First came Tard-Gate. Then, mere days later, the use of the “Maverick-y note card hand-scribble buzz words” at the Tea Party Q&A session. Believe me, I spent all weekend repeating the mantra, “I will not do another Palin post.” “I will not do another Palin post.”
Sadly, it didn’t seem to have an effect. Maybe if I’d just written it down somewhere . . .
Okay, yes. Obama, like so many presidents before him, uses a teleprompter. He uses it for reading prepared remarks (as does Palin on a regular basis) the way some people like to read from a print-out or notes written phonetically on BIG index cards (George W. Bush).
But please tell me how scribbling junior high style crib notes on her hand to help her get through a friendly question and answer session makes Palin somehow more credible than that “charismatic guy with a teleprompter” she took such pains to deride?
I mean, if the “medium is the message” then, well, go ahead and slam Obama for being an automaton. But what does it say about Palin that she has to glance at her sweaty palm to glean such key GOP talking points as “Energy”, “Tax Cuts” and “Lift American Spirits”? Hell, even I can remember those.
And what about that whole “offensive retard” vs. “funny retard” thing? Come on. Don’t tell me that isn’t just a little . . . um . . . wait a sec, I had it jotted down here . . . #@!!% sweaty palms!
Aw, sorry folks, this is so embarrassing. I guess I’m gonna have to let Stephen take it from here.
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You see! There’s no need to fuss, no need to rage against the blog when I call Palin a hypocrite.
It’s satire, people!
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The fact that past presidents have used either note cards or TelePrompTers for speeches — and the fact that Obama needs his blankie for saying so much as “pass the salt,” — is exactly why Palin scribbling a few words on her hand isn’t a big frigging deal. The media and the Left are just desperate to tear her down. The fact that the White House Press Secretary chose to MOCK Mrs. Palin in front of the entire Press Corps (or is that “corpse”?) is far more shocking and dismaying. Way to be mature and professional, Gibbsey. Oh, and isn’t he the official representative for the President himself? Yeah. What a bunch of childish jerks.
Now, regarding retardgate… I couldn’t care less, either way. I use “retard” as a pejorative myself. It’s not nice, but I don’t give a crap. If the Left can hurl slurs like “teabagger” and “racist” around like confetti, no one is in a position to say anything about what words people choose to use. And if Mrs. Palin chooses to slam Rahm “I never met an expletive I didn’t like” Emmanuel but excuse Rush “I never met a bottle of Oxycontin I didn’t like” Limbaugh is her prerogative. I’m just so sick of hearing about the lot of them. The fact that the media and the Left keep going after Palin shows she must be some sort of threat to them; if Palin really was the “joke” they keep making her out to be, they’d be ignoring her.
I do so enjoy it when SJS is all smarmy and self-congratulatory…makes the world spin just a little faster… But I’m still gonna call you out every time you take an unnecessary dig at Palin in every unrelated post. Hey, maybe Obama will wise up and start using this trick, since he doesn’t function so well without his teleprompter… Gibbs did.
Ditto, CMS2004… Well expressed. We won’t see anybody here take up that hypocrisy, will we?
So having three reference points on your hand, a practice that a lot of executives in companies do, is the same as have an entire speech written for you that is read verbatum from a teleprompter?? Then when he goes off prompter he stutters and hems and haws without making sense. Yeah I see that “eye roll”.
I noticed that SNL did do a skit on PEBO have teleprompters for a speech given to 6th graders at a high school. Amazing that simpletons like Robert Gibbs, who lies for a living on a daily basis, and who speaks like he is reading a third grade book report thinks he can mock her.
I have a deep dislike of Sarah Palin but the whole palm thing is ridiculous. Some morons on the Far-Left REALLY need to switch to De-Caf.
I wan’t going to read anymore of SJS’s posts on Palin but here I am and I must know…for someone who has been deemed irrelevant by the press and the left she sure gets their hackles up. What do you fear from Palin?
HA! Tard-Gate HA!
I love how she tossed it back on her haters when campaiging for Rick Perry (I think it was him) the following day and had written “Hi Mom” on her hand. Very good move on her part. Made her critics who think this is some big deal look even more foolish than they made themselves look (is that even possible).
The more they attack her the stronger she gets, for better or for worse. But the Left just can’t help themselves. It truly is a sickness.
Imagine if Palin always needed a teleprompter and Obama wrote a few notes on his hand for a speech. That would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO different then.
