is a buffoon. All of her moronic followers deserve her. Maybe next week they can all learn how to tie their own shoelaces? Didn’t one of her aides write those notes on her hand? Peace
A hand ain’t a teleprompter!
The “hand” tells lie to her comments about a teleprompter – utter lying.
Imhotep
Problems is = them buffoons who “deserve her” just might foist what “they deserve” on those of us who do not deserve another light weight in a position requiring heavy liftin and a coomitment beyond one’s own image and personal self-interest.