Sarah Palin's Hand Notes Causes Late Night Laughter

The Next Hand Note: Buy a Teleprompter!

Saul Relative, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Feb 9, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Sarah Palin got caught cheating at the Teabag Convention this past Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. She was using hand notes scribbled on the palm of her hand. No, it wasn't the kind of cheating that would have had the National Enquirer drooling over ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's itinerary, but it was the kind of cheating that resulted in Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert making jokes about Palin's mentality on their respective shows. But then, the two comedians are always making light of Sarah Palin and her diminished capacity. But without George W. Bush, it's her, Hannity, or Limbaugh that get targeted. After Saturday's Teabag convention, it was her.

She put a series of red concentric circles on her hand, metaphorically speaking.

Now, it's a foregone conclusion that even most conservatives look at Sarah Palin as not being anywhere near the brightest bulb in the conservative family pack. Still, she's very good at drawing attention and working a crowd. But so are con-artists. The difference in this regard is that carney hawkers and snake oil salesmen don't write their crib notes on their hands. They don't even use crib notes.

And what were Palin's little cheating prompts? Amazingly, they were some of her usual talking points: energy, tax cuts, lift American spirits. (She scribbled out -- yes, manually redacted -- "budget" before the word 'cuts.')

Who writes down talking points they usually go over during one of their typical speeches? Did we mention the light bulb comparison?

Jon Stewart went after Sarah Palin and her use of "Maverick-y note card hand-scribble buzz words." It seems that she was making fun of President Obama's use of the teleprompter (an endless well of amusement for neoconservatives). Before his evisceration of Palin was over, senior correspondent Wyatt Cenac was chasing himself, trying to read his own back.

Stephen Colbert discovered that he found it helpful to write "thumb" below his thumb with an arrow pointing toward it to remind him that he has opposable digits and can used them to grasp things. If one doesn't believe that wasn't a slap at Sarah Palin's lack of mental acuity, one simply does not understand Stephen Colbert.

But Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, whose shows air back-to-back on Comedy Central weeknights, weren't the only late night comedians going after Sarah Palin. Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jimmy Fallon all took shots at the ex-governor as well.

David Letterman said that Sarah Palin was paid $100,000 -- in pelts. That's too bad. If she had been paid in actual money, she could have bought herself a nice teleprompter and stop that nasty writing on her hand.

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Sources:

Politico.com
"Late Show with David Letterman," CBS Television
"Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central network
"The Colbert Report," Comedy Central network

Published by Saul Relative

WVU graduate, with degrees in History, English, Secondary Education, Computer Programming, and Psychology (and nearly a degree in Political Science). Originally from West Virginia, with stints in Virginia,... View profile

Sarah Palin's Hand Notes Causes Late Night Laughter

The Next Hand Note: Buy a Teleprompter!

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