The writing on the hand thing – meh. I’m sure it’s been done before by others. It actually seems like a good idea to jot down a few key points. It’s one thing to remember them while you’re sitting around, but it’s different once you start your speech it’s easy to forget them. Personally I’d prefer to use a 3×5 card resting on the podium. Writing on the hand seems a little too Jr. High.
As far as reatardgate – she is being a hypocrite. The word is either okay to use or it’s not. Personally I fall on the “don’t use it” side.
Simple its the difference between having a single notecard on which you base for major points for an hour long speech and acting an entire hour off a script.
Obama reads off the teleprompter for a half hour meet and greet with grade school kids.
He refuses to answer grade school kids questions on transparency because they weren’t submitted in advance.
Its the difference between being a genuine human being who can respond to dynamic questions and being a marketed product meant to target any soundbyte that 51% of NYTimes readers approve of.
(And I’m not a Palin fan. Check the archives)
Oh, boy…here we go again… **rolls eyes**
Much ado about nothing. I liked Palin’s “Hi Mom!” FU to those so obsessed with everything she does. One good thing about Palin is she drives the kind of people I can’t stand straight up the wall.
It’s my understanding that the Promter at the grade school wasn’t when he was speaking to the kids but for the presser afterwards.
So I’d quit repeating the “Promter for kids” angle- it’s bad enough he needs a Prompter to answer questions from a sycophantic press.
Prompter – my bad, whatever.
Actually, Hurricane he did use the Teleprompter for speaking to the kids at Graham Road Elementary School (http://www.fcps.edu/GrahamRoadES/) on January 19th, 2010.
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/obama-uses-teleprompter-to-address-sixth-graders/blog-245545/
Of course this was almost three weeks ago, so it might already be Past Obama.
Some of you guys make it seem that Palin can do no wrong.
I was waiting for this blog to address this “issue” just so I can see the comments, and I’m not surprised at the reactions.
Some of you guys make fun of the “lib-tards” for over idolizing Obama, but look at the way you guys ooh and aah over Palin. It’s just as ridiculous.
Hello,
I am negating my lurker status to express how annoying this editor is. Good God, do you run on Palin-hatred fuel or something? And I suppose you’ve never had to give a speech, and minutes before had ideas that you wanted to add? Y’don’t think that might’ve been the reason Palin wrote random tidbits on her hand? Maybe? Kinda? Sorta? OK, well whatever…
But let me ask you this… Sarah Palin writing a few words on her hand as reminders is big news right? But the President of the United States not being able to properly pronounce corpsman isn’t worth reporting?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMKdpgPYTM
OK. Just checkin’.
I am not in love with Palin, but I do like her. I have to say that the palm writing thing is no big deal. The left did make it out to be huge, I think just so there is something else to talk about why they are all screwing us over and holding climate conferences when DC gets 32 inches of snow. I write on my hand too. Obama has used his teleprompter on everything. When he does not use it, he sticks his foot in his mouth. Okay, he does that anyways. Big difference in writing key points on your hands then having every single speech written out for you and you still mess up. Corpsman, anyone?
If this post was just about Tard-Gate, then we could talk about hypocrisy; but the hand notes are absolutely a non-issue. I can’t believe you’d even try to bring that up in comparison to full speeches on teleprompters. We’re not a bunch of Palin lovers here, but we won’t let far-fetched agenda-driven posts just slip by. There’s a quality of research, presentation, and entertainment that we’ve come to expect from Deceiver posts, but these Palin-bashing articles are thrown together terribly. Find a genuine example of hypocrisy from her (Tard-Gate, for example), write the post well, and see how we react then.
I’m with Trojan on this one.
Tard gate? Really?
SJS, I have no idea how your parents raised you but clearly a respect for those with special needs was a lesson they missed. And one you sorely need.
I have a son who is mildly retarded after being born three months premature. When it’s just our family and friends with him, we forget about his disability. It’s people like you who remind me that, no matter how much we love and adore him, there are nasty, vicious and mean people who will laugh and belittle his condition for a few cheap laughs.
Tard gate. Good one. You must be so proud of that.
@Jane — I wish I could take credit, but “Tard-Gate” wasn’t my coinage. If you need to vent about that one, feel free to contact Steve Hirst over at Creative Loafing.
