[kittykat77]

Meh. I don't care that Palin wrote notes on her palm. I think it's curious (and maybe a little clueless) that she did it before making a speech, which was on typed out on paper and placed on a lectern right in front of her, in which she ridiculed Obama for using a teleprompter and then thought that nobody would photograph and point out that, Hey, she's got notes written on her hand!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The whole Obama uses a teleprompter thing is just stupid. It's so nonny nonny boo hoo.

[Josephat]

Please note she did not have a lectern or paper notes during the Q&A. I think that’s why she had notes on her hand. Worked out well.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I didn’t think she used it for her speech but rather the Q
& A after...

[ReneeLynn]

Obama doesn’t just use a teleprompter, he can’t function without one. A man who can’t function without the words scrolling in front of him is an idjit. I’d like to see him give a speech with just a few words on his hand.

Sarah always says that they don’t get involved in drama. I think her natural instinct was not to get mad, but to have a laugh on herself and the whole ridiculous drama.

[sgtyork]

—The whole Obama uses a teleprompter thing is just stupid.

No. It is not stupid. Part of the Obama marketing was his unexcelled oratorical skills. Yet occasionally on the campaign when he was off the teleprompter he made gaffs and sounded like a common 18 year old.

He is not the one. He is not out of the ordinary. He is not qualified to be President, and it is obvious on his reliance on this high tech teleprompter spoon feeding.

[Oztrich Boy]

I think it's curious (and maybe a little clueless) that she did it before making a speech, which was on typed out on paper and placed on a lectern right in front of her, in which she ridiculed Obama for using a teleprompter and then thought that nobody would photograph and point out that, Hey, she's got notes written on her hand!

You're getting there. Keep thinking about it.



as an aside on The West Wing (yeah. I watched it I'm Unclean!), Josh Lyman and Donna are showing a new member of WH Legal to his office
Donna (perkily) "So, You're the new sawbones"
Lawyer "A sawbones is a doctor, I'm a shyster"
Donna (turns to Josh) "Pay up"

[Soul Seeker]

That’s fine. You can say it as often as you like. Doesn’t mean you are right.

The teleprompter is a story for one reason only. One of Obama’s main quailifications that people used to decide him fit for office was how eloquent he was presented to be. Not like that dimwit Bush who couldn’t prounounce words smoothly or even correctly. Their narrative not mine. If people are going to make speech a main factor in whether they vote for someone or think they are intelligent, then we’re going to showcase how less then perfect he is without his crutch. And if making that crutch a focal point causes him to doubt himself and stumble even with the teleprompter, so much the better.

[philetus]

Ya think?

[UCANSEE2]

I see many posters have already responded to your post, already stating much of what I would have said.

Except for this.

Obama has speeches written by a panel of top politicians and writers, and has only to read it off a teleprompter. We have also seen what happens when his teleprompter fails. It’s like a series of ‘outtakes’ at the end of a DVD movie.

If Sarah can make a 45-minute speech that keeps the public interest, with 4-7 words scribbled on her hand, I would consider that not only a qualification for President, but a minor miracle.

It is only the DEMS/MSM who claim she used it as crib-notes for her speech. No one really knows why she put those particular words on her hand. I certainly don’t. Do you?

[okie01]

I think it's curious (and maybe a little clueless) that she did it before making a speech, which was on typed out on paper and placed on a lectern right in front of her,

You've never done any public speaking have you...???

[FrankR]

"I don't care that Palin wrote notes on her palm. I think it's curious (and maybe a little clueless) that she did it before making a speech, which was on typed out on paper and placed on a lectern right in front of her, in which she ridiculed Obama for using a teleprompter and then thought that nobody would photograph and point out that, Hey, she's got notes written on her hand!"

You say you "don't care" to give yourself permission to call Palin "clueless" in the next sentence...can we get a little more "catty" than that?

Where has it been written that she "thought nobody would photograph" and point out the hand notes. She didn't care if you saw her hand notes...public speakers always make extra notes on last minute points they have while waiting in the wings, whether they write them in the margins of the speech or in their palms, is immaterial.

Here, you write on this board and can't decide in the context of two sentences whether or not it bothered you for her to use this method, yet she was going out to speak to millions of people for 45 minutes, rarely looking down at her speech, and carried it off like a pro...maybe you should walk a mile in her shoes before you start "meowing".

Sarah is a smart woman who is out there making a difference, and the only thing you have accomplished here is to make fun of the difference she is making. And you call her "clueless".

But, those who can't always try to ridicule those who can.