Sarah Palin Hand Notes Serve as Cheat Sheet for Palin Tea Party Speech; Hand Notes Become Late Night Joke

Sarah Palin is Receiving a Lot of Grief for Writing Notes on Her Hand Before a Paid Speech

Ryan Christopher DeVault, Yahoo! Contributor Network
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Sarah Palin hand notes are the talk of the political world. Sarah Palin wrote notes on her hand to use it as a cheat sheet (or crib notes) while she was giving a speech on Saturday. The speech was for the Tea Party Convention, in which she was paid $100,000 to give the keynote. She was probably exactly what the attendants wanted to hear, as she preached to talking points that she had written on her hand. In an interview that she sat down to give, it also became glaringly obvious that she was referring to her hand when trying to remember what she should say. Now she is getting a lot of flak for needing to write the notes on her hand, and the Sarah Palin hand notes are turning into a huge joke.

So what exactly was it that Sarah Palin had to write on her hand that she couldn't remember? How about energy, tax cuts, and lift American spirit. Yep, those are some very difficult talking points to remember, especially when you aren't coming up with them yourself, but rather trying to sound like you are against anything the current administration supports. This was a forum that should have been the easiest thing ever for Sarah Palin, as she was being paid to simply come and be a keynote speaker for a group of people that were already supporting her. Not only that, but the crowd was probably going to be supportive of anything that she had to say.

The one thing that stands out from Palin's presentation, yes even more than the hand notes, is that she attacked President Obama for using a teleprompter. Well if you are going to attack someone else for using notes, it's important to not seem hypocritical when making statements like that. Sometimes it's necessary to read a speech when you don't have time to memorize it, and that is what someone like the President often has to do. This isn't new for Obama or any recent President, and isn't something that needs to be attacked. As for writing notes on your hand that you need to talk about lowering taxes and promoting new energy sources? My friend's five year old could do that.

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Published by Ryan Christopher DeVault

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