Second, @everyone, this is a blog about hypocrisy. I actually agree that Obama relies too much on the teleprompter. I just think it’s a tad hypocritical of Palin to ream him for using what is, last time I checked, a pretty well-accepted tool of politicians and newscasters alike, while at the same time reading off her hand notes during the Q&A. And, just in case you didn’t notice, the speech she gave before hand wasn’t exactly from memory. No one expects that — everyone needs notes. I think if she’d used index cards it would never even have made news. The point is that she wants to be portrayed as a really great “off the cuff” speaker, when in reality she needs a cheat sheet just like everyone else.
And, yeah, reading off the smeared-palm-ink-notes is so 6th grade. And it’s kinda funny too. Obviously, even Palin thought so! (Hi Mom!)
SJS, you didn’t coin it but you use it nonetheless. Nice. Well done. Hope it made you giggle. Cheap shots do it for some I guess.
I’m throwin’ in with CMS2004, E Phillips, flirt, and TrojanPrincess here. It’s intriguing that while the Obama camp snits at Palin for writing a few words on her hand, and Palin carps at Obama for not being able to wipe his own arse without a Teleprompter, the one you choose to pick on, as per usual, is Palin. Did she ding your car or something? Because it’s obvious that she really, REALLY bugs you, in a major way. You’re essentially Candace to Palin’s Phineas and Ferb, here.
And yeah: “Corpseman”. Nice one, Douchebag-in-Chief. People spend eight f**king years bitching at GWB for mispronouncing “nuclear”, but by all means let’s let THIS one slide, because Barry’s magical. He’s a gaping asshole, but he’s MAGICAL.
Well Palin doesn’t care if you use the word retarded…as long as you’re not a Democrat…and as long as you’re Rush Limbaugh…
I’m sure Bush gets made fun of for more than his “nuclear” mishap…have you seen what he said about OB/GYN’s, pure comedic gold!
I don’t like Palin (for her policies) but I wouldn’t call her an asshole. Just because someone has differing policies than you doesn’t make them an ass. I’m assuming that’s why you feel that way, it’s not like you actually know him or anything.
@Beige:
Should we look for the self-destruct switch on her ‘PickOnPalin-inator’?
SJS: “reading off her hand notes”
If she were reading notes off her hand, then there would be more grounds for hypocrisy, but still not enough to stand on with one foot. You cannot pretend that a few key words to remember to cover, not even enough to be considered an outline, are worthy of being called “notes” the one would need to “read.” If there had been any index cards around, then she would have used one, I’m sure.
And apparently you’re okay with Colbert’s vicious and sexist “You’re a f***** r*****.” Since it was directed at a conservative woman you hate, YOU will excuse him. Lots of hypocrisy to go around.
Back to Jezebel or Huff’n Po or wherever it is you came from.
And, really — I don’t think the people who comment on this site (and I’ve only been around a few months) are rabid Palin fans, or ones to just blindly defend her. I love Sarah Palin, and look up to her a lot…. does that mean I think she should be president? HELL to the No. I’m not entirely sure she should do much more than what she does now (give speeches and stand there looking pretty). See? I can criticize La Palin, even though I admire her. It’s called “being a grown up.” So…. the old “you guys just blindly support Palin while bashing up on Obama” line is kind of, well, lame. If anything it’s the Obama supporters who blindly toe the party line. Obama p*sses on their legs, and they’re all “Hey! It’s raining!”
::skims comments as I knew they’d be…retarded:: The little it takes for people to piss from the mouth is terribly amusing. Idiots calling idiots, idiots. Hilarious. Every one is so easy to offend and in turn makes one look…well….RETARDED! Sheesh, people put too much EMOTIONAL meaning into words, calm down and enjoy life. (hi mom)
if you don’t know the difference between a couple of key words and reading every word you say (and mispronouncing them at that) then there’s nothing i can say to help you understand.
when did this site go totally into the toilet anyway ??
Didn’t you get the memo? The only possible reason to question Obama, let alone dislike him, is lynch-mobbing, lunch-counter-segregating, cross-burning, Amos-and-Andy racism.
Actually, there’s a lot more to it than that. It isn’t just his policies; it’s his swaggering, smug, hubris-addled love affair with himself.
I’m not a fan of Palin, but I don’t know anyone who gives a lengthy speech without any form of notes. I routinely write on my hand, limits what you can refer to, can’t lose it and forces honesty throughout your speech and not what you think people want to hear. If an “inbred”, “redneck”, “know-nothing” “laughingstock,” can give an acceptable college level speech, why can’t “my” president. Instead he reads a carefully prepared script. His time would be better spent learning to knit and just having his speech writers post the speech on all available outlets instead of worrying what program they are going to disrupt.
It’s not even about being a fan of Palin. But I will say that every time somebody pitches another barrel of snark her way for no genuine reason, I edge closer to being a Palin fan, because Palin must be doing something right, to piss off so many liberals so badly.
I’m assuming what you said was directed at me StrawberryGirl…real clever. I honestly don’t read any of those sites. Just this one and Dlisted.
I don’t even like Stephen Colbert that much, didn’t even watch the video. So much vitriol…it’s just a blog people.
Hmm…I don’t see Obama that way (doesn’t mean that I think he’s the second coming of Christ though), but hey agree to disagree. =)
*sigh*
I miss Simon.
I know that this isn’t what the post was about, but I don’t understand why so many of you keep saying Sarah Palin is a hypocrite for bashing Emanuel and not Rush. Rush was quoting Emanuel to show what a hypocrite he is. He (Rush) repeatedly said that he was quoting Emanuel and that he did not think calling someone a “retard” was ok. It seems like alot of people have fallen for the liberal press reporting on this issue. Sarah Palin understoon what Rush was doing, which is why she didn’t criticize him.
I agree with the commenters who say this post is another stretch for SJS. True, notes on the hand seems a bit schoolgirl, but it’s not equivalent to using a teleprompter for entire speeches and more.
And sure, other Presidents have used teleprompters, but as far as I know none have ever used them at press conferences like Obama does. If Bush 43 or Bush 41 or Reagan had done that, I think we’d have heard about it.
I think a lot of old people write stuff on their hands, things like:
“Take your medicine.”
“Move to Florida”
“Pull pants up to your armpits”.
In that vein, I think a far more effective Palin smear would be:
“She’s old and she can’t remember s__t. She’s just like McCain”
Then Dems and Republicans alike would reject her.
People People People….
We are all missing the point. She should be rewarded by the Prez and BIG AL, and all of the other climate kings for the use of GREEN technology in her everyday life. No electricity for the teleprompters, plus no tree was felled for a note card. She used a simple, renewable resource to give a speech. Kudos and a Noble Peace Prize for Sarah!!!!
It appears there are two Shells now… my fault for picking a simple username. To avoid a mixup I’m going to go by SeaShell now.
Oh, and I miss Simon too.
I loathe Robert “Paste-Eater” Gibbs with the blazing intensity of a million white-hot suns. He’s much less a press secretary than a suit-wearing snarky assbat with a captive audience. HATE.
I’m mostly indifferent to Palin. But I am conservative, and it both irritates and amuses me to see the vicious, fanatical, foaming-at-the-mouth hatred that so many liberals have for her.
I am delurking to express my utter disgust for SJS. You reek of elitism. I would love to know what you have done in your life that gives you the right to continually snark at Palin through your wall of anonymity. Each successive Palin post seems more desperate than the last. Where is Simon? Please tell me that he wasn’t fired to bring in this bitter butt-hurt fanatic. SJS, I suggest that you Google “Eric Robinson”. Please pay special attention to the lame retraction at the end of his moronic article. Can’t wait for your next insightful hit piece.
Oh Sarah, I love you and don’t ever change.
Your posts always spark an excited internal squee from me because I realize that not only will your post reveal the hypocrisy within the topic you are choosing, but also the hypocrisy of a majority of the commenters.
I’m not naive enough to think for one hot second that if it had been Obama or Biden that had hastily scribbled words on their hands that we wouldn’t been hear crowing about how “they can’t do anything without having it prepared ahead of time.”
And while Obama may rely heavily on a teleprompter when giving speeches, that’s a much preferable option to having a POTS that is so incapable of coherent speech, even WITH a teleprompter/index card, that he gets an entire site dedicated to his facepalmable moments. http://www.dubyaspeak.com/
Just nipping the next possible Palin hatin’ SJS post in the bud: http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/02/anti-palin-faux-troversy-of-day-black.html
So…your mom posts here. That is so sweet.
Oh, Baba Yaga. I love YOU. Don’t ever change!
No, really. Don’t.
And A equals B here…just how?
Sorry, I’m usually on board with the Fine Folks At Deceiver.com, but this is just silly. It’s Sarah-bashing for the sake of Sarah-bashing, and I expect better (and smarter, and funnier) from Deceiver.